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(...) If you're able to build it 6-wide *and* motorize it, I'll give you a dollar. LFB (20 years ago, 2-Aug-04, to lugnet.trains)
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I'm nearly finished with my HE 4-6-0, and thought I'd share some pics. It uses 3 pair of the BBB regular drive wheels, non are blind drive wheels. And it had a drive rods spannig all tree wheel sets. After experimenting I had several ideas to get 3 (...) (20 years ago, 2-Aug-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: A newly discovered part that may be useful to trainheads, et al
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In lugnet.build, Ray Sanders wrote: Images are now located at ... (URL) (20 years ago, 2-Aug-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.trains)
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(...) I agree with your assessment. I think I want to build that second one anyway! ++Lar (20 years ago, 2-Aug-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I think it's pretty clear they are photochops. There are far too many similarities between the two fake trains (same number, kanji on the front, background, lower edge and bogey details, the blue seat next to the driver in the triangular (...) (20 years ago, 2-Aug-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Roundy Roundy
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(...) I wasn't thinking of a passing loop. Just a point that can switch a train out the back of the display at 90° to the running line, and another that can come back in just down the line. You have two parallel tracks for extracting and inserting (...) (20 years ago, 2-Aug-04, to lugnet.trains)
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I found this - looks funny (URL) even this... (trick photo? Looks like there is only one pair of wheels?) (URL) knows about this? S (20 years ago, 2-Aug-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Roundy Roundy
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(...) That one's not done by me. Not sure who did it, sorry. (20 years ago, 1-Aug-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Roundy Roundy
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(...) It's been done, certanly by VLC and probably by others. (The magic long trainshed by Larry P. as well, I think). As regards why a circular layout- at home, I have enough room that I could run end to end. I don't, instead, I chose to make 2 (...) (20 years ago, 1-Aug-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Now that sounds like an interesting setup. If you build a mountain large enough, you should theoretically be able to set it up with parallel tracks and an automated switching system so that one train can go into the mountain and another train (...) (20 years ago, 31-Jul-04, to lugnet.trains)
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