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    Re: Chicago Elevated —Tim Courtney
   (...) Wow, very cool! Brian Williams has created some El cars as well, for a short (non functioning) section of track on the NILTC layout. I looked for pictures but could not find them -- perhaps someone will get a shot at the show coming up this (...) (22 years ago, 5-Mar-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.niltc)
   
        Re: Chicago Elevated —Ondrew Hartigan
     Hey all, Hears some shots of brian's version. When these photos were taken it was still a work in progress. (URL) hears a really bad shot of the car its self. Like I said it was a work in progress. The shot however gives you a good idea of how its (...) (22 years ago, 5-Mar-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.niltc)
   
        Re: Chicago Elevated —James Trobaugh
   I like the detail on the elevated train, including the traffic light hanging under the track. We had a working elevated train at one time, a simple Mindstorm system controlled it going back and forth. It was modeled after the local MARTA train line (...) (22 years ago, 6-Mar-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.niltc)
   
        Re: Chicago Elevated —Larry Pieniazek
   (...) Sweet. Did it have any curves? Those protective ridges would presumably need to be widened a bit. (22 years ago, 6-Mar-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.niltc)
   
        Re: Chicago Elevated —James Trobaugh
   No curves, that's kind of the joke of the MARTA system. I only has two lines, one East and West and another North and South. And they wonder why the system is so unused...it really needs to have stops at places people want to go for them to want to (...) (22 years ago, 6-Mar-03, to lugnet.trains)
   
        Re: Chicago Elevated —Scott Lyttle
   Yeah, I've been saying for the longest time that MARTA needs to go from hub and spoke system to a series of loops... imagine MARTA's east line runing up to Stone Mountain, out to Snellville/Lawrenceville, to Duluth, then right along 85 to Doraville (...) (22 years ago, 6-Mar-03, to lugnet.trains)
 

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