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 Posted - September 02 2013 : 9:09:06 PM
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I have a box load of track that I will not be using on my layout. A lot of old atlas brass track, all shapes and sizes and some Tyco track still in the box. I just finished my layout and all of this is left over. Sell at a good price or gladly trade for some rolling stock. Let me know if you want to see photos.
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 Posted - September 02 2013 : 9:26:23 PM
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I wanna get rid of the same type of track too 
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Posted - September 02 2013 : 11:00:45 PM
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I assume that it's all code 100?
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Posted - September 03 2013 : 12:10:37 AM
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If code 100, you got any 22" radius curves or 12 1/2 degree crossings?
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Posted - September 03 2013 : 12:22:43 AM
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Yes all Code 100 and I believe their might be some 22 radius. Tons of 18 radius. I will take photos tomorrow.
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Posted - September 03 2013 : 07:15:42 AM
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I am involved with the Ohio Valley Lines model railroad club in Pittsburgh. We have a program called "Trains for Tots". We give away about 100 train sets per year around Christmas time. A lot of what we give away is HO gauge equipment that is either donated or purchased cheaply. Everything that we get is re-conditioned into good shape and then placed into 'train-set' type boxes.
Each set includes a power pack, oval of track, locomotive, 4 cars, caboose and an instruction sheet.
If you have any thing track wise that you would like to donate we would be glad to get it; or anything HO gauge wise for the kids. You can check out the program by going to the club's website.
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Posted - September 03 2013 : 5:26:36 PM
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I would gladly donate it. LEt me pack it up along with some other stuff and will PM you for the mailing address.
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Posted - September 03 2013 : 6:00:36 PM
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| Very Nice, Ray! Thank You!
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Posted - September 03 2013 : 8:35:15 PM
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That will be great Ray. The last I spoke with the "ramrod" of the kid's project; we already had about 80 sets ready for this Christmas. I still have about 75 locomotives to get through so we likely will be over 100 sets this year.
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Posted - September 03 2013 : 9:57:00 PM
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Got some power packs, bsic ones included in train sets. I will send those as well if you need the.
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Posted - September 04 2013 : 10:38:04 AM
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We can use everything you do not need. That's how the program got started. We were talking about all of the "stuff" that every model railroader collects; parts etc. We then talked about how if a group of guys all put their cast off stuff together, we could make up sets for underprivileged kids. In 2010, the first year, as I recall we gave away 75 sets. Then the word about our program started to spread. People were coming out of the woodwork; donating all kinds of stuff. Last year we gave away 100 sets. If you get a chance to look at the club's website, there are pictures of the kids receiving the train sets. You should see the smiles.
Of course there is a lot of money spent out of our pockets too; here and there but we really get a big bang for our bucks. There is also a lot of work done repairing locomotives (my job) and fixing cars and cleaning track etc. (we use about 12 Brite-boys a year) But we figure that this may be a good way to make new model railroaders. A lot of families cannot afford a $100 train set.
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