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(...) Bet you a dollar he's typing on a non german keyboard and is a touch typist. German keyboards have the Y and Z transposed from English/American ones and if you don't remember that you tend to transpose. I know I did when I was using them (...) (23 years ago, 26-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Oh man... Sweet! Have you found any diamond yet? ;-) Namibia sounds cool. Or hot, depending on where you stand! (...) TIA for the pics, and a little PS: check the keyboard, there is something wrong with the "y's"... :-P Pedro (Loking forward (...) (23 years ago, 26-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi @ll, just realized while relaxing in the Desert Express office that I am not onlz a topic in Windhoeks german newspaper :-) Yeah, this is really a fascinating trip the people from Desert Express and the inwolved tourism operators (AVIS - giving a (...) (23 years ago, 26-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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"Bram Lambrecht" <bram@cwru.edu> wrote in message news:000101c1be6b$f6...1681@bl... (...) *Not* a coincidence... ;-) Cheers ---...--- Carlo Ottolina Lugnet #24 (23 years ago, 26-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) of (...) That is a very good design. Thanks for the tip--I have been wanting to use these porthole panels this way but did not take time to engineer it. My first thought about portholes for trains (especially 10020) was to use thin-wall panel (...) (23 years ago, 26-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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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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(...) 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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(...) 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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