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 Posted - February 01 2017 : 1:18:50 PM
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That is a very nice little layout, just goes to show you don't need a large space for a nice railroad. Great model work by the way, love the scratch built movie theater! The catenary work is beautiful, I love the insulator detail on the wires.
Are you going to super detail this layout? Things you could add include:
Road signs
Parking Meters
Road Lines
Stop Lights
Man hole covers
Sewer Drains
Fire Hydrants
Street Lights
Trolley stop benches
Alley Cats
Trash Cans
Public Mail Boxes
Phone Booths
This was a very inspiring thread!!!
Proudly keeping Tyco Pluggers out of landfills since 2016
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Posted - February 01 2017 : 5:24:36 PM
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Need any more Trolleys Street Cars?
I have them
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Posted - February 03 2017 : 12:27:20 PM
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Srenchin, my focus so far as been the buildings, wire, and trolleys. I've sort of been working from large to small...if I can finish off the buildings and have the time then some smaller details will be going in. Your suggestions are good and I know that's what would really bring the layout to life!
quote:thesiding Posted - February 01 2017 : 5:24:36 PM
Need any more Trolleys Street Cars?
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thesiding, I may be interested, what kind of trolleys are you offering?
On a side note, do you remember that small lot of Walthers trolleys you sold on ebay last year? I'm the one who bought them. I haven't had a lot of time to work on them all, but one of them is now fully operation on overhead wire, painted, and awaiting detailing/decaling. 
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Posted - February 03 2017 : 12:55:24 PM
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Aw maaaan
I wants a Birney trolley too! 
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Posted - February 03 2017 : 12:59:09 PM
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Nice to know they went to a good home
I have Bachmann (boxed) some tyco/mantua unboxed
Got a Broadway online ebay now
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Posted - February 03 2017 : 1:40:47 PM
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Unfortunately the Bachmann cars don't seem to handle curves smaller than 10" radius, which makes them unusable on my layout. I'll keep an eye on your ebay listings for the Tyco cars to see what goes up!
Buss, I only have the one running Birney, sorry!
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Posted - February 03 2017 : 1:46:47 PM
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| That's pretty fine Eric. What year(s) were those Walther's trolleys made?
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Posted - February 03 2017 : 3:35:49 PM
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I looked that information up last year but now can't find it. The cars in the picture above are probably from the 60's (my best guess). Two of the cars are geared while one has a pulley system. I believe I can get two completed geared units out of the above lot and possibly restore a third body for use as an unpowered trailer. Hopefully that gets done in the next year. 
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Posted - February 04 2017 : 10:53:26 AM
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That really is a gem. I believe it takes a great deal of discipline
and creativity combined to focus on something in a very
confined space.
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Posted - February 04 2017 : 3:04:32 PM
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The small space is a challenge. I don't know if discipline is the right word in my case...it's taken me over two years just to get this far. 
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 Posted - February 04 2024 : 3:53:21 PM
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"The trolley wire is live and a few other things have been done."
Originally posted by DaCheez on June 19 2016Â
Cute little layout with nostalgic sidewalk memories.
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Posted - February 05 2024 : 2:32:24 PM
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| It's fun for me to look back at these old layouts. I still have the board with track, but the overhead system would need a massive overhaul to function again. Most of the buildings have been repurposed on Queensdale.
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Posted - February 06 2024 : 02:43:06 AM
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quote:Aw maaaan
I wants a Birney trolley too!
Originally posted by microbusss - February 03 2017 : 12:55:24 PM
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I admit last year for another $30 I could of got one with Ft Collins Railway on it & I should of just bought it 
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Posted - February 06 2024 : 1:31:59 PM
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| You'll get another chance Ben! They're not terribly rare.
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Posted - February 07 2024 : 1:17:59 PM
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quote:You'll get another chance Ben! They're not terribly rare.
Originally posted by DaCheez - February 06 2024 : 1:31:59 PM
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well it in FORT COLLINS RAILWAY is!
& I have rode the trolley too!
Course thats 1 reason I want the Birney from The Changling
I'd redo it as a long scrapped trolley & in one of the old schemes
sneak it over there, pose on the long disused passing track just to freak them out as the real one passes by hehe
then go around the city & pose it on the old tracks that still exist in the streets!
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Posted - February 08 2024 : 02:30:57 AM
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I love a street car! The best EV of all time, tragically murdered by the
automobile.
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