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Re: On30 ET&WNC R.R.
« Reply #240 on: November 27, 2020, 09:20:53 PM »
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Is that itch related to post 236? If so, might want to get to the clinic.  :o
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Re: On30 ET&WNC R.R.
« Reply #241 on: November 27, 2020, 09:34:17 PM »
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Quote from: CRL on November 27, 2020, 09:20:53 PM
Is that itch related to post 236? If so, might want to get to the clinic.  :o

You are on a roll tonight! Haha!
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« Reply #242 on: November 27, 2020, 09:42:14 PM »
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I just ordered four of these excursion cars in different colors, along the lines of what the modern day Tweetsie Railroad has.  Tweetsie RR is coming back to the Doe River Gorge!



I also bought two of these tank cars, which are real good stand-ins for the ET&WNC's tankers:



All of these cars were on sale at Trainworld.  The excursion cars were marked down from $44.99 to $29.99, and the tank cars were on sale from $39.99 to $24.99.  Kinda made it easier to pull the trigger.  I might scratchbuild any additional freight cars, which I did in HOn3 in the early 1990s.

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Re: On30 ET&WNC R.R.
« Reply #243 on: November 27, 2020, 11:53:40 PM »
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Dragged out one of my ten-wheelers, and realized that it had the wrong pilot wheels.  They're supposed to be spoked wheels.  No problem, because Bachmann includes a number of spare parts in the box to customize your 4-6-0.  Way to go, Bachmann!

It only took removing two screws to get the pilot truck off and swapped out to turn this:



. . . into this:



And now!



18" radius in O scale for the win!  :D

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Re: On30 ET&WNC R.R.
« Reply #244 on: November 28, 2020, 12:41:12 AM »
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Show me it going under the bridge  :trollface:
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Re: On30 ET&WNC R.R.
« Reply #245 on: November 28, 2020, 01:12:04 AM »
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The cars might make it under the bridge, but not the locomotive using the calibrated eyeball test.
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Re: On30 ET&WNC R.R.
« Reply #246 on: November 28, 2020, 02:32:31 AM »
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Quote from: Chris333 on November 28, 2020, 12:41:12 AM
Show me it going under the bridge  :trollface:

Like a glove!


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Re: On30 ET&WNC R.R.
« Reply #247 on: November 28, 2020, 02:45:46 AM »
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lol  OK now show me 75 steam locomotives parked all around the layout while talking about the next one you're gettin'...  ;)
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Re: On30 ET&WNC R.R.
« Reply #248 on: November 28, 2020, 03:11:22 AM »
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Quote from: Chris333 on November 28, 2020, 02:45:46 AM
lol  OK now show me 75 steam locomotives parked all around the layout while talking about the next one you're gettin'...  ;)

Now that’s funny!  Thankfully, Larry’s Truck and Electric only deals in diesels.  :D

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« Reply #249 on: November 28, 2020, 10:52:36 AM »
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We're in Banner Elk today... need any pictures... or measurements?

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Re: On30 ET&WNC R.R.
« Reply #250 on: November 28, 2020, 11:04:52 AM »
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Ahhh my favorite part of the country! The last time my family was up there I was in high school; got to talking to the engineer while they were on the rides and I was able to ride in the cab around the loop. Man was that a blast!
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Re: On30 ET&WNC R.R.
« Reply #251 on: November 28, 2020, 11:16:41 AM »
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I love it there.  I wish I'd made it out to western NC more often those three years I lived near Raleigh.
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Re: On30 ET&WNC R.R.
« Reply #252 on: November 28, 2020, 11:43:24 AM »
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See... I told you it would fit.

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Re: On30 ET&WNC R.R.
« Reply #253 on: November 28, 2020, 11:56:12 AM »
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@wm3798,

Aw, Lee, you lucky dog!  You’re in one of my favorite places!  I miss western North Carolina.  Have fun and stay safe!  Looks like all of the Tweetsie RR train rides are sold out today, or I’d point you in that direction.

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Re: On30 ET&WNC R.R.
« Reply #254 on: November 28, 2020, 12:11:35 PM »
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As always everywhere we go we are looking at properties, but gee whiz it's thru the roof out here now.  Post urban Covid economics...
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