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| Eric, I'm really impressed with your models and ideas as well as your presentation of them. I'm sure I'll learn a lot on your site. Out of curiosity, how do you pronounce "Thalys?" Is it a hard "th?" Is the "y" pronounced like an "i?" "A" as in (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jun-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: MOC: Space Police II Prison Train
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| (...) This thing totally rocks! I don't see much of the Space Police style going there save for the selection of colors, but it's a beautiful design. The locomotive and guard cars both have a really beefy look to them that matches the concept (...) (20 years ago, 23-Jul-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| (...) I was asking myself the same question, but don't know. I only know the name from print and occasional, 'unauthoritative', mentionings. I happen to pronounce it as 'Tah(!)-liss', because I thought it was supposed to seem an English phrase (and (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jun-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | small chnage to my trolley
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| It is almost not worth mentioning, but I finally bought a "Light saber Duel" so I now have 4 long gray antennas. As I suspected, the long gray antennas make much better trolley poles than the gray lances. (URL) in case anyone was curoius. Chris (25 years ago, 30-Jun-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Purity and Re: Permanent outdoor train
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| (...) be (...) no (...) On thing that might deture you from using your LEGO trains outside. Is that the motor might get gunked up. In other words get a lot of dirt in the motor. If you look this site (URL) it mentions that they used 12v trains but (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: My experience at Legoland USA
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| Having just returned from LL, I can say that Lar is right-- more like G scale. I can also say that the trains were probably the biggest disappoint of the park. Whoever built them knew little or nothing about engines and it showed:-( The rolling (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| You know, this might be worthwhile for all of us to pursue. If a hundred people joined the NMRA as Lego Train modellers, that could really turn some heads. Might make some of the old-school modellers take another think. I personally think that Lego (...) (25 years ago, 29-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| Frank Filz wrote in message <377B9AD9.2620@minds...ng.com>... (...) LEGO tracks are not fit for outside usage and as far as I know there is no standard gauge close enough to use instead. Duplo trains will do better though :-) Eric (25 years ago, 5-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | got my first train
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| Here's my story. I wanted a Lego train since I first saw the twelve volt trains many years ago. I never had them, but my dad is a model railroader, formerally HO but now N scale, so I had a lot of railroading experience growing up. Last week, I was (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Permanent outdoor train
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| Dan Parker wrote in message ... (...) of (...) in (...) Hm, that's interesting, because I had noticed trains slowing down on the other side of my 4'x6' table. But maybe I'm imagining things, or maybe it's not level enough. Was that with a single (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) I heard although can't be sure that LEGOLAND Windsor used G-Scale Track for their trains - therefore it may be possible that their track width may be a different size to the size they sell in sets. I'm currently trying to finish my OO layout (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Permanent outdoor train
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| (...) I have to side with Frank on this one... run a 25 car train with 2 2 motor engines and you will see a speed drop on the far side of a 20 foot loop. (see my apt pictures to see the layout I'm talking about, it's not that big). Perhaps PNLTC is (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: LEGOLAND trains
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| Well John I would want to copy the master peices they have made. I like the creativity that went into making realalistic designs of trains. I am sure someone at LEGO had to design the electronics, and mechanics that went into those trains. I am sure (...) (25 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 4560-4561 Gaaaaahh!
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| (...) The UGLY (!!!) 4561 will be available in Belgium / Luxemburg too starting at august (next month) The 4565 stays available. Not only the models of the trains are detoriating ! Take a look at the 'Town' models. I hope that TLG will bringup (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | New A4 pics
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| Just updated my page with a new version of the British A4 with a better wheel system. (URL) click Lego... Trains... Then A4 Prototype. I dont know if this will be the final implementaion, so its still considered a prototype. Suggestions, comments, (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| Hey all Under the topic of the "Permanent Outdoor Train" there have been sugeestions to build your own track. Great idea, but would it be possible to make track flexible. They have this type of track redialy available for other model railways. Such (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Trolley doors
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| Leanne, Welcome to the club! I think that most trains have those kind of doors, but they are too difficult to build with Lego, so they just made the train doors we have right now. I guess that you will have to learn to accept it, as it is not going (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains)
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