 | | Re: Nominations for a trainset poll —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | (...) Only Eurotrash need apply?? WELL... if we assume US proto are welcome, and there are no restrictions on new parts, here are my suggestions (...) BNSF are overweighted lately, time for some eastern roads choice 1: Loco: NS late model GE road (...) (20 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | Re: Nominations for a trainset poll —John Neal
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| | | | | (...) I like your thinking here, but I question the road for color reasons. Black? Boring. How about a (URL) U boat> (not too wild about the model, but, <drool>, NAVY:-d) JOHN (20 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: Nominations for a trainset poll —Rob Hendrix
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| | | | | | | "John" <John@TCLTC.org> wrote in message news:IG0t4z.1o1@lugnet.com... (...) NAVY, psssssssshhh...hhh. That's not NAVY! It's JENKS blue (also known as MOPAC blue). I would not have known that, but you hit pretty darned close to home(1) with that (...) (20 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Nominations for a trainset poll —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | | | (...) (not (...) J2, maybe you could ask the guy who did that logo what color they used??? They presumably would know. (wink) (20 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Nominations for a trainset poll —Rob Hendrix
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| | | | | | | | "Larry Pieniazek" <larry.(mylastname)@...e.DOT.com> wrote in message news:IG0uzB.E3u@lugnet.com... (...) *nod*, that he did, mate. That he did. BUT - who's to say he used to correct color? Rob (20 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Nominations for a trainset poll —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | | | | (...) He must have! J2 never makes mistakes (that he'll admit to) (20 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: Nominations for a trainset poll —John Neal
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) You are my inspiration! (you may want to check your spell-checker;-) JOHN (20 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Nominations for a trainset poll —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) Now if ONLY you'd learn from me! I admit stuff all the time. Earlier in the TTX thread, in fact I admitted Jason was right. YOU could learn a lot from that. :-) (...) Why? I'm the only one that doesn't make "misteaks", everyone else I tar with (...) (20 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Nominations for a trainset poll —John Neal
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) Ahh, I was not aware of that distinction! My foepaw. JOHN FUT.fun (20 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Nominations for a trainset poll —John Neal
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| | | | | | | | (...) I sampled it:-) Yes, Rob, your objection is noted, but hey, you can't have everything (where would you put it?) LEGO dark blue would be close enough for me, because I'd kitbash to build some Minneapolis, Northfield, & Southern locos, as (...) (20 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Nominations for a trainset poll —John Neal
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| | | | | | | | (...) (After a little investigation, it appears to be Benn Coifman) (20 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: Nominations for a trainset poll —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | (...) Fair cop. But read on for why I chose NS. (...) That's a broken image link but I'm guessing it's a MoPac engine??? I agree it's a nice color AND they have a great logo... BUT... they're a Fallen Flag!... I'm talking current roads here. Plus, (...) (20 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: Nominations for a trainset poll —James Seibert
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| | | | | (...) What about a set of Peabody coal cars. Yel body, green end. (...) A Southern engine would be nice and brings back memories. I remember those clawing their way up from the Ohio river valley after they crossed at Cincinnati. The house would (...) (20 years ago, 6-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | Re: Nominations for a trainset poll —John Neal
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| | | | | | (...) (Ross built, with rather lame decal by me) (URL) (...) That is a cool memory. Speaking of memories and Peabodys, my son Ross' favorite toy as a 2 year old was an HO Peabody hopper his uncle gave him. He took it with him everywhere he went. (...) (20 years ago, 6-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: Nominations for a trainset poll —Tim David
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| | | | (...) Could you be a bit less obscure with this for the non-USAnians of us, me specifically! What do you mean by NS and which road are you refering to? Cheers, Tim (20 years ago, 10-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | Re: Nominations for a trainset poll —Tim David
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| | | | | (...) OK, Norfolk Southern, any preferences for loco type or shall I use my judgement for the photo? tim (20 years ago, 10-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | Re: Nominations for a trainset poll —Tim David
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| | | | | | (...) Pick from here (URL) (20 years ago, 10-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Nominations for a trainset poll —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | (...) to be done RIGHT... all the attempts I've seen so far at that are clever, but have gaps)... (20 years ago, 10-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | Re: Nominations for a trainset poll —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | (...) The following is from memory and should get you started. Someone will no doubt find something to nitpick!!! NS - Norfolk Southern... one of the "big four" class 1's remaining. Split Conrail with CSX, the other eastern big four. Rumoured to be (...) (20 years ago, 10-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | Re: Nominations for a trainset poll —Samarth Moray
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| | | | | (...) So when's that encyclopedia of yours coming out? ;-) Legoswami (20 years ago, 10-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | Re: Nominations for a trainset poll —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | (...) What a sidekick wannabe you are. (20 years ago, 10-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Nominations for a trainset poll —Samarth Moray
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| | | | | | (...) That's w-a-n-t t-o b-e. And you call yourself a pedant. XFUT ot.fun. Legoswami (20 years ago, 10-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | Re: Nominations for a trainset poll —Tim David
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| | | | Thanks for the info, I'm afraid it was a case engaging fingers before google! On the subject of the two main loco manufacturers whats the main design features that help differentiate them? I was looking at photos and although I can see that (...) (20 years ago, 11-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | Re: Nominations for a trainset poll —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | (...) Good question. If you'd asked me 20 years ago I would have told you about the shape of cab roofs, the way that the radiators flared, the pattern of fans on the roof and a few other things... but today? Maybe I'm old but I have a harder time (...) (20 years ago, 11-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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