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(...) It's possible it's an artifact of the way the categories work. Note that German eBay has a category for LEGO trains while eBay US does not (or didn't as of a couple months ago, though US eBay does now have multiple categories for LEGO). Do (...) (23 years ago, 13-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) If you're willing to stumble through eBay Germany (Babelfish is a good friend of mine), it's pretty easy to get 12v stuff for not unreasonable prices (I got a 7740 for about $150 including shipping - though it was missing most of the stickers (...) (23 years ago, 13-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Thanks, James. Yeah, it's a small loco (they don't get much smaller!) It doesn't even have a tender-- hence the "T" in the name designation for "Tank", but that made it easier to model (I thought that that would make producing it cheaper (...) (23 years ago, 13-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Yes, these are tres cool. I am going to have to abandon 14 wide and go to 18 wide! :-) I would love to know: does anyone have any idea of the gauge of the track (distance between the rails) used in the LLs? -John (...) (23 years ago, 13-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Thank you Steve Wooster. Trains at LL Windsor: (URL) wow! Love these trains. Especially love seeing the Eurostar :-) (URL) Mathis (23 years ago, 13-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Admittedly, I've never noticed a locomotive like this before. The image that shows the profiles of both your LEGO model and that of the schematic is striking! The scale and call-out of all the distinctive element features is excellent. later, James (...) (23 years ago, 13-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Here is a little tanker I built about a year ago and never posted. The exercise for me was to create the most realistic looking MOC that could also be produced as a set by TLC. I also wanted to include in the set a bunch of "train goodies", so that (...) (23 years ago, 13-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Track Designer Registry
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At this point I really don't mind what happens to Track Designer, I have zero time to spend on it. I'm basically going to open it up to the community and you guys can do whatever you want with the source, modify it, rewrite it, port it or put the (...) (23 years ago, 13-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad)
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(...) Hi Adrian, Nice looking b-units. Could you tell me how many SFSC sets it took to build both b-units. I'm not aware of what other sets have the grey wheels so it seems to me it took 4 sets to build what you have, including locomotives. Thanks (...) (23 years ago, 13-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) my defunct voyager site are grey nose jobs I did in 1998... (rummages) ah yes.... (2 URLs) that site needs to be overhauled. Embarassingly poor quality pics and a lot of the models are way way non state of the art for nowadays. (23 years ago, 13-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I think I prefer the grey, but that seems to be non-prototypical (in as far as the Metroliner is based on the Metroliner): (URL) C. (23 years ago, 13-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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I look for old 12v and 4.5v trains every week. I used to be able to type in "lego eisenbahn" pull up alot of trains from Germany. Now I can only pull up those sets by going to the international site. I didn't realize there was a change until a few (...) (23 years ago, 13-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) For those who haven't seen one with a grey nose, Paul B kindly lent me 2 of his grey noses, and I took a side-by-side shot. I think I still prefer the black, but I'm not sure yet... (URL) (23 years ago, 13-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Man, I'm trying to get my hands on one of those. I don't have one, and have never had one in my hand. Pity... -Rob "Frank Filz" <ffilz@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:3C8E7658.9EE9C5...ing.com... (...) of (...) results. (...) experienced (...) (23 years ago, 13-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) While I like Java more than most, that would be a complete rewrite, ne? And I have to agree with Kevin D. (and Joel, his reference, whom I've enjoyed reading for years now) that a complete rewrite is hardly ever a good idea. But then I'm an (...) (23 years ago, 13-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad)
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(...) Run under linux? music to my ears... Rather than move to .NET would you (Matt) consider moving it to a more cross-platform system, such as Java? --Bill. (23 years ago, 13-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad)
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(...) Personally, I think a rewrite would be a bad idea, although some reorganizing of the code might be good. (keep in mind I haven't seen the code) Typically what happens in largish software projects is they go along for a few years, adding (...) (23 years ago, 13-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I never saw all that much on the US eBay site. I usually use eBay Germany. Frank (23 years ago, 12-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Do you still have the zip file I sent you? That would save me having to redo what I did for you already. And my memory would have been better back then! Matt (23 years ago, 12-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad)
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| | International LegoTrain Auctions
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Before the end of last year, I purchased several 12 volt Lego trains off of ebay from sellers in Europe. When I would search, I would get many results. Now when I search, I get no results from Europe? Has anyone else experienced this? I was (...) (23 years ago, 12-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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