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"James J. Trobaugh" <james@ngltc.org> wrote in message news:Gr91q0.B5r@lugnet.com... (...) dog (...) Chief: (...) In addition to the front, it will be interestesting to see how LEGO has modeled the distinctive red/yellow/black/silver (grey) (...) (23 years ago, 9-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I can't be the only one with fingers crossed for chrome-plated parts to mimic the stainless-steel, can I? That would bring an entirely new level to the LEGO hobby, and trains in particular. Matt (23 years ago, 9-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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"Matthew Gerber" <matthew@digitaliris.com> wrote in message news:Gr9Jnr.Ln5@lugnet.com... (...) with (...) to (...) That would be very cool but I would be very surprised to see them chrome. That would be a lot of chrome! But we can hope. I too am (...) (23 years ago, 9-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) The pedant in me is forced to point out that Super Chief(tm) is a named train of the ATSF, and warbonnet is a paint scheme of the ATSF... neither, techically, is a locomotive. LEGO(r)'s labeling it as such is a bit off. The Super Chief named (...) (23 years ago, 9-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) The Blue/yellow isn't considered a warbonnet though ;-) Only the red/yellow/silver... There was also a red/yellow design for the failed SP-SF merger... Josh (...) (23 years ago, 9-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) TOO SEXY!! TOO SEXY!!! -John (23 years ago, 9-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Kim Toll built a BNSF in War Bonnet colors 3 years ago. Here's the thread: (URL) the URL is no longer valid, try this one instead: (URL) SOO is nice too! (...) (23 years ago, 9-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Yes there was a red/yellow. Those are both warbonnets. The distinguishing characteristic of the warbonnet scheme is (according to ATSF historians, writing before you were born) the shape of the demarcation between the front color and the rest (...) (23 years ago, 9-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Maybe they'll print-up and use the nose from train set #2933 (URL) (23 years ago, 9-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Wouldn't that be an 8wide train then? jt (...) (23 years ago, 9-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) think I've said before). My only critique is that the nose is perhaps one stud too long, it's more E like than F like... F's start rounding down just about right in front of the cab front windows. Combine the nose, grid, and porthole (...) (23 years ago, 9-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) (in best Seinfeld voice, added hastily) Not that there's anything WRONG with that! That IS an interesting idea. The big problem would be how to hide the 4 duplo studs it has... LD so far has not commissioned any new molds but presumably (...) (23 years ago, 9-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Actually, maybe Steve is more right than he realizes... 10020 will be the first LEGO Direct special DUPLO set... Frank (23 years ago, 9-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Right... (...) With Ages: 10+ Pieces: 436 Price: $35? Mighty complicated DUPLO set! :-) John Henry Kruer (23 years ago, 9-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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I was really just kidding, but you never know :) I just noticed the piece count, 436: That's more than all 4 cars in set 2126 (359 pieces) put together (URL) than all 3 cars in set (not-so) Classic Train Set 3225 (281 pieces) put together (URL) than (...) (23 years ago, 10-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I've allways seen, warbonnet, blue/yellow, & SPSF red/yellow, I figured the warbonnet was the red/silver. Josh (23 years ago, 10-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) OK. So you were just asserting, then, without any research behind it? Thanks for clarifying that point. Warbonnet is a shape. Think about the traditional "warbonnet" headdress of the plains Indians and you'll see why it's a shape rather than a (...) (23 years ago, 10-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Good point Larry, in fact if you type "Warbonnet" into the Google Images search engine, most of what you get are pics of indian head dresses. SteveB (...) (23 years ago, 10-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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<snip> (...) uuum, yup, but then, I KINDA did research, but not as much as I should have eh!? I guess a Model Catalog isn't enough these days! (...) Yups, I see that now, thanks Lar! Josh (Who really likes BNSFmore ;-)) (23 years ago, 11-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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We have been running a "Super Chief" on our layout for the last couple of years, MSLTC.org look under Photos (should be able to get updates on the site later this week) Hopefully this one will have the bullet kind of nose from the passenger (...) (23 years ago, 11-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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I've never heard of the MSLTC, where exactly are you located? I don't see a pointer on the LUGMAP for your club. jt (...) (23 years ago, 11-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) years, (...) At the www.msltc.org site I am just able to see 2 pictures. The rest are broken links.... Are the files offline or have you by chance used blanks in file names? I hate windows for allowing that! Netscape will not handle such (...) (23 years ago, 11-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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I haven't heard of them before either. I found this post, ironically that we heard from them a while back. (URL) Wed, 30 Aug 2000 Howdy, nice models. What show was that? SteveB (...) (23 years ago, 11-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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MSLTC is centered in Little Rock, AR with member in Little Rock, North Little Rock, Hot Springs, AR and Memphis, TN. The pictures are from Arkansas River Valley Model Railroad Show, held last October. We are having a web update session this evening (...) (23 years ago, 12-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Ahhh, I got it now. I was talking with Rick Sellers a couple weeks back, when he was visiting the ALLTEL office here in Atlanta, and he mentioned the LTC in the Little Rock area but I never picked up on the official name. Need to get y'all linked (...) (23 years ago, 12-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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In lugnet.trains, Larry Pieniazek writes: <snip> Thanks to Kevin's post reminding me of this resource, here's a blue/yellow warbonnet... (URL) (23 years ago, 16-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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