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No slight taken as I mentioned it was purely an internal LEGO thing, lack of proper passing of the torch. Hopefully we can all keep the 9v train line alive. SteveB (19 years ago, 4-Apr-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Steve, For what its worth the Ambassadors were not trying to step on any toes. A question was possed and someone specifically asked for the Ambassadors help here on LUGNET. I took that call for help and used my resources to get permission to (...) (19 years ago, 4-Apr-06, to lugnet.trains)
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In lugnet.trains, Steven Barile wrote: <snipped a lot of info> Steve, You should put something about this on the front page of the ILTCO site that is in plain view, even if you link to another page with more details. It is great that you want ILTCO (...) (19 years ago, 4-Apr-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I'm not sure it's safe to assume that LEGO would be the lowest cost provider of 9v items. What if they licensed it to another entity to reduce overhead, marketing and production costs? I agree with your main point, however, that private party (...) (19 years ago, 4-Apr-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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Hi All, As you know there haws been a change in ILTCO's contact person at LEGO and unfortunately the "9v Announcement" was made via the Ambassadors list rather than the normal ILTCO channel. Moving forward we hope that this issue has been fixed. (...) (19 years ago, 4-Apr-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I think this is a very important point. Most of us are quite resourceful and some have come up with their own custom track parts. The problem is most of us don't have those skills and to purchase those parts on the second hand market is very (...) (19 years ago, 4-Apr-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Hi Ahui and welcome back, To answer your question : there's no way - let me explain : Jan told us that, in order to be compatible (sic) with the metallic tracks, new insulated tracks are a bit thicker to adjust the size. So if you add a metal (...) (19 years ago, 4-Apr-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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Hey all, One final train novice question before I leave this thread to die (and hopefully start a new one with complete pictures!). Typical passenger cars: In the movie, the main character slows down a runaway rail car using a manual brake wheel on (...) (19 years ago, 4-Apr-06, to lugnet.trains)
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Thanks Bryan.. The frieght train looks nice. The passanger train just one word: YUK! (jr. junk...) I know you and perhaps others may not know this but I'll ask anyways. Will there be a way for us to take that new track and add the metal strips to (...) (19 years ago, 4-Apr-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) The receiver circuit fits inside a box shaped like this: (URL) Receiver>> Power is connected at one end, and the motor drive is taken from the other. You can see it in the rear section of the engine. The battery box is in the front, and (...) (19 years ago, 3-Apr-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) The trains at LLCA apear to use gel cell/lead acid batteries. I'm considering a similar system, and have already tested something like it. I built a 4 wide train for a recent display. I used 4.5v track but had it spaced 2 studs apart enstead (...) (19 years ago, 3-Apr-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) First of all I should point out that neither of these are my MOCs Jason's uncoupler has the magnet mounted on a technic plate which also has a rack mounted on it. The technic motor (controlled by the custom IR reciever) draws the coupling into (...) (19 years ago, 3-Apr-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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Now is our chance to take action and help influance a decision within LEGO before a point of no return is reached. In order to do that a web site has been created for the purpose of saving the 9v electric train line. Access to the site is free. At (...) (19 years ago, 3-Apr-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Curious. But the it looks like the images are no longer up - are there any images of the internal workings of Gronk or your own implementation? I'd not seen this before, and I'm really curious now... both how well it worked, and how well (...) (19 years ago, 3-Apr-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Yes and yes. ROSCO (19 years ago, 3-Apr-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) As far as I remember yes the two lines are insulated from each other. Jeff VW (19 years ago, 3-Apr-06, to lugnet.trains)
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Are the two directions on the 9V crosstrack electrically independent of one another? I'd like to have two ovals that each have separate controllers/engines that cross one another. Will it work with the vanilla crosstrack? (19 years ago, 3-Apr-06, to lugnet.trains)
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I have to say that I'm really depressed by the defeatest attitude surrounding Eric Kingsley's post about trying to save 9v trains. Someone who actually has the ability to give our feedback to Lego has stepped up, given us what information he has, (...) (19 years ago, 3-Apr-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) LOL The uncoupler worked very well, it is based on similar 'withdraw the magnet behind the buffers' principles as (URL) Reynolds' shunter> from about a year or so ago but of course with more space to play with worked even better. Also, without (...) (19 years ago, 3-Apr-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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Here is a gallery hosted at ILTCO: (URL) Bryan "Ahui Herrera" <jedi_agh@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:Ix26MJ.24E6@lugnet.com... (...) (19 years ago, 3-Apr-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Actually buying that product is what finally got me into lego trains. "Steam" train for under $100.00 is what it took for me to take the plunge. Damn it :) (19 years ago, 3-Apr-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Good point. I should have realised that Mr Gould wouldn't get that close to actual bits of plastic. I was obviously confused by his name being all over the front page at the moment. Jason R (19 years ago, 3-Apr-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Tim Gould's photos ? The owner of the linked BS gallery (talltim) is our dear curator Tim David. Didier (19 years ago, 3-Apr-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Ben - your own joke bites you on the bum! On the same day, at the Brickish AGM I demonstrated this engine: (URL) Engine>> (URL) uncoupler>> The engine contains a 6x8x3 box containing an IR receiver circuit. The 9V battery box is under the (...) (19 years ago, 3-Apr-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Are you sure that you or any fan can influence the decisions already made by LEGO? Another view on this whole "See what the fall sales bring and Lego will decide further" story is: Lego moves the sale of metal rails and stuff to S@H, because (...) (19 years ago, 3-Apr-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) That's some (URL) hot space station justice> right there. You've got me waxing nostalgic for FF7. A few criticisms: Firstly, even though it can't be done in such a silver, there are ways to ameliorate the monolithic amount of black. I suggest (...) (19 years ago, 3-Apr-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Excellent rendition and great choice of source material. Are you going to make the cars to go with it? They look fun to do and there's some prime snot opportunity in them. Strangely enough although I've more than two hundred hours of my life (...) (19 years ago, 2-Apr-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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I'm usually a lurker - and a space building lurker at that - but even us lurkers have to put up a MoC once in a while to prove we're alive. So here it is, a locomotive from the RPG Final Fantasy VII, I think anything else is explained in the (...) (19 years ago, 2-Apr-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
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(...) (SNIP) (...) It seems there are a few types of rechargeable batteries to consider: NiCds are made obsolete by the European RoHS directive (banning Cadmium), and they also suffer from memory effect. NiMH are becoming more common in standard (...) (19 years ago, 2-Apr-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) There *was* buzz about LEGO Factory on Legofan, but it died out there too when no responses came from LEGO. The LEGO Factory forum is here: (URL) Lego Kits & Custom models: (URL) Lego parts store: (URL) Guild of Bricksmiths(TM): (URL) Gallery: (...) (19 years ago, 2-Apr-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Yes Mark, on April the first I wanted to post about an IR-reciever in form of a "4x4 block, 2 plates high plus the 2x2 bulb on top". That is correct. And of course it was April Fool's Day (so maybe LUGNET was not working properly). ;-) Ben (19 years ago, 2-Apr-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) So you're saying this is a 4x4 block, 2 plates high plus the 2x2 bulb on top? Just want to be sure of the correct information :-) Mark (19 years ago, 2-Apr-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hi Rosco, Todd must have implemented a tool which deletes all "0." in messages coming from me on April Fools Day. Of course I meant to have typed "0.66". But nevertheless: you got me. And I admit this wasn't my best April Fools Joke. It is (...) (19 years ago, 2-Apr-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) You are correct, Brad was a train fan. (...) Same here. They seem to have missed several of their dates and, without the Jake conduit of information, as far as I know we don't have any updated information. Steve, who really misses Jake (19 years ago, 2-Apr-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) I tend to agree. I get a lot of the "I didn't know Lego made trains" at train shows and give them the standard spiel, "Yes, long time, mostly mail order, etc." We've done shows with a train set or two available for sale (MSRP) and IIRC have (...) (19 years ago, 2-Apr-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Interesting that "plugging in" is veiwed as a negative. Most of the people I know (myself included) would never buy a battery powered anything if a plug in version was available. That is the reason I never bought a Mindstorms kit. When I had (...) (19 years ago, 2-Apr-06, to lugnet.trains)
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--snip--- I'm sure this has been posted somewhere but I've been out of the LEGO loop for about a year now. What is this RC Track and IR Train that I keep reading about? And images, links, thanks? -AHui (19 years ago, 1-Apr-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) SNIP (...) I'd be a lot less worried if I knew Jake was still working for TLG. It may be my imagination but it seems like every SAH-exclusive/LEGO-Direct 9V train-related product that was produced in the last 5-6 years has had Jake's (...) (19 years ago, 1-Apr-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Well I don't think 4x4x66 will be very useful, especially on April 1st ;) ROSCO (19 years ago, 1-Apr-06, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi Train Fans! Some may have heard about the AFOL group which co-worked with LEGO on Mindstorms-NXT (at least as a kind of feedback group). Then there is the group of Ambassadors and who will wonder: there is a group of train fans organised to give (...) (19 years ago, 1-Apr-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Well I dont use my train parts for very much so I am more concerned about whether they are going to go bad on me over time vs what might happen if I was running them all the time :) (19 years ago, 1-Apr-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I suspect, despite AFOLs protests to the contrary, the true measurable sales impact of AFOLs, train shows and the like, is very small in comparison to mainstream marketing, sales and distribution. Everything else was the dedication and (...) (19 years ago, 1-Apr-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Jonathan- One sad fact is that some parents don't buy LEGO trains (and LEGO in general) because they don't want to assemble it and know/believe their child doesn't have the skill or patience to put it together. (It surprises me how many kids (...) (19 years ago, 1-Apr-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Jonathan- Several parts of the LEGO 9 volt train system have wear issues when used for model railroading (as opposed to occasional under-the-Christmas tree kid usage). First, the motors units fail in proportion to loading, track grade, and (...) (19 years ago, 1-Apr-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) The "lack of interest" is comming mainly from the big box stores like Toys-R-Us, Wal-Mart, Target etc. The problems for those stores are: 1.Compared to other toy trains (such as blue track thomas the tank engine or any of the various wooden (...) (19 years ago, 31-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains)
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I hear all this talk about 9-volt parts "wearing out". Which parts wear out? Is it based on how much they are run or how old they are? (19 years ago, 31-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains)
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For what it's worth I have built space containers with a rectangular cross section. (URL) I work in shipping, containers are really useful and have really sped up shipping in the last few decades, and space needs more of them! Soren's can be stacked (...) (19 years ago, 31-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Everything I have read indicates that the "hobby train" IS Lego Train Factory. Lego is focusing in-house train set development on their "play train" line. "Hobby train" set development is being left to us, the fans, using Lego Train Factory. (...) (19 years ago, 31-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Thank you, Eric, for jumping into this and taking charge. I feel I have to be missing something, but, Lego is announcing plans for the hobby train (based on 9V) in August 06 & then deciding whether to continue 9V or not in early 07? They are (...) (19 years ago, 31-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) You're getting close to what I've thought for a long time, Larry. Eric, you have some interesting ideas, for sure, and plenty of passion for our hobby. Here's some simplistic opinions that I can share - it's evident to me that LEGO's looking (...) (19 years ago, 31-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Ouch. First TLG, after offering a train set (URL) train/hobby shops, wouldn't actually supply the product, and now is cutting the smaller stores that have been faithfully carrying trains out of the loop. A stride forward for vertical (...) (19 years ago, 31-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains)
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In lugnet.trains, Eric Kingsley wrote: (some interesting ideas) That's all well and good, and I think a website might be useful but it's not the way to prove the line is viable. That requires driving demand. But how? What are the chances of LEGO (...) (19 years ago, 31-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) I can't disagree with anything you say Troy. With that said I think we have a decent chance of convincing LEGO to maintain the line if we can all come together and make our case. One thing I think that has been lost in the last couple of years (...) (19 years ago, 31-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) This is perhaps the case for those of us that already have the essentials to make a LEGO train (track, controler, motor) but it certainly is not what is required to bring NEW people into the hobby. People at the shows and at the store all want (...) (19 years ago, 31-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) This may depend on your interpretation of hobby train I guess. I think the purchaser of sets will want the all plastic train and track. I can't recall the last train "set" I bought. But I have bought a lot of track, points, motors, track (...) (19 years ago, 31-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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Eric, First off - THANK YOU for the news. (Good to see actual Lego discussion is going on in lugnet.trains.) My initial thought - on reading this news and the other thread about club participation - was "How did we get HERE?" It seemed like there (...) (19 years ago, 31-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) So, is LEGO going to actually have any 9v product available during this time to accurately guage the performance of said product? Or will it be just the remains of what they currently have, which most people already have. It seems to me that (...) (19 years ago, 31-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Eric, First and foremost -- thank you. This gathering and reporting of information is exactly the sort of thing I that I imagined the Lego Ambassador program would be useful for. This is also the first time that any ambassador has done (...) (19 years ago, 31-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) (URL) photos of the "real" Trevor. I think she is either a 6 or 7 NHP engine, which makes her moderate in size...not too big or too small. (I think also that it is just Foster, not & Rastrick...). I know all about the problems of Lego scale (...) (19 years ago, 30-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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--SNIP-- (...) I believe this has been stated elsewhere by Jake. Tim (19 years ago, 31-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Eric- 1. Thanks for all your efforts. 2. Count SCLTC in whenever/wherever/however 3. What does "from 2006" mean when you wrote "LEGO will continue to sell the current 9v system including the train motor, metal tracks and the speed regulator (...) (19 years ago, 31-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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OK, we have been given a limited amount of information that we have been authorized to share. Now I am a fan first and Ambassador second so I am going to give you all the nuts and bolts first. After that I am going to break down each statement as I (...) (19 years ago, 30-Mar-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, FTX) !!
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(...) Thanks Ross, I actually did a quick brickshelf search just before building mine, and used yours as a starting point. In fact I'd picked up the larger wheels from Bricklink over a year ago, inspired by an your's or another steam tractor I'd (...) (19 years ago, 30-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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And, for that matter, they could stack end-up. In a low-gravity environment, again, probably an OK practice. (19 years ago, 30-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Equilateral triangle cross section containers stack ok as long as it's fine for 1/2 of them to be upside down... (in a gravity field, in 0g it may not matter)... IIRC, the containers in Silent Running were tetrahedra. ++Lar (19 years ago, 30-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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That's one sweet train! Nice job, and that's pretty quick with the rendering, too! How long has that container been up - a few days? One thing that's been sitting in the back of my mind, gnawing at me: the shape of the container. Every day on the (...) (19 years ago, 30-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Not yet and probably never. If I'm ever going somewhere with a spacetrain layout I might build a copy but I doubt it would make the clearance. (...) That's something I'm not sure about either. I know the clearance is enough for a six-wide (...) (19 years ago, 30-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) My first Keith-smack and it wasn't even aimed at me :( Michael (19 years ago, 30-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Thank you for the clarification Allister, I stand corrected. I'll abort the launch of the hate-rocket until Timmy-G produces a moc worthy of it. -Keith (19 years ago, 30-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Point of order: If you're referring to the (URL) Rustbucket>, it wasn't Tim's. Cheers, Allister (19 years ago, 30-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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Wow, Timmy G, I was hoping I'd hate this train, but I have to say that it is excellent, and worthy of Soren's containers. I really dig the color scheme you chose for the engine. Do me a favor and post that Rusty Duck moc so that I can fire another (...) (19 years ago, 30-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) That locomotive is beautiful. Have you built it in real bricks? I may build something quite similar if the articulation works well- the wheel covers look like they might be a bit close to the grey center section but I'm not experience enough (...) (19 years ago, 30-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Having not actually used the new trains, some of this is conjecture. Running one for a weekend on a layout first will give me a better perspective. But.. From what I have seen, I doubt they would be suitable replacements for the existing (...) (19 years ago, 30-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) snip (...) snip (...) I think that both of these look very good...but more like 6" models or so than full sized... (URL) is my 4" model. James P (19 years ago, 30-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Way to go making trains cool (ie. spacey). You are a real asset to the community. You've got me hatching plans for some sort of walking container handler now. If only I could step away from the computer for an evening or two... Allister (19 years ago, 29-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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I ran across something interesting at my local LEGO store, and had to pick it up: a make-it-yourself Key Chain Name Kit. It contains 73 pieces (59 of which are 1x1 black tiles with letters printed in silver) and retails for USD$4.99. (URL) The first (...) (19 years ago, 29-Mar-06, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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In lugnet.trains, Eric Kingsley wrote: Dear Eric, (...) The club is already inactive as club. 1000steine is running and guiding the fan activity in Germany. Me and other (former?) FGLTC members join the 1000steine-land and other shows like the (...) (19 years ago, 29-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) That's cool, Mathew! I used a similar technique for my steam tractor, but I think yours looks better. Only the boiler on mine is SNOT, although the front axle is studs-down, to allow it to steer. And I used slices of bike inner tube for the (...) (19 years ago, 29-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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This is pretty neat and spacey. Is the .dat available somewhere from you for download? I'd like to build my own version someday. -Stefan- (19 years ago, 29-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Tim actually wrote this. I've just been compiling our responses. That's a good question.We purchased 20 packs of track at a brick and mortar with the 10% LUG discount several weeks ago.That was still $240 for 160 straights. Would I pay LEGO (...) (19 years ago, 29-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Thanks. My main goal for this, other than having a working crane, was to have it fit in nicely with the rest of the train. It's a bit taller than I would have liked, but as my wife pointed out, "It's an old machine. It's supposed to be big." (...) (19 years ago, 29-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.adventurers, FTX)
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Now that the Thomas Weekend event at LEGOLAND CA is over, thought I'd start posting images of my engines and cars. First up is Trevor the steam traction engine from the Thomas and Friends railway series. It uses old style wheels. With almost the (...) (19 years ago, 29-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX) !!
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(...) The boom hinge is held in place by gravity. The boom itself is on friction pins, so in reality it's held in place by the Hand of God (i.e., if I keep my finger under the boom, it doesn't generally drop anything). I had wanted to put in a worm (...) (19 years ago, 29-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.adventurers, FTX)
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(...) Hi James, Thanks. LOL I feared I might have had my levels a little off. It's meant to be orange (there is real red on the top). I have to say a lot of credit goes to Soren for the containers. The train is just a prop for it. Tim (19 years ago, 29-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) (snip) (...) That is really nice! A great original-looking loc to go with those spacey containers. I love it! I really like the red/gray two-tone look and bulging engineer cabs. later, James Mathis (19 years ago, 29-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) In which case it might be interesting to answer: How much more would you (or your club) be willing to pay for 9V track and accessories? ROSCO (19 years ago, 29-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) One more. Tim from RichLUG wrote: (...) No and no (at least not right away). We only do about 3-4 public appearances each year. Amoung our group, we have a significant amount of track, motors and controllers - enough to continue to run large (...) (19 years ago, 29-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I really like this. i feel that for freelance models of engineering items you really have to think about how it would work, get i this mechanicals right and it will look right. The way it moves along the car is nifty,it reminds me of something (...) (19 years ago, 29-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.adventurers, FTX)
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(...) I really like this. i feel that for freelance models of engineering items you really have to think about how it would work, get i this mechanicals right and it will look right. The way it moves along the car is nifty,it reminds me of something (...) (19 years ago, 29-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.adventurers, FTX)
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Hi all, Recently Soren Roberts came up with this (URL) excellent truck> with a really nifty container format. I dug it a lot and reverse engineered it with some help from Soren for the purpose of making a train to go with it. Anyway, to cut to the (...) (19 years ago, 29-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.space, FTX) !!
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(...) For what its worth this is one thing I have asked specifically about and have yet to get an answer. If there were a really good rechargable battery would that make a differance. My feeling is that it depends on the following. 1. Pulling power (...) (19 years ago, 29-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Particular products may be "no longer available", but the *system* is still available. Just because the friendly N-scalers at the next layout are running a locomotive that was last sold in 1985 doesn't change the fact that there are hundreds (...) (19 years ago, 29-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Todd- IR is cheaper and easier than R/C. R/C requires regulatory approval in many places (like the US) and frequencies must vary with country. IR can be the same everywhere and requires no approvals. Of course IR has the disadvantage of being (...) (19 years ago, 29-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains)
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"Todd Thuma" <thumat@gactr.uga.edu> wrote in message news:Iwus58.yn2@lugnet.com... (...) [ ... snipped ... ] (...) Bluetooth would have been the right answer! Mike (19 years ago, 29-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I asked other members of RichLUG to respond last evening so we could reach consensus. So far Rich and Dustin have responded: Rich - I don't believe that our club would disband over this. If it was a decision by consensus to use the new train (...) (19 years ago, 29-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Just a thought question from this: What do folks think about the fact that almost every other model railroad displayed at a train show displays obsolete, no longer available products? How about the American Flyer folks, or the vintage Lionel (...) (19 years ago, 29-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains)
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First photos of SCLTC's Thomas the Tank Engine display at LEGOLAND California on March 25/26 are now up (URL). (6 URLs) The weekend was an enormous success for the park which enjoyed two of its four highest attendance days ever! -Ted SCLTC (19 years ago, 29-Mar-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.scltc, lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.build, FTX) !!
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(...) This is a good point which bears repeating in my mind. If TLG thinks that we as LEGO train AFOLs think this will somehow be a BETTER system, then they are (again) sorely mistaken. As Mark said, however, TLG is a toy company, so the point may (...) (19 years ago, 29-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) 1. I would not show LEGO trains in public ever again. This is because my trains are bigger than 8-wide, and I would be ashamed to mislead the public by displaying an obsolete product. I'm not prepared to change my sales pitch from an (...) (19 years ago, 29-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) ROSCO (19 years ago, 29-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains)
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