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Looking Good John! I'm hoping to get buy to see another one of GMLTC's Layouts some time soon... Josh (21 years ago, 24-Dec-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: A couple of pictures of my 'Challenger' using Ben's wheels
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(...) Spiffy! Very nice work indeed and it certainly shows off the drivers. I wish one of your closeups had been on a regular curve so the blind offset would be more obvious (either that or they WERE on curves meaning that the offset is miniscule!) (...) (21 years ago, 24-Dec-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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I knew I had taken a few pictures, just needed to get them uploaded! (URL) The overal locomotive shot> (URL) of the front set of drivers> (URL) of the rear set of drivers> And just for fun, a picture of one of the (URL) Pacific passenger cars> I (...) (21 years ago, 23-Dec-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX) !
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I have an extra engine and motor from the 4534 LEGO Express. These are still in their white boxes, and I plan to give them to a family for Christmas. Are the instructions for the engine contained in the small box containing the engine, or were they (...) (21 years ago, 23-Dec-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Would you mind awfully if I threw it down old-school?
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(...) Not entirely accurate - it was the 'Rainhill' trials, and the prize was the contract to build and run that first commercial railway. There was a documentary on British TV recently where they re-ran the trials using working replicas of the (...) (21 years ago, 23-Dec-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) The Rocket wasn't the first steam locomotive, but its famous for winning the Railhill trials and being selected as the production loco for the Liverpool and Manchester Railway (rumour has it that George Stephenson, the Rocket's designer (...) (21 years ago, 23-Dec-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) THE ROCKET !! Great train model ! It's the First steam train ? If only we could get yellow 9 & 12V train wheels ! How did you get the 2*2 dome brick built onto the boiler ? Thanks, Teunis. (21 years ago, 23-Dec-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) I saw this on Bricklink earlier today, AWSOME, great job man! I think I'll order a FEW of those wheels, I wish there were a little more filled out version, compairison wise to the US "Super Heated Boiler" locomotives, but it may work fine... (...) (21 years ago, 23-Dec-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) It looks like a big pipe valve, perfect for the "industrial look". Cool! I'm not convinced about your other one as a train thing. Real grab irons tend to be a bit flatter to the body. Maybe the spacers will like it though, Another use for (...) (21 years ago, 22-Dec-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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(...) My 'Challenger' model is a 4-6-6-4, using Ben's wheels in two sets of "6". You have to de-flange the middle wheels in each set in order to allow them to slide inside and outside the rails around the corners. If you try to keep the flanges on (...) (21 years ago, 22-Dec-03, to lugnet.trains)
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