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7.5" gauge trains

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7.5" gauge trains
Posted by oscaletrains on Saturday, January 12, 2008 8:05 PM
i would like to build a railway in the garden, but if i do i want to build something i can ride on, this is not going to happen for a while, but i would like to larn more about it. i plan to run no live steam ( ill go broke on 1 locomotive! ) just electric and small gas locomotives. does anyone have some personal knowlage about this subject or any good related links to buy equipment or how to build one?  
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Posted by altterrain on Saturday, January 12, 2008 9:03 PM

It looks like a lot of fun if you have the room for the track. Warren Mumpower over on large scale central built himself a box cab and flat car to ride on. He has a friend with a track. I'm sure he could help you out.

http://www.largescalecentral.com/LSCForums/viewtopic.php?id=7743 

http://www.largescalecentral.com/LSCForums/viewtopic.php?id=7258

makers of the kits he used -

http://www.plumcovestudios.com/

-Brian 

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, January 13, 2008 2:29 AM
Fr Finelli's site has a LOT of info, plus a large links and suppier's page. http://www.steamingpriest.com
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Posted by cabbage on Sunday, January 13, 2008 3:18 AM
I had hoped (fondly) that my new house and back garden would have room for these...

http://www.maxitrak.co.uk/

But my wife put her foot down and insisted that any locomotive or rolling stock only required one person to lift it!!!

regards

ralph

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Posted by S&G Rute of the Silver River on Sunday, January 13, 2008 9:05 PM
Cabbage, what about one person driving a lift? Whistling [:-^]
"I'm as alive and awake as the dead without it" Patrick, Snoqualmie WA. Member of North West Railway Museum Caffinallics Anomus (Me)
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Posted by oscaletrains on Tuesday, January 15, 2008 10:20 AM

ive looked at that boxcab before it was nice, but, man the price tag! ill build one my self for that price!

altho the box cab is fairly light i belive there might be a soloution to your problem there.

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