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 Posted - April 22 2010 : 12:58:55 AM
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 What scale is this one that people can ride on? This is a train on a awesome property in a near by village. The track runs around what looks to be a persons home and a couple of large buildings and a yard FULL of old train signs and collsectables. To enter the driveway you go over these tracks and there is a crossing pole with lights and gate. Across the track is an old phone booth. I took some pics but have trouble loading full size pics on here...
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Posted - April 22 2010 : 01:15:10 AM
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 looks like a old amusement ride someone got & stuck a track around the house The rails look like mining rails 
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Posted - April 22 2010 : 07:06:55 AM
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| looks like a 16 guage amusment park train. think there is a web site called parktrains.com for more info,also knoebels groves in elysburg pa still runs a couple of these.
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Posted - April 22 2010 : 11:00:43 AM
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all i can tell you is this, if i ever hit the lottery, i'll have a bigboy i can ride. those things are awesome in my opinion. every sence silver spoons came on tv i've wanted one.
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Posted - April 22 2010 : 12:47:27 PM
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Yes Jerry, this thinsg is cool! The whole property is cool and it's full of Railroad memorbila.
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Posted - April 22 2010 : 7:43:09 PM
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| Tell you what if i could afford it id have one.
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Posted - April 23 2010 : 6:24:26 PM
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quote: What scale is this one that people can ride on? The track runs around what looks to be a persons home and ...To enter the driveway you go over these tracks and there is a crossing pole with lights and gate.
Originally posted by walt - April 22 2010 : 12:58:55 AM
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It's probably close to 1/4 or 1/3rd scale, there's a similar train in Virginia, although it's steam, at Burke Lake Golf Course in Fairfax, VA
http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/burkelake/rides.htm
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Man, I'd LOVE to do that to my property, sounds like this guy has some serious cash to do it, too. My place is too small, 1/3 acre, I'd need Narrow Gauge to pull it off. LOL.
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Posted - April 23 2010 : 8:32:28 PM
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years ago, there was a guy had one run a few miles from where i live now that he ran on his farm. i never seen it run, but i have seen the wook bridge that was built across the edge of a pond. the bridge is about 80 yards long, about 5 feet wide, & is about 10 feet from the top of the water. the tracks are about 16" appart & 1 1/2 tall. thats all that is left of it.
also, there is a park that had a f7 looking train that pulled little passenger cars & they would give rides on it. i did get to do that when i was little. the engine had a gas powered motor out of an old hay bailer. it sit up here at the local scrap yard for years, & i think they finally cut it up as i haven't seen it in a few years.
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Posted - April 25 2010 : 1:34:30 PM
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I forgot, there's another large scale railroad at one of the Virginia Cavern attractions, Skyline Caverns, I think. Yes, here's the link :
http://www.ehow.com/how_4458113_visit-skyline-caverns-virginia.html
THey have a diesel like an F3 or F7, it was made around 1945, this miniature, and powered by a GM V2 ? V4? gasoline industrial engine. I've got some pictures somewhere of it in my physical photo archives. I rode this train myself, pretty neat! I think the tracks were around 16 inches apart.
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Posted - April 25 2010 : 1:43:44 PM
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Wow, search the web and ye shall find! Anyone got a spare $30,000 laying about? Buy your own now, in Virginia Beach, VA.
http://norfolk.craigslist.org/rvs/1708088082.html
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I could buy about 100 AMC Gremlins ( FULL size, not diecast! ) for that price. Whew!
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