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Posted by trigtrax on Thursday, May 24, 2007 6:18 PM

 

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Posted by darianj on Thursday, May 24, 2007 3:57 PM

 NYC Fan wrote:
In light of all of the problems with the Acela and the opening and closing doors, I think I will wait and see!

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Posted by NYC Fan on Thursday, May 24, 2007 2:00 PM
In light of all of the problems with the Acela and the opening and closing doors, I think I will wait and see!
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Posted by lionelsoni on Wednesday, May 23, 2007 9:09 AM
Vade in pace.

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Posted by basement artie on Wednesday, May 23, 2007 9:05 AM
Oops! Add a keyboarding class as well.
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Posted by basement artie on Wednesday, May 23, 2007 9:03 AM
I stand corrected! I believe a refresher course mau be in order.
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Posted by lionelsoni on Tuesday, May 22, 2007 10:10 PM
Accusative, Artie--but still "fora".

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, May 22, 2007 7:49 PM

I did hear a story on NPR several months ago where the Lionel staff were in NYC subway stations recording sounds. That's some attention to detail.

I noticed the original 0-72 requirements and said, well, that is that. Nice to see a more reasonable requirement in that respect.

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Posted by cnw1995 on Tuesday, May 22, 2007 8:56 AM
The one sponsored by a CTT competitor whom I will not name on this forum.  I think I've read they're using somewhat the same mechanism as on the Acela doors.

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Posted by basement artie on Tuesday, May 22, 2007 7:50 AM

Which fora(I believe that's right, nom. pl.) can I visit to check out some more of the discussion?  The opening and closing doors seems very interesting.  I wonder if this is a first.  My concern would be a tendency toward breakdown.  Thanks.

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Posted by LS1Heli on Monday, May 21, 2007 9:34 PM

I was just checking these out as well. I believe that they are coming out in either June or July and I plan on being in line for a set.

These are going to be far superior in quality, performance and detail than the MTH stuff. These are even suppose to have radio controlled opening doors! The color and level of detail just looks great. 

I am not a subway guy but these are just to cool.

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Posted by kpolak on Monday, May 21, 2007 8:15 PM

Fora?

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Posted by lionelsoni on Monday, May 21, 2007 6:30 PM
"foris"--ablative plural, I think;-)

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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, May 21, 2007 5:02 PM

subway...that sounds pretty neat

 

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Posted by palallin on Monday, May 21, 2007 3:18 PM

 cnw1995 wrote:
. . . in other forums (forui? foruae?) . . .

 

Fora.

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Posted by cnw1995 on Monday, May 21, 2007 3:05 PM
Oh boy, there is a lot of discussion about this in other forums (forui? foruae?) with parts dedicated to traction or subways. There's even photos of the cast shown at York. I would say from what I've read it is expected to be comparable or superior (certainly in suggested price) to something in the Premier line. It is now said to require 036 curves - after an initial note that said 072 required.

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lionel subway set
Posted by basement artie on Monday, May 21, 2007 2:15 PM

Anybody have any information on the Lionel Subway set due to be released later this year?  It looks to me like it is comparable in design/quality to the MTH premier subway sets.

 

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