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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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| | Re: Tilting trains (Used to be: how did James Mathis make his tilting trains?)
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Some tilting train reading if you're interested: (URL) Mathis (23 years ago, 10-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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John: Thanks for quantifying that the "tilt allows speeds up to 30% higher then normal". Sounds like a good couple of pages of reading in that 'Ultimate Visual Dictionary'. later, James Mathis (...) (23 years ago, 10-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) LECTURE LECTURE LECTURE LECTURE LECTURE LECTURE LECTURE LECTURE LECTURE I have a 'Ultimate Visual Dictionary' and it has a pair of pages about tilting trains, though it only mentions the Pendolino and a 'French tilting train' that it dosn't (...) (23 years ago, 10-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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(...) yup...you are right...its there....but not available (yet) what worries me is the part about it being a "special numbered" limited addition...does this mean that it will be extremely rare??? If so, I guess 10001 Metroliner set will be on (...) (23 years ago, 9-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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In lugnet.trains, Josh Baakko writes: <snip> (...) (URL) 8-) (23 years ago, 9-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.org.ca.nalug, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: How did James Mathis make his tilting trains?
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(...) No. Even in real-life trains, I'm not sure that making a train tilt through a curve necessarily enables it to go any faster than it could if it didn't tilt. It is my understanding that tilting the train cars is more to keep passengers more (...) (23 years ago, 9-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) No longer there, I'm afraid. I searched in Belgium, Germany and USA - all said "unavailable in this country". Pedro (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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