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| | | Sam Pusch wrote in message ... (...) Having come sort of late into the market, I don't have enough knowledge of the earlier sets to make a good determination. Of sets available at retail or through S@H in the past year, my favorite set which (...) (25 years ago, 7-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | Re: Favorite Lego Train? —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | (...) It kind of reminds me of a GE Center Cab (or "44 tonner" (1) ) shortline engine. (URL) (corroborates my footnote, below, which shows that I don't just make this stuff up, you know...) (...) Really? Are you sure you weren't hopped up when you (...) (25 years ago, 7-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | Re: Favorite Lego Train? —Christopher Good
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| | | | | | (...) I like the bulkhead flat better also. Or at least my modified version that is capable of holding 3 4x8 containers (or other 4x8 combinations). This is not to say that I don't have a few Larry Hoppers also. Christopher Good (25 years ago, 7-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Favorite Lego Train? —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | (...) ??!! Bulkhead flats don't hold containers in the prototype, they're typically used in lumber service. If you want a flat that holds containers and you don't want to go doublestack, you should probably make it a piggyback flat. Many of those (...) (25 years ago, 7-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Favorite Lego Train? —Kevin Maynes
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| | | | | | | In lugnet.trains, Larry Pieniazek writes: [with plenty of snippage...] (...) With this in mind, would you be interested/willing to sell the instructions w/o the huge (and ultimately pricey) collection of parts? Maybe a signed/numbered limited (...) (25 years ago, 7-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Favorite Lego Train? —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | | | (...) Sure... how much would you pay? (...) NOW how much would you pay? (...) But wait, there's more! What if I threw in printouts of the bulkhead flat and SWx instructions too? Now how much would you pay? But wait, I'm STILL not done. We'll add a (...) (25 years ago, 7-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Favorite Lego Train? —Kevin Maynes
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| | | | | | | | (...) Dunno for certain.. I'd hate to pay $20 (for example) for some cheapie B&W photocopies... On the other hand, having ripped your design :) as best I could from photos and one LD image, I can respect the time and effort that went into putting (...) (25 years ago, 7-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Favorite Lego Train? —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | | | I'll just say this. I have an HP 2100. That's a 600 dpi REAL laser printer. So far I have printed all instructions fresh. No photocopies. They look good. Very good. Sometimes I go 2 up to get the paper count to 19 pages printed on 10 pieces of (...) (25 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Favorite Lego Train? —Frank Filz
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| | | | | | | | (...) Hmm, somehow I think this HP 2100 is a little more powerfull and usefull than the HP 2100 I learned to program on... (that HP 2100 was essentially a PDP-8 clone). This post just jumped out of the Lugnet summary listings and begged to be (...) (25 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Favorite Lego Train? —Christopher Good
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| | | | | | (...) Yes I realize that, but I haven't found a way to simulate lumber yet where my 4 year old can easily "play" with it. She likes cars where she can remove what they carry and switch them around. So the bulkhead was both sturdy enough for the play (...) (25 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Favorite Lego Train? —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | (...) Send me an email. I could not decode your antispam, and I only have the web interface so am not sure how to see *all* message headers. For all people who bought a hopper before I made instructions part of the package I am offering a printed (...) (25 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Favorite Lego Train? —Russell Clark
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| | | | | | (...) How about for people who didn't buy a hopper but want a set of instructions to build one? Russell (25 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Favorite Lego Train? —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | (...) Well, that's what this subthread is about, after all. :-) 5 is too low IMHO and I told you it was to a close friend that I sold a set for 10 so you could derive that 10 is too low too to the general public. The question posed several posts (...) (25 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Favorite Lego Train? —Russell Clark
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| | | | | | (...) I would pay $10-$12 for a good set of instructions. Russell Clark (URL) 39423705 (25 years ago, 9-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Favorite Lego Train? —Tom Stangl
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| | | | | | | That's probably what I'd pay too, as a max. (...) -- | Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape Communications Corp | Please do not associate my personal views with my employer (25 years ago, 9-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Favorite Lego Train? —Charles Eric McCarthy
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| | | | | | (...) Me too! Larry, I don't care if they are printed on ordinary paper or just electronic copies that I have to print out myself. I'd pay $8 for the information and license to use or $10 if they are printed out on ordinary paper. Am I right in (...) (25 years ago, 9-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Favorite Lego Train? —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | (...) Mulling this over I think 12, domestic first class postage included, printed on heavier stock paper (not fancy imitation lambskin but not the thin inexpensive stock I normally print on), if I can print it 2 up (2 pages per sheet of paper to (...) (25 years ago, 9-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.market.theory)
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| | | | | Re: Favorite Lego Train? —James Powell
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| | | | (...) It is unusual for North America. I think, however, if you looked at pictures of narrow gauge european engines, that you would find a almost exact prototype for it (austria I think, on OBB) James P (25 years ago, 7-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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