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Subject:	Re: 20 (yes TWENTY) new trains at LEGO.com/Shop - Themes \| Trains
Newsgroups:	lugnet.trains
Date:	Tue, 24 Apr 2001 16:13:46 GMT
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James Powell wrote: > > I also > > think that the larger ones could have been built better, but WHERE ARE THE > > DIESELS? > > The simple answer is- WHO CARES? I don't :) You're still bitter because diesels marked the end of steam-- get over it! ;-) > Mind you, some have said that I have steam in my blood... > > Coughs and Sneezles Spread Disezles :) Thank you, Ben. Or was it Bill? Those two can be very aggravating-- just ask Boco... > Some nice Co-Bo or similer oddball diesels, along with a SD 9 would be nice (Or > a SD7, anything with 6 wheels :) Why 6? A B truck is a natural, given the 9 volt motor... > Or a boxcab, like the CNR engines, or the Hunslets (lets not go to the Kitson > things!-they look like steamers anyway!) And what is all this blathering on about *non-American* diesels? America *is* diesels... <donning flame suit> -John > > > James

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		Re: 20 (yes TWENTY) new trains at LEGO.com/Shop - Themes \| Trains
(...) Quite simple: The UK were there first. The diesel engines for the CN loco's came from Hunslet, and Hunslet built the first really successful DE's in the world, for some of the South American railways. I don't argue the impossible, nothing is (...) (24 years ago, 24-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains)

		Re: 20 (yes TWENTY) new trains at LEGO.com/Shop - Themes \| Trains
(...) Yeah, you got it! North America (including Mexico) has alot of huge locos, and there are some intersting ones they could build too. Josh (...) (24 years ago, 24-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains)

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		Re: 20 (yes TWENTY) new trains at LEGO.com/Shop - Themes \| Trains
(...) The simple answer is- WHO CARES? I don't :) Mind you, some have said that I have steam in my blood... Coughs and Sneezles Spread Disezles :) Some nice Co-Bo or similer oddball diesels, along with a SD 9 would be nice (Or a SD7, anything with (...) (24 years ago, 24-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)

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