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Re: Great train related web sites?
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lugnet.trains
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Fri, 25 May 2001 00:19:36 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> In lugnet.trains, Katie Dokken writes:
> > In lugnet.trains, John Neal writes:
> > > *LEGO* train related sites, or just train sites? If just trains, you can
> > > find most anything if you start here:
> > > http://www.ribbonrail.com/nmra/nmralink.html
> > >
> > > HTH,
> > > John
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> > The NMRA is a good site except, the only problem with the NMRA website is
> > that Large Scale links are very very lacking. There are some there but only
> > a tiny fraction of all the large scale websites that are available on the
> > internet. But then again, there is a big war between Diehard Large Scalers
> > and the NMRA, and that's pretty off-topic for this forum......
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> Well if I want proto photos or a close approximation thereof, I sort of
> don't care what scale they are as long as they are *to scale* or close. (1)
> I can build from an HO pic just as easily as from a proto pic.... (2)
Well if good *to scale* models of prototypes are what you want this is a site I
use all the time (I also head to their factory store as well as they are the
next town over). They have some incredible G Scale models.
http://www.usatrains.com/
For example here is a great Conrail GP40
http://www.usatrains.com/r22305.html
If LEGO wasn't my game and I had a couple hundred extra bucks I would plop it
down on one of these bad boys. Granted all that gets me is the engine but they
are sweet models. Again I hadn't thought of giving this address because it
isn't pictures of real engines. It is a referance that I use often however.
Eric Kingsley
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| (...) SD since it has 6 axles. :-) (...) They look nice but I am not totally convinced that using G models as your prototype is prudent, G has some distortion, no matter what you do, because of the gauge/scale issues with it. You'll be close but if (...) (23 years ago, 25-May-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Well if I want proto photos or a close approximation thereof, I sort of don't care what scale they are as long as they are *to scale* or close. (1) I can build from an HO pic just as easily as from a proto pic.... (2) 1 - while what I render (...) (24 years ago, 24-May-01, to lugnet.trains)
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