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| (...) And so it begins.....You'll have to change your corner store to the 12 wide Emporium. I loved Mr. Rogers as a kid and it was mostly due to Trolley and the Land of Make Believe. This is a very nicely done model, as usual. I'm curious as to how (...) (17 years ago, 19-Feb-07, to lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.trains, FTX)
| | | | | Re: January Update (was: Re: December Update)
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| UPDATE #3 ===...=== Oh baby are we behind schedule:-0 (...) Back burnered. (...) Yikes. We need to get to work, but the time isn't there. We gotta BEAR DOWN! :-) JOHN (17 years ago, 9-Feb-07, to lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, FTX)
| | | | | 12 wide Mister Rogers Trolley
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| (URL) I (URL) posted> an in-progress pic of this MOC before Thanksgiving (which I see I dumped; don't remember doing that). In any event, we've finished it and have finally taken some pics of it. My initial post covers the main points, but I wanted (...) (17 years ago, 9-Feb-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.trains, FTX) !
| | | | | James & the Express (pics)
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| Now that Ross has created three lines on our Thomas section, we needed a little more variety in our trains. Previously, we had only powered a Thomas and a Percy. So, Ross powered up James and built a couple of express coaches for him: (URL) Nothing (...) (17 years ago, 18-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, FTX)
| | | | | January Update (was: Re: December Update)
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| UPDATE #2 ===...=== Well, Christmas break is over, and although we didn't finish as much as I had hoped, we still made good progress. (URL) HERE> are some pics of the reconstruction of the Thomas modules, and (URL) HERE> is a video showing it in (...) (17 years ago, 9-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Trock Trick!
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| (...) Uh, well, someone had to buy the stuff in the first place.... :-) JOHN (17 years ago, 4-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.trains.org, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Trock Trick!
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| (...) Thanks Dave. Our mission is two-fold: The Thomas end has stuff flashing, turning, bubbling, smoking, moving and such in order to please the shorter crowd. We even run the Thomas trains directly on the tables for easier viewing. We'll also have (...) (17 years ago, 4-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.trains.org, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Trock Trick!
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| (...) "We" = "Ross" <grin> JohnG, GMLTC (17 years ago, 4-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.trains.org, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Trock Trick!
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| (...) Nicely done! I like the direction that you're taking the layout--more interesting automation and stuff! Dave K (17 years ago, 4-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.trains.org, FTX)
| | | | | Re: December Update
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| UPDATE #1 ===...=== (...) COMPLETED (...) IN PROGRESS (...) COMPLETED (...) IN PROGRESS (...) IN PROGRESS (...) IN PROGRESS (...) (17 years ago, 4-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Trock Trick!
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| (...) :-) The concept was first bandied around the GMLTC years ago-- we just "made it happen". JOHN (17 years ago, 4-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.trains.org, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Trock Trick!
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| (...) Clever boy:-) (...) The nice thing IRL is that train shows tend to be very noisy and the annoying sound just blends in.... JOHN (17 years ago, 4-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.trains.org, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Trock Trick!
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| (...) You are a tricky tricky man. Very well done. Chris (17 years ago, 4-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.trains.org)
| | | | | Re: Trock Trick!
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| (...) Two trains? P.S. I hate what the helicopter does to the video- but I'm sure it's cooler IRL. Tim (17 years ago, 4-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.trains.org, FTX)
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| (URL) HERE> is a video of our final test of our newly designed Thomas modules we set up in our basement. I think we'll leave them set up this way permanently. The video is on YouTube and is almost 2 minutes long and about a 10 MB file size. See if (...) (17 years ago, 4-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.trains.org, FTX) !
| | | | | Re: Jonathan Lopes to display on TCLTC Layout for ILTCO Convention (was: Re: Manhattan's Engine 14)
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| (...) I'm in agreement with Ondrew. I'm really looking forward to the layouts. I'm not yet sure if I will be able to participate, but I will make it out to see the all the creations for at least one day. Jason Spears | (URL) BrickCentral> | (URL) (...) (17 years ago, 4-Jan-07, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Jonathan Lopes to display on TCLTC Layout for ILTCO Convention (was: Re: Manhattan's Engine 14)
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| (...) Please do! (...) Sure. If you have any specific requests, please let me know. Maybe we can also have that lunch we missed at Philly togather . . . Best, Jonathan (17 years ago, 4-Jan-07, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Jonathan Lopes to display on TCLTC Layout for ILTCO Convention (was: Re: Manhattan's Engine 14)
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| (...) Thanks! I wish my pic showed the BBB wheels better. They really look sharp. Thanks also for the pic of the prototype. (...) I'm really looking forward to this too. I promise not to bring that lot on Faile Street - or create a new lot to bring. (...) (17 years ago, 4-Jan-07, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Jonathan Lopes to display on TCLTC Layout for ILTCO Convention (was: Re: Manhattan's Engine 14)
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| (...) i agree! very cool idea. i'm sure i'll be barrowing it sooner or later. (...) This totally kicks butt. I’m really happy to see this collaboration. This year’s show is going to be HUGE but seeing this type of thing happen tells me it's going to (...) (17 years ago, 4-Jan-07, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Jonathan Lopes to display on TCLTC Layout for ILTCO Convention (was: Re: Manhattan's Engine 14)
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| (...) Dude! I wondered when (URL) you'd> chime in:-) JOHN (17 years ago, 4-Jan-07, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, FTX)
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