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<P>I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this, but maybe you can direct me to the correct place, if not.</P> <P>I've been interested in large scale trains (1 1/2"=1'-0") for a long time, and have built a live steam locomotive in 1" scale. Working in live steam is very expensive and labor intensive, so I have been building some 1 1/2" scale models in WOOD. My machining and welding is limited to wheels, trucks and drive train. The rest is wood. I find I can build an operational model for a fraction of the cost of LS. The models are battery powered using kid's sidewalk cars for the motive power. I haven't actually ridden on one, but I think that it is possible. There are other power sources available like, lawn mower engines and gas-electric drives. I wonder if anyone else has explored this avenue of model railroading. To date, I have a 4-4-0 camelback that is powered by an electric motor from a sidewalk car. I have some work to complete on it as the drivers and running gear are not able to stand up to the torque developed by the motor (wheels slipping on the axels and losing their quartering). I know a lot of people don't have enough outdoor space to even contemplate this. I have 8 acres of land in a rural area, so I can do it. Anyone interested in this can contact me and we can go from there. I live in South Mississippi, about 20 miles north of Biloxi. Katrina spared us.</P>
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