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Re: what is the use of a caboose?
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lugnet.trains
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Tue, 24 Jul 2001 14:56:02 GMT
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JOHNNEAL@USWEST.ihatespamNET
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Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> In lugnet.trains, Robert Fay writes:
> > The caboose is a warm place to rest and heat up some beans and make a pot of
> > coffee.
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> True (or was true back in the old days)
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> > It also is a very good model.
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> False. It's a better model than recent TLC efforts but it's not "very good".
> Search the net and you'll find far better.
I'm partial to mine:-)
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=322
-John
> Mike Walsh has one for sale that
> is way better, in part because it has the right number of axles to hit the
> average (4 wheel bobbers were very rare in real life).
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Message has 1 Reply: | | Re: what is the use of a caboose?
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| (...) The best reason to build a caboose is because a caboose is a classic and romanticized part of trains. Everyone loves a caboose. Why buy LEGO's caboose? It looks like a fairly good model (don't have one yet), or it is a good source of parts. If (...) (23 years ago, 24-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) True (or was true back in the old days) (...) False. It's a better model than recent TLC efforts but it's not "very good". Search the net and you'll find far better. Mike Walsh has one for sale that is way better, in part because it has the (...) (23 years ago, 24-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains)
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