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Re: MOC Metroliner Add-On Cars
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Mon, 12 Nov 2001 18:57:31 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, James Powell writes:
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> > I like both the baggage and the observation cars you have designed and
> > built- the observation car being my favorite of the 2. What set has the
> > clear canopies for the dome? Would the people still fit if you had the
> > seats facing each other? If so I think I might like it better that way.
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> Yes they will. I have one
> http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Speedway/2049/LegoJPG/VIA/VIA.html
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> which predates Mikes (I think). It is just possible to put a small table (1x2
> riser, 2x3 table) in between the 2 minifigs. If they are centered, it would
> work better than offset (the seats).
Thank you for the link to the pictures of your train. It is a beauty!
[yellow and blue, I can almost pretend it's from Fabuland...] Your and
Mike's observation cars are quite different. I enjoy seeing different
interpretations of the same starting idea. Each fits with the train it is
part of. Is yours a tri-level?
Your engine, particularly the yellow nose is very dramatic. Do you have a
picture or could you point me to a link that has a picture of the FP7 of
VIA rail on which you modeled it?
take care,
sheree
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> > Where in the line up will you place these cars? At what point would you
> > think it wise to add a second motor?
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> That depends. "The Canadian" was roughly as follows:
> 2 Engines-Crew Car/baggage-3 coaches-dome with diner-2 manor
> (sleepers)-Beavertail
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> (depends on when...it can get a lot bigger than that, and it does change
> dependant on season. During the summer, there would be a dome car without
> diner, and a separate diner car-that's how it was when I went X canada in 96
> (with a separate diner). Before that, in 94-5, the normal Novemer trains in
> Ontario had the combined diner/dome)- the 2nd engine was used, IIRC, from
> Vancouver-Jasper, and then from Winnipeg-(presumeably) Capreal (outside
> Sudbury, Ont)
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> As for 2nd motor, I have 3 in my long passenger train. 2 are at the front, one
> is supposed to be rear of train. Where, depends on club cars (you cannot put a
> motor under the 32L drop center cars). The VIA train has 2, both under the
> FP7A (and both now DCC).
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> James P
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| (...) Nope, just 2 levels in the dome. (...) I can remember that the photo was taken in NB, and that it was a "FP7A"- I think it is in a gray softbound book that VIA had-I have 2 copies, but darn'd if I can find them to check. I know that really, (...) (25 years ago, 13-Nov-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Yes they will. I have one (URL) predates Mikes (I think). It is just possible to put a small table (1x2 riser, 2x3 table) in between the 2 minifigs. If they are centered, it would work better than offset (the seats). (...) That depends. "The (...) (25 years ago, 11-Nov-01, to lugnet.trains)
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