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 Posted - June 07 2015 : 12:16:24 AM
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At Chops' request, here's a drag of Virginian operating hoppers:
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I was thinking of the immortal words of Socrates, who said, "... I drank what?"
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Posted - June 07 2015 : 11:00:41 AM
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| Looks good Glenn.
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Posted - June 07 2015 : 3:16:17 PM
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Thanks Barry. The focus leaves something to be desired, but it was difficult to get the entire train in one shot.
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Posted - June 07 2015 : 5:11:03 PM
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| this reminded me of the ALL NS train I saw on BNSF last week hehe
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Posted - June 08 2015 : 8:53:54 PM
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| Great shot! And thanks!!
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Posted - June 08 2015 : 9:32:14 PM
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Hey, no problem Chops! ...Well, it was a little bit of a problem - I had to dig ALL 32 OPERATING HOPPERS out of storage, unwrap them all to find all the Virginians, set them up while fighting off the cats, take about a dozen pictures to get a couple that were okay...but what the hey, what's a little effort for a fellow Tycomaniac? 
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Posted - June 10 2015 : 01:55:04 AM
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Ahhhhh, feel the joy... Now, the only thing cooler
would be to see a video!
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Posted - June 10 2015 : 1:22:22 PM
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You'll have to have a little patience, Chops; can you say "learning curve?"
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Posted - June 10 2015 : 3:45:41 PM
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Found a nice real old time set rather cheap. Now I think I'm gonna try to make the
original rails that it ran on. Iron Strap rails. Be an interesting change for model
railroading.
Close-up of the loco.
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Posted - June 10 2015 : 4:42:08 PM
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quote:Iron Strap rails. Be an interesting change for model railroading.
Originally posted by oldtimer52Â -Â June 10 2015Â :Â 3:45:41 PM
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Cool idea! Looking forward to seeing how you do that.
Carpe Manana!
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Posted - June 10 2015 : 7:00:07 PM
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cool I got that loco cheap too
Stick it next to a modern loco & its TINY 
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Posted - June 11 2015 : 4:57:01 PM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=PemYtK6BkUo#t=11
GMoney, I learned this trick from Microbusss. Note the derailed driver.
OldTimer: I really, really would love to see strap rail in HO. I tried it myself,
but was unequal to the task. I ended up with a small diorama with code 100
rail, and it was fun until the itty motor burned up after a few hours of use.
Maybe a commercially available code 70 with every other tie punched out.
Anyways, please keep us posted.
I am presently fiddling with a static model of an 1804 Trevithick. What I am
starting to wonder, as I complete the boiler, did Trevithick take a commercially
available boiler and graft it onto a chassis with wheels and add a transmission?
Or was it a total one off affair where he invented everything from scratch.
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