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    Huh. I always called those "binding posts and screws." They used to be extremely common, when office supply stores were invested in selling office supplies. I.e., back in the 60s and 70s. In the 60s I worked for an office supply store and people bought these things by the box. Very useful for binding books of accounting ledgers.
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    @Murdoch17, I don't understand what you mean when you say it's not "track-compatible in any way." On the logging rr page, it says, "The train can run on standard tracks, and uses standard buffers & magnets. It's also designed with the option to add a motor and battery box (not included)." One of the comments complains that there aren't any track pieces to go from ground level to the trestle level. That part's always been left "as an exercise for the reader."
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    I agree with @Selander, make the passenger car longer. But I also prefer the first version with the brown stripes! Can you actually buy the dark green train windows? I didn't think think they ever made those (but I bet a cloner did).
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    @E_Blancher, you need to host a bigger picture somewhere else: the EB Forums will only host 100K pix, which is very small, and only enough to cover pictures in your signature. Lots of people use Flickr.
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    I'm gonna get two. Won't be able to run the resulting engine on my layout, due to clearance issues (6-wide clearances don't play well with an 8-wide engine), but I have just the right display space for a longer engine and four cars. Plus, I might use a diesel or electric engine instead of the OE teakettle.
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    Nice one! I admit to being a sucker for a nice interlocking tower. Supported.
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    I'll take what I can get.
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    Yup, very nice. Are you going to make instructions available? I hope so, I'd buy them immediately. It's a very cool car, and I'm amazed you got the lettering on there. Looks terrific. That said, if you make instructions then I'd build a version without the lettering, leave off the buffers & add some knuckle couplers.
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    Nice. I have the original kit. This looks like an excellent update, though if it were me I'd use 4-wheel trucks (bogies). ... Regardless, here is the link to rebrickable instructions: https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-163832/Brickvillerv2/shell-tanker-wagon/#details
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    @Ashi Valkoinen Tell your girlfriend that's the best Lego lake I've ever seen.
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    Sweet. Supported.
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    Yeah, I'll probably get two myself. I can run the Emerald Night on my layout, but a full 8-wide like this will bang into things & make me have to rebuild a few things--irritatedly Plus it'll look funny on the curves--of which I have a lot. But at least it's not 10-wide or a giant 30-wide which would *really* piss me off. But with two, I can have four cars* and one *improved* engine. ----- * I'm planning on having 4 different configurations
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    Amazing. I bought enough engines and cars when they came out to build two A units and a B, plus all the cars. I probably still have enough left over to build at least one more car. ... If only I'd been smart enough when they came out to buy bunches of the cars & a couple more engines. Sigh. (The locos, A&B, and the five cars, are all prominently displayed.) I did buy James' book, though. Excellent instructions. I built his RS1 & was very impressed. Still have it together, too. This consist is terrific.
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    Sweet. Are you going to make instructions available?
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    I've run my 9v motors for years using an HO MRC throttle with sound with no harmful side-effects. I will say that I never ever run them at the full 12v, because at that speed it takes only a second or two of high-speed running to derail. Plus it's not at all prototypical--running most HO locos at full throttle results in them flying along at three hundred MPH (480KPH). I'd imagine that if you did the math to figure out Lego scale speed it'd work out roughly similarly.
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    Cute as a button!
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    Nice! It's obvious that you had access to the old Santa Fe F kits--the grey trucks are a giveaway--and this is an excellent representation. I love the nose! That said, I do think it ought to be a little longer, which would allow you to put three fans at the end, over the radiator, and two in the middle. This is a terrific choice for a model, one that hasn't been done in Lego AFAIK.
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    Your sidekick is adorable. & your models ain't half bad.
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    Zounds! As usual, a marvelous interpretation!
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    Very nice indeed. It captures the original about as close as is possible with Lego.
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    More than a little jealousy-provoking. Very nice work--as always!
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    Woot! Very nice indeed!
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    Thank you, but I too am a staunch 6w builder! Someone else should step up and build it for us!
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    It's a great model, and I like it a ton. I too am a 6-wide builder--very, very limited layout space. So despite thinking that the PA is maybe the best-looking passenger locomotive ever, at the same time, I think this loco would benefit from being 8-wide. The side view is excellent, but it's simply not wide enough. Of course, if you offered it to me I would leap at it with all the lust of a starving kitten! I'd run it & love it!
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    Wow. That thing's awesome (the Darlington Brick Train).
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