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Hi, One note of compartmentalized dorkism, I've cross-posted to lugnet.org since this is looking for thoughts on orgs. Anyway, I only have a very recent experience of LUGs (I've been to the last two meetings but will have to miss the one this (...) (22 years ago, 5-Sep-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org)
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In lugnet.trains, Eric Kingsley writes: [snip] (...) Thanks, but I must also congratulate you on such a good post, regardless of length. (I'm guilty of long-windedness too anyway.) I just want to agree with most everything Eric wrote about LUGs and (...) (22 years ago, 5-Sep-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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| | Re: Maersk Blue rules! (was "?" at the end... there is no question in my mind!
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(...) ;-) John (22 years ago, 5-Sep-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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(...) The 'net;-) Seriously, I really doubt that you need such specific data, unless you were planning on building even larger than miniland scale, but certainly not if you are going to build 6 wide. You are highly constrained by brick dimensions-- (...) (22 years ago, 5-Sep-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) For those who haven't seen it, here are some pictures I found of it: (URL) the possibilities... Russell (22 years ago, 5-Sep-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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Thanks just to make sure - the measuremets should be so in metric ? Height 15' 4.5 4686 mm (4.7 meters) Length 67' 3 20497 mm (20,5 meters) Width 10'2.7 3116 mm (3.11 meters) Where to get information about the size of the drivers cab etc? (...) (22 years ago, 5-Sep-02, to lugnet.trains)
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"Steve Barile" <steve.e.barile@intel.com> wrote in message news:H1vuHB.Lqs@lugnet.com... (...) are: (...) acquaintances)... (...) I've been thinking as to reply to this when it comes to SCLTC. Our LTC came from ideas of other LTCs in the U.S. Most (...) (22 years ago, 5-Sep-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Sonnich- Check out GE's web site: https://www.getransp...sheets.asp For general pics, check out: (URL) (22 years ago, 5-Sep-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi fellow crazy train fans! I am working on a C36-7 engine. Does anyone have any blueprints/drawings/...s/anything on these engines? My primary interest in these are measurements length, width etc. Can anyone help me here? Sonnich (22 years ago, 5-Sep-02, to lugnet.trains)
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the nose is too light and too short. Extending it 6 or 8 studs helps the looks and stability. Matthew Greene MSLTC (...) (22 years ago, 4-Sep-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) OK, after reading all of the postings to date and trying to formulize an articulate response, I'll get down to the nitty gritty... RichLug became a LUG because of an inspiration (Thanks Rich!). We are a small club because we only have four (...) (22 years ago, 5-Sep-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Not like it's hidden or anything, Chairman :) (URL) (22 years ago, 5-Sep-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
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(...) Steve, and all... I actually love to debate/discuss this very question. I will give my personal view which I think translates into the way NELUG (URL) works. I have crossposted to the NELUG group so that anyone that disagrees with my views (...) (22 years ago, 4-Sep-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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| | Re: Stairs on train wheels - solutions ! was: question to James M.-Orient Express etc.
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(...) with us! Ben (22 years ago, 4-Sep-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Here's my thoughts about how this relates to NALUG. We talked about this a while ago (2 years? something like that), and decided specifically not to be an LTC or to form a "sub" LTC. Our main effort over the last couple years as a group has (...) (22 years ago, 4-Sep-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Herewith the answer to questions from John Warren, James Mathis and Bill Ward. The stairs (from James his Truck) can be mounted very sturdy. Instructions for the SNOT-solution can be found here: (URL) the steps in the blue-background-pics, to get (...) (22 years ago, 4-Sep-02, to lugnet.trains)
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ah, make that reflection - not reelection. Even when I use a spell checker it gets me :) SteveB (...) (22 years ago, 4-Sep-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Thanks everyone for your thoughts on this topic. These are great and well thought out responses. I especially like the idea that the replies are like micro-essays which keeps everyone at a neutral stance. It feels like this thread can serve as a (...) (22 years ago, 4-Sep-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) In the larger sense, LUGs and LTCs are basically the same-- AFOLs getting together to share their passions for the Brick. But there are distinctions. I don't see LUGs and LTCs as comparable-- LTCs are a specific type of LUG, as a Mindstorms (...) (22 years ago, 4-Sep-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I'll try and respond for WAMALUG, though I'm sure some of the members will disagree with what I write here. We tend to debate policy with all the zeal you'd expect of a club near D.C. Our Train Club, WAMALTC, is a "special interest group" (...) (22 years ago, 4-Sep-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Maersk Blue rules! (was "?" at the end... there is no question in my mind!
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(...) Well, they said I was nuts, and it was a living shell; I was even assaulted! Almond my own business now... -John (22 years ago, 4-Sep-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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LEGO: Pleeeeaaaase bring the Maersk sets BACK ! ;) Why not remake also the promo sets as legends ??? And... what could by very cool - make some of the older town sets in Maersk colors ! This combination (light-blue - gray) is very nice ! I know... (...) (22 years ago, 4-Sep-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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In lugnet.trains, James Trobaugh writes: For the FGLTC there is no evident difference to the kind of organization as James T. has given here for the NGLTC. (...) We have not had any chance to get a 'for profit' offer. But at least we always have had (...) (22 years ago, 4-Sep-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Steve & All, (...) First of all, this is an interesting question, I will try my best to answer. : ) 1) Differences: I think the only major difference between MichLUG and MichLTC is the name. We use the MichLTC for various train shows, such as GATS, (...) (22 years ago, 4-Sep-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I did add both a weight brick three working lights, but had to modify a bit the design of the nose: only one grilled 1x2 brick per side, and one plate more in height: (URL) Ciao Mario (22 years ago, 4-Sep-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Nice pun J2, as it's a cache of his catch when he went trawling at RLD! :-) (...) Ya, suppose we lived in dreamland, we'd get that... light blue warbonnet, neato stickers, new multisloped pieces to do the nose and windshield right, it would (...) (22 years ago, 4-Sep-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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(...) And I want this... (URL) the way! THAT should be the next Lego/Maersk promo set!! Also, you may like these pictures: (URL) see one of those trucks on almost every trip on the 805/5 on the way to Legoland. Mark P (URL) (22 years ago, 4-Sep-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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From the NGLTC, here is my take on it. First I think the definition of LTCs and LUGs is pretty clear. As an LTC our focus is LEGO Trains, other themes only apply if they can be worked into trains or a train layout. As an LTC our main goal is simple, (...) (22 years ago, 4-Sep-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi All, I would like to get some feedback from members of LUGs and LTCs on their opinions of what the differences are. Some areas that I'm interested in are: goals of the club, public interactions (aka shows/venues), membership structure/government, (...) (22 years ago, 3-Sep-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I'd like to see an articulated (4 truck would be fine) intermodal train car with lots of big, Maersk containers a la: (URL) cache, Huw! -John (22 years ago, 3-Sep-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.dk)
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"James Mathis" <thakius@nmt.edu> writes: [...] (...) Can you not drop the stairs down by one plate's width? Then it would be easy to accomplish. Perhaps you might need to rotate the steps so that they angle the other way? I don't have the parts with (...) (22 years ago, 3-Sep-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | RichLUG Train Show - Sept. 21-22 & 27-28
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Now that September's here, I wanted to post and let folks know about RichLUG's next train show that will be happening the last two weekend's of this month. Last year (in November) we put on our first public display as part of the annual RF&P Model (...) (22 years ago, 3-Sep-02, to lugnet.org.us.richlug, lugnet.loc.us.va, lugnet.loc.us.va.ric, lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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In the October issue of Model Railroader under MR News is an article titled “National Train Show wrap-up”. The only train club mentioned is the Greater Florida Lego Train Club. Good job!!!!! L. Andrew Reynolds CMLUG Central Midwest Lego User Group (22 years ago, 3-Sep-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Thanks, and to answer your question, those "sticks" are antennas. Not sure if they're for tv or radio. I think radio. -Stefan- (...) (22 years ago, 2-Sep-02, to lugnet.trains)
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My first MOC in over a year, see it at (URL) (22 years ago, 2-Sep-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) The Link is allready on the left side (under Non-LEGO Train Sites) in the lugnet.trains section, but here it is: (URL) (22 years ago, 2-Sep-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Could you post a link to the page you're referring to? Thanks. -Stefan- (...) (22 years ago, 2-Sep-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi Got a couple of questions: Would it be more "correct" to have an A-B-B-A locomotives set-up rather than A-B-A? Or did the Santa Fe train run regular with A-B-A? I was thinking, that building a Santa Fe pleasure dome car could make a nice addition (...) (22 years ago, 2-Sep-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Are the going to stop supplying wheels with trains? - We all have them and it will reduce the cost - they have already done that with train motors! Lego is for CHILDREN! (a few adults also like Lego). (Lego keep on telling me this whenever I (...) (22 years ago, 2-Sep-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Design Study - Royal Hudson (Jason Railton, James Mathis, & SteveB)
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In lugnet.trains, Steve Barile writes: <snip> Wow, that's some very clever work, guys. Previously it had always been very hard to get squared off panels with edge stripes. Thanks for sharing. Looks like theres a nice ferment of ideas going here (...) (22 years ago, 2-Sep-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Great solution, I hate running that train for the reason you mentioned, it always derails. Can't wait to try it with your modifications. Thanks. Michel Magnan (...) (22 years ago, 2-Sep-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) This stair design still needs some structural reinforcement work. It is not secured to the truck as well at all. Problem is with the buffer/coupler and the use of the 1x2 Technic bricks with 2 side holes: the only connection of this assembly (...) (22 years ago, 2-Sep-02, to lugnet.trains)
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James, Outstanding design on your new Orient Express locomotive and passenger cars. One of your best steam loco designs yet. My question is concerning the passenger cars. Is there any way you could post a break down of how you designed the trucks (...) (22 years ago, 1-Sep-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Thanks for that info, Mike! Wow, that has been really cheap! I think I am a little bit happy now, this has been no offer for longer time and at everyone..... I think, first selling an item at high price and later giving it away for nearly free (...) (22 years ago, 1-Sep-02, to lugnet.trains)
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"Reinhard "Ben" Beneke" <r.beneke@tu-bs.de> wrote in message news:H1rx1L.n27@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) missed (...) few (...) They were $2 each. Mike -- Mike Walsh - mike_walsh at mindspring.com (URL) - North Carolina LEGO Train Club (...) (22 years ago, 1-Sep-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I just came back from a holiday trip to Denmark a few hours ago, so I missed this offer. Could you please just let me know at what price 2585 has been offered in low quantaties through S@H? I once paid ca. US 45 $ to get the whole loco (...) (22 years ago, 1-Sep-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Agree to that statement, but it is no bigger deal to do a slight modification: just take two 'burnt out' batteries together with 4 fresh batteries. Wrap the two old batteries in aluminium wrap and the trains runs at 4x 1.5V = 6V . Or use only (...) (22 years ago, 1-Sep-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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(...) I will just get the chance and jump on this train too. Perfect job Cary! Thanks a lot! Ben (22 years ago, 1-Sep-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 10022 Santa Fe Cars 2 - I have received them!!
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(...) I wish the had a set of people with SF uniforms on to work in the cars. A bartender, waitress, and other personel. But I have another question: Why don't I have any SFSC cars but some people have the full set? Seems not fair if you ask me. I (...) (22 years ago, 31-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 10022 Santa Fe Cars 2 - I have received them!!
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(...) Cost perhaps? Or knowing that a good chunk of the target audience has lots already? (22 years ago, 31-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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um... Just wondering... why don't they include any minifig in the car sets? (22 years ago, 31-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) The techinic pins are used to allow the bed to be raised to leave a table & chair. (...) Yes, a minifig just fits into the bed (...) No, its not (...) (22 years ago, 31-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) . (...) I cannot understand the interior of the sleeping car.What is the use of the technic pins? Can a Lego person actually "sleep" in one of the beds? Or is that another reason why the cars are empty? Is the faucet piece used in observation (...) (22 years ago, 31-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Or some of the taller panels could give interesting potential for parallel micro striping. /Heidi (...) (22 years ago, 28-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(URL) directions published! Josh (22 years ago, 31-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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(...) I haven't looked at the trains FAQ in a while because, after all, I know everything already. At least some people say I'm a know it all anyway. :-) But wow... Even if you DO know it all, go look. This FAQ is a tour de force in FTX. The (...) (22 years ago, 31-Aug-02, to lugnet.faq, lugnet.trains)
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(...) ... I've made a first pass at adding the jist of this thread into the FAQ. You can view the results most easily by reading through the first few entries here: (URL) you have ideas to improve this, please let me know. Thanks Cary (22 years ago, 31-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.faq)
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| | 10022 Santa Fe Cars 2 - I have received them!!
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Hi I just got home from the post office, after collecting my 3 copies of the 10022 Santa Fe Cars. woohoo! I have been working quickly, so here are the box scans: (URL) are 3 building instruction books in the set. 10022-1 makes the dining car, (...) (22 years ago, 30-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Over time I noticed that my 4551 crocodile engine wasn't running very stable and would derail quite often at high speeds, specially when running over points or when pushing a train. After some testing I discovered that the nose was too light and (...) (22 years ago, 30-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 10022 Santa Fe Cars 2 - being shipped!
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(...) yes.. a second motor is not needed. a train with 6 large cars and ... (7 if the other 10020 is unpowered) addin weight o the drive motor helps it. those motors are powerfull. maybe a good idea is to add a motor to the b unit and wire a light (...) (22 years ago, 29-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Before adding a second motor, put some weight in the loco, as much directly above the motor bogie as possible. I've added some weights to my 4551 and Santa Fe and it makes a HUGE difference. Now even the 12V cars from 7740 are no longer any (...) (22 years ago, 29-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Ahhhh... New Road plates...
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The below link errors out. (...) -- | Tom Stangl, Sun ONE Internet Technical Support, Sun Microsystems | Sun ONE Support - (URL) Please do not associate my personal views with my employer (22 years ago, 29-Aug-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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(...) I'm not exactly sure what you mean by "Are you going to the same as what you did with 10025?". But I intend to run all 5 Santa Fe Cars behind my 2 Super Chiefs. I am also considering getting 2 more Super Chiefs, so I can build a B-unit. If one (...) (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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(...) And remember that gauge is measured as the distance between the rails, not between the centres, so it's a few mm less than five studs. (22 years ago, 29-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, lugnet.space)
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(...) Another misconception. There are some old roman roads around, but largely only in areas where there is no heavy traffic, or ever has been - e.g. up to or inside preserved large houses, walled towns etc. What is used is the route. The Romans (...) (22 years ago, 29-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, lugnet.space)
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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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| | Re: Ahhhh... New Road plates...
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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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| | 10022 Santa Fe Cars 2 - being shipped!
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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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| | Re: Very funny bit of information on the guage of American Railroads (Not directly LEGO related)
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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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| | Re: scans of doors
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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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| | Re: Very funny bit of information on the guage of American Railroads (Not directly LEGO related)
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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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(...) 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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As a heads up, my pictures are now public. Dave (...) (22 years ago, 28-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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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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(...) 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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(...) <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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(...) **snip*** (URL) Dave! (22 years ago, 28-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, lugnet.space)
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(...) <snip> I dare all of you to send this to your boss, without explanation! ;-) Jude XFUT .o-t.fun (22 years ago, 28-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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OK this is not exactly on topic but it is very funny and is somehow relavent to Trains, Castle, and Space... Disclaimer: If you are offended buy a small 3 letter word with one "A" and two "S's" just stop reading now. Fair warning.... Does the (...) (22 years ago, 28-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, lugnet.space)
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(URL) have had the 7722 train set for some time and never realy used it. The motor works just fine but I wanted to run this train on the 9v track. So I started off with removing the 4.5v motor from the engine. (Luckly I have some of the red 4.5v (...) (22 years ago, 28-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi all, You all are luckier than me, at least some of you have a chance to order this item, but I can never get this just because LEGO doesn't ship to Hong Kong! Jared Chan (22 years ago, 28-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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hello i am in need of some scans. i need a scan of both L and R door 1 x 3 door with yellow and red stripe. if anyone has these doors and can scan them that will be a great help. (22 years ago, 28-Aug-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.cad, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Some time ago I saw a picture of a Soo Line Center Cab... So it COULD be North American! Josh (22 years ago, 28-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) order (...) to (...) I (...) but (...) I've had LEGO themselves do this to me in the past. They send what they have and backorder the rest, which is usually followed up later by cancelling the backorder since they rarely get stuff in again. (...) (22 years ago, 28-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Oops! I meant 4564, not 4565. Anyway, thanks for the info! ~Adam~ (...) (22 years ago, 28-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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"Britdog Lego" <lego@NOSPAMbritdog.com> wrote in message news:H1Ixto.3MK@lugnet.com... (...) I (...) had (...) the (...) I (...) found (...) [ ... snipped ... ] I can imagine that for a retailer that if they can't fulfill an entire order some (...) (22 years ago, 28-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) resembles a GE 44-tonner with it's center cab. If the engine in 4564 is real, it's a european prototype. I know it never showed up in Model Railroader. Indeed, most of Lego's trains are based on European protoypes, due of course to the (...) (22 years ago, 27-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Looks like I ordered too many then and they decided to cancel the order as I placed my order 7 hours before you did. If the items were in limited supply, then I wouldn't have minded if they had modified the qty down so everyone got a chance to get (...) (22 years ago, 27-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) um.... actually.. 1 multi colored one. the design is actually about 3 to 4 years old , seen here (URL) on my trains page. the page is old and hasnt been updated yet (...) (22 years ago, 27-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.models, lugnet.trains)
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"Thomas Burger" <tburger32@aol.com> wrote in message news:H1Irsq.9nw@lugnet.com... (...) lighting. (...) that model! So how many have you actually built? ;-) Cary Clark and I were discussing this very item earlier today and agreed that it would (...) (22 years ago, 27-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.models, lugnet.trains)
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"Rob Doucette" <lego@nospam.doucettenet.com> wrote in message news:H1IqEK.510@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) I placed an order over the web at about 7:45 AM (EDT) this morning which has already been shipped. If you have a question as to (...) (22 years ago, 27-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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