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(...) Thanks for enjoying this (URL) set>. This is an on-going project I'm working. I'm working toward instructions and presentation. It may be several weeks before I am ready to present this fully. Right now only a couple of the cars have any (...) (20 years ago, 17-Jan-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) As Brian Darrow said, I took the photos at the GATS show, but I have no idea who made the MOC. I'm posting this to the IndyLUG newsgroup - hopefully whoever did it will claim his share of glory for creating it.. :) When I first saw it, I (...) (20 years ago, 17-Jan-05, to lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.us.in, lugnet.loc.us.in.ind, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.space, lugnet.org.us.indylug)
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In lugnet.trains, Robin Werner wrote: <snip> (...) Wish I were coming down, but not this year:-( Good luck to you guys on the distance contest:-) JOHN (20 years ago, 17-Jan-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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Geneva Public Library 127 James Street Geneva, IL 60134-2241 ALL ABOARD FOR LEGOS® Saturday, February 12 9:00–5:00 p.m. Sunday, February 13 12:00–4:00 p.m. The Northern Illinois Lego® Train Club will be bringing huge Lego® train displays complete (...) (20 years ago, 17-Jan-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.niltc, lugnet.org.us.clb)
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| | GATS 8-9 jan, 2005, great model
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Sorry guys, I have been pacient, and waiting for someone to post about pictures from GATS 8-9 january, 2005, When browsing brickshelf, I found this gallery from GATS: (URL) to be more specific, I found this picture: (URL) would have replied to a (...) (20 years ago, 17-Jan-05, to lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.us.in, lugnet.loc.us.in.ind, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.space)
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(...) IIRC, it's 5 ft 6" or a little more. I found the page I was looking for, with reference to the guage, here it is: (URL) (...) This is interesting. I'm not good (read horrible) at math, would you mind telling me what the feet-to-stud (...) (20 years ago, 17-Jan-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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In lugnet.trains, Samarth Moray wrote: <snip> Ah, I see you have gone public:-) (...) This is very interesting info, Samarth. I'm actually curious-- what is the actual gauge of W? The reason I ask is kind of ironic. Because the trucks on the WDM-1 (...) (20 years ago, 17-Jan-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) I thought there was a pattern to it but didn't think of the different gauges. (...) I saw that loco. They have tidied up the external cab design considerably over the imported ones, now it just looks wrong with the rest of the body rather than (...) (20 years ago, 16-Jan-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) SNIPPY Hiya Tim! Thanks for the compliment! Yes, the gap in the striping is for the loco name. The unit in question comes from a tech-transfer with adtranz, and the first three indigenously built locos are named. I've put a 'Navjagran' decal (...) (20 years ago, 16-Jan-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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Your post made go and do some Indian railway research! Indian loco type nomenclature is a bit difficult to remember, its all WDM-1a's etc (note, I'm not sure if that one really exists!) Is the gap in the red strip of the WAP-5 for lettering, I saw (...) (20 years ago, 16-Jan-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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Hi everyone, It appears that this MOC is going to be delayed a bit longer than i thought because I'm busy with the real world (amongst other things) and bieng the attention whore that I am, I couldn't wait to post at least something. So I decided to (...) (20 years ago, 16-Jan-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) SNIP (...) Hi James, great models as always! One of these days I might have the spare parts to build them... BTW, would it be possible for you to provide us with more pics of your Union Pacific Excutive Touring Set (exteriors and interiors)? (...) (20 years ago, 16-Jan-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) I have had the same response from customer service ( or at least a lady on the phone at s@H ). They seem to have no memory of the events that happend the day before when you rang and spoke to the same person to make sure you get the same help. (...) (20 years ago, 16-Jan-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Santa Fe El Capitan Hi-Level
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(...) Sorry, I took that page down. Please visit the (URL) El Capitan folders my BrickShelf gallery>. Thanks for your interest in building it. later, James Mathis (20 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Hi James, the above link seems to be "down" Thanks again for a great model, got the split baseplates and I am about to shop around for the rest in a couple of days. Looking forward to build it, caurse "I can build it!" :o) Thomas (20 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) If you'd rather do a little hardware work, than learn pbForth, I have a couple suggestions. 1) You could use LEDs instead of regular lights. An LED will only light, when the power is going the correct direction. So you could connect 1 LED to (...) (20 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.trains)
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[big snip] (...) I do have DCC in the latest pbForth, but I've sort of dropped official support for older versions of MacOS. That being said, I think the instructions are still up on the site for getting it to work. :-) Please post here if you;re (...) (20 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.trains)
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Christopher Masi wrote: [snip] (...) [snip] (...) I know, replying to myself, bad form. I have also discovered that pbForth has DCC worked into it. The good new here (although I have only looked at the introduction on the home page) is that Raplph (...) (20 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Ah, so you have dabbled with LDCC? Gave up? Not enough fun for the amount of effort? Or will you be going back to it? (...) Oh, I was just expecting to send power out the top of the motor to light the light, and have a small technic motor (...) (20 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.trains)
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(...) [snip] (...) [snip] (...) Sorry, I should have thought of that when crossposting to .robotics.rcx (URL) picture has a good view of the headlight and the trolley poles. The trolley poles are the long things on the roof that pick up the power (...) (20 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.trains)
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