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For a long time I owned an Echo 'Classic Rail' set and while the caboose used to get used a lot as a table ornament I would occasionally set it all up on the floor and play trains. I liked the fact that the loco steamed along nice and slowly and steadily even if the sound system did get to be a bit tedious after a while. If nothing else the Echo set sparked an interest in 'G' scale for me and I'm actually in process with quitting my '0' Gauge toy train collection because I now feel '0' is too small. I have done the sensible thing and purchased a Bachman 10 wheeler, but I have also been scouring e.bay for New Bright locos and tenders. I can see that the fault with both New Bright and Echo locos is that they have to tow around 6 'C' cells in their tenders when they'd be better off with the battery weight centered over their driving wheels instead. I'm hoping that with some careful modification work I can convert these New Bright locos into reasonable 1:20.3 scale light axleweight locos for my proposed logging tramway. The problem I have is that I don't have much money to spend on my hobby, BUT I am very good at making things from scratch. Scratch is cheap, the only other thing that's needed is time. (and by 'scratch' I mean old fashioned 'scratch' where you make everything from raw materials not buy expensive piles of castings and fittings). The way I see it is that it's possible to buy a cheap loco and then make it a good one by spending time on it. Time I've got, money I haven't. Call me silly if you like, but I happen to enjoy my workbench time and if at the end of all my efforts I end up with something that's individual and unique it's very pleasing and rewarding. Cheers, LocoAnnie.
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