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After its debut at the Piece by Piece show at Petersfield in the UK today, I have a few photos of my Intercity 225. (URL) also have Ldraw renders including the front windscreen mounting at: (URL) are plenty of pictures of the original: (URL) and all (...) (19 years ago, 8-Apr-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: The Polar Express
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(...) Glad those instructions could be of help. I think James had more of a hand in that particular snotwork than I did though. (...) Good to hear. (...) Even better to hear. Tim (19 years ago, 8-Apr-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: The Polar Express
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(...) Dear Anthony, I think this is one of the most spectaculiar MOCs I have seen here for quite a while! I love especially the interieur done on the cars. Leg Godt! Ben (19 years ago, 8-Apr-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: The Polar Express
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(...) Well I certainly hope I haven't stopped you from going forward with your MOC. It was an exceptionally fun build, and a great learning experience. I plan on including many of the characters in the movie, including the hobo. However, I think for (...) (19 years ago, 8-Apr-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Thanks much! Coming from you, I consider this high praise. In fact, it was your instructions on the mod to the Santa Fe Observation Car that gave me the means to attach via SNOT the red light atop my own observation car. So... thanks for the (...) (19 years ago, 8-Apr-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Hi Gary, I'd really encourage you guys to voice this information to ILTCO, or at (URL) - if TLC don't hear it, they can't take it into account when making their decision. And it appears their deadline is not far off. ROSCO (19 years ago, 7-Apr-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: rebeco
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(...) right! i forgot to say one thing in my previous post. There is another factor: 4) The yellow lever in the switch can be in to positions - it can have the handle to one side or to the other side... daniel (19 years ago, 7-Apr-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: rebeco
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(...) Having thought about it a bit more I think I understand how it works. The locomotive makes use of the fact that Lego points are sprung and allow travel from the 'wrong road' in a trailing direction. Jason has in fact posted a bit about his (...) (19 years ago, 7-Apr-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) I specifically took tons of pictures and dowloaded a bunch because I wanted to do the same thing, you beat me to it and what a wonderful job! I really love your train, but dont forget the guy on top with his little fire and bucket =) Tiffeny (...) (19 years ago, 7-Apr-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: The Polar Express
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(...) Wow! Excellent work for a first(ish?) train. Feel free to leave the evil castleland and make more trains ;) The only thing I'd improve on it would be to make it six-wide :P Seriously though, you've got a great design with a (...) (19 years ago, 7-Apr-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | The Polar Express
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(3 URLs) Post Mod Gallery> Here is my finished MOC of the Polar Express. I plan to populate it with minifigs, but that will come later when my bank account recovers. The train is based off of the Movie "The Polar Express" (duh) and the real (...) (19 years ago, 7-Apr-06, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, FTX) !!
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| | Re: 9v Update (ILTCO's involvment)
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(...) I agree. If ILTCO is going to be the channel we want it to be, this information should have been posted there as well as here. Maybe even an article there and just a link to the article here. ROSCO (19 years ago, 6-Apr-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 9v Update (ILTCO's involvment)
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(...) I will do this. (...) Thanks Steve! -Eric (19 years ago, 6-Apr-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 9v Update (ILTCO's involvment)
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I hear some of you saying that there are certain expectations of ILTCO that aren't being met. I also assume that you might be picking up on my frustration but it isn't pointed at any one person. So let me try to explain how I see ILTCO helping the (...) (19 years ago, 6-Apr-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: rebeco
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(...) thanks, Tim. i'm not sure if i understood your question. The switching can be done in different positions: 1) The locomotive can be faced to one direction or the other. 2) Depending on the position of the switch when the locomotive enters, it (...) (19 years ago, 6-Apr-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Coal Car
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(...) More-or-less. It's not quite centered, but it's not off enough to really be noticeable. I would esitmate that it's about 1/10th of a stud. Pitsco has the plates with rails, but I've found Bricklink to be cheaper. -Duane (19 years ago, 6-Apr-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: rebeco
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I have to say I really like the ideas in this. Having seen Jason Railton's automation recently and having been considereing technic solutions for train things any overlap of the two is good in my book. Just one thing tho, the video of the (...) (19 years ago, 6-Apr-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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(...) Very nice! I can see putting my many 'yoda lips' into service and building some in sand green. New kind of lip service. . . . Question: It is a little difficult to tell if it is centered on the bottom plate. The body is built sideways, but, is (...) (19 years ago, 6-Apr-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(2 URLs) More: (URL) -Duane (19 years ago, 6-Apr-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: 9v Update (ILTCO's involvment)
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(...) "My name is Rich, and I'm a LEGO lurker." How about ILTCO asking LEGO to throw us all a bone by offering one of those ILTCO only catalog codes that gives some great discount on some set(s) like they've done in the past? This would be a quick (...) (19 years ago, 6-Apr-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) . . . . (...) I wish to add my $0.02 worth also I think this story can be told by many Rafe, just change the names and ages and you have summed up my history with Lego Trains as well. (which has now made me a bit paranoid, is someone watching (...) (19 years ago, 6-Apr-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: 9v Update (ILTCO's involvment)
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(...) But this is ILTCO's biggest problem. It's only got one mailing list and it's full of chatter; either trivial analysis or a few club members discussing something and broadcasting it to all members. That's why most people turn the mailing off, (...) (19 years ago, 6-Apr-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Steve, thank you for your answer. This discussion makes stuffs clearier. You know I'm a true ILTCO supporter. I deeply hope the way you (we) see ILTCO will become reality, and yes some very good things have been accomplished yet. But Tom is (...) (19 years ago, 6-Apr-06, to lugnet.trains)
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I think this is a great thing that Eric has taken on. Someone needs to get the ball rolling, and he appears to be doing just that. As far as ILTCO goes, what exactly is the status of things there? There doesn't ever really seem to be anything going (...) (19 years ago, 6-Apr-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Not that I feel like I have to justify my actions but this single issue is so big that I thought it needed its own forum for organizing and making our case. The site has little to do with LUGNET, we arn't going to post MOC's. We are trying to (...) (19 years ago, 6-Apr-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 9v Update (ILTCO's involvment)
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* “Could you please explain why ILTCO is the normal channel for such issues?“ - Didier Enjary ILTCO is operated under a democratic process. All 33 member clubs are equally represented and receive communications at the exactly the same time thru the (...) (19 years ago, 5-Apr-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 9v Update (ILTCO's involvment)
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(...) "normal" ? Could you please explain why ILTCO is the normal channel for such issues ? (...) and it's nice to see you back. Welcome back Steve. (...) There is a misunderstanding and I think you can easily clarify this. Do you think Eric has (...) (19 years ago, 5-Apr-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| | rebeco
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hi i finished this moc two months ago but i had some problems to post messages to lugnet. It is called "Rebeco", which means "REBocador E COmutador". Those are portuguese words for the main functions it has. It is very compact, has a size not much (...) (19 years ago, 5-Apr-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Crosstrack 9v Question
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(...) Thanks to you and Jeff for your responses. FYI, my son, who is 9, loves the Lego trains. He's adding the second oval to his set. He has some bionicle and star wars, but by far he spends the most time with his trains because he can envision and (...) (19 years ago, 5-Apr-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| | AFOL Named Sheldon?
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Hi All- I'm trying to locate a gentleman who lives in the Portland, Oregon area named Sheldon who joined us for the NW TrainFest 2006 two weekends ago (03.25.06). Unfortunately I was not able to get his last name, or contact information during the (...) (19 years ago, 5-Apr-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.trains, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.loc.us.wa, lugnet.loc.ca.bc, lugnet.loc.us.id, lugnet.loc.us.or, FTX)
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| | Re: 10027 is now sold in blay.... :-(
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(...) I don't know if it will be of interest to anyone, but I received my order from Shop @ Home yesterday and I can confirm that #4531 Switching Rails are indeed OLD dark grey. --Anthony (19 years ago, 5-Apr-06, to lugnet.color, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 9V Train Motor Being Discontinued?
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(...) Hey, I have $0.02 here is my take. (...) I’m with you here. In 2002 I went to my first Brickfest. At that point I had just about no bricks and no Lego room. After that I started with castle but still did not have much in the way of bricks or a (...) (19 years ago, 5-Apr-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) The MILLION dollar question is... Is there a 3rd Party Vendor even interested in making the 9V parts? TLC could offer the license (I doubt they will) but if there is no party interetsed then it is pointless. (19 years ago, 4-Apr-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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"Eric Kingsley" <kingsley@nelug.org> wrote in message news:Ix7JrH.Ar0@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) [ ... snipped ... ] Not quite true. While we are under NDA and had been discussing this topic, we were not allowed to discuss it. It (...) (19 years ago, 5-Apr-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Dear Rafe, thanks for your story here. It was more worth than just 2 cent for me! I only hope some people at LEGO see, that metal track trains attract lots of people and that these often enough end with a 100.000 ++ collection of bricks. And (...) (19 years ago, 4-Apr-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: One good message (kind of) from LEGO at last... (April Fool's Day)
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(...) Ben, Your year 2000 April Fools prank will always be my favourite. I loved those "sets". Play well. Tim Strutt (19 years ago, 4-Apr-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Without actually having seen the numbers in regards to the company's sales and manufacturering costs, I'm not sure any of us can say definately that that's the reality. We can speculate a lot, but without some hard numbers, I don't think we (...) (19 years ago, 4-Apr-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Here's a reality check. The way LEGO makes train track is realy just wrong. It's way more expensive than it needs to be. Result - LEGO really can't afford to keep producing the existing 9v track and hope to remain profitable. The way I see it, (...) (19 years ago, 4-Apr-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 9v Train status report.
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(...) Hrrmpph. If its like their other factories, it will be useless and overpriced. But if they allow fan designed sets by contest(like the micro stuff) and make the price point decent($40.00 for an engine, $25.00 for a large bit of rolling stock, (...) (19 years ago, 4-Apr-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Ok, I'll add my $0.02 to the pile. Summary: Lego trains are the reason there are now 100,000 Lego bricks in my Lego room upstairs. Details: When I was a little kid in Wisconsin in the 1970s, we had HO trains in the basement (didn't (...) (19 years ago, 4-Apr-06, to lugnet.trains)
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