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Subject:	Narrow Gauge (Was Re: New Flexible Track Pieces...)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.trains
Date:	Wed, 18 Mar 2009 21:43:42 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Anthony Sava wrote:

As it is LEGO is creating a narrow gauge for the Indiana Jones sets, but only curve track (and steep hills), with straights having to be built out of the old build it yourself track.

Well, not so much creating the gauge, as producing dedicated parts for the gauge. The rail gauge has been used previously, most recently in:

7036 Dwarves' Mine
575 elements, 6 figures, US$50, 2008
LEGO > SYSTEM > Castle > {Dwarves and Trolls}

And before that in:

6761 Bandits' Secret Hideout
238 elements, 5 figures, US$40, 1996
LEGO > SYSTEM > Western > {}

And, possibly, even way back in:

360 Gravel Quarry
195 elements, 0 figures, US$14, 1974
LEGO > LEGOLAND > Enviro-Model

Richie Dulin
CO Legeaux

Message is in Reply To:

		Re: New Flexible Track Pieces (was: Has anyone considered molding track ourselves?)
(...) I'm not a fan of the checkrail either, but if we're going to be forced to have it, I'm hoping LEGO will be smart about it. If the checkrail was done right, then you could run a dual gauge layout - normal trains on the outside rail, narrow (...) (15 years ago, 18-Mar-09, to lugnet.trains, FTX)

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