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 Posted - December 31 2020 : 4:46:57 PM
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So living in Durango Colorado I naturally love narrow gauge trains but all of my model trains are standard gauge ho because its cheaper and more common. I have a few what I call Faux narrow gauge trains standard gauge trains that are supposed to look like narrow gauge ones. I have a few of these like my mantua/tyco rio grande 4-8-0, My mantua rio grande davenport, and my bachmann durango and silverton train.
And I love The RGS galloping geese and want to have a faux narrow gauge one. I found this on ebay today and I think with a lot of work I could make it look really good
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Posted - December 31 2020 : 4:53:59 PM
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| I will need to add an extra truck in the middle, repaint the entire thing, cut off some of that extra wood, maybe shorten the bus, add a cowcatcher and other details and, do some lettering
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Posted - December 31 2020 : 4:54:33 PM
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| I think that I will make it look like RGS motor #5
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Posted - December 31 2020 : 5:38:45 PM
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there is a real faux Galloping Goose for sale & the number is 8
I think its at a antique store for $10K 
it was made for parades originally
boy IF I got it
It'd be made to go on the rails of both 3 foot & Standard
plus have a turntable under it to turn it around
Edited by - microbusss on December 31 2020 5:39:16 PM
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Posted - December 31 2020 : 5:56:55 PM
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| thats neat
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Posted - December 31 2020 : 10:41:17 PM
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Good luck on this project. Keep us posted.
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Posted - January 02 2021 : 11:42:42 AM
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oh here is the fake Goose #8
Pic taken from a YT video 
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Posted - January 09 2021 : 1:05:23 PM
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The goose arrived yesterday
It was covered in this ugly yellow paint but it just peeled right off.
I then removed the walkway from the top of the boxcar section
and then sanded down the area
I then removed the light from the top of the bus section
after scrubbing a bit I got more of the paint off
I can even see some of the original lettering It appears to have been a Denver Texas and Fort Worth refrigerator car.
I also shortened the bus and cut off the wheel wells
now its time to paint!
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Posted - January 09 2021 : 1:14:49 PM
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now I need to wait for the paint to dry
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Posted - January 09 2021 : 7:36:34 PM
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I cut the chassis and then articulated them
this is what it currently looks like I still need to trim some of the wood and touch up some of the paint.
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Posted - January 09 2021 : 7:37:19 PM
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| does anybody here have a junked bachmann gandy dancer?
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Posted - January 09 2021 : 8:38:48 PM
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| So need a power truck? Remarkable project, I don't have such, though.
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Posted - January 09 2021 : 9:05:55 PM
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Looking good. I will check to see.....I know I sold off 2 that worked, and had another that was damaged, but I think the motor was removed. Will get back to you.
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Posted - January 09 2021 : 10:48:57 PM
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quote:Looking good. I will check to see.....I know I sold off 2 that worked, and had another that was damaged, but I think the motor was removed. Will get back to you.
Originally posted by RP model railroads - January 09 2021 : 9:05:55 PM
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thanks
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Posted - January 10 2021 : 7:07:08 PM
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So I don't think I'm going to use a gandy dancer.
I don't think it would be powerful enough. But I think a bachmann brill trolley would work great!
Does anyone here have one where the shell isn't in very good condition?
I also still might like a hand pump car. 
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Posted - January 10 2021 : 7:39:00 PM
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https://youtu.be/FHr-JOiftLs
I tested it with the chassis in my bachmann brill trolley
Please excuse the messy layout and the part at the end where my dad dropped something
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Posted - January 10 2021 : 7:51:02 PM
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quote:https://youtu.be/FHr-JOiftLs
I tested it with the chassis in my bachmann brill trolley
Originally posted by Erik The Train Nerd - January 10 2021 : 7:39:00 PM
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That's starting to really look like the Goose, and that trolley chassis appears to run nicely. I used the power truck from one of those in a doodlebug and it worked out nicely. I got it pretty inexpensively at a swap meet a few years back. It's a pity the swap meets are so few and far between, now.
I agree that the handcar is probably not enough, with only 1 axle driven.
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Posted - January 10 2021 : 9:55:00 PM
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I did check, and I have a Bachmann trackster left, but it is completely gutted. Sorry. :(
But, using a trolley chassis sounds like a better idea anyways. I have no trolleys however.
Nice progress update video too!
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