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 Posted - April 10 2018 : 10:52:05 PM
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Going back to the Chopchives, this is a Hornby OO scale set. Only the large center driver is powered,
so a heavy hauler it is not. The carriages in this set are very light, but for all that it has great
detail and runs very well, even through the tightest curves and switches. If there is any slope
to the baseboard, it slips badly, so I have to tune the leg heights periodically.
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Posted - April 11 2018 : 07:29:03 AM
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* In keeping singles as the topic the Philadelphia and Reading Railway liked them for there speed. As long as there was a lighter train still to pull, they were very effective and did their job well. In looking at my shabby looking 4-2-2 I know I must do something about that. This neet little loco deserves some attention.
frank
** passenger cars to make a set. MDC Freedom Train.
  
toptrain
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Posted - April 11 2018 : 12:15:19 PM
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hey Chops
would it help to put weight in that loco? 
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Posted - April 12 2018 : 3:11:12 PM
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Nice SOTW offerings Chops and Toptrain!!
Here's my SOTW offering:
A "set" of 4 vintage all-metal Mantua cars, that I recently obtained thanks to a transaction with chevelle454! I have tested these out as a load for my metal Sharknose on the LTT, and hope to get a video of the metal Shark operating on RETRO TYCO soon.
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Posted - April 13 2018 : 12:05:38 AM
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Well, not "technically" a set, but unit-train material sort of, and it's going to fit in with my Oscar Mayer Wiener train consist I'm building up. Found 3 of these cars at the Bunker Hill show, got them all for cheap. I just threw the Heinz car in for "good taste".... LOL!  
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Posted - April 13 2018 : 11:30:49 AM
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quote:hey Chops
would it help to put weight in that loco?
Originally posted by microbusss - April 11 2018 : 12:15:19 PM
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I checked, that shell has no room at all inside. But it still works, just have to
work with it a little.
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