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 Posted - September 01 2013 : 11:56:03 AM
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Making a "big" entrance is this vintage Eldon Little Big Train, with a 7.5 inch track radius, it's a tight little set-up! LOL Needs some new rubber bands to run, but the motor works. I found that some mini train pieces at Toys R Us are about the correct size to match this, the orange passenger car between the caboose and engine is mounted on a regular HO truck, I will probably acquire some more passenger cars so this can be a little big passenger set  . I think Eldon made both a Freight and Passenger version, I have the freight ( original yellow box car not shown , missing a flat car ), but thought it would be  to make my own passenger set out of more recent materials. Anyway, here it 'tis. I need to either extend the pins, or lower the passenger car onto the truck more, so they will mate properly.
Jerry
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Edited by - AMC_Gremlin_GT on September 01 2013 11:56:55 AM
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Posted - September 02 2013 : 6:12:44 PM
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My SOTW, the Royal Blue, all 'new-in-box.'
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Posted - September 04 2013 : 10:13:43 PM
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I bought this at a thrift shop today near my old college for only $6! It's a partial set of Tyco's "Burlington Northern" set from 1979!
It was missing the locomotive and a couple of trestles, but I improvised with my own Mantua BN locomotive. I might swap out the couplers on the rolling stock and use them with my layout.
I noticed it came with a little thing of spare rail joiners. I wonder how you would use them? It looks pretty difficult to remove those attached joiners (the kind where they are stuck on the bottom, unlike Atlas or early Tyco track.)
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Posted - September 05 2013 : 08:53:29 AM
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Even crimped on joiners can get loose and misshapen with repeated assembly and disassembly of the track, as most train sets are subjected to.
Glenn
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Posted - September 05 2013 : 3:53:45 PM
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quote:Even crimped on joiners can get loose and misshapen with repeated assembly and disassembly of the track, as most train sets are subjected to.
Originally posted by gmoney - September 05 2013 : 08:53:29 AM
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I know; that's why I don't really like them. Life-Like's standard Code-100 track has rather fragile joiners, too. If anything, I prefer track where the joiners can easily be replaced, like Atlas and older Tyco.
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Posted - September 05 2013 : 4:20:26 PM
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quote: quote:Even crimped on joiners can get loose and misshapen with repeated assembly and disassembly of the track, as most train sets are subjected to.
Originally posted by gmoney - September 05 2013 : 08:53:29 AM
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I know; that's why I don't really like them. Life-Like's standard Code-100 track has rather fragile joiners, too. If anything, I prefer track where the joiners can easily be replaced, like Atlas and older Tyco.
Originally posted by wiley209Â -Â September 05 2013Â :Â 3:53:45 PM
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Oh...my bad! I didn't actually make my point.  When the crimped on ones get "non-functional" you can snatch them off with pliers or something, and use the provided replacements. I agree that can be a pain, though; I'd rather use the non-crimped ones too.
Glenn
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