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(...) My guess is that when we have enough sets registered to see the final pattern it will tell us how many sets there are on a pallet. The sets will come off the line and be put in boxes, the boxes will be placed on a pallet. A pallet would be the (...) (23 years ago, 27-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Santa Fe Numbers
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(...) As opposed to costing another 5p (or whatever in cash), it would more likely show up as a shortcoming of the set elsewhere. Would you be willing to accept an instruction booklet that is abbreviated by 8 pages? How about getting parts that are (...) (23 years ago, 27-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Sante Fe Wish List
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(...) Allow me;-) F is the *EMD* (builder) designation for the type of locomotive used to pull the Super Chief. There were actually different versions of the F (FT, F2, F3, F7), but the one chosen by TLC to model is a "300 class" (which were (...) (23 years ago, 27-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Sante Fe Wish List
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(...) Zero. (...) I deserved that - Thanks Allan. I was working on the latter case, but missed a zero in my metal calc, and then, for some reason, missed the nine at the start of 99900025 ((10k-5)^2). Basically, if I wanted to get two the same I'm (...) (23 years ago, 27-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Sante Fe Wish List
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(...) I can't resist this one...if you already have one Santa Fe loc and buy one expansion pack, the chances of getting a match are 1:10,000 (or, 1:9995 to account for the 5 taken out by BJ), not 1/100,000,000=(1/10,000)^2. The chances of getting (...) (23 years ago, 27-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Sante Fe Wish List
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(...) Yes, I hope they don’t go for a numbered Ltd Ed run of 10,000 again. The chances of getting a match (if you buy one of each) would be ~1:10,000,000 or 1:9,900,025 if we allow for BJ taking 5 from each run! (if my Y2 stats are correct... what (...) (23 years ago, 27-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Sante Fe Wish List
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I have been reading some of the interesting links some of the real Train-heads (well Rail Buffs) posted, and really like the idea of a seperate but detailed line just for the Sante Fe "series". I think it would be neat if there was a seperate coach, (...) (23 years ago, 27-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Santa Fe Numbers
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(...) Thanks Bert. I've either mixed up my numbers or keyed the wrong ones into LUGNET... I hope its the latter, as I've already put them in the SF Reg... I can't say I care much for Ricky Raccoon or his Scooter. ;) Thanks again Scott A =+= Have you (...) (23 years ago, 27-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Santa Fe distribution pattern
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(...) Good sleuthing! I would say that taking batches of a few hundred and directing them one way, then the other, is a fair bit of jumbling. But not as much jumbling as putting all 10000 on a waxed floor and swirling them around before repacking, I (...) (23 years ago, 27-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Porthole alternative
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(...) I see no yelling. Merely gentle guidance. (...) (off topic) (...) (because I got away with the first one?) (...) Four. FUT admin.general since you seem to have an issue with gentle guidance on this. Your original message was off topic for (...) (23 years ago, 27-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Santa Fe Numbers
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there was a set numbered 3605, this was a fabuland set (Ricky Raccoon and his Scooter) number 3915 was a keychain (Race Car Driver Key Chain) Bert "Scott A" <eh105jb@mx1.pair.com> wrote in message news:Gs6v2s.8M0@lugnet.com... (...) looks (...) (...) (23 years ago, 27-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Santa Fe Numbers
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(...) Well I got 3605, 3915 and one which I doubt I'll open for a while. Neither of my opened 10020 numbers refers to a set or even a part... YET! But, using google, I did find a real train numbered 3605: (URL) than a Fabuland Service Station any (...) (23 years ago, 27-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Well, the grouping that occured up until now is very obvious. It seems unlikely to me that this would have happenend when the sets where "all jumbled up together". It seems also highly unlikely that a "jumbled up" pattern is going to emerge (...) (23 years ago, 27-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: My Sante Fe 10020
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(...) Or just someone casting a long line, waiting to catch unwary locos???? ROSCO FUT .fun (23 years ago, 27-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | RE: Porthole alternative
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(...) I knew you were gonna yell at me...but I figured the original post was in trains, can't hurt to port one extra message there to keep everything in the same place. Instead we now have three off-topic messages... --Bram Bram Lambrecht (...) (23 years ago, 27-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: My Sante Fe 10020
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(...) Whereas I would strongly doubt that they do. DP (Distributed Power) uses radio signals since there are no MU or electrical lines running through the unit train coal cars. Radio is asking for trouble in congested areas with crowded spectrum. (...) (23 years ago, 27-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) In my view your follow up post to the original advertisment you snuck in to .trains should have went to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade only. I suspect that view is held by others as well. Thanks for your cooperation in future. Larry Pieniazek (...) (23 years ago, 27-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Any VIA Rail MOCS? Any VIA loco/car photos?
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(...) metroliner (...) (URL)Also, can someone direct me to a sit ethat might have good photos of actual VIA (...) Search Via on the web, a bunch comes up. I have some books with photos, and that is what I have used (along with the limited makeup (...) (23 years ago, 27-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: My Sante Fe 10020
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In lugnet (...) meanings. (...) Yes, push pull generally, as far as I tell, means that the loco(s) are at one end, and there is a control cab at the other end. (...) GO used to do this with F units :). (But, they mostly use the coaches, since the (...) (23 years ago, 27-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Santa Fe Super Chief Train Engine Registry
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(...) My understanding as well. (...) I'll tell you what's crazy-- they are limiting customers to 3 per household. The first 10,000 will probably be gone by the end of next week! (...) For retail, I'd say most sets of a typical theme are produced (...) (23 years ago, 26-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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