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(...) I too have been using a sharp knife to take small slivers of plastic out from each wheel block. As a result, there has been a tremendous improvement in the performance of each train. Previously the Santa Fe engine was struggling to pull more (...) (22 years ago, 22-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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Are there any pictures of the other wagons in this set? David (...) (22 years ago, 22-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Well, this is really a different issue, but it seems appropriate to mention it here. In the MOT instructions, it has the the motor as the front bogie, but in practice this causes a lot of slippage even with a small number of carriages being (...) (22 years ago, 22-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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I contacted Lego Direct and presented the problem to them stating that there was significant drag on the gray wheel sets. In the course of the discussion the lady (name escapes me) who is the customer service rep for trains was not aware of this (...) (22 years ago, 22-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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LEGO Train Fans, The Greater Florida LEGO Train Club (GFLTC) will have a 18x25 layout at the Great American Train Show, February 22-23, 2003 in St Petersburg, Florida. We will also have a expanded Kids Area with four large play tables. See some (...) (22 years ago, 22-Feb-03, to lugnet.events, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.loc.us.fl, lugnet.org.us.gflug)
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(...) No, Chris... we all like your building! Really! (don't we???) In fact I hear someone is going to copy it! Well, er, they were until they went to BL and saw that there is no dark red left at all! (22 years ago, 21-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) My modest LEGO train collection consists of one MOT kit, one Santa Fe Kit (full train, not starter), and one Metroliner kit. These are all sets with the "new" wheelsets. For the most part I think I lucked out with the MOT and Santa Fe. Both (...) (22 years ago, 21-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Don't get me wrong-- I think it looks great in red. I built one years ago in red: (URL)If (...) Bingo! Ashcan worthy:-) [1] (...) :-) But I can't defy the laws of physics, McKee-- I must have more dark red to work with! [2] JOHN [1] apologizes (...) (22 years ago, 21-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Jake ,send me a copy of the set and I'll use some of my dark red bricks and let you know how it came out:-) You have to admit the building I did looks alot better in dark red then it would have in regular red ...however I have mostly lt. gray (...) (22 years ago, 21-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Thanks for that. I took a look at your solution, then at John Barnes' solution. If I decide to keep the model, I'll most likely try one or the other. That, by the way, is one fine, compact, extention boom you came up with. In the meantime, (...) (22 years ago, 21-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.technic)
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There was a thread several months ago dealing with the issue of the new train wheels rubbing on the blocks. The thread mostly mentioned the problem in relation to the gray wheelsets that come with the Santa Fe loco and cars. However, I've also (...) (22 years ago, 21-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I don't know if I agree. I think that the regular red was a good choice. If dark red was used against a black roof and dark gray highlights along the side, the whole structure would have looked washed out and dull. Of course, I guess we will (...) (22 years ago, 21-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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"Bryan Kinkel" <helpdesk@loseyourmind.com> wrote in message news:HAnwIn.I3D@lugnet.com... (...) [ ... snipped ... ] (URL) Walsh - mike_walsh at mindspring.com (URL) - North Carolina LEGO Train Club (URL) - Carolina Train Builders (URL) - CTB/Brick (...) (22 years ago, 21-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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What sets have the dark red bricks in them? Bryan "John" <John@TCLTC.org> wrote in message news:HAKxF3.Evz@lugnet.com... (...) dark (...) the (...) have (...) offerings (...) (22 years ago, 21-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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Hmmmm ok did someone like the logo I did? Someones elses building (URL) and my building (URL) Chris MichLTC (22 years ago, 21-Feb-03, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Trains follows this rotation less than some other lines do, has been my experience. 4565, for example, has been out for a very long time. I would expect it to be gone sometime soon but who knows? Other parts of the line do rotate out briskly, (...) (22 years ago, 20-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.dear-lego)
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I have questions the more experienced members may be able to answer, especially attendees at BricksWest2003. Do the train sets follow the normal two year product rotations? Will the current set of train cars ( hopper, tank car, etc.) cycle out this (...) (22 years ago, 18-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Thanks Bert, for bringing up this topic into lugnet trains. I have not seen it mentioned anywhere here, but at 1000steine.de/forum it has been reviewed (and - what else? - praised). A really cool train building after the somewhat dissapointing (...) (22 years ago, 20-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) It does look brilliant. A dark red version may be asking a lot, but if I could just drop my own hint... I hope they make an extra lot of those 1x4x5 windows in WHITE, and make them into a service pack. I'm afraid the black ones just aren't as (...) (22 years ago, 20-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I thought it was 4000 bulk offerings? Jonathan (22 years ago, 20-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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