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Re: Lego train article in Garden Railways magazine
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Fri, 31 Aug 2001 17:46:04 GMT
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Steve Martin wrote:
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> In lugnet.trains, Katie Dokken writes:
> > I apologize if this has been posted before but I just got my October 2001
> > issue of Garden Railways magazine (for G scale/Gauge 1 trains) in the mail
> > last night. Right on the front page is a reference to an article called
> > "Miniature Gardening at Legoland." The point of the article is more about
> > the miniature landscaping done at Legoland but there are quite a few really
> > nice pictures of Legoland, with the emphasis on the Legoland trains and some
> > details about the trains as well. While it didn't say..... from the
> > pictures I'm assuming that the Legoland trains are built to one of the
> > various G scales (or are they O scale?)? Can anybody give me more
> > information about this? And what kind of trucks are used on the
> > engines/rolling stock? And what kind of track is being used? It looked
> > like it was handlaid vs. a major manufacturer such as Aristocraft or LGB.
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> The only thing I remember from my visit a few years ago to Billund was that
> the width of the cars was 18 studs.
Sadly, the Legoland (at least California) train framework (track and
trucks) is pretty lame. The track is strips of metal set vertcally in
concrete (no ties, nowhere near the shape of real rail) and doesn't have
working turnouts (points). The trucks are pretty lame also, reminding me
of tinplate toys. The scale is somewhat larger than the scales typically
used with G (a person is something like 4-6" tall).
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Frank Filz
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| (...) Hmmmm..... I don't have the magazine with me at work today but I recall the pictures I saw, had what looked like aluminium (or nickel) rails with wood ties. There definately were ties set in what looked like gravel/dirt. I don't remember off (...) (23 years ago, 31-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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