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Not LEGO, but trains
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lugnet.trains
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Mon, 6 Mar 2000 19:45:13 GMT
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cmasi@cmasi.chem.STOPSPAMMERStulane.edu
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Hi all,
While poking around on other train sites someone saw my name and sent
me the address to a Louisianna trains site.
http://www.angelfire.com/la2/siresphotos/trains/index.html
So, far I have only checked out the parts about the Huey P Long bridge
and the train yard that is near where I live, and the pictures are very
good. If you want to see some of the stuff I see going to and from click
on the New Orleans area.
OK, so who wnats to make a scale model of the Huey P Long bridge? I had
no idea it was the longest train bridge in the world. I guess I
shouldn't be surprised since the trains have to climb from sea level
(since most of NO is below sea level maybe even from below sea level) to
100 or so feet above sea level; gotta let those big boats get up the
Mississippi.
Anyway, I just thought that there might be some interest.
Chris
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| A scale model is probably impractical (do the math, you'd need a football field to build it in) but a selectively compressed model would be an amazing centerpiece to a very large layout (c.f. Hell Gate bridge which, selectively compressed, is the (...) (25 years ago, 6-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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