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Re: Not LEGO, but trains
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lugnet.trains
Date: 
Mon, 6 Mar 2000 19:57:21 GMT
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LPIENIAZEK@NOVERA.COMspamcake
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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 centerpiece
of Bruce Chubb's Sunset Lines, which I really ought to try to track
down, since he lives in GR somewhere, supposedly)

Chris said:

> 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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(...) Well, I was joking, but wasn't someone talking about setting some kind of record at the "Great Create". The Great Create is held at a domed football field...isn't it (still joking). (...) Lego, or model train? (...) (27 years ago, 6-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)

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  Not LEGO, but trains
 
Hi all, While poking around on other train sites someone saw my name and sent me the address to a Louisianna trains site. (URL) 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 (...) (27 years ago, 6-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)

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