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Re: Do you like monorails?
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lugnet.trains
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Thu, 16 Dec 1999 02:14:51 GMT
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cmasi@cmasi(antispam).chem.tulane.edu
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When the first space monorail came out I was not very impressed, but I said to
myself, "If they ever make a town monorail I will get one." LEGO did so I did. I
walked in to Toys R Us just to see what was new, and there it was. I bought it
with hesitating the first time I saw it. 6399... everything about the set makes
me smile.
Chris
P.S. The Pause database has the price wrong. The price on the side of my box is
$149.99 not $139.99
Mark Herzberg wrote:
> In lugnet.trains, Scott Arthur writes:
> > I was working on Sydney (Oz) a few months back, and the Mono-rail there had
> > no driver (or so it appeared). Perhaps this could be a way for TLG to save
> > money if the ever use mono-rail again?
>
>
> They use the same monorails in Miami. They are called People Movers actually.
> Systems are in service, AFAIK, in Dallas, Miami, and Sydney. They usually are
> for small inner-city routes (i.e. the Miami route goes all through downtown
> and connects with the subway, which only crosses through downtown with two
> stations) It would be really nice if LEGO started offering new People Mover
> style monorails.
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| (...) Hmmm... I got the Futuron one from a neighbor, who didn't like LEGO'S that much. I got it for 80.00? I loved it. I played with that for hours, having it connect my Space Base with my city. for the 6399 Airport Shuttle, I saved for moths to get (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) They use the same monorails in Miami. They are called People Movers actually. Systems are in service, AFAIK, in Dallas, Miami, and Sydney. They usually are for small inner-city routes (i.e. the Miami route goes all through downtown and (...) (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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