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(...) I'm hoping the light brick will be in the Lego Train Factory palette. Too many different track pieces would be uneconomical on a large scale because the market is too small. I would like curves of radii 72 and 104 studs though, to replace my (...) (19 years ago, 5-Oct-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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Mayby Lego is listening too much to people asking Lego to get back to their core business and produce plastic bricks, and nog Lego is just doing that: getting back to their core business and produce only plastic bricks and discarding all metal (...) (19 years ago, 5-Oct-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I emailed LEGO and they confirmed it to be true. I also emailed Jake, but have gotten no response. No new track geometry in 6 years (gasp!) and now this. Sheesh, my son makes better layouts with his Thomas tracks than I can with LEGO. Really, (...) (19 years ago, 5-Oct-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) That light piece has been sold in different accessory sets. For example, when I bought my first 9v lights they didn't come with the reflector piece. Let us hope that the accessory set in questions is being replaced with another set. Chris (19 years ago, 4-Oct-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) That's worrying. Ironically the descriptions for (URL) 10020>, (URL) 10133> and (URL) 10157> all mention it and it still features as part of the train accessories header image! (URL) Tim (19 years ago, 4-Oct-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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#3748 train light is discontinued. (URL) I wonder what's next to go? (19 years ago, 3-Oct-05, to lugnet.trains)
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In lugnet.trains, Philippe Label wrote: <snip> (...) I lubricated the switch just a bit and it appears to work very well. Thanks for the suggestion! Dave K (19 years ago, 3-Oct-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I tried running it through a couple of switchpoints last night. It had a little bit of trouble. I haven't noticed any problems with ramps or bridges though, other than some slipping of the tyres. I think using older tyres that are a little (...) (19 years ago, 3-Oct-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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Well, M>ltc just completed our last show for 2005, and our last show with the current layout. You can see some details of the layout from the </announce/?n=2920 Pakenham show> earlier in the year, this weekends layout was basically the same, except (...) (19 years ago, 3-Oct-05, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.mltc, FTX)
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Very creative way to handle the curves. Nice job. (19 years ago, 1-Oct-05, to lugnet.trains)
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Hello Elroy, In lugnet.trains, Elroy Davis wrote: ... (...) ... (...) A very good idea indeed. I like it very much. Thank you for sharing :) How is it doing with switchpoints?? and with bridges ramps? Do you observe corrosion of the surface of the (...) (19 years ago, 1-Oct-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) The pivots are cleverly done :) (19 years ago, 1-Oct-05, to lugnet.trains)
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I’m always amused by limo companies trying to outdo each other with longer, more exotic limousines. Since I’m new to the LEGO train world, and wanted to build a train MOC, I decided to build a stretch limo caboose! (URL) stretch limo caboose (...) (19 years ago, 1-Oct-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.trains) !
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A few months ago I had a Lego electric cable ((URL)) get cut. This left me with two half cables. Somehow I got the idea that if I stripped the insulation off, I could use one of the broken bits to power a technic motor off from a train track. I (...) (19 years ago, 30-Sep-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) A second alternative to specialized chain links -- and one I haven't tried yet -- would be Technic link-arms and pins, threaded around large-diameter tires. The magnet-holders can then be pinned vertically, and the curves in the "track" aren't (...) (19 years ago, 29-Sep-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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(...) Actually I'm planning a different train altogether but a lack of red windows (and funds to do something about that) made me change my plan... As Jan Albert said it's a post train. They were used in the Netherlands until about 1997. Dutch (...) (19 years ago, 28-Sep-05, to lugnet.trains)
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In lugnet.trains, Philippe Label wrote: <snip> (...) Thanks! I'll give that a shot tonite! Dave K (19 years ago, 28-Sep-05, to lugnet.trains)
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Hello Dave, (...) As far as I know, this comes from the friction between plastic parts. Each friction removes a very little bit of plastic at each movement and leaves that white plastic dust on the moving parts. I reduced this problem by lowering (...) (19 years ago, 28-Sep-05, to lugnet.trains)
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I'm not sure if it's from overuse or from something else, but some of my wye points are not sliding as smoothly as they used to when the train is coming into the wye from the curve. I actually have to have the switch point in the proper position or (...) (19 years ago, 28-Sep-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Since Duq doesn't follow LUGNET and the model was already announced on LOWLUG : Duq built this train for the Rail 2004 exhibit in the Netherlands It's a dutch "Motorpost" postal train in it's last common livery (yes, an awful amount of (...) (19 years ago, 28-Sep-05, to lugnet.trains)
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