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Interesting. So...how to deal with the new plates... Actually, I have been noticing in "real-life" how roads with pavement over a year or two old tends to be sunbleached to a light gray similar to the old style Lego plates. Only the newest of (...) (22 years ago, 29-Aug-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Very funny bit of information on the guage of American Railroads (Not directly LEGO related)
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(...) Actually it's five studs (40mm) center to center, since each rail is in the middle of the stud position. Jason J Railton (22 years ago, 29-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, lugnet.space)
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Forwarding this for exposure. I like these new road plates... The roads are black with a new design that makes them appear wider. (To bad NELUG already owns a couple hundred baseplates...) Note: You make have to cut and paste this link Eric K. (...) (22 years ago, 29-Aug-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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| | Re: 10022 Santa Fe Cars 2 - being shipped!
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(...) Are you going to the same as what you did with 10025? I fear there is too much weight with the cars. The piece count has to be super high. But maybe I should buy a new motor. Dan (22 years ago, 29-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi all, I have received an email from S@H, saying that my 3 copies of the 10022 Santa Fe Cars have been shipped! This is incredible, since they weren't supposed to be shipped until 13 september here in Denmark. :-) Kecia Hansen (22 years ago, 29-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Very funny bit of information on the guage of American Railroads (Not directly LEGO related)
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(...) I recall my visit to Pompeii, Italy, 10 years ago. The Romans there used stepping stones to cross streets from sidewalk to sidewalk, much like a zebra crossing type sidewalk today, but elevated. As I recall the stones were spaced so that (...) (22 years ago, 28-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, lugnet.space)
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(...) When I drove a Renault LeCar for a while, I was very aware of ruts in the highways. It had a sufficiently narrower wheel spacing that it would ride either on the left or the right hand side of the lane. Every once in a while, it would lurch (...) (22 years ago, 28-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, lugnet.space)
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(...) I want to hank Chris Dee for the scans. here are the cad versions (URL) police doors? (22 years ago, 28-Aug-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.cad, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Very funny bit of information on the guage of American Railroads (Not directly LEGO related)
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(...) Hmmm... I can confirm that there are indeed some ruts in *paved* roman roads, although I cannot confirm if these date from the Roman Era (like you say, there has been a continuous usage of some roman roads). What I can say is, in long (...) (22 years ago, 28-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, lugnet.space)
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(...) None that I am aware of, though I suppose it is possible that they used available ones as auxilliaries in the middle east or those of Briton allies. But Rome itself didn't use chariots. The terrain of Italy was not particularly conducive to (...) (22 years ago, 28-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Very funny bit of information on the guage of American Railroads (Not directly LEGO related)
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(...) Yeah, but 6 studs is about right for a wagon drawn by two horses. See here in the instructions from the Western set Gold City Junction: (URL) (22 years ago, 28-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Very funny bit of information on the guage of American Railroads (Not directly LEGO related)
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(...) Why don't you think the Romans had war chariots? Or do you mean they just didn't call them "war chariots" but something else. I'm pretty sure the Romans had a military chariot. As for the ruts in paved road, it can happen. I've seen ruts (...) (22 years ago, 28-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Question for the train experts
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(...) (22 years ago, 28-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Very funny bit of information on the guage of American Railroads (Not directly LEGO related)
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And to come full circle, the width between LEGO track is... the answer you've all been waiting for... two LEGO horses' asses! And the units used are aptly named; studs! SteveB PS OK it's really 6 studs center to center but it sounded good. (...) (22 years ago, 28-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, lugnet.space)
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(...) Debunking or no, the point is that designs of roadways and railways have been influenced by the width of animal drawn vehicles. However, given the course of this "technological evolution", are we to next assume that Spiffcraft would follow (...) (22 years ago, 28-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Question for the train experts
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(...) 5464 looks a bit like a German MaK diesel unit. It's a modulair engine, have a look at (URL) some info in English. This is the dutch version of the MaK 1002 design. If you look at the pictures you can see the modules clearly. This allows MaK (...) (22 years ago, 28-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: My 7722 4.5v conversion to 9v.
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As a heads up, my pictures are now public. Dave (...) (22 years ago, 28-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Very funny bit of information on the guage of American Railroads (Not directly LEGO related)
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(...) To place this on topic, we would have to ask the question (1) of whether or not LEGO track guage can be determined by a pair of horses side by side? Actually, how close do people typically place LEGO horses in a MOC that is pulled by a team of (...) (22 years ago, 28-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Very funny bit of information on the guage of American Railroads (Not directly LEGO related)
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(...) I always find this story amusing. One, the Romans didn't have war chariots. Two, part of the purpose the Romans had in making paved roads was *not* to have ruts. :-) Okay, okay, they couldn't always use just the paved roads, and Roman supply (...) (22 years ago, 28-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Very funny bit of information on the guage of American Railroads (Not directly LEGO related)
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(...) <snippage> This is a pretty cool story. Not entirely accurate, but cool. :) The basic claim, that rail guage is roughly the same as roman chariot spacing is essentially true, but the article (this version less than some I've seen) plays a (...) (22 years ago, 28-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, lugnet.space)
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