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Whatever happened to making a Train idea book? Is the internet way too useful now? Dan (22 years ago, 23-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) It depends. In the early days, usually not. The entire lashup (ABA, ABBA, ABB, ABBBA, whatever) usually got one number. Sometimes with a trailing letter (301A, 301B, 301C, 301D for example for an ABBA 4 unit set) (...) No, that battle was won (...) (22 years ago, 23-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: How to start on Lego® trains. What to buy? Which system? // For train FAQ
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In lugnet.trains, Reinhard "Ben" Beneke writes: ... (...) ... To fit into the current organization of the train FAQ, I believe this is suggesting additions or rewrites to several existing FAQ entries: - LEGO makes trains? Where can I get them? (URL) (...) (22 years ago, 23-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.faq)
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(...) Please calm down folks.... First let me say a 'thank you' to all who left input. In a conclusion on dirt&dust topic one might say: - 9V may need some cleaning now and then, but shows a great resistance against dirt. - 12V conductor rails (...) (22 years ago, 23-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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The Santa Fe generally painted a single number on the sides of their booster units. An A+B+B+A consist of units required only a single crew, not only F units...but also E's, ALCo PA's i.e. any set of 'covered wagons' for that matter. -Harvey (22 years ago, 23-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I presume an A-B-B-A arrangement would have two different numbers for each A-B pairing though? So, by the union rule, there'd be two crews. Would controls of the second be slaved to the first? Jason J Railton (22 years ago, 23-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Thanks for all the info. I had heard that the engines were seen as one whole unit. So I will just leave it with out a number. Dave PNLTC ps. I ment SFSC, not SCSC (...) (22 years ago, 23-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) The general answer to your question is, "it depends". ATSF B units at various points in their lives had numbers that denoted they were part of permanently coupled sets or numbers that were independent. (over time, railroads decoupled the (...) (22 years ago, 23-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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According to Model Railroad Magazine, most, if not all railroads considered multi-unit lashups as one locomotive, thus having the same number and not needing a numberboard. This was done mainly to by-pass the union rules requiring an engineer and (...) (22 years ago, 23-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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I don't think the B-units had number boards. I have several model train catalogs, and they don't show any B-units with number boards for ATSF or any other roadname for that matter. -Stefan- (...) (22 years ago, 23-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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I have been looking around the net to find out if the SCSC B units have numbers on them. So far the pictures I have found of the B units show no number at all. So I kinda have a two part question. Does the SFSC B unit have a number and if so, where (...) (22 years ago, 22-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: How to start on Lego® trains. What to buy? Which system? // For train FAQ
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(...) At our recent "dry run" for NALUG's upcoming layout, we noticed some rough places running at low speed, and needed to spot-clean the rails. It took about 3 years and 4 shows to reach that point, though. James (...) (22 years ago, 22-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Dark Red in trains (was ...Dark Red LMS 4F 0-6-0 Freight Locomotive)
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(...) Here they are! Napa Valley (URL) Valley (alternate) (URL) Island (URL) Valley (URL) know that gold color doesn't exist, but it was too cool to pass up. Again, many of the schemes are downright impossible to build, and others would need extra (...) (22 years ago, 22-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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We have to clean the rails on our layout every time we take it out. Usually we do it by running a train over the tracks with a small load. They definitely get dirty though... -John 3 (...) (22 years ago, 22-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Huh. There used to be documentation of this (I thought), but I can't find one now. It's pretty simple - when you want to mix two of the colors from 0 to 15 (black, blue, green, teal, red, dark pink, brown, gray, dark gray, light blue, bright (...) (22 years ago, 22-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Then your house must have little dust b/c thats what happens to mine. A layer of dust is formed and I have to clean it all the time. And when I go around a week w/o running trains(if i'm working on my live steam engine too much)that happens. I (...) (22 years ago, 22-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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I agree with much of the other commentary, but just would like to toss in a few points: (...) But bargains can be found. (...) But 9v wheels work just fine (my 8 car 7740 runs quite nicely with 9v wheels on the passenger cars). (...) And wiping off (...) (22 years ago, 22-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Whoa there now Mr.P, how come every time I have advice to give, you have to talk down to me like some kid? Theres been plenty of times where I've taken the cloth mentioned above and wiped plenty of black crud off, and my track is indoors in an (...) (22 years ago, 22-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I agree. I'd also start a beginners guide by talking about 9V and the options available, then summarise older systems (battery, 12V) so that the beginner knows they're out there, and can then decide whether to seek them out specifically or (...) (22 years ago, 22-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I have never done this, ever. And I have had no problems whatever. Unless you let your kids take the track outside (Hi Chris...) this is not necessary. It's stainless wheels on stainless track precisely to obviate this need. Therefore I would (...) (22 years ago, 22-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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