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(...) Well, it seems similar in size and detail to other rail vehicles: (URL) I, for one, don't want a 6 wide baseplate. Why? I've got hundreds of 4 wide (...) Um... I can't follow that last paragraph. I'm not sure what you mean about 4-wide trains. (...) (21 years ago, 1-Jun-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 10028 Level Crossing Sneak Peek!
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In lugnet.trains, Bert Waters should not have posted: (...) Where was I coming from? I was taking a break from writing a methodological critique that is due today when I wrote this lame brain post. I guess the regression analysis scrambled my cortex (...) (21 years ago, 1-Jun-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: MOC Streamliner Observation Car
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(...) Hi Steve, yes I actually do like it and in comparison to the time maybe 4...5 year ago I do not care about spraying sawing or modifying parts in any other way. I am really relaxed about what people do with their stuff as long as they like it. (...) (21 years ago, 1-Jun-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 7-wide mania continued......
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(...) Hi James, that is right: the shovels have an overhanging of a quarter of the height of an plate which is in metric system 1/4 x 3.2 mm = 0.8 mm per each waggon side. This is a very useful side effect, because by doing so I can put plates (...) (21 years ago, 1-Jun-03, to lugnet.trains)
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I first posted this a while ago: (URL) the last several weeks, I've come up with some improvements. I redesigned the 'guide' mechanism, instead of using the small train wheels I'm using cut (gasp!) pieces of Technic flex tubing. This allows the (...) (21 years ago, 1-Jun-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: MOC Streamliner Observation Car
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(...) I know that, I was referring to the look of the models. Lionel Trains once made streamliners where the end cap which was a seperate component was chromed, while the body was duller flat silver-ish chrome-y color. (...) EMDs. Electro-Motive (...) (21 years ago, 1-Jun-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 10028 Level Crossing Sneak Peek!
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(...) Yes, I see your point, but is the rail vehicle worth $10 U.S.? Everyone who is a "trainhead" wants a Level Crossing at $30 but we are hesitant to purchase one at $50. I, for one, don't want a 6 wide baseplate. Why? I've got hundreds of 4 wide (...) (21 years ago, 1-Jun-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 10028 Level Crossing Sneak Peek!
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In lugnet.trains, John P. Henderson wrote: <snip> (...) <snip> Hmm. Is it possible that the tower and the crossing are actually unrelated? Judging from the yard diagram and monitors in the tower, it looks to be a yard tower. Perhaps knowledgable (...) (21 years ago, 1-Jun-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Cargo Train 4512 missing decals
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In lugnet.trains, Bert Waters made another grammatical error: (...) I wouldn't be so embarrassed if I weren't sitting here not working on my research methods homework instead of obsessing over a poorly written sentence in a Lugnet post. BW (21 years ago, 31-May-03, to lugnet.trains)
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I received the Cargo Train yesterday and built it late last evening. I didn't find the decals. I emailed Lego Direct and should hear a response Monday. I'm not too worried about getting the decals. From my experiences so far, LD is great with (...) (21 years ago, 31-May-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Top 10 List involving Monorail
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(...) Brad (...) rerelease (...) lost, (...) ground up. Looking at the number of new sets that have come out recently containing customized eletronics and/or motors, I find this to be a pretty lame excuse. Many of these sets are one-of-a-kind. (...) (21 years ago, 31-May-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 10028 Level Crossing Sneak Peek! (lower price, perhaps?)
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(...) I'm not normally one for 'me too' posts, though I'll make an exception in this case. I definately think this would be a great $30 set but would only be fair as a $50 set. (21 years ago, 31-May-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) now automated - Bacchus Marsh also has a small interlocking which is the reason they retain a signal box. Also Kooyong (URL) has one, but that is because there's a tram line crossing there too, as is the case with Gardiner (sorry no link). (...) (21 years ago, 31-May-03, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi folks "Saskia van Doesburg" <info@doesdigitals.nl> wrote in message news:HFqtpI.21JK@lugnet.com... (...) is (...) any (...) Here in the UK crossings like this are a fairly common site in less urban areas (small towns and villages), but are (...) (21 years ago, 31-May-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Red Engine
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Hello and here my German Red Engine: <img src="(URL) More: < href="(2 URLs)/a> Greetings from Europe Christian (21 years ago, 31-May-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 10028 Level Crossing Sneak Peek!
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"Hendo (John P. Henderson)" <hendo@valyance.com> schreef in bericht news:HFpz4u.Dzy@lugnet.com... [snip] (...) a (...) think I (...) but (...) [snip] (...) Well, I live in Europe (The Netherlands) and I've never seen a tower of any kind next to a (...) (21 years ago, 31-May-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: DCC for the RCX
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In lugnet.robotics.rcx, Mark Riley wrote: <snip> (...) This is what I did to make it work for me... All my microcontrollers out of the bag were on "loco 3"--that is when I used the remote, all 3 motors worked when I used the C up/down and 3 button (...) (21 years ago, 31-May-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.trains)
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(...) I thought that the little doohickey that goes across the motor inputs on the electric motor in the housing was a diode--don't quite remember where i picked up that idea, but a 'noise reducing' thing makes more sense. Anyway, i'll go get a (...) (21 years ago, 31-May-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: DCC for the RCX
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(...) When you say LEGO diodes, are you sure you aren't referring to the thermistor that some DCC mods have you remove? Maybe I'm confused of course... whose conversion instructions did you follow? (21 years ago, 31-May-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: DCC for the RCX
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(...) have a (...) diodes (at (...) I think those are probably some sort of noise suppression device, not diodes. At least they don't "diode" when I hook'em to my meter. Another clue is there's no band on one end. Could be one of those "free to good (...) (21 years ago, 31-May-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.trains)
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