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Posted - May 22 2020 : 01:04:26 AM
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I done something I have not done in years! I bought another Piggyback flat with Trailers! Got a Tropicana for Buy it Now on ebay for $10!!
https://www.ebay.com/itm/264738966080
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Posted - May 22 2020 : 9:25:37 PM
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quote:I done something I have not done in years! I bought another Piggyback flat with Trailers! Got a Tropicana for Buy it Now on ebay for $10!!
https://www.ebay.com/itm/264738966080
Originally posted by walt - May 22 2020 : 01:04:26 AM
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yer supposed to send ME one 
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Posted - May 23 2020 : 03:28:13 AM
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| I had to pay upwards of $35 - $42 for the Tropicana's in the past. I couldn't pass this on up for $10
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Posted - May 24 2020 : 4:18:31 PM
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I recently paid as much for a Tropicanna. Knowing that some of these
unique pieces will end up in the landfill is hard to take. Just another
great piece to your great collection!
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Posted - June 04 2020 : 8:16:45 PM
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Walt, I heard busss talking about a custom Tropicana loco and caboose, I found this while browsing the bay. Check it out! If you get an Athearn F7 chassis you can have a Tropicana F7!
Item # 293602824834
It's basically $20 total. It would be so cool if you got this to head your Tropicana cars!
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Posted - June 04 2020 : 11:17:20 PM
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| Yes, Alex... That would be a neat thing to do and who knows, maybe I will purchase that Engine some day! I have several sets of Tyco piggybacks that could be done with. It's a great idea from MicroBen...
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Posted - June 04 2020 : 11:35:52 PM
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| Good eye, Blax. Exceedingly tempting.
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Posted - June 05 2020 : 09:08:23 AM
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quote:Yes, Alex... That would be a neat thing to do and who knows, maybe I will purchase that Engine some day! I have several sets of Tyco piggybacks that could be done with. It's a great idea from MicroBen...
Originally posted by walt - June 04 2020 : 11:17:20 PM
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Do it!!!
Horn could use a splash of white though...
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Posted - June 05 2020 : 8:00:23 PM
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Actually, i could make my own custom engine and caboose faily easily...
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Posted - June 05 2020 : 11:37:50 PM
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Thursday night I actually spent a couple of hours cutting the 6-1/4 inch extension boards to fit the framework. Put a first coat of paint on them for now. Need to hit Lowe's for a bag of screws to mount it down with. This gives me 60 feet more side track to display my cars that are currently in a drawer... The other rails are crooked right now from being disturbed for this addition... Horrible 1st photo quality...
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Posted - June 06 2020 : 08:46:05 AM
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quote:Actually, i could make my own custom engine and caboose faily easily...
Originally posted by walt - June 05 2020 : 8:00:23 PM
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Oh, I thought I heard you say that you didn't want to do any of that custom stuff.
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Posted - June 06 2020 : 12:45:27 PM
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| I'm really not into the custom made train pieces, Alex.. But if I do the Tropicana engine and caboose I would kind of like to do it myself...
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Posted - June 06 2020 : 6:22:04 PM
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quote:I'm really not into the custom made train pieces, Alex.. But if I do the Tropicana engine and caboose I would kind of like to do it myself...
Originally posted by walt - June 06 2020 : 12:45:27 PM
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Oh! Well in that case I'd love to see you do it!
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Posted - June 08 2020 : 4:20:21 PM
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Lookin' good, Walt!
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Posted - June 08 2020 : 8:53:39 PM
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| Alex, I have been giving it quite a bit of thought! 😊. Thank You, RP ! I did however make it to Home Depot today and got the screws I needed to mount the boards down...🙃
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Posted - June 09 2020 : 09:12:35 AM
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| Awesome! My dad got the rollers we need off eBay for my future table yesterday!
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Posted - June 09 2020 : 12:45:10 PM
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| So the Blaxland Railroad is getting off the floor? Wow!
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Posted - June 09 2020 : 1:49:14 PM
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quote:So the Blaxland Railroad is getting off the floor? Wow!
Originally posted by Chops124Â -Â June 09 2020Â :Â 12:45:10 PM
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And once it does, I'll be able to start making my sets again to make the episodes.
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Posted - June 11 2020 : 11:42:54 AM
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I was just getting into adding the track to my addition only to find out that I didn't have enough rail joiners. Got on ebay and bought some. Will resume when they arrive...
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Posted - June 14 2020 : 11:22:54 PM
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A couple of pix of the added section. Have two full 20 foot tracks down and have to order a turn out switch. I used one for another side track that I added a while back.. Will straighten the tracks along side of each other …
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Posted - June 28 2020 : 02:05:17 AM
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Messing around with the layout a little tonight and I was thinking about the 3 , 20 foot side tracks that I am adding. I already had 1 full 20 foot side track. 80 feet of parking space for my extra train cars. 20 feet will hold 26 of the longer 9 inch box cars by Tyco, or more of the shorter cars... Then I have several other long side tracks around the layout... Still waiting on the pack of Atlas straight track to arrive.
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Posted - June 28 2020 : 9:13:19 PM
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Sounds good, Walt. Can't wait to see photos of more progress.
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Posted - June 28 2020 : 10:47:56 PM
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Thanks, Robert. Last night I decided to cut the plywood insert for this section shown here. Thinking of what detail and exactly what to use on this section for around the buildings detail and I'm guessing using blacktop for the parking lots areas. The section is 30x33 inches...
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Posted - June 29 2020 : 02:56:00 AM
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Here's another section I hope I can get interest in to cut the board for the base of these buildings and detail...
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Posted - June 29 2020 : 09:11:15 AM
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| Yes, parking lots would look nice, would give it like a plaza kind of look.
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Posted - June 29 2020 : 09:38:08 AM
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Looks good, and I agree with the parking lot idea.
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Posted - June 29 2020 : 1:54:31 PM
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Thanks, Guys! I will do them similar to as I have done the others.
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Posted - June 30 2020 : 02:53:23 AM
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Received my pack of Atlas straight tracks today. I just finished my final 3 added tracks minutes ago. Glad that's over but have a bunch of new area now to display rolling stock. Had 35 assorted cars on a 20 foot track last night.
  
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Posted - July 01 2020 : 01:58:58 AM
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Playing with the camera a little tonight.
    
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Posted - July 01 2020 : 02:51:54 AM
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ah theres another boxcar I need
Arm & Hammer
to think 18 years later Woolworth's would be history!
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Posted - July 01 2020 : 03:49:36 AM
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| Actually Woolworth closed it's final stores in the U.S. in 1997. I loved that store in the early 80's as most of my train stuff was from there... When I found out there was an AHM train car of Woolworth, I had to have one.
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Posted - July 06 2020 : 01:19:58 AM
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A couple of pics taken minutes ago. The 3 new 20 foot rows are in these photos. Adding cars to them a little at a time...
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Posted - July 06 2020 : 07:42:38 AM
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Nice, Walt! Say, I don't think you've shown us an overview photo of your layout in a while.....
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Posted - July 06 2020 : 10:37:42 PM
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Truthfully, RP. Its a mess. But a kind of cool mess... I have train stuff sitting everywhere!
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Posted - July 07 2020 : 9:31:03 PM
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quote:Truthfully, RP. Its a mess. But a kind of cool mess... I have train stuff sitting everywhere!
Originally posted by walt-July 06 2020: 10:37:42 PM
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Don't feel bad - I can identify. I need to make more drawers.
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Posted - July 08 2020 : 03:01:08 AM
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| My mess is more just unorganized train cars etc. I still have several new in the box train cars in one drawer that I need to unbox and add to the layout table. I recently made room for more than a hundred larger train cars. I have 35 assorted cars on one of the new 20 foot sections ...
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Posted - July 08 2020 : 08:47:39 AM
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| Non-Hidden staging yards are the best. I'm getting Franklin and Manchester vibes!
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Posted - July 13 2020 : 01:44:25 AM
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Rough cut on two more bases for my buildings.. The one board is 33X15 that will have the Burger King, P-Hut and HoJo's on it. The back building will be on a different level.
 
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Posted - July 22 2020 : 02:22:01 AM
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I just went down and measured the side tracks that I have to display my rolling stock. I have 158 feet of sides. Quite a bit of space to display all of my rolling stock on. I don't want to hide my train cars in a drawer. Just a pic of one of those areas.
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Posted - July 27 2020 : 12:39:43 AM
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A couple of new pics to add.
 
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Posted - July 27 2020 : 08:04:34 AM
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That first picture looks stunningly realistic....a hot summer day in the 1970's...with a classic car.
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Posted - July 27 2020 : 08:42:46 AM
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quote:That first picture looks stunningly realistic....a hot summer day in the 1970's...with a classic car.
Originally posted by RP model railroads - July 27 2020 : 08:04:34 AM
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I was thinking the same thing!
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Posted - July 28 2020 : 12:10:53 AM
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| Thank You, Guys! I have realized that the left over board that I cut for the base of the buildings is too thick. It is 15/32nds and I was thinking that that measurement was too thick. After looking, the other bases used for the buildings was 11/32nds, which I verified by bringing a small piece in to compare. I'll have to buy a sheet of 11/32nds and recut.
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Posted - July 28 2020 : 01:55:43 AM
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Walt manages to capture a certain graininess that reminds me ever so much of
a hot, humid, summer night. This image from "The Heat of the Night."
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Posted - July 29 2020 : 04:38:18 AM
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Nice photo Chops! I was remembering when, about 1974, where a friend of mine named, Mark McNutt rode a bicycle 3 miles one way in snowy, cold conditions. This was to go to the Toy Town store to get us one of the two road and rail crossings that I had on my layout then... What we would do to buy Tyco stuff !!
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Posted - July 31 2020 : 03:07:38 AM
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Found this dummy engine in the basement today, and I didn't even know I had one...
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Posted - July 31 2020 : 08:20:08 AM
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| Looks like a Cox
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Posted - July 31 2020 : 08:57:44 AM
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| Like finding a ten dollar bill in your jeans, after a wash.
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