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| Well I used several copies of 4559 and a few 5542 Black Thunder Helicopters and quite a few other pieces. :-) It was my first major train creation. (URL) the Lego link to Passenger Trains. Tom (...) (25 years ago, 23-Apr-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Thomas Burger wrote (in part); (...) Hi Thomas. I've been a big fan of your RailTech line, and the LDRAW pages you've put up. Your train signals were one of the things that had encouraged me to design the electronics for lighting such train (...) (25 years ago, 14-May-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| Here's a thought experiment. Suppose you wanted to design a train set that would be good for drawing **USA** newcomers into trains. What would you put in it? How much would you target it costing? Realise that the pricing/profit has to be about the (...) (25 years ago, 26-Apr-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) hmm...actually, the trademark name is "magnahdsion" (or some spelling thereove) and belongs to Hornby Railways. Used on such (wonderful) engines as my Lord of The Isles, Rocket, and dockyard shunter... (yep, I have OO gauge trains too...heck, (...) (25 years ago, 25-Apr-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | My first visit to a model train show.
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| Hi All, Last weekend I went to an annual Model train show mainly to see if I could find anyone with a similar interest in Lego trains. 80% of people I spoke to thought I was talking about Duplo trains and did not know that Lego produced "mains" (...) (25 years ago, 5-May-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Known groups
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| I know of the following "organizations" (and I use the term loosely, formality varies) devoted to trains PNLTC (the first) - Pacific Northwest Lego Train Club NGLTC - North Georgia Lego Train club GMLTC - (the most disorganized, and proud of it) (...) (25 years ago, 4-May-99, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: YOU be the designer
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| John Neal wrote: <larger radius curve> YES! How did I forget? Also shorter segments to allow more layout variety. <8 stud rant> I thought long and hard about 8 stud. I do understand why it would be desirable scalewise but I think 6 stud is the way (...) (25 years ago, 27-Apr-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| I would love to see individual cars/engines instead of buying all the sets. I think I spent close to 500-600 just last year on trains. Ugh! Scott Sanburn (25 years ago, 29-Apr-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: YOU be the designer
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| (...) ...Well, they kinda started that with the 'Classic Train' and the cars set (no set numbers, my catalogs are all at work :-/ ...I agree its much better to get a train sans track. Makes the set cheaper and doesn't burden the set with lots of (...) (25 years ago, 28-Apr-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: YOU be the designer
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| (...) Even though this set seems good I do not think LEGO would sell it for $160. This set would be bigger than the current big set, 4565 Freight and Crane Railway, and your set would include a transformer. I know, I am nitpicking. From the original (...) (25 years ago, 27-Apr-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Hey, Joe. What doors do you use on your caboose
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| (...) As everyone knows I am not a real modeler [1], so the realness or the toyness of the model does not change my opinion usually. The toy factor might even make it more appealing to me. It has a cuteness to it while still resembling a real (...) (25 years ago, 28-Apr-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| Hi, I don't know much about trains, so I hope someone can help me. On Mother's Day, *I* got a gift from the parents -- a box of lego they picked up at yard sale for $2. It looks like very old trains (per Pause: perhaps part of set 113?). Let me list (...) (25 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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| I finally fixed the front end of my diesel electric. While I still do not claim that it is a model of any specific engine it does at least resemble real diesel electric now. The front page (URL) to the engines and scroll to the bottom (URL) (25 years ago, 29-Apr-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Triangle Area Interests
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| (...) If I was to buy just a single train, I'd think about the the S@H 3225 (using their "train set" deal). The 4565 is also a good choice, but you have to add a power pack which adds about another $45. If you think you want to dive into trains in a (...) (25 years ago, 30-Apr-99, to lugnet.loc.us.nc.ral, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Is it too late for a new comer?
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| Hi ! Glad to see another train fan come on board! (no pun intended) ;-) Passenger and commuter trains are harder to realistically produce without those special pieces, like windows and doors. Have you thought about freight trains? They are much (...) (25 years ago, 10-May-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| Something to chew on: If we hit the NMRA hard with Lego trains, and get a NMRA Sig for Lego trains, perhaps we would have an organization which could get into TLGs promotional set arena, and get a train bucket produced, along with some limited (...) (25 years ago, 25-May-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | SoCal train club
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| (...) Just stumbled across this old thread from January '99... Forwarding to lugnet.trains.org so it doesn't get lost. --Todd (25 years ago, 14-May-99, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Thalys and Hondekop Pics
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| I just put up some preliminary pics of my current 'projects'; they are still in the works. (URL) Trains: Hondekop and Trains: Thalys from menu. More about the trains and close coupling later. Eric Brok -------- Visit LEGO ON MY MIND: (URL) Submit (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jun-99, to lugnet.trains)
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