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I am curious, does anyone have an update as to what happened to the Hobby Train? Should we be looking for something new beginning of '09? -Ram (16 years ago, 8-Oct-08, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: The Blue Train
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(...) This is a great MOC and I love the colors. As others have mentioned, the white on the drivers really sets them off. Was that paint, white-out, white ink, other? I like the way you shrouded the rear wheels. A very nice touch. The boiler design (...) (16 years ago, 8-Oct-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: The Blue Train
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(...) I'm really liking this also...lots of detail and nice building techniques, inparticluar the main boiler shape. The whole thing reminds me of the 9F I've just built in many ways. Carl (16 years ago, 7-Oct-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: The Blue Train
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(...) Great job, though I wish there were more and closer pictures of it, it looks like you used some great techniques. How did you do the white walls of the drivers? Paint? Any chance you could take a close up of both the drivers and small wheels (...) (16 years ago, 6-Oct-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | The Blue Train
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Here is my first attept at making a steam engine, the more-or-less famous Blue Train (cars still to come): (2 URLs) More info & pics of the original engine and the model can be found at (URL) MOCpages> Cheers, Matija (16 years ago, 6-Oct-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | RAILBRICKS Issue 4 is now available
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(2 URLs) RAILBRICKS 4 can now be downloaded from following links: (URL) Standard Resolution download:> (10.2 mb - Adobe Reader 5.0 or greater) (URL) Resolution download:> (55.7 mb - Adobe Reader 5.0 or greater) In this issue: Brian Williams: The (...) (16 years ago, 3-Oct-08, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.publish.railbricks, lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Chemical Tanker Cars - Rolling Stock
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(...) Haha, just one more compelling reason for LEGO to release a public available version of set #4999 - Vestas windturbine promo set. (16 years ago, 30-Sep-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: BR 9F steam engine
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(...) You're welcome! I really can't emphasize how much I love this MOC. It inspires me to build steam but at the same time I am discouraged because you've set the bar so high. And shortly after making my post I realized that it is indeed 7 wide, (...) (16 years ago, 30-Sep-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | Re: SLTC to display at AMRA Sydney Model Railway Exhibition
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(...) G'day all, In addition to the above, you can download a show flyer (in PDF format): (URL) visit the AMRA NSW website: (URL) Also, for those that like their videos, you can view the show advertisement on YouTube (look out for quick shot of the (...) (16 years ago, 29-Sep-08, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: BR 9F steam engine
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(...) Thanks for the comments guys....the main body and tender are actually 7 wide, it reduces to 6 (not including valve gear) at the front. Matt, I've also been pointed towards a nice review today done by yourself,thank you :) (16 years ago, 29-Sep-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | Re: Chemical Tanker Cars - Rolling Stock
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(...) Dude! That's the sweetest tanker I've seen yet! Did you build that? Mark (16 years ago, 29-Sep-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Chemical Tanker Cars - Rolling Stock
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James clearly copied me! ;) Actually I have no idea who did what first, back in the day when the initial cache of basic designs where emerging we used to vamp off each other all the time. James and I and many others collaboratively / incrementally (...) (16 years ago, 29-Sep-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Chemical Tanker Cars - Rolling Stock
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(...) You could try viking wheels. :) (URL) (16 years ago, 29-Sep-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Chemical Tanker Cars - Rolling Stock
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(...) Thanks for the suggestion. One thing I try to do though is build trains that can be reproduced. The parts you suggested might work out, but unfortunately the inverted part seems to be very limited and the none inverted one can only be (...) (16 years ago, 29-Sep-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Chemical Tanker Cars - Rolling Stock
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(...) How about the following cylindrical design, using parts with a reasonable diameter: (URL) This type uses pairs of: (URL) part #45410 - Slope, Curved 8 x 6 x 2 Inverted Double> (URL) part #45411 - Slope, Curved 8 x 6 x 2 Double> With friendly (...) (16 years ago, 26-Sep-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: BR 9F steam engine
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(...) Carl, this has to be the best Lego steam engine I have ever seen (and six-wide to boot!). There are just too many details to point out. Great work! (16 years ago, 27-Sep-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | Re: BR 9F steam engine
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Awesome steam engine! Standout bits in my opinion are the lantern design and the brown bits scattered about. Nice attention to lighting details too! -Stefan- (16 years ago, 25-Sep-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | Re: Chemical Tanker Cars - Rolling Stock
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(...) Wow. That's wild! I've never even seen the Bricworx site. That's pretty crazy how close mine came to Steve's. Mine was actually based off of a picture on James' Brickshelf page. You can see it (URL) here>. Crazy how we builders sometimes think (...) (16 years ago, 25-Sep-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Chemical Tanker Cars - Rolling Stock
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(...) I respect James Mathis for his great construction method finds and MOC ideas, but I believe that the original credit for this type of tanker design should go to Steve Barile, who together with Dwayne Towell is the co-owner of custom set (...) (16 years ago, 25-Sep-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | BR 9F steam engine
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Thought I'd post this up as dont see many U.K steamers on here. It was originally built for a forthcoming show, and was intended to be the "Evening Star", but lack of availability for many of the parts in dark green has led to it being built in (...) (16 years ago, 25-Sep-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Chemical Tanker Cars - Rolling Stock
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(...) Hi Dave, Pretty good! Some of the better looking tankers I've seen. I've always wanted to build tankers myself, and even tried a couple times, but I have always been frustrated by the fact that LEGO never produced cylindrical parts with the (...) (16 years ago, 24-Sep-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Chemical Tanker Cars - Rolling Stock
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Hello again everyone! I finally got around to taking pictures of a lot of the MOC's I built this spring and summer for the two shows we did this year. This MOC is a few tanker cars I built based off of a design by James Mathis. The design is (...) (16 years ago, 24-Sep-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: My Train Yard...
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(...) Very impressive, Mark. I don't have the patience or the bricks to multiply my freight cars that many time. (16 years ago, 22-Sep-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: My Train Yard...
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(...) That my friend...is a lot of rolling stock. Very cool and thanks for sharing. -Dave ToT-LUG (16 years ago, 21-Sep-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | My Train Yard...
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(URL) (16 years ago, 21-Sep-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Is there a reference site on motorized switchs
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(...) Try these. There is some good information on all of them. (URL) FreeLUG Article on Motorized Points> (URL) Automated 9V Switch> (URL) Mark Riley's Solution> Good luck and happy building! -Dave ToT-LUG (16 years ago, 18-Sep-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Is there a reference site on motorized switchs
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I thought I had found one once, but then seem to have lost track of it, HELP!! (16 years ago, 18-Sep-08, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Automated Level Crossing using NXT
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quite neat. I hope you can figure out the correct switching delays for the micromotor. Do you think this technique could be used to make a monorail level crossing ? Steve (16 years ago, 11-Sep-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | ATSF Piggy-Back Service (Flatbed w/Truck Trailer) MOC
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Here's my latest train MOC. This is an ATSF Piggy-Back Service train... (2 URLs) Here's the model it was based on: (URL) Mark (16 years ago, 9-Sep-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | New Red Chemical Car
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I managed to snag some rare dark red brick from a grab bag at the local Lego store. The dark red pieces are from set 7665 (Republic Cruiser). I then combined them with some extra train parts and you get what you see below. The end result was this (...) (16 years ago, 9-Sep-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Automated Level Crossing using NXT
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That is an excellent system for controlling train crossings. I love that it is all above the baseplates and only uses one motor for both crossings. I have two suggestions for the motor timing on raising and lowering of the gates: 1) Use a Technic (...) (16 years ago, 6-Sep-08, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Trains, Car and Level Crossing Automatic Control System
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(URL) (16 years ago, 6-Sep-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Trains, Car and Level Crossing Automatic Control System
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This system is used 4 RCXs to control 2 trains, 1 car and 1 level crossing. RCX1 is used to control 3 switch points and response 3 light sensors. RCX2 is used to control 3 segments track and response 2 light sensors. RCX3 is used to control level (...) (16 years ago, 6-Sep-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.trains, lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos) !
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| | Re: Automated Level Crossing using NXT
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(...) break at some point, but you seem to have a pretty good system there. (...) Actually, I think you could do this at least partially with a single sensor. If the train is running at a fixed speed, you can have the program figure that speed out (...) (16 years ago, 5-Sep-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Automated Level Crossing using NXT
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Hey, Here's my go at an automated level crossing using NXT. All pictures in this (URL) folder>. Two movies on YouTube: (URL) Movie 1> (Entire setup) (URL) Movie 2> (Zoom on level crossing) (URL) Here's how it works: The train passes the (URL) (...) (16 years ago, 4-Sep-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | New part in crane set
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I was mulling these new parts over while walking to work today: (URL) I was muttering to myself about them being yellow but then I thought they might be good for a spine car or the inside bottom of a container car? (I don't know the exact (...) (16 years ago, 27-Aug-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: My NEW Rio Grande Grain Hopper. Design #2.
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(...) Thanks, Matt. The real tricky part about it is in connecting the 2x3 slope on it's side. Because of the way it must be done, I originally ended up with a slot/gap between the top of the 2x3 slope and the brick above it. The slot/gap was about (...) (16 years ago, 26-Aug-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Train Display At BrickFair
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(URL) Hey All, If you have registered a Train/Town MOC for BrickFair, or are still planning to register a Train/Town MOC for BrickFair - and you are bringing it on Thursday or early on Friday, it WILL go in the display. I’m going to try to have just (...) (16 years ago, 26-Aug-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: My NEW Rio Grande Grain Hopper. Design #2.
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(...) Great work, Mark. I like how you used the 2x3 slopes in the middle. I may have to steal that in the future. (16 years ago, 26-Aug-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: My NEW Rio Grande Grain Hopper. Design #2.
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(...) Nicely done! Chris (16 years ago, 24-Aug-08, to lugnet.trains)
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