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(...) As I believe you may have mentioned, once or twice! :) Fortunately your innate modesty is only exceeded by your building talent. Building an entire museum's worth of locomotives is no mean feat!!! (13 years ago, 15-Sep-11, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Bringing sexy back? I've never left! :) I've been posting all my new train MOCs here to Lugnet. Just recently finished the last of 9 locomotives from the Texas State Railroad. 5 steam engines and 4 diesels, quite a feat if I do say so myself. (...) (13 years ago, 15-Sep-11, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I've never had special access here on Lugnet, I've always just been a civilian. --Tony (13 years ago, 15-Sep-11, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Thankfully its an umbrella organization and not (URL) Umbrella Corporation> or they might be undead.. FUT ot.fun (13 years ago, 15-Sep-11, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) That information would be quite useful on the side bar... (13 years ago, 15-Sep-11, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) I think its called (URL) RailBricks>. ;) (13 years ago, 15-Sep-11, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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Is there or could there ever be a website dedicated to such things as categorized ideas, construction techniques, instructions, etc. that you could go to and get information. For example: If I was a builder (oh wait I am) and I wanted some passenger (...) (13 years ago, 15-Sep-11, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) LEGO still make 9v trains, they just run on batteries ;) Tim (13 years ago, 15-Sep-11, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) It's not dead, it's just resting. :) Eric archived the site but I think Mike is going to restore it with big "historical" tags on it. There was some useful info there even though the idea of an umbrella organization seems not to have panned (...) (13 years ago, 14-Sep-11, to lugnet.trains)
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For right now I'll volunteer to do a few sidebar updates to remove broken links and maybe add some new information. Anthony? John? Rene? -Rob (13 years ago, 14-Sep-11, to lugnet.trains)
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Enough is enough! We all love Lugnet and trains and it's darn time someone took a stand! I officially deem Lugnet/trains as the goto place for all chatter about anything LEGO train related!!!1!eleven I command you all, as of right now, to bring this (...) (13 years ago, 14-Sep-11, to lugnet.trains)
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Man, LEGO trainheads used to live in a thriving community worldwide with multiple clubs coming together and displaying larger than life train layouts at least once per year and then LEGO stopped making 9v trains... What do you miss most about "the (...) (13 years ago, 14-Sep-11, to lugnet.trains)
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If ILTCO is defunct shouldn't there be a message on the trains/iltco page that states that? And yes, I posted to Lugnet! :P -Rob (13 years ago, 14-Sep-11, to lugnet.trains)
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(3 URLs) All 9 steam engines and diesel electric locomotives of the Texas State Railroad. Plus a motor car. Steam: TSRR Ten Wheeler (4-6-0) #201 TSRR Consolidation (2-8-0) #300 TSRR Mikado (2-8-2) #400 TSRR Pacific (4-6-2) #500 T&P Texas (2-10-4) (...) (13 years ago, 26-Aug-11, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Sweet Iron Horse, Tony! JOHN (13 years ago, 20-Aug-11, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Thanks much! I have an exploded view of the boiler design in my Flickr gallery, though I think I've already linked you to it. I'm glad to hear you're still willing to give Big Blue a try. I think about her every once in a while, a very worth (...) (13 years ago, 16-Aug-11, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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(...) <snip> (...) Once again, FANTASTIC!! I'm still trying to suss out how you made the circle using cheese slopes. Not quite getting it, but I'll try some stuff tonite :) Just looking at your trains inspires me to actually dig out (or rebuild now (...) (13 years ago, 15-Aug-11, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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(2 URLs) Gallery> Texas State Railroad Ten Wheeler (4-6-0) Engine #201. From the TSRR Website: Engine number 201 is the oldest locomotive operated on the line. This engine was built in 1901 by the A.L. Cooke Locomotive Works for the Texas & Pacific (...) (13 years ago, 15-Aug-11, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, FTX) !
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(...) Great! I look forward to read it. Thanks for putting in all the work to create RAILBRICKS. Play well, Jacob (13 years ago, 20-Jul-11, to lugnet.trains)
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Good news! RAILBRICKS Issue #9 is now available for download. You can find the latest issue on the RAILBRICKS website: (URL) Issue 9> Printed versions are also available for purchase at (URL) MagCloud.com> Enjoy! (URL) -Elroy (13 years ago, 19-Jul-11, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.publish.railbricks, FTX) !
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(...) That's beautiful! I really appreciate the structural/engineering dynamic in making everything appear to float! That's fantastic! Very nicely done! Dave K (13 years ago, 7-Jul-11, to lugnet.build, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Cool! (...) And very cool! One thing I thought of while watching the video: Would it look more "realistic" if you had built some kind of bridge under the tracks all the way around the loop? (...) Lots of great stuff! Play well, Jacob (13 years ago, 7-Jul-11, to lugnet.build, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Bonjour Eric, Verry nice done, especially the floating train ;). Must be a challenge to keep it all together. It's a completely different presentation of what we usualy see on shows. I know that Freeluggers aren't afraid of chalenges! I look (...) (13 years ago, 6-Jul-11, to lugnet.build, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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Hello, During the French Comic Con / JapanExpo event at Paris this last week-end, we (FreeLUG members) presented a Steampunk layout, with suspended floating rocks. That was the first part of the challenge. (URL) The second part was to add a train (...) (13 years ago, 6-Jul-11, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.trains, FTX) !
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In lugnet.trains, Chris Gray wrote: > On 11-06-22 11:11 AM, ludo soete wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Here 2 renderings of my new cereal transport wagons. I made them first in 7 >> wide,based on the original model from Helos, see: >> (URL) >> but all my trains (...) (13 years ago, 23-Jun-11, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) They are quite different from anything I've seen here (western Canada). Here we have a more rounded grain car. -Chris Gray (13 years ago, 23-Jun-11, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi, Here 2 renderings of my new cereal transport wagons. I made them first in 7 wide,based on the original model from Helos, see: (URL) but all my trains are 6 wide and they couldn't pass under a overhang on my warehouse. So i decided to rebuild (...) (13 years ago, 22-Jun-11, to lugnet.trains)
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This year, for NALUG's annual train show, I've ended up building a weird custom train car to carry a Space Shuttle solid rocket booster (SRB), along with a factory to build the SRB's. Not exactly realistic, I know. :-) See: (URL) Gray (NALUG) (13 years ago, 11-Jun-11, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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(...) Cool! Play well, Jacob (13 years ago, 9-Jun-11, to lugnet.build.schleim, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.tcltc)
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(...) Gahh! Well, they have been moderated now. Enjoy. JOHN (13 years ago, 3-Jun-11, to lugnet.build.schleim, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, FTX)
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(...) Deeplinks, Brother John, Deeplinks! (13 years ago, 3-Jun-11, to lugnet.build.schleim, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, FTX)
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(URL) After reading about this locomotive in an article written by Tim David in (URL) RAILBRICKS 8> and seeing (URL) version> built by Gavyn Rogers, I decided to give it a go. After all, it is the only true LEGO locomotive. (URL) I used pics that I (...) (13 years ago, 3-Jun-11, to lugnet.build.schleim, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, FTX) !
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Just wondering if anyone has seen this in any Australian store? Preferably in Brisbane? I know Myer has had the steam train around sale times, but I thin that was about 12 months after it was released as an exclusive to the Lego webshop. (13 years ago, 30-May-11, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) COLTC has folding tables. For the most part they are great. They do offer a lot of flexibility for setup and arrangement. Ours fit 3x6 standard baseplates, with a half inch overhang that has never been a problem for the train tracks. We even (...) (13 years ago, 12-May-11, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) I read your post and was trying to figure out how your tables were connected to the other club tables at NMRA (2006), but I realized after checking the photos from the event, your tables were part of the stand-alone display. Buying the COSTCO (...) (13 years ago, 11-May-11, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) I think John raises a good point. I have a number of tables that match the wood tables my club built (they were built at the same time as the first batch) and they're sturdy and reconfigurable, but the folding tables are very attractive. They (...) (13 years ago, 4-May-11, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Rather than the custom-built-wooden-tables route, we ((URL) TCLTC>) took the folding table route, specifically (URL) THESE> from Costco (They are cheaper to purchase at the store itself). The nice thing about this table is that it can adjust (...) (13 years ago, 2-May-11, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Clifton; (...) We use two- inch spring clamps to connect the tables on the underside. Two per side on each side where two tables are joined: (URL) spring clamps hold the table together without damaging the wood. Our tables’ legs are attached (...) (13 years ago, 2-May-11, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Clifton; Thank you for that info and the links. My table is only for personal enjoyment, will not be traveling, and I have a limited space in my garage. I had considered leaving a space in the middle, but your modular idea is really great. (...) (13 years ago, 30-Apr-11, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Well, since the Me tracks are compatible with the standard Lego Track, you can just use the standard parts in BlueBrick. However, I guess soon or later a BlueBrick part contributor will create these Me track parts and add them in the BlueBrick (...) (13 years ago, 30-Apr-11, to lugnet.trains)
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