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Lionel Ducking Animal Cars with RealTrax Question

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Lionel Ducking Animal Cars with RealTrax Question
Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, August 26, 2004 2:55 PM
If anyone is using their Lionel Ducking Animal cars with RealTrax, I'd be interested in how you modified the telltales to work with Realtrax.

I realize you can use the MTH adaptor track and insert tubular track in between, but I am looking to avoid that if at all possible.

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Posted by Big_Boy_4005 on Thursday, August 26, 2004 3:26 PM
I think someone asked this question a while back, and the concensus was that you'll need to carve away part of the roadbed, if you don't want to use the adapter tracks.
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, August 26, 2004 3:34 PM
Big Boy,

Thanks for the reply. I'll do a search.

Still, if anyone has ACTUALLY done this, I'd be interested to know your results, methods, photos, etc.

Thanks.
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Posted by Big_Boy_4005 on Thursday, August 26, 2004 3:57 PM
They may have been asking about doing it on FasTrack not Realtrax. The idea is the same, but the Realtrax is better because the rail has a base that the clip can grab on to. Rigging up a track for a brakeman car would be an even bigger pain. Good luck.
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Posted by Buckeye Riveter on Thursday, August 26, 2004 4:00 PM
Big Boy is correct. I asked about it 5-6 months back. I have not done it yet, but from the ideas that were discussed, I would start with a piece of straight RealTrax, a piece of fairly thick plastic, a Dremel tool and some super glue and go at it.

The overhead can sit on the other side of the track from the mechanical slide.

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, August 26, 2004 4:30 PM
For those who may be interested, here is the previous thread:

[url][http://www.trains.com/community/forum/topic.asp?page=-1&TOPIC_ID=14378&REPLY_ID=116673#116673/url]

Any new ideas still appreciated.
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Posted by Big_Boy_4005 on Thursday, August 26, 2004 5:35 PM
It makes me feel good to know that my memory isn't totally gone. I had certainly forgotten that it was you that asked Buck. Sorry. [swg]

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