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Re: 10020 in S@H catalogue?
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lugnet.trains
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Sun, 17 Feb 2002 22:29:15 GMT
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> > > > So grey is the closest color... since the engine has grey trucks and grey
> > > > back instead of silver trucks and stainless back.
> > > True..I was going to respond to this but you beat me to it. However, since
> > > your the expert, Larry, answer this question for me.
> > > I have seen a model of the super chief made in O scale by Lionel that had
> > > the yellow, red, and black strips continue all the way from the engine
> > > across ALL of the passenger cars. This is very pretty of course but did
> > > Santa Fe EVER use this paint scheme on any real trains of theirs? I'm
> > > debating if I want to use that pin stipe design on my MOC of a super chief
> > > but I have never found a real picture with the stripes on the passenger
> > > cars. I have only seen plain solid stainless steal cars with only black
> > > lettering on them.
> >
> > I'm not sure. I can't say they definitively didn't ever do red/yellow/black
> > striping but my experience agrees with yours, only plain with black lettering.
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> > No one has yet commmented that the stripe that was chosen was only yellow
> > instead of black/yellow, I don't think... but that's a nitpick. The extra
> > color would have thickened it up considerably so I think they made a good
> > choice.
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> How are we going to use the black decorative 9v train motor side piece
> accurately on this model? Will we have to replace the light grey trucks
> with our own black ones? Should we expect LEGO to include light grey
> decorative sides for our 9v motors?
According to this link on brickshelf from Brickswest it looks like the set
comes with a pair to "moterize" your set.If this is the case that means when
you do moterize it you will have an extra set of grey
wheels.http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=120636
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