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(...) You make it sound so easy... <grin> Do you have to orient it a certain direction? Knowing my luck I'd install it upside down or something... JohnG, GMLTC (22 years ago, 22-Jul-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) This is just a guess, but perhaps "full stop" actually means "full throttle". 'Stop' might be a translation for an 'indent' of some sort... JohnG, GMLTC (22 years ago, 22-Jul-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Sure, I just pull directions from the website. from : (URL) & Hours of the Jackson Street Roundhouse The Jackson Street Roundhouse is located north of the Minnesota State Capitol. Take the Pennsylvania Ave. exit off of I35E. Go west two blocks to (...) (22 years ago, 21-Jul-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Brad J Brickfest 2002 Keynote Speech synopsis
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I thank you both for your answers. With friendly greetings, M. Moolhuysen. (22 years ago, 21-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Pedro- It would depend on which time frame you wanted, and the fact that there were other routes besides the most famous Chicago to LA one that used different configs. Here is a helpful link somebody posted a while back about the Super Chief: (...) (22 years ago, 21-Jul-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi Folks, I've done a second G10 freight car from Deutsche Reichsbahn. Now without a breaker's cabin. And it is white and uses lots of white jumper bricks. My homepage now has moved to Ozbricks. Thanks to Michael G. from Ozbricks for hosting me and (...) (22 years ago, 21-Jul-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Out of curiosity, what was the_most_common configuration of the SFSC? How many cars of each type? How many B-units, if more than one? Pedro (22 years ago, 21-Jul-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I have one in my hand as I type this. It's glued up... so you can't disassemble it to be 100% sure, but it uses 28 stud train bases. There are 2 2x6s stacked (or a 2x6 and 2 1x6s, it varies from car to car and end to end) in dark grey at each (...) (22 years ago, 21-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.trains)
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(...) No sooner said than done: (URL) was cranked out starting at 12:30 AM Thursday and finished at 2:30 AM, went to bed and got up at 5:30 to fly out to BF... that lack of sleep may explain this picture (URL) Friday... still hadn't caught up on (...) (22 years ago, 21-Jul-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) In the states, we AFOL's wait until 4561 goes on sale, say $65 to $99 tops. (...) I remember visiting a small toy shop with boxes of track about six years ago. I kept waiting for the track to go on sale, it was priced $1 over S@H, but without (...) (22 years ago, 21-Jul-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) A nice little bridge or 2 would do wonders! ROSCO (22 years ago, 21-Jul-02, to lugnet.trains)
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All you can get (at least here in .au) is the large, expensive 4561 (here in .au, its not usually on sale but even at some of the sale prices US people talk about, its still expensive compared to e.g. a hogwards castle, republic gunship or most (...) (22 years ago, 21-Jul-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Fairly easy to make your own: 1. Cut a 1m cable in half. 2. Take one half and shorten one of the two wires at the end by two inches. 3. Solder a reed switch to the ends so it lies along the cable. 4. Put some heat shrink over it all. 5. (...) (22 years ago, 20-Jul-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Looking at dsc01309.jpg in that gallery I see 2 plates on the end, most likely 2*6's. 2 of those on both sides would make it 32*6 with the right height. Jan-Albert van Ree (22 years ago, 20-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.trains)
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Is this a mis-print or something new? Left side Metroliner headlights. (URL) Shine at a full stop" Dean (22 years ago, 20-Jul-02, to lugnet.trains)
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...and I've just found a gallery by Kevin Loch showing the the new Santa Fe car sets acually being present on Brickfest 2002. (URL) someone of the attendies please elaborate on how the base(plate) of the Santa Fe cars have been constructed to (...) (22 years ago, 20-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.trains)
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(...) For those of you who missed the picture of these sets: (URL) by René Hoffmeister on July 2th 2002, indeed most AFOL's attending this Keynote Speech where not as surpised as LD hoped them to be. It's on of the things that shows what a fertile (...) (22 years ago, 20-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.trains)
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(...) The two SKUs (stock keeping units) that build the 5 cars. SKU 10025 - Santa Fe cars set 1 (Mail, Baggage) SKU 10022 - Santa Fe cars set 2 (Dining, Observation, Sleeping) Hope that helps. I am going off net for a while to go see these operate (...) (22 years ago, 20-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Cross posted to trains for information. Props to James!!!! (22 years ago, 20-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.trains)
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Do you have Directions? I still need to talk to my family members there to see if they'll bring us... BUT if they will I'll try to show up early so that it can run for a while! Hopefully they can drop me off & come back later in the day & get me, (...) (22 years ago, 20-Jul-02, to lugnet.trains)
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