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Re: 1999 Train 4561
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lugnet.trains
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Mon, 7 Dec 1998 16:12:56 GMT
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Carbon 60 wrote:
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> Larry Pieniazek writes:
> > After what Grahame said about it, I was expecting something a bit
> > different. Lego seems to have continued this "futuristic" theme that was
> > started in 4559.
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> Notice this is 4561 is pictured. Maybe Grahame is referring to a 4560 which
> may be limited to certain countries...
Grahame? I doubt it though.
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> > It appears to me that this set does NOT use train windows. Instead, it's
> > either using thinwalls or some other sort of other frameless glass in
> > the coaches. It's hard to tell from the picture if the coaches use the
> > drop center plates like 4559 did but it looks like it. Fairly
> > unprototypical as well.
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> Well I think the drop-centre plates are used in European double-deck trains to
> get the extra room.
But this is not a double decker. If you want drop center, TLG, then
design a nice US commuter train like chicago area pushpull, or a nice US
long distance bilevel, like Amtrak Superliner, or some euro
doubledecker. Stop with the drop center on single level.
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> Well, they have to make it internationally buyable but this isn't buyable at
> all.
I'm not following that.
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> Well you have to be 9v complete..
So yes, I will get it, no doubt.
> Anyway Larry - have you found anything out about the German 3225 with black
> windows?
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> Carbon 60
GaryLouie did some digging, and he and I both now believe that photo was
a store building the set and modifying it. He got reports that the 3225
as shipped in Germany is the same piecewise as the 3225 we're getting
stateside.
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| (...) I was told that there would be extra train sets but only available by mail-order. Just what the sets are, I do not know. I shall be asking though at our next meeting. Grahame Reid (25 years ago, 7-Dec-98, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Notice this is 4561 is pictured. Maybe Grahame is referring to a 4560 which may be limited to certain countries... (...) Well I think the drop-centre plates are used in European double-deck trains to get the extra room. (...) Much better than (...) (25 years ago, 6-Dec-98, to lugnet.trains)
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