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Re: Permanent outdoor train
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lugnet.trains
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Mon, 5 Jul 1999 13:27:42 GMT
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Frank Filz wrote in message <377B9AD9.2620@mindspring.com>...
> As I get closer to actually buying a house, I've been doing some more
> thinking about a future garden railroad. How well suited to a permanent
> outdoor setup is the Lego track? If it isn't suitable, is the guage
> close enough to any model railroad guage which could be used for track
> (of course one could always handlay track to the Lego guage if
> necessary)? I know it might anethema to mix Lego with non-Lego, but I
> don't want to risk my Lego track if it won't be suitable.
LEGO tracks are not fit for outside usage and as far as I know there is no
standard gauge close enough to use instead. Duplo trains will do better
though :-)
Eric
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| (...) Eric, is this hard earned experence? Please, share the details. I'd think that they would be OK outside...what happenes? do they rust? I don't think that they'd melt/distort too much over a year or so...Anyone got any real experence? All that (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| As I get closer to actually buying a house, I've been doing some more thinking about a future garden railroad. How well suited to a permanent outdoor setup is the Lego track? If it isn't suitable, is the guage close enough to any model railroad (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains)
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