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Re: Where did the LEGO train history pages go?
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Fri, 21 Oct 2011 18:48:27 GMT
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"Why did LEGO move to battery operated trains?"

I thought it was because EU regulations state that "trains that pick up from the
track are not recommended for children under eight years old."

It is all to do with Health & Safety - Playmobil made the change a few years
before.

David

In lugnet.trains, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
Looks like Ben's pages (referenced in the sidebar) on fgltc are no more? I just
wrote an answer in Quora

http://www.quora.com/LEGO/Why-did-LEGO-move-to-battery-operated-trains

and wanted to link to the history... I think there was an archive on the
ngltc.org pages but that site now is reported by Google as unsafe. Any clues?

Thanks!



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(...) And i always thinking it was due to the US safety regulations that TLC needed to change back to batteries ;) Just one remark abouth this: What with model starter trainsets like Märklin, Roco, Fleishmann, ... that are sold to kids less than 8y (...) (13 years ago, 8-Nov-11, to lugnet.trains)

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  Where did the LEGO train history pages go?
 
Looks like Ben's pages (referenced in the sidebar) on fgltc are no more? I just wrote an answer in Quora (URL) wanted to link to the history... I think there was an archive on the ngltc.org pages but that site now is reported by Google as unsafe. (...) (13 years ago, 20-Oct-11, to lugnet.trains)

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