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"Reinhard "Ben" Beneke" <r.beneke@tu-bs.de> wrote in message news:Gv53vF.A1M@lugnet.com... <snipped> (...) somewhat (...) been (...) special (...) nearly no (...) I wouldn't take the SNOT thought too far, the first generation of Technic sets had (...) (22 years ago, 25-Apr-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I remember reading somewhere that is a Post-waggon. Dunno where. Think it is a free interpetation of a old German postal waggon. Could find any good pictures to make my point but I think you know what I mean... De groeten, Jeroen (22 years ago, 25-Apr-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Electronic Control unit for train in 1969
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(...) I "always" loved those early high tech inventions into a Lego theme, but to be honest: I heard about these trains just 4 years ago too. They seem to have been really bad sellers (and lots of Co-Afols could buy them even in the middle of the (...) (22 years ago, 25-Apr-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: LEGO(R) Caboose(?) from 1978 set 164
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(...) the catalogue showed the passenger coach (which I have always seen as main model). If you build the passerger car you have no spares from the set left, but you have lots of them when you build the caboose. (...) There are some clever designs (...) (22 years ago, 25-Apr-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Ya, but a lot of modern euro/british stock uses those style wheels. (...) Roger that! :-) (MTW-1004 is 6 12/15 wide with an 8 wide load, though... (yes I said 12/15 it's two extra tiles sideways wider...) ) (22 years ago, 25-Apr-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) (URL) doesn't capture the look of the real thing very well. Comes a little closer? later, James Mathis (22 years ago, 25-Apr-02, to lugnet.trains)
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New to me. Sorry if this is re-hash. Just so interesting to see this electronic whistle-blowing device for trains. 1969; wow. Sets 138 and 139. (URL) Mathis (22 years ago, 25-Apr-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Looks like a caboose to me. It is named passenger wagon. Interesting. (URL) to review the old sets. Never browsed the blue era much. later, James Mathis (22 years ago, 25-Apr-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I was thinking about Chris' method; brilliant work!. Not sure I would like that look on this passenger waggon. 8, 7, ugh. ;-) (...) That was fun to figure out. (...) Yikes! later, James Mathis (22 years ago, 25-Apr-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) It kind of forces your hand to go 8 wide, or at least 7, don't it? Even if you go with the low profile outer journalless truck that Chris showed recently you can't rotate the wheels and fit within a 4 wide area. I am just loving the way you (...) (22 years ago, 25-Apr-02, to lugnet.trains)
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