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Subject:	Re: Larger type of old style train wheel?
Newsgroups:	lugnet.trains
Date:	Sun, 13 Feb 2005 03:21:03 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Mark Bellis wrote: > Just looked at these recent pictures of train set boxes on Brickshelf: > <http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=116917> > > Looking at the pictures for 7750: > <http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=1101725> > (both inset pictures) and > <http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=1101727> > (bottom left picture) > These pictures appear to show a larger train wheel, presumably a prototype for > the large wheelset shown in the other pictures. There isn't a larger old style > train wheel listed on either Bricklink or Peeron. Mark, Those train wheels were never released to the public, although they appear in lots of vintage photos. They have been mentioned before: http://news.lugnet.com/general/?n=49892&t=f&v=a Hope that helps, Clark

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		Re: Larger type of old style train wheel?
(...) vintage photos, and discussed several times here. But I have never seen photos of these LARGE 12 spoked trainwheels before, as seen on the rear of the box from set 7750. (I never had a 7750, so I have never seen the box up close). It is known (...) (20 years ago, 13-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains)

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		Larger type of old style train wheel?
Just looked at these recent pictures of train set boxes on Brickshelf: (URL) Looking at the pictures for 7750: (URL) (both inset pictures) and (URL) (bottom left picture) These pictures appear to show a larger train wheel, presumably a prototype for (...) (20 years ago, 12-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains)

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