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Re: Bright Future for LEGO Trains? (was Re:No LEGOFest...)
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lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.trains
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Mon, 28 Feb 2000 21:20:55 GMT
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In lugnet.trains.org, Tony Kilaras writes:

John Neal wrote in message <38B98A61.71320167@uswest.net>...
Even if they cut the line entirely, I could see LEGO trains flourishing as • a
hobby.  All we would have to do is to adopt, say "O" gauge and use its • trucks and
track, etc.  Purists might rip their clothes and cry blasphemy, but I think • it
would catch on.  We will continue to grow, regardless.  Would be nice if it • were
TLC leading the way instead of fleeing away, which is in effect what they • are
doing by putting out the pabulum they have called trains the past few
years....


How would you attach a nonLego engine to Lego?

I've seen this done the other way round (using a lego train motor for a
conventional O gauge model engine)in an old "Railway Modeller" magazine from
the late 70s. It involved splitting the mechanism vertically, presumably to
maintain a 32mm track gauge, then the addition of scale wheels & a custom
battery pack.

Still sounds like messy work but look at the price of O gauge equipment!

Jon



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  Re: Bright Future for LEGO Trains? (was Re:No LEGOFest...)
 
John Neal wrote in message <38B98A61.71320167@u...st.net>... (...) a (...) trucks and (...) it (...) were (...) are (...) years.... How would you attach a nonLego engine to Lego? (24 years ago, 27-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.trains)

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