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In wiring up our layout for DCC this month, we discovered that the LEGO track wires are not consistently polarized. They seemed considerably more one way than the other, but there were some each way. Are they supposed to be one way only, or does (...) (19 years ago, 16-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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In lugnet.trains, John Neal wrote: Interest in trains will go away. Sorry. Meant to say, "Interest in trains will NOT go away" JOHN (19 years ago, 16-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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In lugnet.trains, Larry Pieniazek wrote: <snip> (...) That's my huge hang-up. Why is it so impossible and dangerous to make an investment into the Trains line, yet at the same time some completely clueless individual or group convinced the right (...) (19 years ago, 16-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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(...) I agree, I think the subject line could have been chosen a bit more clearly. I also have a question about the images of the different radii track? Are these new images or just recolors of the images that Ben Fleskes did? If they're new, how do (...) (19 years ago, 16-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.au)
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I was a bit bummed when I realized this message thread was not an announcement of new track but rather another discussion of something LEGO should do... Bryan "Gary Quinlan" <gquinlan@tpg.com.au> wrote in message news:IGIw8n.24vn@lugnet.com... (...) (19 years ago, 16-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.au)
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Here's a few overall pics from our appearance at the Indy 500 Festival Kid's Day. It's a fast and furious show since we only have a few hours to get in and only one hour to get out. The show was open from noon to 4pm and they had over 30,000 people (...) (19 years ago, 16-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, lugnet.town)
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(...) It's called bread and butter marketing. Keep producing the goods that pay the rent, expand on them if your gaurenteed sales. They pay for themselves and help pay the rent. That way you can then venture out and try other things that are unknown (...) (19 years ago, 16-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) That's my point, maybe one posting every few years doesn't really constitute a real need to TLG, they might need a more blatant approach. (...) If they would of put that money into new track geometry they probably would recouped their costs, (...) (19 years ago, 16-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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(URL) This past weekend, the Melbourne LEGO Train Club displayed a layout at the Pakenham Model Show. Our largest display to date, it was 24x9 baseplates, had 2 loops, mountain, tunnels, skyscraper, large station, town hall, church, and even a strip (...) (19 years ago, 16-May-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains.org.mltc, FTX)
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(...) Too true Gary (...) Silly is perhaps not strong enough (try stupid) They have not seen the potential that we see at train shows from the true hobbiests that would like to try it. I am sure that the same thing ould be said in the USA. (...) (...) (19 years ago, 16-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.au)
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Announcing the all new LUGNET .Underground page: ===...=== (2 URLs) The LEGO “Underground” theme seemed to have never quite reached it’s full potential... kind of like a ‘diamond in the rough’. I felt that the one official subtheme (Rock Raiders) (...) (19 years ago, 15-May-05, to lugnet.underground, lugnet.announce, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.space, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX) !!
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"John" <John@TCLTC.org> wrote in message news:IGJnyJ.1rEv@lugnet.com... (...) idea (...) from LEGO (...) sounds (...) to run (...) I agree. The idea is good, but the problem is simple - the market is narrow for these. Yes we would buy it, but just (...) (19 years ago, 15-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) No, it can't, but this topic isn't new. Check out the ILTCO library for a presentation by Ben Fleskes about (URL) track geometry>. He served up everything TLG would need to proceed with this idea years ago. I believe that TLG will never make (...) (19 years ago, 15-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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(...) Just a small thing, but when clicking on one of the recent Lugnet articles listed on the ILTCO sidebar, it always brings up the wrong article. This feature has never worked correctly for me. Mark (19 years ago, 15-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I agree that express switches are a good idea - no need to slow down too much to switch tracks. The important thing is that it should be easy enough to make a crossover. I see that your plan allows this by having 40 studs length and 8 studs (...) (19 years ago, 15-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.au)
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Fellow Lego Train Enthusiasts Check out the link to see ideas for a new geometry of Lego Tracks, (URL) with enough chatter on Lugnet and other sites Lego might decide to investigate the possibilities! Can't hurt to try. Gary BLTG Brisbane Lego Train (...) (19 years ago, 15-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.au)
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SCLTC will be the featured LEGO and model railroading attraction at the 2005 Orange County Fair where the theme for 2005 is It's Calling You Out to Play. SCLTC will display its largest layout ever. Highlights will include: All DCC operation 6 (...) (19 years ago, 15-May-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.scltc, lugnet.town, FTX) !
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"Tim David" <talltim@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:IGH2DJ.ILG@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ...] (...) not sure (...) I just took a quick look and everything on the ILTCO site appears to be operating correctly. Mike (19 years ago, 14-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) All the ones I could find worked for me too in IE6 and Firefox, but I'm not sure exactly which link you are referring to. Is it all links to ILTCO or from specific page? Tim (19 years ago, 14-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) It's still there, under "Links and Resources" about half way down the page (Hyperlinked by a "Click HERE") (...) Hmm. Worked for me, so I'm no help there. JOHN (19 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Fair enough. I guess what I don't understand is how Thomas could have remained a relative unknown here in the US up until the late 80's. JOHN (19 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.duplo, FTX)
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What happened to the cool set of train links in the sidebar? That was my main source of research links for train stuff, and now I see none of them. I liked the links to Ben's pages, and others that were helpful. Also, the ILTCO page link is broke (...) (19 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Ummmmm does it matter? They were very popular in countries other than the UK, so they (the characters/stories) were propelled to the world stage many years before anyone thought of a Brio Thomas or TV series. (...) Sure, but it had already (...) (19 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.duplo, FTX)
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I am going to build a new car, and got an idea. Using the parts: (URL) the roof. My car will probably be 7 wide, and I was thinking of using those for the roof. My concern is that it will be 5 wide and the end using those parts. I am not to found of (...) (19 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I must admit that I have lost touch with the show and all of the newer characters (although Ross and I did go to see the motion picture, for the sake of nostalgia:-) I heard that Alec Baldwin took over for Carlin (AB was in the movie)-- I (...) (19 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.duplo, FTX)
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In lugnet.trains, David Koudys wrote: <snip> (...) Didn't realize that it was 'that long ago'-- (URL) Carlin .... Mr. Conductor (1991-1993) " and the synopsis-- " Plot Summary for "Shining Time Station" (1990) An American version of the popular (...) (19 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.duplo)
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In lugnet.trains, John Neal wrote: <snip> (...) I dunno, I'm kinda partial to George Carlin doing it now--Carlin shaping the young minds of the 'next generation'--that's how I like my irony... Dave K (19 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.duplo, FTX)
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(...) Sort of. It was set in a train station, with human characters. One character (Ringo, initially), would tell a story (about Thomas et al) every now and then to some kids, and the show would cut to the large scale Thomas characters with the (...) (19 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.duplo, FTX)
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(...) Yeah, well, I'm all for pendantries and all, but here is what meant. I know that Learning Curve has the Thomas license (I bought enough of them-- I oughta know!) What I didn't know is that Brio has a license in (Sweden?). Even if Brio hasn't a (...) (19 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.duplo, FTX)
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(...) I'm going to be a pedant here and argue that there is no Thomas BRIO now, either. At least not in the US. It's a clone, not real BRIO. This site suggests that one company that makes BRIO **compatible** Thomas stuff is Learning Curve. (URL) (...) (19 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.duplo)
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(...) I'm curious as to what this show consisted off. We had a TV series called 'Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends'. It started with a theme tune featuring shots including a side view of Thomas+Annie+Clarabel passing a windmill at the moment the (...) (19 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.duplo, FTX)
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(...) For 1000Steineland 2003 Klaas Meijaard and myself built a huge pirate layout, that had to cover up 3 train tracks. We used a combination of brick+technic framework (all 2*4 and 2*8 bricks, and technic 1*16's for long beams across) with loads (...) (19 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) What happened since? (...) Well, the success of the series prompted the major motion picture release, which could rightly be called a "world stage". I realize that the books have been around a looong time. But as actual toys, Thomas, it seems (...) (19 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.duplo, FTX)
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(...) Hehe, was wondering how long it would be before you pointed that out! (19 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.duplo, FTX)
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(...) Ahem. Thomas the Tank Engine books and records (7" 45 RPM!) were very popular in Australia in the early 70s. So while the TV series may have propelled it onto the North American stage, that is not necessarily the world stage. ROSCO (19 years ago, 12-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.duplo, FTX)
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(...) I will say that, although we still have 4 modules with this kind of construction that we will keep together for the forseeable future, we have abandoned that building style. Those GMLTC-style modules of ours are/were 30" x 45" (2X3 large gray (...) (19 years ago, 12-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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Thanks to both, that's very interesting. It's much denser than I had in mind; and though 2x2 and 2x4 bricks are dirt cheap, it would use a LOT of them. I'm not sure if it would actually come out cheaper or not, but it's certainly worth considering. (...) (19 years ago, 12-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) And check out (URL) pic> and (URL) pic> to see that method in action. Ironically, we just completely cannibalized that module last week... Wanna buy some 2x2 towers? :-) JOHN (19 years ago, 12-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Yes, well, I was once young as well, but never even heard a, well, peep about Thomas the Tank Engine until the PBS series "Shining Times Station" which began airing in the US in 1989. It is that series which propelled Thomas onto the world (...) (19 years ago, 12-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.duplo, FTX)
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(...) Sorry for the bum steer. (it was under honeycomb not lattice, my bad) Try this post: (URL) which leads you to this pic: (URL) should set you right. (19 years ago, 12-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Sounds like what I'm after. Unfortunately, a search for "GMLTC lattice" didn't turn up any posts, except for yours, with both words in it. I also tried the same search at brickshelf, with no luck. Can anyone point me to a picture or more (...) (19 years ago, 12-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Eh? The point is the books were originally called the Rev. W Awdry's Railway Series, so the title 'Thomas and the Magic Railroad' is something of a travesty. But they all are, anyway, except Thomas. The closest to Thomas is a small number of (...) (19 years ago, 12-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.duplo, FTX)
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(...) The characters from the original 26 books by the Rev W Awdry, and the next 14 books by his son Christopher Awdry use characters based on real engines and stories that happened on the real railway (whether transposed to a different railway (...) (19 years ago, 12-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.duplo, FTX)
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(...) Consider GMLTC lattice. Strong, light, made of common elements and modular in that it conforms to various heights well. XFUT lugnet.trains... a search with this string "GMLTC lattice" should find you a pic of it... (19 years ago, 12-May-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Thomas in the US includes a "Brio compatible" product from some company that is NOT Brio, near as I can tell (TC Timbers??? I forget). Everything interoperates but the track is different, it has ties simulated via grooves that go across the (...) (19 years ago, 12-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.duplo)
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(...) Now, it is my understanding that all of the characters are all based on real-life locos. Not so? (...) lol that is amusing. I had heard that Mozart was being played as well. How awful for those poor subway loitering ne'er-do-wells:-) BTW, I (...) (19 years ago, 12-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.duplo, FTX)
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(...) I had Brio trains, along with a plastic variant the same size. I've seen Thomas Brio, but I've never particularly shopped for Thomas products abroad. Jason Railton (19 years ago, 12-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.duplo)
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(...) No kidding: "Matthew", Hebrew for "gift of God" :-) JOHN (19 years ago, 12-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.duplo, FTX)
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(...) That sounds almost as tacky as calling him a 'railroad' engine. As I said, I've never been subjected to that in years of books, TV and even LPs of Johnny Morris reading recordings of the books. I have heard the TV series theme tune played over (...) (19 years ago, 12-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.duplo, FTX)
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(...) Hey, good call. And the Hebrew first name, come to think of it. Who the heck am I, anyway? Dave! (19 years ago, 12-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.duplo)
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(...) Hey, wait a minute. (URL) These> are the lyrics from all of the episodes that I've seen, but I've only been watching for the last few months. A few observations: 1 It's always the episode in which someone has to cross the scary, rickety (...) (19 years ago, 12-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.duplo, FTX)
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(...) And you have the cheek to call yourself "British"??? (URL) Song lyrics here> I suppose you've never heard of "Monty Python", either? ;-) JOHN (19 years ago, 12-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.duplo, FTX)
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(...) Oh yes, he does. In Sweden the toy manufacture company BRIO has had a license to produce him and all of his friends as wooden toys for their wooden railway system (about 5-wide, i would guess), and the TV show has been shown, and is available (...) (19 years ago, 12-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.duplo)
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(...) Same here. (...) FWIW the one on Cartoon Network here is also there as a Hindi-dubbed version. Legoswami (19 years ago, 12-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.duplo)
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(...) Says the guy with a German surname... ;) (...) There's a theme song? In the UK there's a tune, but no song. But does Thomas the Tank Engine feature much in non-English-speaking countries? Jason Railton (19 years ago, 12-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.duplo)
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(...) That's okay--from your name I suspected that you were from the Continent, but I confess that this really baffles me. Judging from the theme song and the names in the credits, Thomas originates in the UK, which I believe *is* part of Europe, (...) (19 years ago, 12-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.duplo)
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I didn't see an announcement so... thought I'd share... The U.S. Shipping date for the TXX Intermodal is only five weeks away... (URL) (19 years ago, 12-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I was told that Europe won't get Thomas at all. (I meant _we_ Europeans). I should wrote it more clearly. -- Jindroush www.kostky.org - For czech LEGO fans. (19 years ago, 11-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.duplo)
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(...) Dark Powers? Any relation to (URL) or (URL) Stephanie>? With whom do I have dark pacts? Only the (Dark) Shadow knows.... JOHN (19 years ago, 11-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.duplo, FTX)
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(...) Well, I'm in Pennsylvania, if that makes any difference. I'm not too savvy with www.lego.com, so I don't know how to confirm availability. Elroy already mentioned that he's seen them in Vermont, so that's good news. Anyone else have any ideas? (...) (19 years ago, 11-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.duplo)
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Very awesome work on the wheel setup, and making such a faithful representation of the tram! -Stefan- (19 years ago, 11-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.schleim, FTX)
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Thomas has posted the first 127 photos of the May 7-8 SCLTC show at Fullerton Railroad Days at (URL). Here's some samples. (4 URLs) If you missed the chance to see the show in person, good news! The entire show, plus more, will also be at the 2005 (...) (19 years ago, 11-May-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.scltc, lugnet.town, FTX) !!
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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 (...) (19 years ago, 11-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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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 (...) (19 years ago, 11-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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"Leonard Hoffman" <lahoffma@mailer.fsu.edu> wrote in message news:IGAoLy.Axq@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) five (...) An (...) ILTCO had Gallery ((URL) embedded into the web site. I simply saved the presentation as JPG files and then (...) (19 years ago, 10-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) Actually, that is great! It allows me to see the slides that I'm more interested in (the snot instructions, for instance) and doesn't have the five minute download. Is ILTCO.org already set up to do this, or did you have to code that in? An (...) (19 years ago, 10-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) I know for sure _we_ will not get them (so I can't help you). (...) If I'm not mistaken there should be renewed line in June including 2 new vehicles. But maybe _you_ won't get it? Jindroush (19 years ago, 10-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.duplo)
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(...) That's w-a-n-t t-o b-e. And you call yourself a pedant. XFUT ot.fun. Legoswami (19 years ago, 10-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) My wife and I saw these here in Vermont at Toys R Us this weekend, so they are available in retail (at least in this small corner of the north-eastern U.S.). I still occasionally find a Bob The Builder (great, now I'll be singing *that* song (...) (19 years ago, 10-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.duplo, FTX)
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(...) What a sidekick wannabe you are. (19 years ago, 10-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) to be done RIGHT... all the attempts I've seen so far at that are clever, but have gaps)... (19 years ago, 10-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) So when's that encyclopedia of yours coming out? ;-) Legoswami (19 years ago, 10-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Duplo question: Are those Thomas Duplo sets available in retail yet, or are they direct-only? And is Bob the Builder still on the retail market? (...) I had a lampshade that, a few hours into the party, ended up as a hat. (...) Hey, I call 'em (...) (19 years ago, 10-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.duplo, FTX)
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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 (...) (19 years ago, 10-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) As I mentioned previously, I still yell "CHOO-CHOO!" when I see a train while driving around in my car. If that's not disturbing... (...) lol Reminds me of HP:POA last year-- I had that section of chorus "Something wicked this way comes!" (...) (19 years ago, 10-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.duplo, FTX)
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(...) Pick from here (URL) (19 years ago, 10-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Dave! (19 years ago, 10-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.duplo)
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(...) OK, Norfolk Southern, any preferences for loco type or shall I use my judgement for the photo? tim (19 years ago, 10-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Can you be more specific as to which version of the Orient Express you mean? Thanks Tim (19 years ago, 10-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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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 (19 years ago, 10-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) (URL) (19 years ago, 10-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.duplo)
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In lugnet.announce.moc, John Neal wrote: One of the perils of fatherhood for which I was not prepared is the disturbing fact that the Thomas themesong stays in my brain for three or four days after I watch the show. I can only catch it with Matthew (...) (19 years ago, 10-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.duplo, FTX)
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Hi, TTX intermodal double stack car 10170 available NOW in Europe : (URL) Regards, Didier (19 years ago, 10-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) You were right about letting people post themselves, I jumped the gun a little with the Stuttgart tram, sorry Holger. (Its good to see German AFOLSs posting here, although I see plenty of German Lego train activity on Brickshelf there doesn't (...) (19 years ago, 9-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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I have just finished my second revision, with more to come, of a UP BigBoy. I used the engine at the (URL) Museum of Transportation> here in Saint Louis as a guide I still have some work to do on it, but here you go. (URL) It is 7 1/2 track lengths (...) (19 years ago, 9-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) There's lots of different body designs, I can picture the type you have made in my head but can't remember the reasons for the details differences. I know they got rebuilt with a different rib design but which is which, nope its gone! (...) I (...) (19 years ago, 9-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) I think you have done this really well and I'm gald you showed some 'how it works' photos of the underside (...) I don't see that as being a problem, you just have the tram track seperate from the rest of the track on your layout, the same as (...) (19 years ago, 9-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.schleim, FTX)
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(...) How 'bout a grey minifig head stud reliefed into the space in front of the driver's controls? Or a grey piston head (Although I'm not sure about how you'd attach it.) These two came to mind after I asked myself what is smaller than a 2x2 round (...) (19 years ago, 9-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.schleim, FTX)
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(...) Hey, Ben! They have been sighted at various TRU and also from TRU online (Amazon.com) (...) It is the regular LEGO blue. Percy, OTOH, is the lighter LEGO green, which is the correct color for him. JOHN (19 years ago, 9-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.duplo, FTX)
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(...) Toys-R-Us has them. HTH, - Joe (19 years ago, 9-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.duplo)
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"Leonard Hoffman" <lahoffma@mailer.fsu.edu> wrote in message news:IG86IJ.1o1J@lugnet.com... (...) the (...) there, (...) above 1 (...) Now, (...) possible to (...) the net. (...) We could present presentations like this: (URL) really doesn't make (...) (19 years ago, 9-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Holger Matthes wrote: <snip (...) Have you tried a chrome silver 1x1 round plate mounted into a technic brick (stud in). That should give you a nice chrome ring and then take a piece of soft white Lego tubing and cut down (...) (19 years ago, 9-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.schleim, FTX)
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Call for Group Train/Town Layout at BrickFest™ 2005 Once again we would like to extend an invitation to all individuals, LEGO® train clubs or clubs that organize other displays with trains in them to set up a display at BrickFest™ 2005. For those of (...) (19 years ago, 9-May-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.announce, FTX) !!
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(...) There doesn't appear to be a lugnet.org.iltco - but I was going through the article section of ILTCO.org. There is some very interesting stuff up there, but some of it is a bit difficult to get at. A few of the pdf files are above 1 meg, one (...) (19 years ago, 9-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) I find your lack of taste disturbing... (...) I have family in the area too. My Dad was born in Bolsover. (...) That's not exactly what I was basing mine on, but I can't find the pictures at the moment. I can see yours uses SNOT to make the (...) (19 years ago, 9-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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Hello John, Very nice. Two questions: 1) Where can I get a Duplo Thomas engine? - I'm not seeing them listed on S@H anywhere. 2) What color blue did LEGO use for the engine? Thanks, Ben Fleskes Big Ben Bricks LLC (...) <snip> (...) (19 years ago, 9-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.duplo, FTX)
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Like them all, perhaps you could do the broken back tanker in (URL) purple>! The Bolsover wagons hold especial significance for me as I live about 8 miles from the colliery. (and, as I found out recently, about 15 mins walk from George Stephenson's (...) (19 years ago, 8-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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Submitted for inspiration, four designs of short wheelbase wagons. A mix of old and modern, but the sort of thing I'd like to see Lego produce as its next accurate railway model. Maybe a small (2 URLs) dock> (URL) shunter> or (URL) branch> (URL) (...) (19 years ago, 8-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX) !
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(...) As far as I have always understood it, the rolling resistance is practically the same regardless of the # of wheels...with the exception that very lightweight trains (such as empty container cars) have a higher drag than per lb than (...) (19 years ago, 8-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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