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(...) Snip Hi Chris, Thanks for sharing that. I really enjoyed hearing about the trials and tribulations of your day. Lots of "grownups" would have issues with just spending a large amount of time with that many "rug rats" never mind allowing them (...) (20 years ago, 10-Jan-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Those sound like good ideas. they also sound like ideas that are out of my limited area of expertise. Chris (20 years ago, 10-Jan-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Yes, that is true, but the box indicates that LEGO isn't aiming the controler at the 4-year old crowd that I was entertaining. Since I often use the 'extra' power, I don't mind that the speed regulator will deliver it. None the less you are (...) (20 years ago, 10-Jan-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I don't know why LEGO don't provide a voltage regulator. We pay a high price for the power unit and you can get a voltage regulator for a few pounds/dollars. At 9V the train goes too fast at full speed on a normal length of track and a normal (...) (20 years ago, 10-Jan-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I noticed this and now have a doubly modified controller. A switch in one end drops the output voltage over the whole range. A switch in the other end engages a full rectifier on the output. These switches are push-type, glued into the base of (...) (20 years ago, 10-Jan-05, to lugnet.trains)
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Thanks for the info (...) buses (URL) The big coach with the "strange sides" is a model of the German Silberlinge (...) in the end wasn't certain enough. I recognised it as a Silberlinge, its an interesting way of reproducing the destinctive finish (...) (20 years ago, 10-Jan-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Super Dash-9. With work like that, you must have a source of BNSF images, no? I got a little GP for Christmas, and I am thinking of supersizing it, but I don't know if I should follow the stock color scheme. Is it reasonzbly accurate? Again, (...) (20 years ago, 10-Jan-05, to lugnet.trains)
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On Friday, I brought some trains to my son's pre-school. It was a crazy and hectic event. I thought I would share with you the ideas that worked and the ones that didn't work. First, they loved seeing all the trains, and they were more than happy to (...) (20 years ago, 10-Jan-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) (URL) Dornier Flying Boat>) but the two railway related ones that I am (...) (URL) this coach> with its strange sides and (...) (URL) this railcar>, is it a Bernina line Treibwagon? Perhaps a 1000Steine (...) The show in Frechen is a yearly (...) (20 years ago, 9-Jan-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.de)
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I was looking through the galleries on Brickshelf and came across (URL) Legopapi's Freschen gallery> Further research on www.1000steine.com led me to (URL) Andreas Haase's gallery> There are too many good models here to comment on them all (check (...) (20 years ago, 9-Jan-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.de, FTX)
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