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At some point, I figured out that an 0-4-0T could go around a really sharp curve, so I looped a 3 foot section of flex track around on itself and made a small loop around a small Christmas tree:
For a movie of the train going around:
https://vimeo.com/82349267
The "ore" in the ore jenny is a non-gem form of topaz known as sand crystals. I found those last month while digging topaz with a friend of mine who is a rock hound. They catch the light interestingly as the train passes under the Christmas lights.
I would like to see what other members have done with the link between Christmas and trains.
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Posted - December 19 2013 : 11:32:04 PM
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HOW on earth did you get that flex track to work??? I made a 10" circle last year with flex track, and it was very difficult. The joints wanted to spring out, so I soldered them together but it still wasn't a smooth joint. I wound up replacing that circle this year with Eldon track, which has factory curves in a very tight radius.
Nice job!
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Posted - December 19 2013 : 11:56:48 PM
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shaggy that is TOO COOL  love it
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Posted - December 20 2013 : 12:04:03 AM
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I'm more wondering how he got a Rivarossi docksider to run back to back well with an IHC Docksider 
Really dig it though!
I buy, repair, and collect
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Posted - December 20 2013 : 02:30:13 AM
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well Varney did advertize that the Dockside can go around tight circles 
& you just proved it really does
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Posted - December 20 2013 : 08:18:43 AM
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| sweet tree set,giving me ideas,ken
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Posted - December 20 2013 : 10:40:46 AM
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quote:I'm more wondering how he got a Rivarossi docksider to run back to back well with an IHC Docksider
Originally posted by SCVR66Â -Â December 20 2013Â :Â 12:04:03 AM
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Internally, they're both Rivarossi but one has had a shell transplant.
quote:| HOW on earth did you get that flex track to work??? Originally posted by 59Chevy - December 19 2013 : 11:32:04 PM
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When I nailed it down, I was able to push the joint to where it wouldn't kink.
Thanks, everyone, for the kind words.
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Posted - December 20 2013 : 1:34:37 PM
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| Cool little set-up! It's neat to see the two docksiders running back-to-back.
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Posted - December 20 2013 : 1:53:19 PM
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Nice job on all of it. It reminds me of the demonstration of the Penn Line Midget running around the edge of a silver dollar.
The drivers were a dead giveaway that they were both Rivarossi (I think the transplanted shell is a Life-Like). Are they stock running at low voltage, or have they been regeared? They're running at a reasonable consistent speed.
I like the vertical boiler on the flat, and the 8-wheeled bobber. 
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Posted - December 20 2013 : 4:34:46 PM
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quote:Are they stock running at low voltage, or have they been regeared? They're running at a reasonable consistent speed.
I like the vertical boiler on the flat, and the 8-wheeled bobber.
Originally posted by NickelPlate759Â -Â December 20 2013Â :Â 1:53:19 PM
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They're stock running at low voltage. The fact that there are two raises the amperage to where it's easier for a throttle to precisely control. One engine alone would be more likely to go from 0 to 80 in 5 milliseconds.
The 8 wheel bobber is a chassis from tyco's usual streamlined caboose with a section cut out of the middle. To that is added a bobber shell scrounged off of a boom tender car. Both those parts were in a bagged assortment that the LHS imaginatively called a "Bag of Stuff."
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Posted - December 20 2013 : 7:16:15 PM
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| whats funny about that 8 wheeled bobber is some rail lines really did convert old 4 wheel bobbers to 8 wheels
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Posted - December 20 2013 : 7:35:36 PM
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[quote]HOW on earth did you get that flex track to work??? I made a 10" circle last year with flex track, and it was very difficult. The joints wanted to spring out, so I soldered them together but it still wasn't a smooth joint. I wound up replacing that circle this year with Eldon track, which has factory curves in a very tight radius.
Nice job!
Mark
Originally posted by 59Chevy - December 19 2013 : 11:32:04 PM
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I only used flex track for straights. On curves, one rail gets shorter than the other... I remember cutting down a rail on my flex track years ago!
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Posted - December 20 2013 : 9:38:17 PM
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| Flex for straights defeats the purpose. You can buy a moto-tool for under $10 at Harbor Freight and use the cut-off wheels it comes with for fast easy cutting on the longer rail (wear goggles, they do sometimes break). In the old days we used an Atlas Snap-Saw.
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Posted - December 20 2013 : 10:12:06 PM
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That was 1974 but I'd think of using the 3 foot straights again today. I have all the metal cutting tools from being an automotive metal fabricator building some extreme customs. I cut HO rails when I was 14 but cut'em with a hack saw blade and filed them smooth...
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Posted - December 20 2013 : 10:15:07 PM
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There's also a special nipper made for cutting rail. One side of the cut is flush and straight and on the other side the rail is deformed. Obviously, you turn the nipper so the clean cut is on the side you want to keep. You have to protect your eyes using this tool, too. The discarded piece can really fly when the nipper cuts through.
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Posted - December 20 2013 : 10:18:03 PM
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Merry Christmas NS !!!
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 Posted - December 06 2020 : 3:21:09 PM
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Nice to get into the holiday spirit especially this year.
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Posted - December 07 2020 : 11:55:53 PM
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On my off day I relaxed and later walked in my neighborhood to see Christmas displays.
Nice house about two miles away from my home seen today December 7 2020.
Same house I videotaped back in January 2020.
Another video from me in showing that home in January 2020.
A nearby house with many displays seen January 2020.
Another video from that home in January 2020.
That home today did not have the extensive decorations this time.
This way crowds do not gather the same way as they did in the past.
For obvious reasons this very different Christmas season.
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Posted - December 24 2020 : 5:39:56 PM
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Classic television show with a Christmas theme episode.
Originally shown in black and white. Colorized recently. This is from their first season.
Their fourth season had a similar Christmas episode in color.
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