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Subject:	Re: Frank's first LEGO train set has been a 111
Newsgroups:	lugnet.trains
Date:	Thu, 17 Feb 2005 18:13:24 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Frank Filz wrote: > Reinhard "Ben" Beneke wrote: > > In lugnet.trains, Frank Filz wrote: > > > See > > > > > > http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/ffilz/Me/lego-trains-for-x-mass.jpg > > > > > > Perhaps someone can identify which set this is. > > > > Dear Frank, > > > > from the dominatiog colour blue and the box design one can assume > > this to be a 111 set. And there is a less than 5% chance that this > > could be a 115 (which is basically the same but came with the 4.5V > > motor included). > > It had a 4.5V motor, so it sounds definitely like the 115. Yea, looking at > your page, I'm now certain it's set 115. > > Frank Frank- I love that old picture! Is there a chance that you received a 111 and a 107? I haven't seen pictures of a Samsonite version of 115 yet (but I'm still looking). Samsonite 111 pic here: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=980472 Samsonite 107 pic here: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=980471 Ben - Thought you might be interested in this picture of the Samsonite 113: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=980473 And the Samsonite 080: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=1012812 More old samsonite catalogs/brochures here: http://home.comcast.net/~strandee/ I've been focusing on the early '60s but the 68/69 ones are next to be scanned. Eric

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		Re: Frank's first LEGO train set has been a 111
(...) Looking at the instructions bottom left, it certainly looks like the loco has the motor, and I'm pretty sure the 111 instructions didn't have that. ROSCO (20 years ago, 19-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains)

		Re: Frank's first LEGO train set has been a 111
(...) Hi Eric, thanks for the links into your samsonite sets gallery - I wasn't aware about that cool resource and have bookmarked it immediately! I agree with your guess, that Frank might have had a 111 AND a 4.5V motorized set like 107 (or more (...) (20 years ago, 21-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains)

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		Re: Frank's first LEGO train set has been a 111
(...) It had a 4.5V motor, so it sounds definitely like the 115. Yea, looking at your page, I'm now certain it's set 115. (...) Yes, that would be a much younger Frank Filz than this one: (URL) by my little sister's walking, I would guess this is (...) (20 years ago, 17-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains)

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