tooters scooters...

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Nice looking ore cars Greg, I was looking at them also....give us a review when you get them. The Grandt line box cab will fit real well into your scheme of things,how does it run? any pick up problems at a switch? just curious on how well it performs.
 
I'm still trynig to sort out the electrical connections as the instructions are poor. The pickups are made from bent pieces of wire, so there's lots of potential for it not working so well.

4 wheeled critters have inherent pickup weaknesses especially when it comes to switches, so I have electrofrog switches with no dead spot. All the switches are HO code 83 Shinohara #2 wyes...
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They're the most compact switches I could find, and will fit nicely with small radius curves.
 
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Modeltrainstuff.com has these really cool Athern 8,000 gallon tank cars on sale for $19, so I had to get at least one... :)

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Also got a bundle of flex track from them, so now I have everything to begin building a layout once I finish digging out the basement. :rolleyes:

Greg
 
This is what the basement looks like today...

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Work has kept me busy so progress has been slow, but it's getting closer to the end. :)
 


Paint up an HO scale figure to look like yourself, then put it on one of those rail cars where you need to move the handle up and down to get anywhere. (Bachmann makes them) Tooter on a Scooter :D
 


I like the vacuum idea... a tooter hoover... but I'll need to make some attachments and a cord.

...or an excursion car full of girls... a tooter hooter.

...or guys... a tooter duder.

I think we're on to something here. ;)
 
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