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| | | Dear all, Just uploaded pics of my rendition of a Russian EMU that runs one of the legs of the Trans-Siberian railway. Not sure of the name and class of it as the only railway fan pictures I could find were on a Russian site in Russian (x-posted to (...) (19 years ago, 16-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.ru, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: Trans-Siberian Railway —Samarth Moray
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| | | | | SNIP What I like the most here is the use of a SNOT wheel holder as the front lamp. Smart idea. Quite stealable. You seem to have captured the proto quite well, and the windows are a refreshing change. Dunno why you picked solid colours though. If (...) (19 years ago, 16-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: Trans-Siberian Railway —Timothy Gould
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| | | | | | (...) My favourite bit too. Originally the cowcatcher was attached upside-down which made it even more snotty but the front wheels looked stupid so far back. (...) I would have had to make it all in Smoke to differentiate from the Clear front window (...) (19 years ago, 16-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: Trans-Siberian Railway —Tim David
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| | | | | Looks like either an (URL)/(URL) ER2> (DC) or an (URL) early ER9> (AC) see (URL) this page> for a list of Russian EMU types. I haven't found any images in the same livery as the ones you found tho'. The other coaches look pretty simple, just the (...) (19 years ago, 16-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: Trans-Siberian Railway —Timothy Gould
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| | | | | | | (...) Thanks for those links. I think its the ER1. Since the whole thing is virtual (and will stay that way unless I bag a mysterious and large inheritance) I can build as many cars as I like! That said, I will try to build about five. (...) I tried (...) (19 years ago, 16-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: Trans-Siberian Railway —Timothy Gould
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| | | | | | | (...) Thanks to your links I made some carriages and uploaded some new pictures. Very useful! Thanks again, Tim (19 years ago, 17-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: Trans-Siberian Railway —Tim David
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| | | | | | If you are an a newsagents soon, check out this month's Continental Modeller (July O6), it has an interesting Russian layout in it (built by a Brit living the US as far as I can gather!) Tim (19 years ago, 20-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: Trans-Siberian Railway —James Mathis
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| | | | | (...) Timothy, You are getting a really nice collection of models going here. The Pendolino is quite smart looking. I really like you solution for the black curved part beneath the windscreen. This Russion Trans-Siberian set is a good brutish (...) (19 years ago, 16-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: Trans-Siberian Railway —Timothy Gould
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| | | | | | (...) Thanks! The credit for that actually half belongs to my wife who told me that an original curvier design actually looked less curvy and helped me refine it. The funny thing about that model is that the brick version looks narrower than the CAD (...) (19 years ago, 16-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Trans-Siberian Railway —Tim David
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| | | | | | (...) I'd missed the Pendolino, thats a nice model of a difficult (in Lego) prototype, and I agrre with James on the bit below the windscreen. To me its one of the non-obvious, but actually quite simple ideas that is very effective. One thing I find (...) (19 years ago, 16-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Trans-Siberian Railway —Timothy Gould
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| | | | | | --SNIP-- (...) --SNIP-- I do prefer the Pendolino to the Voyager (and they are much more comfortable to travel in) but mostly it was the challenge of working out how to do the front in a six-wide train. I have to say that it's quite a challenge to (...) (19 years ago, 16-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: Trans-Siberian Railway —Sonnich Jensen
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| | | | | (...) Very good MOCs. You have catche the rounded shape very well. I have some of them on one ofg my old pages: (2 URLs) Russian gallery: (2 URLs) It is an ER2 or ER9, most common types - there are EMUs, they run all over the former sovjet union as (...) (19 years ago, 20-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: Trans-Siberian Railway —Timothy Gould
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| | | | | | --SNIP-- (...) Sonnich, Thanks for your comments, links and advice. I'll try to tak as many of these comments into account for version 3 of the train. Looking at the pictures I can see the small window but can't tell if it is always to the front of (...) (19 years ago, 20-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Trans-Siberian Railway —Sonnich Jensen
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| | | | | | (...) Engine: if there is a window in front on the enterence, it is not for the public. Fronm the front enterence, there is only one turn - into the compartment. There are a closed door for the staff. Going into the compartment, from front, there is (...) (19 years ago, 20-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: Trans-Siberian Railway —Alexander Horoshilov
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| | | | (...) Tim, your model is very nice. I live in Russia (and used to live in SU before). When I was a student, I travelled with these trains a lot. Since Russian is my native language I can help you to translate something to English with a pleasure (...) (19 years ago, 20-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | Re: Trans-Siberian Railway —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | (...) EMU - Electric Multiple Unit DMU - Diesel Multiple Unit These terms are not commonly used in the US I don't think(1). But the idea is that the train isn't "locomotive hauled" but rather more than one of the "cars" has a power truck, either (...) (19 years ago, 20-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | Re: Trans-Siberian Railway —Samarth Moray
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| | | | | In lugnet.trains, Larry Pieniazek wrote: What I don't quite get with the EMU designation is what's the difference (...) Here those terms are actually pretty much synonymous with each other. All our suburban trains are EMUs anyway. (...) (Sorry, I (...) (19 years ago, 20-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: Trans-Siberian Railway —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | (...) What exactly does "suburban" mean in this context?.. is it like the US "commuter" (meaning that the train is primarily put on to serve people coming and going to and from work, and typically is heavy rail rather than light rail or trolley, and (...) (19 years ago, 20-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Trans-Siberian Railway —Samarth Moray
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| | | | | | (...) Yeah I think that's the right meaning. When in doubt, produce pics: (URL) not sure you would call this 'light' (wink) but it's what I was referring to, anyway.... Let it also be known that leaning out of a running train is one of the most (...) (19 years ago, 20-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Trans-Siberian Railway —Rob Hendrix
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| | | | | | (...) I'd agree. I have a one-armed friend that could attest to that one. And no, he's not a modified minifig... Rob (19 years ago, 20-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Trans-Siberian Railway —Samarth Moray
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| | | | | | (...) Actually you don't need to modify a fig to remove it's arm.... but that' a WHOLE other thing. Legoswami (19 years ago, 20-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Trans-Siberian Railway —Rob Hendrix
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| | | | | | "Samarth Moray @gmail.com>" <legoswami<NOSPAMMINGME!> wrote in message news:IIEEou.1vyE@lugnet.com... (...) Ahh, but you do not {need} to use a cutting utensil to modify... Rob (19 years ago, 20-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | E/SMUs (was Re: Trans-Siberian Railway) —Tim David
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| | | | (...) In the UK the classification is a bit difficult to describe. The best description is a 'unit train' i.e. one that runs as a fixed rake, with a driving cab at each end and its own motive power that cannot be used seperataly. Most passenger (...) (19 years ago, 20-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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