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From humble beginnings... Amongst the pictures of the recent LegoFest held by a small group of AFOLs in the UK are several of a train layout with some custom trains and stations. Nothing yet on the likes of some of the US layouts, but we all need to (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Thanks for posting the pictures, Lawrence. Looks like you all had a great time. Wow! Wonderful blue-era sets and pictures. Very cool. Nice, MOC's! later, James (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Nice pictures Lawrence! I was most impressed by the long blue hopper train and even some more by the white Georgian Facade of your metro station. That's great work! Regards, Ben (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Looked liked fun, loved the custom stations! Is that one engine pulling all those hopper cars on it's own? jt lawrence wilkes wrote in message ... (...) in (...) start (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) regards lawrence (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Thanks I havenet posted any more pictures yet as this is work in progress There is a picture of the facade at (URL) (presume you found your way to this?) I am know working on interior. Then the platforms. regards lawrence (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Yes, at this stage it was just one crocodile engine pulling the lot. Later, more wagons got added and another engine was placed at the rear. Then the crocodile was given a rest and replaced with another at the front. The length of the train (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I'm glad we got photos of that, 10 of those hoppers are mine, I've been waiting to put them behind the Crocodile engine for weeks - I think it looks the most suitable loco for hopper. (...) Yep this was because we had reached the maximum (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) That blue 4.5V track was mine, I never managed to complete building a layout - it didn't run very fast either, it didn't like having my MOC wagons on it which used the old 4-stud train wheels from an earlier set (yet to be reconstructed). I (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) That large station rocks! The paired station tracks with the large platforms are neato. The platforms may be a bit wide, but using the large pieces is the only way to go, the mind boggles at the number of gray plates and bricks that would be (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) The brits did all kinds of things...islands, and ones on both sides. "my" station in OO had 2 platforms, one for each track (Long Marton, S&C). A lot of the terminuses had 2 tracks side by side, then platform, so only one side of the train (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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"Larry Pieniazek" <lar@voyager.net> wrote in message news:FrJE10.92G@lugnet.com... (...) the (...) In the Netherlands practically every station has the layout 'platform'-'track to east' - 'track to west'-'platform' (replace east and west by north (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Platform plates are the main issue. Making several platforms run the length of a metroliner is tough. But I keep searching them out. Many of the ones at the fest were contributed by the group. The station is work in progress. I will keep (...) (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I should have added "at stations" between practice and typically, where i put the <*> (...) You modeled what we in the US call a Stub End station. Contrast with Through station. There really aren't any run through considerations for stub end (...) (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) We call it a terminus as opposed to a through station. (...) Some stations have 4 tracks with 3 platforms - North, South and an Island platform, for larger stations more Island platforms are added for every two tracks. P T T P T T P T T P etc. (...) (25 years ago, 18-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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