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Date: 11/13/04 18:53
And now for something almost completely different
Author: WoodwardEJ

Work took me to the UK this fall. As I was preparing to fly out of the Darlington area on October 2, I encountered this brick locomotive sculpture. Some research on the web told me it was constructed in 1997 and commemorates the Mallard's 126 mph run in 1938. Several other web sites will tell you more about it - for example

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/dave_scott/Train.htm

I wasn't sure it best fit in the Steam or International discussion, so I chose steam.

Jim W.

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Date: 11/13/04 21:13
Re: And now for something almost completely different
Author: LarryB

Man!! That's one helluva lot of bricks!

LarryB @ mp308, UP Canyon Sub

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Date: 11/13/04 23:04
Re: And now for something almost completely different
Author: xtra1188w

That's different alright.

Con

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Date: 11/14/04 08:37
Re: And now for something almost completely different
Author: africansteam

Lego my loco!
Africamsteam

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Date: 11/14/04 09:34
Re: And now for something almost completely different
Author: IC_2024

"All in all, you're just another brick in the wall" Pink Floyd (extended Steam loco version)

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Date: 11/15/04 10:10
Re: And now for something almost completely different
Author: switchlock

(Thick As A) Locomotive Brick

Any Jethro Tull fans around here?

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Date: 11/15/04 10:37
Re: And now for something almost completely different
Author: dhart

I'm sure many thousands of years from now our ancestors will wonder what this strange thing actually is. Perhaps on a par with Stonehenge.

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Date: 11/15/04 17:03
Re: And now for something almost completely different
Author: DaveE

switchlock Wrote:
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> (Thick As A) Locomotive Brick
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> Any Jethro Tull fans around here?

Let's see, if I have a case of "Locomotive Breath" would I qualify as a JT fan?

DaveE

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Date: 11/15/04 20:47
Re: And now for something almost completely different
Author: prr4828

Hi all

How long before a photo gets posted, in the Model RR forum perhaps, of that sculpture built from Lego "don't call them Legos" bricks? ;-)

Neat photo, thanks for posting!

* JB *

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Date: 11/16/04 19:33
Re: And now for something almost completely different
Author: mikel

Best I could come up with on short notice w/o worrying about photocopyrights on the web. This is one of many Lego train shots I took at LegoLand near San Diego earlier this year. Unfortunately they didn't have any steam running that day. :P

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Date: 11/16/04 19:36
Re: And now for something almost completely different
Author: mikel

There's a whole buncha steam legoloco pictures here:

http://www.mocpages.com/directory.php/43

and lotsa other Lego creations on that home page at:

http://www.mocpages.com/directory.php/43

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Date: 11/17/04 16:56
Re: And now for something almost completely different
Author: MikeUP4014

How about "Train Train" by Blackfoot.. Neat shot..

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