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(...) hey! that's my stuff :) You are correct, I originally posted the MR Trainmaster in December. I just made the boxcars and the container car this weekend, the caboose had been finished in December but not posted, because I wanted to wait until I (...) (23 years ago, 26-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: No big Deal: B-Unit for 10020 Super Chief
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(...) Union rules. Back when, anything with a number was a loco. Since a B unit had no number, it was not a loco, hence not needing a crew... That's why you see 300F, 300A, 300 B, 300C for example on a ABBA arrangement of F units (IIRC, that was (...) (23 years ago, 26-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) 3 is right for most "B" units. If you want specifics, get appropriate copies of "Extra 2200 South" (IIRC, that is the correct title, the railfan's Diesel spotter mag) (...) Ya, the real ones would have doors in the nose. My F has a simulated (...) (23 years ago, 26-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: My Sante Fe 10020
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(...) Trains are on the upsurge as a theme among adults (thanks in large part to all the clubs and their activities). And this 10020 both confirms the momentum (why build it if it isn't going to sell?) and will help build that momentum. We have a (...) (23 years ago, 26-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Thanks. Bear with me, I'm kinda new to all this train stuff. I dabbled in HO as a kid, and am only recently getting interested in LEGO trains. (...) Well I guess I don't get out much then :-/ --Bill. XFUT: back to lugnet.trains (23 years ago, 26-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | RE: Porthole alternative
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(...) Hey, at least this ad is of value to both the consumer and the seller :) It seems to have worked...I've already sold 16 panels. That might just have been a coincidence though. --Bram Bram Lambrecht bram@cwru.edu www.bldesign.org (23 years ago, 26-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: My Sante Fe 10020
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(...) They can run steady, or flash also... (...) Odd, & eliminates a turntable... Josh (23 years ago, 26-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: No big Deal: B-Unit for 10020 Super Chief
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(...) Bill, Check out (URL) to that article, the different number of portholes is based on the actual locomotive. FT A and B units had 4 portholes each, F3 A and B units had 3 portholes each, and F7 A units had 2 portholes, while F7 B units had 3. (...) (23 years ago, 26-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: My Sante Fe 10020
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(...) The lower 2 non centered of the three non oscillating lights are called "ditch" lights. (...) This is almost completely standard commuter train practice, it's called "push pull" operation. SEMTA, SEPTA, MTA, CTA, Metro North, you name it, they (...) (23 years ago, 26-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: No big Deal: B-Unit for 10020 Super Chief
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(...) Um, they're not. It just took some stubborn railways a while to learn that. (23 years ago, 26-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) at banner ads! :-) (23 years ago, 26-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | B-Unit Service Pack
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(...) I'm wondering about the supposed B-unit service pack. It seems like it would have a lot of parts I'd like, personally. Has anything more explicit come out on this, besides what's in Ahui's transcripts? The possibilities that surround having (...) (23 years ago, 26-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: No big Deal: B-Unit for 10020 Super Chief
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(...) Interesting ... At BricksWest, Brad Justus said several times that B-units should have three round windows on each side. Yours has two, but it's faithful to the Lionel model you were basing it on. I wonder if the Lionel kit or Brad was wrong? (...) (23 years ago, 26-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: My Sante Fe 10020
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(...) Well, the Caltrain commuter rail that runs between San Jose and San Francisco uses only clear (white) lights on the front of the train, and red on the rear. One of the lights (the uppermost one, IIRC) oscillates; the others (two or three, I (...) (23 years ago, 26-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: My Sante Fe 10020
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(...) Also, can the cow-catcher / coupling assembly be attached easily to a motorised bogie? ROSCO (23 years ago, 26-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: I was wrong! Also, please see this James
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(...) Perhaps the software should be modified to check for values 27 and 301 (IIRC) and print a message saying "Are you SURE you have that number? Look for the red tile with Axxxx printed on it, and enter the number xxxx instead." I don't think John (...) (23 years ago, 26-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: No big Deal: B-Unit for 10020 Super Chief
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Looks good to me Ben. So basicly the B-unit cost twice as much as the A-unit?! Hmmmm, how are the B-units supposed to be a good deal for the railways :) jt (...) (23 years ago, 26-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: No big Deal: B-Unit for 10020 Super Chief
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Ben, Nice work on the B unit, I plan on doing the same kind of thing soon. And I 2nd you on the amount of posts, I can't read them fast enough! Maybe we need a lugnet.trains.superchief newsgroup:) Build on... Robin Werner - www.gfltc.org (...) (23 years ago, 26-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Porthole alternative
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Discouraged that the printed 1x2x2 clear panel doesn't really match the gray of the rest of the Santa Fe engine? Try this alternative! :) (URL) Lambrecht bram@cwru.edu www.bldesign.org (23 years ago, 26-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Review: Passenger Wagon 10015 (My Own Train)
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Hello! I just received the whole-shebang train set from S@H (as well as the Blacksmith Shop, which I assembled first). What a great train this is! The caboose and the passenger wagon are my favorites. I will probably order another color engine, as (...) (23 years ago, 25-Feb-02, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.trains)
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