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 Posted - July 09 2013 : 4:32:48 PM
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Set Of The Week
Tuesday, July 09, 2013
9 July 2013
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Posted - July 09 2013 : 4:33:52 PM
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please do not use events when posting OTWs 
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Posted - July 09 2013 : 4:43:16 PM
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These models all need work, but I had "ants in my pants" to see what this double-header would look like and pull like. Presently, my interest has been mountain steam railroading and early on it took a couple of locomotives to pull even a small train up some mountain passes (there are photos of like 5 locomotives or more behind a rotary snow plow on Hagerman Pass in Colorado). So . . . these Tyco-Mantua Rogers 4-6-0's did pull the 6 car Mantua brass train . . . albeit not without occasional spinning wheels. Then the transformer overheated. Guess I'll see what I can do about weight and friction as I go over each car. 
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Posted - July 09 2013 : 4:47:35 PM
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| My apologies microbusss. Should have asked someone how to do it first. Just for reference, tell me how to do it the way it should have been done. Thanks. Barry
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Posted - July 09 2013 : 4:53:35 PM
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well ok
1st click on New Topic & NOT new events
Then put in SOTW with month day & year
Like July 07 2013 or 07/07/2013 - 07/13/2013
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Posted - July 09 2013 : 11:01:32 PM
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Nice looking set! I've seen a few other pictures posted here of the old time steamers. It's definitely a neat theme for a layout...I figure it's only a matter of time until I find an old time Tyco and end up building a whole layout around it 
I see you're in the construction phase of a layout (not that there's any other phase ). I'm sure we'd all love to see some pics once that progresses.
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Posted - July 17 2013 : 12:34:49 AM
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| That's been in the construction phase for a while. I got a bit discouraged when I tried to put down ballast and it just became a big mess. I think I wasn't patient enough. Also (I'm not sure what other folks think), I found it very difficult to get the ballast to stay on the sides of the Walthers foam road bed. I will post some photos if I get to a place that I think they're worth showing.
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Posted - July 17 2013 : 01:41:45 AM
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| Ballast is a real pain. You just need to find what works for you. I used that foam trackbed as well. The trick is to mist the ballast with water and then spray on some glue/water mix. Usually the glue mix needs to be applied several times. Patience is key
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