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  High Speed Diesel Locomotive
 
The more that I look at the box art for the new passenger train ((URL) the more that I dislike the engine. Maybe it is the bird beak front, or the canopy windscreen (does it come with an ejection seat?) I just noticed that the sides are only four (...) (22 years ago, 10-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: High Speed Diesel Locomotive
 
"Bob Hayes" <bobhayes1@aol.com> wrote in message news:HD57t6.15I8@lugnet.com... (...) (does (...) four (...) [ ... snipped ... ] I went back and looked at the picture and something else caught my eye. On the back end of the 2nd Class car, there (...) (22 years ago, 10-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: High Speed Diesel Locomotive
 
(...) I went back and looked at some of the other pictures and it looks like several of the parts have been retooled to use click hinges. Unfortunately, part 2873 ((URL) has been changed and it looks pretty ugly. The box art for 4512 shows the new (...) (22 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: High Speed Diesel Locomotive
 
(...) Oh ick! Well I guess I'll wait till I see the parts in person, but my first reaction is to say they ruined two perfectly good parts. :-\ I suppose the remake of 2873 isn't *that* bad, or it could have it's uses, but I just don't get 2582... (...) (22 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: High Speed Diesel Locomotive
 
(...) I wonder how far "out" the nose swings beyond the edge of curved track? Maybe not too much since the nose tapers to 2-wide? When I first saw pictures of this new passenger train set, I thought the loc's front canopy window was direct from (...) (22 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: High Speed Diesel Locomotive
 
(...) The dark windows will have lots of uses. (...) When I first held the JS canopy, I thought that the strips were plate thickness and plate aligned. Only when I tried to put it together did a relize they where not. Thet were white turntable (...) (22 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: High Speed Diesel Locomotive
 
"Mike Case" <mcase@metrolink.net> wrote in message news:3e960a92.154209...net.com... (...) [ ... snipped ... ] (...) It also looks like the forklift element from 4512 has also been retooled to use the click hinge: Link to really bug image: (URL) (...) (22 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)

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