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Re: subway info?
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lugnet.trains
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Fri, 2 Mar 2001 20:20:16 GMT
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Lorbaat wrote:
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> In lugnet.trains, Eric Kingsley writes:
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> > I know I have mentioned this before but I really want to try modeling the
> > Green
> > Line some time. It is a challenging model though because of the steps and
> > doors at ground level and the fact that the trains are articulated.
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> There was a Train store in the Natick Mall that at one point had an small-scale
> (I don't know all the train scales, I want to say this was HO but that could be
> wrong, I think N is the tiny one, right?) Green Line trolley. I was so taken
> with it that I thought seriously about getting into trains just so I could have
> an excuse to set it up somewhere.
HO. I've always considered getting that LRV model. One of my friends in
high school was a real subway fan and his model railroad actually was a
transit layout, complete with a subway station. He told me of exploring
the nether reaches of the subway system, and finding the tokens stored
away (this was before the tokens came back into use - they had actually
saved them when they stopped using them in the 50s or whenever - the
nice thing about an old subway system is that you have all sorts of
storeage space...). I assume they have since minted new tokens (the
quantity necessary must be much more than the old ones).
--
Frank Filz
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| (...) Couple of comments: 1. CLRV's are prototypical on Boston tracks, I have a photo of 4029 alongside a LRV in Boston...the contrast is kind of neat (CLRV=Canadian Light Rail Vehicle, built by UTDC/SIG 2. TTC tokens can be spoffed using aluminum (...) (24 years ago, 6-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) There was a Train store in the Natick Mall that at one point had an small-scale (I don't know all the train scales, I want to say this was HO but that could be wrong, I think N is the tiny one, right?) Green Line trolley. I was so taken with (...) (24 years ago, 2-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains)
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