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Re: Santa Fe caboose
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lugnet.trains
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Tue, 5 Mar 2002 00:13:10 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, John Neal writes:
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> David VinZant wrote:
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> > So I just wanted
> > something that looks good behind my Super Chief.
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> Hey Lar-
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> Looks like TLC has created a monster;-)
Ya.
I don't know whether to shudder at the incorrect use of the name (It is an F
unit LOCOMOTIVE that just *happens* to be in the color scheme that Santa Fe
used for passenger service, including assignment to the Super Chief named
TRAIN)...
or exult at the fact that a bazillion new fans are being drawn into LEGO(r)
trains...
Which way to go? Happily nitpick or happily welcome new fans? Tough
decision. Can I go both ways? :-)
++Lar
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Message has 1 Reply:
 | | "Super Chief" (was: Santa Fe caboose)
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| Like it or not, the name now has two meanings: 1: A real-world named train, run by Santa Fe many years ago 2: A Lego set that consists of an EMD (F7? other F?) locomotive in Santa Fe's red/yellow/"silver" war-bonnet paint scheme. David can pull a (...) (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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