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Steve, did James Powell ever send you the layout for his intermodal station? It would be nice to have it on Saturday, to be able to incorporate it into your plans. Michel (24 years ago, 11-Jan-01, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Information Needed for Saturday Train Show - please Help!
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(...) Hey Scott, Where are you setting up shop? Novi is only 25 miles from my house (at the other end of metro Detroit), and for me it would be all I-696 freeway driving. I might show up. What times? Gary Istok (24 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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That reminds me... CAN SOMEONE GIVE ME A RIDE PLEZ!!???!?!?!?!?!? (Caps were meant) Rick Hallman (24 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Except for a brief moment as the train crosses the gap. If the power packs are set to close to the same level, there really shouldn't be any problem with having them electrically connected. They'll just equalize out the voltage, in part by (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
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To All, As most of you know, most of us in the Michigan LEGO club are attending GATS here in Novi, Michigan on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday this weekend. We were discussing having a flyer of some of the train related items, such as the train clubs, (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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(...) With a bit of changing, there is certainly room for a small loop inside the town end. So, do we have a time/place for our Saturday get-together yet? Is it out a James'? We had talked about being able to come here, but we might want to be a (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug, lugnet.trains)
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If you haven't read (URL) it now! The firmest endorsement I've ever heard from Lego that new trains are coming! I was getting worried for a bit when I noticed the 45xx numbering has been used on non-train stuff (those funky racer things) Matt (24 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) While LEGO Trains have not been well supported in the past I believe theey they will continue. As for 4565 not being the the S@H catalog, I guess they missed it. It IS in the regular german catalog along with the new Alpha Team items and all (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Help from the train experts ...
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(...) OK, so I'm not crazy (not legally, anyway! ;-) I only saw them in a large yard, in Edmonton, near the airport. Never on the roads...and I don't think I ever saw a 'real' "B" unit before the pictures I saw today. (In the SF Bay Area, I'm on one (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
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I got tracks and train set recent, now I am planing to make motorize switch point, level crossing, cargo crane, and so on, I want to refer all other information and instructions from train experts, does any tell me where I can find most useful (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) That, and it was the only way I could come up with doing it, even after working on it for quite a while. Chris (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) A slug runs off the excess current produced by the unit it is mated to. Slugs are used in low-speed service such as switching in a yard, where tractive effort is more important than speed. The vast majority of slugs are old locomotives cut (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I'm not sure what CN units you're referring to. (...) No. If they're cut down, they're definitely slugs. Slugs don't need the prime mover, radiator, blowers, dynamic brake vents and cooling fans, etc., since they've been castrated. This GP60B (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Here's the town, bridge and switching yard as I currently have them. (URL) the moment, my method of running multiple trains is just that - run multiple trains on the one main loop. It's so long that two or three trains can run on it for quite (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Strangely, these look like "full-height" units...I say it's odd only because I've only seen this one other time, in Edmonton, and the CN units were between 1/2 and 2/3 as tall as normal units. It seemed like you could put them in front of a (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) of (...) from (...) dome (...) Ah, that is a great way to preserve what symmetry you can. later, James Mathis (...) few (...) think (...) everyone (...) (24 years ago, 9-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
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I've used this kind of glass roof on a building before, with both ends fixed. I'll try to get a picture. Eric (24 years ago, 9-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: A piece in 4551
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(...) is this the piece you mean? (URL) 1 in black, and 5 in gray... (24 years ago, 9-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Mike, The locomotive you are describing is an EMD GP60B (B as in booster). 23 of these were built by GM between July and September of 1991. With a 710G prime mover, they develop 3,800 HP. Santa Fe was the only railroad to purchase the cabless (...) (24 years ago, 9-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: A piece in 4551
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(...) I'd call it a "2x2 tile with top peg". They are often in Basic sets (used to hold helicopter propellers), although it is unusual for Basic sets to have the most desirable color for trains - black or gray. Steve (24 years ago, 9-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
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