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Re: VLC attends the Train & Hobby show in Chilliwack BC Canada! Pics!
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Tue, 22 Oct 2002 18:15:08 GMT
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Larry P wrote:
I liked the chairlift: • http://www.akasa.ca/vlc/VLCChilliwackShow/vlccw085.html
http://www.akasa.ca/vlc/VLCChilliwackShow/vlccw089.html (and others)

... can you give more info on it? It appears that it actually operates?

As for this one: http://www.akasa.ca/vlc/VLCChilliwackShow/vlccw094.html
I've never seen a wrecked bridge before... was that track deliberately
distorted or did you have an accident (someone stepped on a piece of my

These can both be blamed on our teenage genius, David Gagnon :-)

The gondola works, yes, although it was being a bit temperamental (throwing
gears, broken axles etc). It was also on our layout last year.

The bent track was a "horrible accident" which happened when David was
bending track for teh rollercoaster... he decided to use it as you seein the
pics instead :-)

The rollercoaster is here...
http://www.akasa.ca/vlc/VLCChilliwackShow/vlccw223.html (half of it anyway,
with the rainbow ride in the middle)
after a day of tweaking it ran quite reliably on Sunday.
OK, here's the business end too:
http://www.orbesence.com/chilliwack/images/IMGP0957-vlc-chilliwack.jpg

This page has a smaller set of pics which give a better overview of the
layout:
http://www.orbesence.com/chilliwack/index.htm

Kevin
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  Re: VLC attends the Train & Hobby show in Chilliwack BC Canada! Pics!
 
(...) Very nice. There are a lot of images to go through though, to get a sense of what's all there, though. This may be one of the few times I was wishing for less to look at. I liked the chairlift: (URL) (and others) ... can you give more info on (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.ca.bc, lugnet.loc.ca.bc.van, lugnet.org.ca.vlc, lugnet.trains.org)

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