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Marklin. Best model trains.
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I have some but they're currently sitting in a box for lack of space.   I made those loads of coal by using a sieve of appropriate size to get H0-scaled sand and then glued it together and painted it. Elukka fucked around with this message at 01:06 on Apr 25, 2020 |
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Apr 23, 2020 05:44
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Elukka posted:I have some but they're currently sitting in a box for lack of space. When I was a child, my brother and I built a 30' HO layout in our basement.    
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Apr 24, 2020 18:59
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dang that's a beauty, post more pictures if you got em!
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Apr 24, 2020 19:04
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Very nice. I had an HO setup on a sheet of particle board as a kid. Still have my locos and rolling stock in the closet. I'd like to do an N scale setup in my basement for when I have the time and money for an Old Man Hobby again.
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Apr 24, 2020 19:57
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Minto Took posted:Very nice. I had an HO setup on a sheet of particle board as a kid. Still have my locos and rolling stock in the closet. I love your avatar.
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Apr 24, 2020 19:59
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CLAM DOWN posted:I love your avatar. 
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Apr 24, 2020 20:00
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Those aren't model trains, that is a highly-distributed-traction switching locomotive.
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Apr 24, 2020 20:53
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NvK1KpRTEs
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May 10, 2020 02:21
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All trains are fun to smooch
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May 10, 2020 06:16
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MrYenko posted:Those aren't model trains, that is a highly-distributed-traction switching locomotive. horizontal scaling
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May 10, 2020 11:50
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TITANKISSER69 posted:All trains are fun to smooch ATAG
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May 13, 2020 21:45
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:dang that's a beauty, post more pictures if you got em! Thank you. We did this layout in the early 1970's. I did the track bed, bridge etc. My brother did the art and we both did the mountains out of chicken wire, newspapers and plaster of paris.  The whole thing started with the slot car track and just got out of control. My parents didn't even know about this for months.
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May 14, 2020 06:10
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VideoGameVet posted:Thank you. What did they have to say when they finally found out about it? 
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May 14, 2020 06:32
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Neddy Seagoon posted:What did they have to say when they finally found out about it? Bitched a bit, but were ok with it. They had fun when they sold the place (I was in Grad School by then) getting the plaster off of that concrete wall. They were pretty hands-off anyway. I hitchhiked across Canada and the USA when I was 16 years old after getting hit by a car in Ottawa, on an attempt to bike across Canada from the NYC area. I'm sure my mom was not in favor of that, but my Dad's generation (WWII Vets) tended to be ok with their children doing risky stuff.
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May 14, 2020 19:03
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was trolling youtube on different subjects and stumbled across this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2-Q4maINVQ
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May 16, 2020 01:01
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Saw this accident write-up on Reddit. All I have to say is, holy poo poo... https://i.redd.it/s55kt72kdg351.jpg https://www.reddit.com/r/CatastrophicFailure/comments/gy8vuh/the_2020_auggen_bridge_collision_a_100_metric_ton/
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Jun 8, 2020 00:08
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Kilonum posted:was trolling youtube on different subjects and stumbled across this. Private video.
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Jun 8, 2020 16:01
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McDeth posted:Saw this accident write-up on Reddit. All I have to say is, holy poo poo... It seems a bit bananas to use this accident as a reason to ban roll on-roll off. What if it had been a passenger train? Ban mass transit?
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Jun 9, 2020 04:22
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The Real Amethyst posted:Private video. loving hell, was public when I posted it.
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Jun 9, 2020 22:42
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First of all I love trains and am glad to find this thread Second: please help! Does anyone know what kind of language I would use to describe this thing? I'm trying to see if it's worth anything on Ebay. It's a ticket collector's counter from a Philly trolley line. It has buttons for a ticket, cash, transfer, or half fare. A bell rings when you hit any button; the bell is a different tone for half fare. Pressing the button advances the little wheels that count how many passengers have used each kind of fare for the day.    I tried seaching for exactly the words on the stamp on the back and didn't find anything other than some patent law in old books. I tried things like "ticket collector mechanical counter" and "railway ticket counter" and so on with no luck finding anything similar. It's really neat and it was my step-grandpa's but I'm moving and it's just been in my basement forever. Anyone know what this is called?
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Jun 17, 2020 17:50
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My suggestion is to see if any preservation groups or transport museums want it. That seems really neat.
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Jun 17, 2020 18:19
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Good call, the PA trolley museum is a thing!
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Jun 17, 2020 18:24
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I'd suggest looking up the term "fare counter", possibly combined with "streetcar" or "trolley". Looks cool, and looks to be in really good shape!
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Jun 17, 2020 19:08
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Good news, it looks like the PA trolley museum wants it  thanks for the idea.
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Jun 17, 2020 19:20
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"It belongs in a museum!" Awesome little mechanism, it's cool that you found a museum that's interested. That seems like a really unique item that's probably worth some money. You might want to loan it for display rather than outright donating if they're interested.
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Jun 17, 2020 19:48
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Hmm that's a thought, but honestly I think my grandma and grandpa would have wanted it to end up belonging to a trolley museum. They loved trolleys, and museums.
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Jun 17, 2020 19:51
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alnilam posted:Hmm that's a thought, but honestly I think my grandma and grandpa would have wanted it to end up belonging to a trolley museum. They loved trolleys, and museums. An easy thing you could do is donate with the stipulation that, should it be displayed, there should be a sign indicating that it's from "the collection of Gpa and Gma Alnilam" or something like that to really get their efforts recognized.
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Jun 17, 2020 20:12
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Tex Avery posted:An easy thing you could do is donate with the stipulation that, should it be displayed, there should be a sign indicating that it's from "the collection of Gpa and Gma Alnilam" or something like that to really get their efforts recognized. That's exactly what I asked for and they said no problem 
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Jun 17, 2020 20:21
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Good job, dude! If this bullshit coronavirus ever ends, I'll look forward to finally getting my rear end back out to PA and checking to see if I spot this fare counter at any museums I go to.
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Jun 17, 2020 21:20
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alnilam posted:Good news, it looks like the PA trolley museum wants it That's awesome! 
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Jun 18, 2020 05:49
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The PA trolley museum has a webinar series, Trolleyology, that has been fun. Good presenters, pretty genuine. I used to volunteer there as a teen, glad they're actually getting pretty successful!
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Jun 18, 2020 07:20
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAuuS6tKHZc
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Jun 18, 2020 13:51
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oh thats some good pipe acting at 19m20
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Jun 19, 2020 19:48
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Pretty cool mechanism there, a patent comes up as number 176,426 from August 20, 1875, and it was referred to as a passenger fare counter or passenger fare enumerator. On page 802 if the link isn't exact. https://books.google.com/books?id=O...%201875&f=false Also, there's a picture of one on page 36 here https://www.google.com/url?q=http:/...m2Uexcm6pLYVW-G Pigsfeet on Rye fucked around with this message at 23:48 on Jun 19, 2020 |
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Jun 19, 2020 23:35
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ChickenOfTomorrow posted:oh thats some good pipe acting at 19m20 The whole channel is fascinating, it popped up on my Youtube suggestions and I'm hooked - it seems you weren't dressed properly in the 50s/60s unless you had a pipe or cigarette
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Jun 20, 2020 01:21
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JingleBells posted:The whole channel is fascinating, it popped up on my Youtube suggestions and I'm hooked - it seems you weren't dressed properly in the 50s/60s unless you had a pipe or cigarette I really like the guy chasing down the rail car near the end in a full 3 piece suit with the wood lever to try and activate the brakes.
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Jun 20, 2020 04:22
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The idea of having to run beside a free wheeling car, lift and drop a lever, then sticking a club in and applying so much downward force that you can just about lift yourself off the ground spooks me. I once had a foreman/engineer talk to me because she saw me power walking next to a cut of cars I was guiding her into a track with. She told me there's nothing at this job worth running for unless I'm running for my life from danger. I wonder what she'd think of this.
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Jun 20, 2020 21:52
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A really interesting snapshot of a small slice in time - modernising goods yards, electric vehicles and computerised dockets... but all the goods are still breakbulk. Fascinating. The new yard still exists: https://goo.gl/maps/8fYEfCVdX9AdzJ8Z9 Most of the bulk steel has left Sheffield now - i'm told that they make more money now than before, concentrating on high-precision engineering tasks. A history of the Dowty marshalling yard system: https://www.dowtyheritage.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Wagon-Control.pdf meltie fucked around with this message at 18:56 on Jun 21, 2020 |
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Jun 21, 2020 18:51
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BVMTH is going to flip for this. Thanks! 
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Jun 21, 2020 20:09
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