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Re: Help to identify a train set !!
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lugnet.trains
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Mon, 28 Feb 2000 09:41:15 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Mike Poindexter writes:
> In lugnet.trains, Steven Draves writes:
> > I picked up 100LBS of Lego this weekend and have sorted through it. I
> > found an early train set, black engine, separate black battery box, 18
> > long curved track, 16 short curved track, and 8 straight track. Also
> > eighteen wheel for the track, and five couplers with blue and red
> > covered magnets on each couplers set. Many instructions were included,
> > but none for this train. Any ideas on which train this is, or what else
> > I should be looking for? I downloaded 116 and will look at it further,
> > but was not able to find a download for 127.
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> The best way to cut down the possibilities is to isolate what it isn't. It
> isn't 9 Volt, since the track is multi-piece. There was no mention of
> conductor rails, so that rules out 12V. For the 4.5 Volt, there are 107
> entries in Pause. Many are easy to rule out.
Also the red and blue couplers were only used in the blue era.
> These are good possibilities:
> http://www.lugnet.com/pause/search/?query=180-1
> http://www.lugnet.com/pause/search/?query=181-1
> http://www.lugnet.com/pause/search/?query=182-1
The magnet couplers are one step closer to identifing the set: the sets 180-
182 have their couples attached to the cars baseplate. In fact the wheelsets
are fixed to the plate. If the wheels and couplers are attached, Mike is
probably right.
So if in this case the wheels are seperate and not attached to the cars'
baseplate this is a pre '71 train (the complete carbase was introduced then)
The only pre 71 trainsets with black battery boxes are 119 and 120
http://www.lugnet.com/pause/search/?query=119
http://www.lugnet.com/pause/search/?query=120-1
Both should be easily identifyable in your collection (the early trains had
the set number printed on a brick in the locomotive)
Otherwise it could be a collection of smaller sets:
http://www.lugnet.com/pause/search/?query=122
http://www.lugnet.com/pause/search/?query=123
http://www.lugnet.com/pause/search/?query=124
http://www.lugnet.com/pause/search/?query=125
This results in a train with black motor, black battery car, passenger car,
goods car, tipper car.
BTW. the numbers you gave strike me as odd: 18 wheels = 9 wheelsets; AFAIK
there are no blue era trains with three wheelsets in one car/engine. 5
couplers sound like one locomotive (only a rear coupler), battery car and only
one car...
Still, congrats on a great find!
-Frank
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| (...) The best way to cut down the possibilities is to isolate what it isn't. It isn't 9 Volt, since the track is multi-piece. There was no mention of conductor rails, so that rules out 12V. For the 4.5 Volt, there are 107 entries in Pause. Many are (...) (25 years ago, 28-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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