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News from the NGLTC : Free display at the North Georgia Premium Outlet Mall, May 27th On Saturday May 27th the NGLTC will be presenting a layout in front of the LEGO Outlet store at the North Georgia Premium Outlet Mall in Dawsonville, Georgia. This (...) (26 years ago, 21-May-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.loc.us.ga, lugnet.loc.us.ga.atl) !
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| | Re: Reference Photos
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(...) We meet in Minneapolis-- a leisurely drive from Ohio......not so much;-) We will hopefully, however, be having a big train show in Milwaukee in November so that might be a fun road trip. -John (...) (26 years ago, 20-May-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) Yes... I'm starting grad school at Bowling Green State University in August. Where does the GMLTC meet and how far is that from Bowling Green? -chris (26 years ago, 20-May-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) Ohio?!! According to the LUGNET LTC map, that would put you in the boundaries of the GMLTC{:^D Good thing you're making the switch-- this here's 8 wide territory;-) -John (...) (26 years ago, 19-May-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: LUG World Map 1st Version complete.
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(...) For those that may be wondering the maps can be found at: (URL) are also many links to these maps from the LUGNET home page as well as in the lugnet.org.* and lugnet.loc.* hierarchies. Finally I just wanted to remind people that when you get (...) (26 years ago, 16-May-00, to lugnet.org, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.loc.it, lugnet.org.ca, lugnet.org.nl, lugnet.org.us)
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| | LUG World Map 1st Version complete.
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FUT lugnet.org For those of you that don't know I have been working on the LUG Map that Todd and Suz have greatiously decided to host here on LUGNET. For the most part we have worked out the issues with keeping the map updated. About the only thing (...) (26 years ago, 16-May-00, to lugnet.org, lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.loc.it, lugnet.org.ca, lugnet.org.nl, lugnet.org.us)
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| | Re: Pictures of GFLTC at the Enviro Fair...
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(...) curves (...) It all started two or three years ago, when I met Karl Gunther of the Sky Train Corp. at a H & R Train Show. He had a small LEGO display that he built of the Sky Train at the show. We got to talking about how it works and how we (...) (26 years ago, 16-May-00, to lugnet.loc.us.fl, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: LEGO and the NMRA
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(...) A similar example is found with Hornby O gauge (pre/post WW2). This stuff is very toy-like, made of flat printed tinplate with it's own style, runs on very coarse track but it provides HUGE entertainment for adult collectors and spectators at (...) (26 years ago, 16-May-00, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: LEGO and the NMRA
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(...) Don't do THAT, just sell it to me. Proto operation (switch lists, dispatchers, CTC panels, bad orders, etc.) can be a lot of fun. It's just not everyone's cup of tea, it's a lot like WORK. :-) As our hobby matures we will see continued (...) (26 years ago, 15-May-00, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: LEGO and the NMRA
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<calm police negotiator voice ON> Steve ... put the gun down...you have a lot to live for...your minifigs are counting on you...<calm police negotiator voice OFF> I wonder though has anyone ever tried to figure out what the LEGO scale speeds are? (...) (26 years ago, 15-May-00, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains)
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Steve - LOL - I love it! :^) Ed (...) yourself! (...) (26 years ago, 15-May-00, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: LEGO and the NMRA
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If I ever have to run my LEGO trains at scale speeds according to pseudo time tables I will shoot my self and have my collection ground up and sprinkled over the nearest train yard! SteveB (...) (26 years ago, 15-May-00, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Pictures of GFLTC at the Enviro Fair...
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(...) Thnks for the construction details. Can you speak as to how you came to build it? Do you know some of the people in SkyTrain company or just thought it was neat, or what? Their site has a prototype made of lego that was built some years ago, (...) (26 years ago, 15-May-00, to lugnet.loc.us.fl, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: Pictures of GFLTC at the Enviro Fair...
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(...) The Sky Train model I built for this event uses a lot of different parts not designed to work together. Like 4.5 track in a narrow gage configuration (4 studs) and Mindstorms. The track is held together in a 6 stud wide housing (walls and (...) (26 years ago, 15-May-00, to lugnet.loc.us.fl, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: LEGO and the NMRA
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(...) When will they ever learn? Aaron (26 years ago, 15-May-00, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains)
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| | LEGO and the NMRA
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I was reading this months NMRA (Nation Model Railroad Assoc.) magazine and it featured garden railroads. What caught my attention was some comments from the editor. He mentioned that many in the NMRA didn't consider garden railroads "real" model (...) (26 years ago, 15-May-00, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Pictures of GFLTC at the Enviro Fair...
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Robin, The layout looks cool, I like the inverted monorail. How does the "Sky Train" work? is it using a standard monorail engine or do you have some special MOC drive configuration? Also I like the layout outside of your standard cabinet, makes the (...) (26 years ago, 15-May-00, to lugnet.loc.us.fl, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Pictures of GFLTC at the Enviro Fair...
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Hi all, Pictures of the Greater Florida LEGO Train Club(GFLTC) at the Enviro Fair in Largo, Florida are now on-line. Check them out at: (URL) Ya... Robin W. GFLTC (26 years ago, 15-May-00, to lugnet.loc.us.fl, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org) !
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| | NGLTC May layout
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For those of you who are planning on participating at the North Georgia LEGO Train Club display on May 27th at the Georgia LEGO Outlet store, a preliminary layout is available at : (URL) set the tables up last weekend to get a feel for the amount of (...) (26 years ago, 10-May-00, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: NGLTC show at the Georgia LEGO Outlet store
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I was at the store last week. They didn't have any train sets other than the current one. They had quite a bit of track though, also a few accessories (snow clearing train, track repair truck, etc). I was hoping they would have had the train station (...) (26 years ago, 10-May-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ga, lugnet.loc.us.ga.atl, lugnet.org.us.dixielug)
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