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"James Mathis" <thakius@nmt.edu> wrote in message news:H0stDA.53r@lugnet.com... (...) graphics (...) (URL) (...) Now there's a project the SCLTC better work on! In all truth, I have never seen that car before. But by the looks of the photos, it (...) (22 years ago, 13-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Ogel is back with a new weapon to affect world domination: The Train of Assimilation Here are the pics: (URL) following shot shows Ogel at the control of this super-fast train. (URL) the complex, multi-angle SNOT construction that pushes the width (...) (22 years ago, 13-Aug-02, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build, lugnet.town) !!
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I should explain this... The index.htm file has been removed because someone is reading the page really often and there is no trace of from where (spoofing?). I do not normally have that many hits and defenately not in this way (only 1 are 2 can be (...) (22 years ago, 13-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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On Tue, 13 Aug 2002, Simon Gammon (<GPS7lMDuZWW9Ew8I@g...mon.co.uk> ) wrote at 20:05:02 (...) I'm sure some will turn up. (...) Oo-er, I'd better write one! (22 years ago, 13-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) That's pretty neat, and to think Amtrak was going under??? -Harvey (22 years ago, 13-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.mediawatch)
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Yep, it is defenately not real, even for a citylayout with trams. But funny and interesting - and possible. M. Moolhuysen <moom@nospam-chello.nl> wrote in message news:H0qxL8.JCv@lugnet.com... (...) used (...) shaped (...) (22 years ago, 13-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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I am aware of the problem. It should fixed in a few days. Use this for now - it should result in the same (URL) R Ward <bill@wards.net> wrote in message news:m2y9bar2yl.fsf@...rds.net... (...) (URL) ---...--- --- (...) (22 years ago, 13-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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This Amtrak Horizon Cafe car on a San Diegan is "shrink wrapped" in graphics advertising LEGOLAND California: (URL) about the word-wrap long link. later, James Mathis (22 years ago, 13-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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No need to do that, it would be a shame to split a complete set just to replace my printed instructions. Thank you though for your generous offer. I'm not really a train head, although I did pay far too much for a 4564 on eBay a while back. I love (...) (22 years ago, 13-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) found" type of error, but it's in a language that I don't read. What do you mean by a "roundabout"? I don't think that is a railroading term. The only "roundabout" I know is for vehicular traffic... --Bill. (22 years ago, 13-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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If all else fails, I'll crack open a fresh one for you. There may well be several others in the UK who bought multiples of this set in the recent past. Does this mean you're a Train head? Wanna join the NBLTC, Britain's premier Lego Train Club? Tony (...) (22 years ago, 13-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: BayLTC's first GATS show - pictures now avaialble
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(...) Thanks. (I built the cliff with boat ramp.) There is a 12 brick difference in elevation. One thing that may not be clear from the pictures is that the railroad bridge is actually a motorized lift-bridge (drawbridge), thanks to David Wegmuller. (...) (22 years ago, 13-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I should know better than to post early in the morning... NOW it is cross posted to lugnet.inst Jake --- Jake McKee LEGO Enthusiast Webmaster - BI Portal (URL) (22 years ago, 13-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.inst)
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(...) impressed with the "non-standard" usage of the robot arm piece! I am also cross-posting this to lugnet.inst, as I'm sure the folks over there will enjoy! Jake --- Jake McKee LEGO Enthusiast Webmaster - BI Portal (URL) (22 years ago, 13-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Great job BayLTC! The elevation change for the water area is cool. Is that a wave sweaping towards the beach? The HUGE red roundhouse looks impressive too. Impressive MOCs all around. (...) -Jason +---...---+ Jason Spears MichLUG - (URL) Page (...) (22 years ago, 13-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Thanks, Mark!! Do you mean separate the two front wheelsets more, or move the front pair forward and the motor further back? I appreciate the comments and your time. Makes me feel like a part of teh group more. Paul Sinasohn Move the front pair (...) (22 years ago, 13-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) (22 years ago, 13-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) the front pair forward and the motor further back? I appreciate the comments and your time. Makes me feel like a part of teh group more. Paul Sinasohn (22 years ago, 13-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I've cross posted to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade where this sort of post typically goes. I have sold off a lot of my hoppers as complete sets, box, parts and instructions. If you don't have any luck with lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, trying (...) (22 years ago, 13-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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I know that a while back there was a discussion on the various collections of great numbers of Blue Hoppers (4536). I wonder if anyone has a similarly large pile of the instructions that they need a home for. I have recently acquired a blue hopper (...) (22 years ago, 12-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) No, but the lady from Electric Norman (?) was extremely interested in trying to become a retailer of Lego trains at all of GATS. We referred her to Jake and Brad. Paul Sinasohn LUGNET #115 BAYLTC (22 years ago, 12-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Zonker has a whole lot of info about his roundhouse here: (URL)Did (...) Not that I know of. I think mine was the only one that ran. Although he did spend quite a lot of time at the layout. Russell BayLTC/BayLUG (22 years ago, 12-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Very nice! Are there any more photos of the Water tower and Round House? Did the old guy from the Canfield Family Circus bring over his 10015 to run on your layout? Robert Powell SCLTC (22 years ago, 12-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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I have posted pictures from our first GATS show: (URL) questions, feedback welcome! --Bill. XFUT: lugnet.trains (22 years ago, 12-Aug-02, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.org.us.baylug, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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(...) It doesn't nook very train-ish but it still is a good idea, it could be used in the center of a cross shaped (with loops on the ends) or figure 8 shaped double track layout. With friendly greetings, M. Moolhuysen. (22 years ago, 12-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:H0qvAJ.BEH@lugnet.com... (...) And give Larry P a hard time every chance you get! ;) Rob (22 years ago, 12-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Do things for others and you end up dependent on others for your own self validation. Do things for your own reasons and feedback is a nice bonus, nothing more. (22 years ago, 12-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi Paul, I have not commented on much in the past, but since you begged for it....:-) I would move the front wheelset forward 2 studs and "maybe" the back set back 1 stud. I am basing this on (URL) & jmho..... Thanx, Mark Millere LUGnet # 525 Visit (...) (22 years ago, 12-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Please take a look at this and let me know what you think. All comments and criticisms welcomed - ANYTHING is better than nothing... Denver & Rio Grande utility engine #6, a Galloping Goose variant. Pictures are on Brickshelf at: (URL) feedback, it (...) (22 years ago, 12-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: SD45 Pics taken with my NEW camera!
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(...) It IS blue, Blue & grey... Not sure on the set, all I know is they normaly pop up once a month on BL, normaly only 1 at a time... I saw 2 pop up like 3-4 months ago, in germany & bought them RIGHT away! I'm experimenting with a white faced (...) (22 years ago, 12-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Take the train poll... (was: New Polling Mechanism Available)
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(...) I would agree. I think it's difficult to do a poll that tries to deal with a really broad subject... that's why my first poll was confined to track geometry. I surely will be doing other polls as we go forward (and putting them on the .trains (...) (22 years ago, 12-Aug-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hi Robin, you forgot the most important answer: - new bigger drive wheels for steam engines (with hole for connecting rods) Kind Regards, Ben (22 years ago, 12-Aug-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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| | Take the train poll... (was: New Polling Mechanism Available)
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Great idea Todd/Suz! Here is my poll: What LEGO® Train item(s) would you like to see released from LEGO® Direct/Company or third party custom kit maker? (URL) on... Robin Werner LUGNET Member #408 (...) (22 years ago, 11-Aug-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 10025 Santa Fe Cars I - just received them!!
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(...) Hi Thomas Yes, those 1 x 2 ribbed bricks are the only ones in the pearl/silver color. Most of the rest are in the usual light grey, with train base and train ends in dark grey. There are also small numbers of black, red(seats), yellow(cups), (...) (22 years ago, 11-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Noted! Here's the first poll created by someone other than Admins... :-) (and yes, it was very very easy to create!) (URL) share your thoughts with us about 9V Track Geometry. I will be adding this poll's info (and results) to the (...) (22 years ago, 11-Aug-02, to lugnet.admin.curators, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hi kecia i have a question. the ribbed 1 x 2 bricks. are those the only parts that are pearl silver? if not what else is pearl color? (22 years ago, 11-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Plane windows? I didn't think so... (if the model is green, I figured the TRAIN windows came from there, yes, but would then have no idea where the plane windows came from, as Mike said) (22 years ago, 11-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) They pop up on the European eBay sites regularly -- Jan-Albert van Ree (22 years ago, 11-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Try set #10015... there are a bunch of those windows in green. Jake --- Jake McKee LEGO Enthusiast Webmaster - BI Portal (URL) (22 years ago, 11-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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"Mike Walsh" <mike_walsh@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:H0oLv8.3Jx@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) [ ... snipped ... ] Following up my own post - I went and looked in my own box of train winows I have six of them (blue 1x2x3 train (...) (22 years ago, 11-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:H0oJ1z.KML@lugnet.com... (...) Has to be blue or the converse question would be "where do the green plane windows come from?". However the questions remains - where did the blue (...) (22 years ago, 11-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Is that model blue or green? If it's blue, where are the narrow train windows coming from? Thanks! (22 years ago, 11-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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This is just an idea I got when I was in Munich last year. I just tried to create a roundabout with 9V tracks and it is possible. I posted an example on my pages: (URL) (22 years ago, 11-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Yeah, It was Fun, My Brother-in-law, who was there, was suprised, afterwards he said to me, "And to think, when I was small I thought I built ALOT with lego..." I'd like to say thanks for being so freindly also! I guess i should e-mail about the (...) (22 years ago, 11-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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I did finish this a while back, but i have gotten better pics... (URL) (22 years ago, 11-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc)
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(...) It was fun having you drop in on our little show-- it is always fun to meet AFOLs F2F with whom one has corresponded on line but never seen in person:-) Hope you got some good inspiration-- I'm looking forward to the formation of the UPLTC in (...) (22 years ago, 10-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Sorry for the delay in posting these!! a week later... (URL) (22 years ago, 10-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) It blows my mind. People have driven around me at crossings where the gates were down! Chris (22 years ago, 10-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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It has been a few months since I posted a new CTB FMOTM (Free Model of the Month) but I have finally had some time to put something together. The August 2002 FMOTM is CTB-1128 Metroliner Baggage Car. (URL) color instructions are now available for (...) (22 years ago, 10-Aug-02, to lugnet.inst, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Yeah, that would be cool, then you could build any engine with those colors. Lego should have the color thing in that rather then the MOT series. Thats where the color would have really worked b/c most(not all) engines were black. Diesels and (...) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) (usually within a week or so). When you email me, please include the information in the format shown on the Events page: (URL) McKee Sr. Producer LEGO Direct (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) An intresting discussion started here. I was thinking about it last night; about US or EU trains, diesel, electric or steam and colours. As a kid I had the 162 ( (URL) ) which was pretty cool 'cos you could make 6 different models with it! Now (...) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | PNLTC Mall Show - One More Public Weekend & Pics Up From Previous!
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Back by popular demand, the Pacific Northwest Lego Train Club will be hosting an additional public weekend on August 24th and August 25th at the Beaverton Mall (outside Portland, OR). For those of you who have missed our two previous public (...) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.or.por) !
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I believe that involved an Amtrak train here in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Of course there was nothing left of the driver, and yes one of the victims still had their hands wrapped around the steering wheel when he fried to a crisp. -Harvey (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) There was a similar accident many years ago involving a truck full of fuel and a train colliding. Unfortunately it was during rush hour on a busy boulevard. There were many fatalities. The engineer survived. The train was going fast enough to (...) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Oops I did it again! This is going rather well, don't ya think? Must have been sleeping while I did the piece count. ;-) Actually it is 10 elements that are left when you have built the RPO car: 4 light grey train doors (2 left, 2 right) 4 (...) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hi Sorry, but I don't have the Green Goblin. "Pearl" could be a right description, and they ARE kind of shiny, especially if you hold them into the light. But I would not say that they are transparent, nor that you can see a little way into (...) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Has anyone got a Green Goblin hover-thingy then? The 2x6 printed slope/curve are in a sort of "pearl-silver" (is that a good enough description?) like some of the bricks I got from LLW. It looks like a slightly transparent shiny grey. You can (...) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Locomotives: (URL) the SD-60's involved in a rear-end run away: (URL) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) (URL) (22 years ago, 8-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Take a look at when a 75-car freight train and 8000+ gallons of diesel fuel meet at a crossing... (URL) (22 years ago, 8-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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It's the goose that laid the golden egg. That's a fine piece of work you have there, and I especially like the nose section with the front wheels...looks very Galloping Goose-like. I assume the train motor is in the rear section? -Harvey (22 years ago, 8-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Well, almost 2 years in the making, I've finally come up with an MOC that I can post. Short version: Denver & Rio Grande utility engine #6, a Galloping Goose variant. Pictures are on Brickshelf at: (URL) version: About two years ago, I helped BAYLTC (...) (22 years ago, 8-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc)
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(...) Oops Mail car is 16 elements, if you count door and window as 2 different pieces. 12 if you count them as 1. Kecia (22 years ago, 8-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hi Dan The light grey 1 x 2 x 2's below the Santa Fe text are bricks. Building the bagage car will leave you with the 47 element all together. If you are building the mail car, you will have 12. Kecia (22 years ago, 8-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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I was reading about the Santa Fe in some old magazines and they had a car order from a excursion in 1991. It was pulled by a Northern(S.F. 3751)* and 2 backup Dash 8-40CW Diesels(844 and 840). 3463 Baggage(Tool) Car* 77 Baggage Car 67 Sleeper "Regal (...) (22 years ago, 8-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I read this and I thought 'how Lego-obsessed must he be to re-arrange his holiday' until I realised that that's exactly what I've done in postponing going to the Edinburgh Festival for two days so I can go on the Legoland Windsor 'modelmaking (...) (22 years ago, 8-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Ouch :( That's frustrating indeed! Well I was supposed to drive of on holiday today, but just before I went out the door the postman brought me a package... S@H with my roof and red 1*x bricks! So I immediately postponed my vacation 1 day and (...) (22 years ago, 8-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) screen. (...) this is now much friendlier to use. I have a broadband connection here (with sometimes 400kB/s), but your pages did not load faster than 5 to 10 kB/s. So a 1-MB-picture took 100...200 seconds (3 minutes for 1 picture is simply (...) (22 years ago, 8-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Sorry about that, getting quite spoiled by broadband here... I make a second album where all pics are resized to 512*384. It can be found here (URL) other links still work, for those that like the bigger pictures. With regards, -- Jan-Albert (...) (22 years ago, 8-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Loading time is quite long and looking at such partly seen pictures is pain.... Since this a preview, a 320x240 picture would have given the same amount of information in 5% of the time it took now. (...) Read this after I had tried to open (...) (22 years ago, 8-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 10025 Santa Fe Cars I - just received them!!
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(...) Can't say. I don't have any of those sets and haven't looked at them in the store closely enough to tell. But probably. (22 years ago, 8-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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In article <H01579.1Bv@lugnet.com>, "Will Vale" <mwvale@gemsoft.co.uk> wrote: snip (...) First, WOW! Second.... um.... don't put the power clips on a curve. That isn't cheating. You know, sometimes I think it is funny; when people see the awesome (...) (22 years ago, 8-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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After acquiring a number of black slopes, windows and red bricks I started working on a second section and further completed the roof on part 1. As can be seen here, (URL) shed is modulair (some day I might even do a middle section) I used some (...) (22 years ago, 8-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Has anyone else had any trouble ordering the Santa Fe cars from the US S@H? I just placed and order for 2 10025 and 3 10022. They would honor the price of $148 but they had a real tough time finding the sets in their system. I got kind of an uneasy (...) (22 years ago, 7-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Possibly the same color as the 'Silver' Coca-Cola soccer player from Asia, then. Paul Sinasohn still waiting for his set of 5 (22 years ago, 7-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Possibly the same color as the 'Silver' Coca-Cola soccer player from Asia, then. Paul Sinasohn still waiting for his set of 5 (22 years ago, 7-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I think you can say it is. C3PO has that same kind of "strange glow" to it. But the Santa Fe pieces are of course, as you say, grey/silver coloured. Kecia (22 years ago, 7-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Larry, is this essential a gray version of the C3PO that is .. gold I guess. But I guess C3PO doesn't have flecks if I remember correctly. (...) (22 years ago, 7-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Lar - Is this the same metallic gray that some of the Bionicle sets use (and I think one of the new Star Wars or Island Extreme sets used the same color - can't remember which as all the sets I have bought for parts recently have become blurred in (...) (22 years ago, 7-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I think, that is the one, that was planned to be sent with any S@H order after the Brickfest. As I have heard (only kind of a rumor) Brad had planned to present the Santa Fe Coaches at brickfest. In a kind of bad luck (or even sabotage?!) it (...) (22 years ago, 7-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi, It seems I'm a bit out of the loop up here in Canada. What is this special trains catalog? What is the code? If I can get 5 for $148, I would consider purchasing some..... Bob Robert Horvath -----Original Message----- From: (...) (22 years ago, 7-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Yes, you do. Unfortunately, you can't apply more than 1 code at once, so if you happen to be getting multiple Santa Fe sets and 5 or more bulk packs, you can only apply one of the discounts. :/ I'm not sure if that's WAD or not; my impression (...) (22 years ago, 7-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) (car... wagon is a euro term, these are passenger cars. :-) ) (...) no regular coaches were in the consist. These were premium cost trains, remember. (...) I don't think that's the case. I ordered 4 and 6 (10 total) and forgot to ask. I got (...) (22 years ago, 7-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Based on seeing the preproduction prototypes, I assert they are not that color. I would characterise them as being somewhat metallicised or iridescent, the plastic is a bit translucent to a small depth and there are flecks or sparkles in. I (...) (22 years ago, 7-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I am fine to think about answering some questions. The afore mentioned Fallen Flags site for The Super Chief shows several listings of wagon types for The Super Chief train: (URL)In my eyes it would be satisfieing enough to order just 7 (or (...) (22 years ago, 7-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I believe, it shoul be possible to (almost) build our own ones from 10022 (and spare parts from 10025?). (...) My suggestion would be mail - bagage - sleeper - dining - sleeper - observation. Of course this would take two sleeping cars, so you (...) (22 years ago, 7-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Yes - at least at 1000steine this has been discussed. Maybe we should ask James Mathis for background information? In my eyes it would be satisfieing enough to order just 7 (or more) waggons [1] then build the mailcar or sleeping car 2 times (...) (22 years ago, 7-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Thanks, Mattias. (...) I'll try and take some pictures within the next week or so. Sadly, everything's been tucked in neat little boxes for the past two weeks, since we just moved into a new house and the setup of the LEGO room (yay!) is (...) (22 years ago, 7-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) That was true in the Metroliner, there wasn't a pure sitting car, there was always tables,or beds. With a few alterations, i'm going to make the club car into a Dome Car with the left over pieces. But in a long train, I imagine that not many (...) (22 years ago, 7-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) [Snip] (...) In the mosaic, there is just a colour that looks like two parts of the well known 'normal' grey and one part of white. (...) Seen that on your box scans a few minutes ago. Thanks for your information! Ben . . . P.s.: should I dare (...) (22 years ago, 7-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hi I think you can say, they have kind of a "metallic glow" to them. Sorry, I don't have the mosaic set. End windows are in a 2 x 2 black panel, where you "push in" the blue windows, just like you do on the train doors. In other words... It's (...) (22 years ago, 7-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Has anyone else noticed that, amongst all the variants, there's no standard passenger car? Jason J Railton (22 years ago, 7-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) [Snip] (...) Thanks a lot for these informations! The new colour had been described as new kind of 'silver' (in the first spy-shots that appeared at 1000steine) so I expected some metallic effect as we know it from some of the late technic (...) (22 years ago, 7-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hi Ben Just uploaded some pictures of the box and stickers. Can be seen here: (URL) to mention, that there are 2 instruction books in this set. One is marked 10025-1 (builds the bagage car), the other one is 10025-2 (mail car). The silver (...) (22 years ago, 7-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains) !
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(...) Hi Ben I suppose you mean those 1 x 2 bricks, that are in a little bit different color, than light grey? The colour is new to me, so it does looks a little strange. But I think they are fine. Just takes a little time to get used to the new (...) (22 years ago, 7-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hi Kecia, that is amazingly fast! Wow. Could you try to discribe the 'silver' corrugated bricks of the train set. How do they look like? Is the quality top or do they look like too cheap plastic (like some of the wheel hubs in silver metal (...) (22 years ago, 7-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi Just received the sets I ordered from S@H. Woohoo!!! Kecia Denmark (22 years ago, 7-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi I just received an email from S@H, saying they have shipped the new 10025 Santa Fe Cars I to me!! Can't wait. Kecia Denmark (22 years ago, 7-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) ___...___ (...) Oh, they know about us. The GMLTC showed at the 1999 NMRA National Convention in Minneapolis, Minnesota. We had a great time visiting with the president of the NMRA who exclaimed about our layout: "This (the GMLTC layout) is (...) (22 years ago, 6-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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