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Hey Will- So, it took a Snowblower header to delurk you, eh;-) I just wanted to say that about the same time LUGNET came online (Fall '97) was about the same time *I* came online and one of the first train MOCs I saw which wow'ed me was your rotary (...) (22 years ago, 9-May-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Jake, as Larry mentioned, I have one that I made in '97 that is remarkably similar. (URL) me know if I can be of any assistance in helping you build yours. ---Will (...) (22 years ago, 9-May-02, to lugnet.trains)
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The SCLTC just finished a weekend show at the Fullerton train station in Fullerton, Ca. Enjoy! (URL) (22 years ago, 9-May-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town) !
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(...) I'm positively amazed: really 4 years old (from the stone age of Lego modelling)? And I have to disagree: it is a very good model. I really like it and it looks perfectly like the "rotary" that has been in those years in the "Maerklin" (...) (22 years ago, 8-May-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) The 9V battery box has an on/off switch. The box is connected to the motor. The motor has a black lever that can be in a total of 3 positions: forward, stop, and reverse. The lever slides between those positions, and can be controlled by the (...) (22 years ago, 8-May-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Thanks for that link, that had lots of information as well. I do have one more question, where is the on/off/direction switch for the monorail motor? ~Adam~ (...) (22 years ago, 8-May-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Actually, I was a little hesitant to even offer that one up. I built it 4 years ago, modeling from a USA Trains catalog, and it's not very good (although at the time I thought it was the cat's meow;-) That is basically an example of a really (...) (22 years ago, 8-May-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Well, ya, but the less said about that one, the better. (it just goes to your head, J2, it just goes to your head...) Seriously that one is nice because it's closer to the proper length... it actually has two trucks. I've not seen a one truck (...) (22 years ago, 8-May-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) And: (URL) (22 years ago, 8-May-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Technically that's a "Rotary" rather than a snowblower or a snowplow. Snowblowers and snowplows are things you mount on the front of tractors or trucks (at their very largest) and aren't used by "real railroaders". If it wasn't a rotary it (...) (22 years ago, 8-May-02, to lugnet.trains)
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"Adam Murtha" <adammurtha@shaw.ca> wrote in message news:Gvrrut.ECL@lugnet.com... (...) the (...) monorail (...) [ ... snipped ... ] Yes, the monorail is powered by a 9V battery box. There is some information on the monorail system within the Train (...) (22 years ago, 8-May-02, to lugnet.trains)
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I have browsed the instructions for 6399, 6990 and 6991 as well as the pictures on Bricklink. The pictures on Bricklink are not as big as I'd like, and the instructions are very good, except I would like to see what the bottoms of the boogie plates (...) (22 years ago, 8-May-02, to lugnet.trains)
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"Adam Murtha" <adammurtha@shaw.ca> wrote in message news:GvroJ7.7F5@lugnet.com... (...) looking (...) here (...) One idea is to browse the Monorail category of the BrickLink catalog: (URL) is to peruse the instructions from one of the Monorail (...) (22 years ago, 8-May-02, to lugnet.trains)
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I'm planning on buying one of the monorail sets second hand, and I'm looking for good pictures of the monorail boogie plates and baseplates with connectors and tiny wheels, so I'll know what to look for when viewing the monorail set to determine if (...) (22 years ago, 8-May-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Here's my version of a Chessie engine. Many thanks to Jake McKee and Steve Barile for the inspiration and design ideas. (URL) Powell SCLTC (22 years ago, 7-May-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Dear Jake, that is from Michel Brachmond. Although he is from Luxemburg he is a FGLTC member and has joined the FGLTC meetings 4 times so far (left hand in this picture). (URL) model is now built in 8-wide style but is based on a over 2 years (...) (22 years ago, 7-May-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Does anyone know whose terrific yellow snowblower/snowplow this is: (URL) would love to check out some more pics of this thing! Jake --- AFOL LUGNET Member #211 (22 years ago, 7-May-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) This sounds absolutely hilarious. One suggestion I would have might be to have two crossovers so each competitor spent 1/2 of its time on the inside of the "oval" and 1/2 on the outside. My suspicion is that the crane boom swinging packs a lot (...) (22 years ago, 7-May-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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(...) I've added a couple of diagrams to help explain the cabling and put up an initial take of the centre pylon. Hope I achieved some clarity. Really need to get on the photography though. Ta Ta (22 years ago, 7-May-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) If you don't have the time etc. to set it up at sourceforge, just email it to me and I will set it up. (...) A very long quite while. I was thiking the same thing myself on the weekend. (...) Like I said, just email it to me, and I will put it (...) (22 years ago, 7-May-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad)
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