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After noting the continuing popularity of trains at shows and events, plus all the excitement at BricksWest, it dawned on me that I had not seen a LEGO train publication. I noticed that an idea book thread has been bantered about here, but was (...) (23 years ago, 6-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Santa Fe Distribution Map
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(...) Well, if Amtrak's Southwest Chief follows the same route, there's a list of stations here (URL) (23 years ago, 6-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Santa Fe Distribution Map
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(...) Some ATSF Route History: Kansas chartered a railroad to connect Atchinson (sorry if incorrectly spelled) County and Topeka. The route to Santa Fe was added and the company renamed. The track were built on or near the wagon rutts of the Santa (...) (23 years ago, 6-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | a "blue" caboose in 6 wide
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I got around to making a caboose (that I'm proud enough of to post about) since it seems to be popular thing to do right now. It didn't end like it started out, that's for sure! It started out as a red and grey wide-vision. It just kept being too (...) (23 years ago, 6-Mar-02, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.trains)
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| | New nose test for SFSC
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I was think about the train nose that I had built as a test. Then wondered what it would look like on my Santa Fe. So I built a more compact version and assembible it to the SFSC. Its a neet look although I wont keep it on there. It might help other (...) (23 years ago, 6-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: PNLTC display in Edmonds, WA
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(...) Mark and I were thinking just the same thing... hmmm how to get train bits without a train set... we're working on it. Wanna help? Mark Neumann (23 years ago, 6-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: Gondola, Boxcar and new Locomotive!
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(...) Indeed, the renderings put my computer out of commission for a few nights! I really need to fix a couple of the more obvious problems, but all in due time, right? Thanks again! Jake --- Jake McKee AFOL LUGNET Member #211 (23 years ago, 6-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: bricklink - where is my wanted-list
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(...) Probably better directed to Dan by email, but as I recently asked this very same question recently, here's his response: "They have all been moved to the top level, you can best see them at: (URL) (23 years ago, 6-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: MOC pics.....
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(...) Yellow & Dark Green stipe, C&NW (Chicago & North Western), I can tell from the stripe ;-), it's a C44-9W... Josh (...) (23 years ago, 6-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: bricklink - where is my wanted-list
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Adrian, It's not in My Bricklink anymore. Your Wanted list is now under the main Wanted tab. Click on Wanted then the Edit tab and you should see your existing list. Robert Powell (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Santa Fe Distribution Map
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(...) This can be done, although as you pointed out I'm not sure of the immediate worth. Myabe, I'll do it again when we learn all sets have been sold. What I would like to do at some point is do some statistical analysis of the number (...) (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Train Terminology Question
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Thanks for everyone's replies, I appreciate your help. I now know how to properly describe what I've built, but I'll have to take some pictures first! TJ (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | MOC pics.....
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I just took some pics of a desiel that I have had built for awhile. I got the idea from an engine from the Walthers cataloge. I wanted to build a large engine to pull all kinds of freightso this seemed like the perfect engine. I dont recall the (...) (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | bricklink - where is my wanted-list
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hi, I think that all train-builders are frequent bricklink-users :-) so I allow myself posting this question here, does anyone know where my wanted-list is or how I can enter parts I'm looking for, I do miss this option and didn't find any hint if (...) (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Santa Fe Distribution Map
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(...) May have more to do with the distribution of members on Lugnet 8?) ROSCO (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: PNLTC display in Edmonds, WA
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(...) Yeah, next time we need to be sure we have a few catalogs on hand. People kept saying "LEGO makes trains??" and I would tell them a bit about them, but it would have been helpful to have a catalog on hand to show them examples of the LEGO (...) (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: HoMa and the Trans Namib, part Zwei
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Hi Larry, no, it's mot "photoshoped". I really would wish to be able to do such things with Photoshop. But the newspaper is **real**. Even if the german influence in Namibia - former South West Africa - lasted just 30 years and it's a long time ago, (...) (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Train Terminology Question
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(...) Cotton Belt was taken over by Southern Pacific, with is now part of Union Pacific, & GATX leases motive power... Josh (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Santa Fe Distribution Map
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(...) I believe that it approximated Route 66's path. --Bill. (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Train Terminology Question
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(...) Funny you should mention this.. I saw some of those yesterday. Weird looking that the wheelsets were between the units and shared the articulation point. The first one kinda surprised me, so the next one I counted a 5 unit assembly, then later (...) (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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