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That is one sweet ride. Sleek. Love the canopy. It's great to see some monorail innovation. I look forward to seeing your master plan of a Mars base come together. -Brendan (20 years ago, 28-Sep-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) That would be AWESOME! (though almost too much to wish for:-) (BTW, I forgot to add to the list that the whistle (binoculars) would need to be gold:-) JOHN (20 years ago, 27-Sep-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Lego doesn't need that fiasco Lionel went through several years back with the child holding up a locomotive while standing in the middle of a real set of rails. While very cute and innocent, an uproar was caused by that image on their (...) (20 years ago, 27-Sep-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Thanks for the kind words, Lenny! lol Sorry, I didn't mean to be cryptic, but I have an ambitious project that I may or may not be able to follow through with, so I hesitate to get too detailed about it. It's beyond a mere moonbase; in fact (...) (20 years ago, 27-Sep-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Manfred, thanks for posting these. It looks real nice. Not much change from the spray painted version. Best I can tell it's modeled off a EMD GP38, and based on the horn placemnet a BN egine that's been repainted to BNSF. But wether it's an (...) (20 years ago, 27-Sep-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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Excellent pictures! Thank you for sharing. Gosh, I hate to be impatient... but I cannot wait to see what rail cars LEGO will (*) produce to hang off the end of this locomotive. How soon after the release of the Sante Fe did we see James' various (...) (20 years ago, 27-Sep-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Nice sleuthing to both of you, and thanks for sharing. (...) Jake ought to be reminded that hanging onto the outside of a handrail like that may well give that "devil may care" attitude he's apparently going for, but is HIGHLY dangerous and (...) (20 years ago, 27-Sep-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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Christian Gemünden has sleuted new pictures of the expected #10133 BNSF locomotive set on the Shop at Home site. This probably means we'll see the set entry emerge in the Trains section soon. (2 URLs) Source: (URL) forum on www.1000steine.de> With (...) (20 years ago, 27-Sep-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Jon- LEGO trains, for whatever reason, are sold through different channels tha most everything else. Your most reliable bets are lego.com and the various LEGO stores popping up around the world and LEGOLAND parks. Jake McKee also recently (...) (20 years ago, 27-Sep-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) The train LEGO line is not the easiest to find in stores. TRU has some but your best bet is online at LEGO.com. In Canada at least, it is the only place to buy track. When I have seen the train sets in stores they are always with the other (...) (20 years ago, 27-Sep-04, to lugnet.trains)
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Where do you find Train stuff in stores? They don't seem to have any train stuff in most of my local TRU/Walmart/Target/etc. stores. Is it usually with the LEGO stuff, or hidden somewhere with other train stuff? Or do you buy it all online? -Jon, (...) (20 years ago, 27-Sep-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) This looks great John! A simple design that really follows through - looks very futuristic and smooth. The use of the clear wall panels is great. You've certainly got my interest peaked as to what this Space project is - a moonbase perhaps? (...) (20 years ago, 27-Sep-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Perhaps it could be a trans panel with the non-window bit printed, similar to the portholes on the Santa Fe. Tim (20 years ago, 27-Sep-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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Hi all! I had an idea for creating a luggagecar: (URL) was never satisfied with the box car from <set:4563>, which I used here: (URL) wanted a real luggage car, which fit that train, which e.g. meant red sliding doors. So I decided to sacrifice my (...) (20 years ago, 27-Sep-04, to lugnet.trains)
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Yum, love that dark red:-d Here is a monorail I built for an upcoming S P A C E project I'm working on: (URL) It is 10 studs wide, with its sides virtually level with the track height. This causes it to be unable to negotiate through turn-offs, but (...) (20 years ago, 27-Sep-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains, FTX) !!
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(...) From our (NILTC) work with them and having talked to Ill Railway Museum officials about their Thomas show the group that holds the licence is VERY difficult to work with. One would think with the money problems Lego is having that they have (...) (20 years ago, 27-Sep-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Vital body part;-) (...) Well, you are preaching to the choir here when you talk about 8 wide:-) Actually, I have a half-finished Thomas that is 10 wide that utilizes BBB wheels-- I'm waiting for Ben to mold them in blue! (...) Just so you (...) (20 years ago, 27-Sep-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) LOL! I love (URL) this quote!> ROSCO (20 years ago, 27-Sep-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) snip> IMHO I like mine better... (URL) offense... After all opinions are like noses or some other body part... I like the 8-wide as the proportions work out better. I realize the wheels look to small but this one is 100% Lego Except for the (...) (20 years ago, 27-Sep-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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There is less than one week left for pre-registration! This may be your last chance to save money and get exclusive goodies! If you register (and pay) by October 1st - this coming Friday!, you will get the entire Attendees Packet, including Name (...) (20 years ago, 26-Sep-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.sealug, lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.scibrick, lugnet.castle, FTX) !
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