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Re: New pics from LEGOLAND
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lugnet.general, lugnet.trains
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Wed, 9 Dec 1998 02:33:43 GMT
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"Fredrik Glöckner" wrote:
> Finally, there's the red and blue cable cars going up the hill. This is
> a copy of Fløybanen, a very old rail system, where one car goes up as
> the other goes down. The steepest descent is 26°, I think. Once up,
> you can see the whole of central Bergen from the plateau. I bet Larry
> Pieniazek would love to travel with these cars.
There used to be one of these at Niagara Falls, somewhere, and I rode it
when I was about 7 or so. Pretty neat, especially when you get to the
middle and the other car passes you.
I think there is one in Pittsburgh too.
What I like better, though, are rack railways. Rode one last summer in
Houghton MI, it was brand new. Very cool. Think of all the 1x4 rack
tiles you'd need to build one, though..
My mom visited Bergen during the war. ( she was in the German army. :-(
:-( )
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: New pics from LEGOLAND
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| (...) A) What's a rack railway? B) What're the details on the one in Houghton? Did they run it up the side of the MEEM? Nah, then the ROTC's wouldn't have anything to rappel... Steve (26 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
| | | Cog railways
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| Just a note to locate a few additional cog railways. There is one which takes you to the top of Pikes Peak, just west of Colorado Springs, Colorado. (Larry, that is 2.5 hours from Lakewood, without rush hour traffic.) I've never ridden this one (...) (26 years ago, 11-Dec-98, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New pics from LEGOLAND
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| (...) Note that the pictures under the Scandinavia section show models very much inspired from Bergen in Western Norway. There's the harbour area, which is inspired from the 14th century German harbour buildings in Bergen, which are very famous. The (...) (26 years ago, 8-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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