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Subject:	Re: HP Hogwarts Express and normal 9V trains?
Newsgroups:	lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.trains
Date:	Sun, 23 Sep 2001 13:15:54 GMT
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In lugnet.harrypotter, Edward Cox writes: > Hi All, now that 4708 Hogwarts Express is available (in USA via S@H and > some stores) can someone please answer me this. Why on earth did LEGO not > make this amazing train compatible with the existing 9V train sets? Cost? > Has anyone considered modification of the Express to fit on the 9V tracks > and somehow incorporate the 9V train motor? Yes, *someone* has. Specifically, the someone was the Set Designer. The included instructions give step by step directions for doing just that.

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		RE: HP Hogwarts Express and normal 9V trains?
Actually, the instructions show outlines of the 4 trucks being removed and replacing them with the new trucks and motor. Therefore, somebody not familiar with trains may have a hard time. They DO NOT show the assembly of the trucks or motor. Thanx, (...) (23 years ago, 23-Sep-01, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.trains)

		Re: HP Hogwarts Express and normal 9V trains?
(...) That's presumably the reason, but I wonder how much more it would have cost to make it a push train? Certainly including a train motor would have dramatically increased the cost. All in all, I like the set. The coach is somewhat oddly built, (...) (23 years ago, 23-Sep-01, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.trains)

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		HP Hogwarts Express and normal 9V trains?
Hi All, now that 4708 Hogwarts Express is available (in USA via S@H and some stores) can someone please answer me this. Why on earth did LEGO not make this amazing train compatible with the existing 9V train sets? What were they thinking?!? It (...) (23 years ago, 23-Sep-01, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.trains)

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