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Re: A few questions about the new trains
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Sun, 13 May 2001 16:16:33 GMT
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It looks like in the pictures at S@H that there was a motor included with
the set.
And it looked like the motor was on the tender on the sets that had a
tender, in the pics at S@H.
Hmmm...it looks like getting one of those trains as a train starter would be
rather expensive. Thanks for your help.
Adam
In lugnet.trains, Martin Scragg writes:
> From: "Adam Murtha" <adammurtha@home.com>
> > In the description of all of the new trains it says: "Lights, motor and
> > tracks sold separately." I'm wondering what it means by lights and motor?
> > For the lighting, does it refer to something like this:
> > http://guide.lugnet.com/set/5310 or is it something else?
> That is one alternative, but the lighting instructions just show the bulb
> brick with a headlight reflector brick arrangment.
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> > As for the motor, I thought the motor was the wheel set with the silver
> metalic wheels?
> It is, but it does not come with the train, it only comes with sets of
> plastic non conducting, non driven wheels, in otherwords it comes as a push
> train.
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> > And would it also be safe to assume that there are no train connecting
> wire included with the new train sets?
> All you get is what is pictured, a push train, in the colour you select.
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> > And what is a Tender?
> The tender is the small vehicle behind the engine, if you look at the ones
> without the tender, you will notice that there is no small vehicle there.
> The tender is where the fuel for the train is stored, wood, coal, whatever.
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> > And thats it. Phew! Ok, now who has some answers!
> Not me, I'm fresh out :-)
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> > Also, for those who have some/any of the new trains why haven't you said
> > anything about them? What are they like? Or have I just missed any • reviews
> > of the sets?
> They have, they did, and you must have been sleeping. There has been heaps
> of talk about them lately.
>
> Martin
> (Not a trainhead, I just have a few train sets).
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| (...) You're right, and it also looks like they faked most of the colour schemes in a paint package too. Don't rely completely on the pictures. Read back through here to find out what you actually get - for example, the engines are modular, such (...) (25 years ago, 14-May-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| From: "Adam Murtha" <adammurtha@home.com> (...) That is one alternative, but the lighting instructions just show the bulb brick with a headlight reflector brick arrangment. (...) metalic wheels? It is, but it does not come with the train, it only (...) (25 years ago, 13-May-01, to lugnet.trains)
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