 | | NCLTC to display at Raleigh GATS Show April 6th and 7th
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On April 6th and 7th the North Carolina LEGO Train Club (NCLTC) will have our layout on display at the Great American Train Show (GATS) in Raleigh, North Carolina. The layout will be approximately 16'x20' with four train loops (three 9v and one 12v) (...) (23 years ago, 3-Apr-02, to lugnet.events, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.loc.us.nc, lugnet.loc.us.nc.ral, lugnet.org.us.nclug)
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| | Re: Moment of Clarity or An Inspiration to the Rest of Us
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(...) Exactly! (...) I think a trolley loop should be idea for this. Lots of ways to incorporate a dogbone loop for those, and an RCX would help us take advantage of that tight design over a regular loop with switched polarity matched with your (...) (23 years ago, 3-Apr-02, to lugnet.org.us.lucny, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | NELUG to display at 4/6 - 4/7 Greenberg show.
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NELUG will be displaying a new expanded layout at the Greenberg show this comming weekend 4/6/02 - 4/7/02. For show details please follow the link below. (URL) layout will be approximately 33% larger than our past layouts. Your best chance to see (...) (23 years ago, 3-Apr-02, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.loc.us.ma)
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| | Re: Moment of Clarity or An Inspiration to the Rest of Us
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Larry Pieniazek wrote in message ... (...) obviously (...) Is this like what Dean did for our last VLC layout? We had 2 passenger trains running on the same outer loop - one just went round and round, but the other one (Hogwarts Express) was (...) (23 years ago, 2-Apr-02, to lugnet.org.us.lucny, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: Moment of Clarity or An Inspiration to the Rest of Us
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Crossposted to trains and trains.org for more visibility as I feel this is pretty exciting stuff! (...) There are a myriad of small trackside buildings that can be used, as well as equipment cabinets etc which are used for prototype (...) (23 years ago, 2-Apr-02, to lugnet.org.us.lucny, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | RLTC Display this Weekend in Richmond, VA
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The Richmond Lego Train Club (RLTC), a subgroup of RichLUG, will have a display this weekend, March 23 and 24, at the RF&P Train Show at the Virginia Aviation Museum located near the Richmond International Airport. The show is open from 9:30 am to (...) (23 years ago, 19-Mar-02, to lugnet.loc.us.va, lugnet.loc.us.va.ric, lugnet.org.us.richlug, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: Mountain Town - A train module experiment
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(...) MichLTC experience so far has tended to see us use up every last second of setup time plus tinker with it during the show. :-) So ya. (23 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: Mountain Town - A train module experiment
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(...) But you can have a different layout every time - ours is pretty much fixed in place... Modular has its advantages *and* dis-advantages, just like 'plywood' does! One good piece of news from this show - we didn't have any locomotives hit the (...) (23 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: Mountain Town - A train module experiment
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Wow, 2 hours is great! It normally takes us around 6-7 hours to step up. jt ---...--- James J. Trobaugh (...) (23 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: Mountain Town - A train module experiment
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(...) Setup Friday was around 2 hours, that included building a new rack for transporting modules, and setting up a 'play area' for kids to build and run trains. Saturday morning we spent another hour working on the electrics for the layout, Conan (...) (23 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: Request For Comment -WILTC
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(...) Erik, The drive to Milwaukee isn't bad at all as I stated in my message to Tim. I will plan on attending those when I can. I'm in the middle of planning my marriage (which is in July) and time is a commodity right now. But, I'm also planning (...) (23 years ago, 17-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: Request For Comment -WILTC
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(...) Well, I guess misenterpreted the LUGNET map for NILTC. It looked like it was centered in Chicago. The drive from Madison to Milwaukee isn't bad compared to I-90 to Chicago. Nothing like $2 in tolls each way. Yeesh! Anyway, if the meetings are (...) (23 years ago, 17-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: Request For Comment -WILTC
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(...) Hi, I've just joined the NILTC (I think I joined...) I'm one of those Milwaukee area folks Tim mentioned. I just got here, and they are just getting some momentum after their start. Is Milwaukee a long haul? I have not been to Madison yet for (...) (23 years ago, 17-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: Request For Comment -WILTC
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(...) The NILTC often meets in Milwaukee (and at other times in Crystal Lake, IL), we have three members in southern Wisconsin. So, please, join in! And if you want to start your own club, feel free :-) Once we have done enough shows in the area, I (...) (23 years ago, 17-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Request For Comment -WILTC
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This is a general request to see if there would be enough interest in creating a Wisconsin LEGO Train Club (WILTC) in the Central/Southern Wisconsin area. I am located in Madison which makes getting to either NILTC or GMLTC a bit of a haul. If you (...) (23 years ago, 17-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Two Train Shows, one weekend for the GFLTC!
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Hi all, The Greater Florida LEGO Train Club and Users Group will have displays at the following two train shows on the same weekend... Show one is the Spring H & R Trains Show, in Pinellas Park, Florida March 15, 16 & 17, 2002. (Fri-Sat 9am-9pm - (...) (23 years ago, 11-Mar-02, to lugnet.events, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.loc.us.fl, lugnet.org.us.gflug)
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| | NGLTC will be presenting at the NMRA Piedmont Division Train show Mar 9-10,2002
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The North Georgia LEGO Train Club (NGLTC) will be presenting at the NMRA Piedmont Division's Train show this coming weekend (March 9-10th) at the Cobb County Civic Center. The show times are Saturday 10-5 and Sunday 10-4. This show is a bit smaller (...) (23 years ago, 7-Mar-02, to lugnet.loc.us.ga.atl, lugnet.loc.us.ga, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | NILTC first show a success!
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The Northern Illinois LEGO Train Club's show this weekend at High Wheeler '02 went great!! Here are some links to pictures taken by Eric Wackerfuss, one of our newest members, he joined the club at the show. (URL) will be more pictures coming soon (...) (23 years ago, 4-Mar-02, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains.org.niltc, lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.us.il) !!
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| | Re: SCLTC Layout at BricksWest 2002
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(...) Greg, Thank you for the very kind words. I had a lot of fun building most of the park. The playground came together after a couple of rebuilds. It wasn't designed as a copy of a real-life structure, but a sense of realism was the most (...) (23 years ago, 20-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains.org.scltc, lugnet.org, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sd, lugnet.loc.us.ca.la.sa, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sbe)
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| | GFLTC at the 2002 SMRC Train Show...
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LEGO Fans, The Greater Florida LEGO Train Club will be displaying at the SMRC (Sarasota Model Railroad Club) Train Show in Manatee County, Florida. Come on out and see our 40 x 20 ft display with the following: - The new LEGO Santa Fe Super Chief (...) (23 years ago, 20-Feb-02, to lugnet.events, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.loc.us.fl, lugnet.org.us.gflug)
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