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Hi All, This last weekend, I have posted pictures of my train cars, engines and passenger trains and basically updated the train page. The Orange/White engine now bears the marks of the Illinois Central Gulf line. (Gee I loved those Halloween (...) (25 years ago, 5-Apr-99, to lugnet.trains)
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Modern US prototype modelers, take note of this work. That clink-clink-clink you hear in the background is the bar being raised. While there are a few things I'd nitpick, I think there are a number of noteworthy items: - The covered hoppers and coil (...) (25 years ago, 5-Apr-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Not just train modelers, go to: (URL) got some very impressive models. A BIG minifig B-17 Lots of argiculture equipment, with pics of the real things for comparison. I'd say this is a must see sight! B-Bye Bruce (URL) (25 years ago, 5-Apr-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) <snip> (...) established LTC, he could certainly start one. -Tom McD. (25 years ago, 6-Apr-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) ...I must concur. Joe's pages are the stuff us just-re-born beginners dream of and strive to emulate. (damn, now I have to go get some train parts to work on trains more :-) ...As more praise, I love his city. The one thing that always sticks (...) (25 years ago, 7-Apr-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) The Pillsbury car is excellent. This one is a definate MUST COPY (Thanks Joe!); except I do not have any of the required bricks..grrrrrr. Joe, do you have more than one? Larry, which one is the coil car? (coal car? gray one?) (...) I do not (...) (25 years ago, 7-Apr-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hi Chris, Most of the pieces for the Pillsbury car came from Freestyle sets. If you don't have blue parts, they also made many of them in red. A Coca-Cola car would look good too.. As for the purity statement: No intent there at all. Some (...) (25 years ago, 7-Apr-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) That car is a double door car. Most boxcars have a straight sidewall. The underframe central support member does not come out all the way to the side/edge, and the frame member is visible from the side (it's usually a dirty brown/gray/black (...) (25 years ago, 7-Apr-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hi Joe, No, I did not mean your LEGO purity. I was refering to Larry's purity. He seems to love to chime in on the purity issue. My feeling is that if you are not cutting 'em or painting 'em that is pure enough for me! (I did trim a (...) (25 years ago, 8-Apr-99, to lugnet.trains)
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