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(...) Basically, a 9V train motor doesn't fit this engine very well, in terms of both the motor's size and look. I've thought about using a 9V motor, too, and personally I'd use it as one of the trucks on a passenger car, as close to the engine as (...) (15 years ago, 16-Dec-09, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Well, I haven't opened mine yet, so this isn't for sure, but a 9V motor really doesn't fit with the wheel configuration on the engine without severe changes. It could be put on the tender, although that has 8 wheels, so you'd have to change (...) (15 years ago, 16-Dec-09, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Please, please, PLEASE excuse this neophyte for such a simple question... I have note been able to even touch my LEGO train in over three years (it's been in storage) and I just learned about the Emerald Knight. The last time I had any (...) (15 years ago, 16-Dec-09, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) You need the help of John Neal!!! My suggestion would be to go through Lugnet's train group and look for post by him. At the start of the decade, the train's group was simmering with activity and John N. was (and still is!) a strong proponent (...) (15 years ago, 15-Dec-09, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hello Anthony - LOL - I've just started reading the RAILBRICKS back issues, I've just started issue 3. Thanks for the info you sent me and I'll start looking through it later tonight. For right now, what I'd really like to build is something (...) (15 years ago, 15-Dec-09, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Howdy Larry! The RAILBRICKS website (www.railbricks.com) has many sets of instructions, though I'm afraid they mostly (if not all) 6 wide designs. However, it wouldn't be too terribly difficult to augment them to be 8 wide. RAILBRICKS Magazine (...) (15 years ago, 15-Dec-09, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 8879 no more?
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The remote is available for sale again with shipping starting April 2010: (URL) (15 years ago, 15-Dec-09, to lugnet.trains)
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Hello everyone! I hope this post goes through. Anyway, I only have one LEGO train set: Lego 4534-1 Express Deluxe that my wife got me for Christmas a few years back. I have been ogling all the trains that you all have built throughout the years. I (...) (15 years ago, 15-Dec-09, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Though I have already praised you for this beautiful pic elsewhere, I'll restate it here as well-- nicely staged and a nice MOC, too! It is certainly calendar-worthy. (URL) JOHN (15 years ago, 15-Dec-09, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, FTX)
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The next installment in my Sava Railways Scenic Tours photo series: "Painted Desert" (URL) Image is a link. As seen in the (URL) 2010 Calendar>. --Tony (15 years ago, 14-Dec-09, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, FTX)
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