I like both trains and rockets so why not combine them for a real good thrill!
Get a Trian Set.....the old rocketry version of "If you can't stand the heat....."
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I like both trains and rockets so why not combine them for a real good thrill!
Still have my old one, red tape repair and all. When the old dudes come over and see it they always want to get it out and play with it. You can take the toy from the boy but never take toy out of the boy! Best toy ever! Evel himself claimed to have single handedly saved the toy industry.
Both the rocket and toy pictured above are NOT dangerous. Kid tested, mother approved. No naughty boys allowed!
You did not receive coded instructions from London on your Radio Shack walkie talkie to blow up the model rail bridge with an M80 when the National Socialist train passed over it!
AS SEEN ON TV!
You did not receive coded instructions from London on your Radio Shack walkie talkie to blow up the model rail bridge with an M80 when the National Socialist train passed over it!
AS SEEN ON TV!
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They can be had for $2,000 and up but shipping can be $10,000 (by truck).
SCORE in Pueblo just got a huge insulated box car for free, they just had to move it on to a rail tie foundation. Full service at next summer's NARAM!
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My caboose isn't for sale.
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When in doubt... build hell-for-stout!
Shipping can be an issue too. FedEx? I'd like to get a shipping quote....
Some of these G scale garden railroads are incredible too.
I always wanted to do this, but rockets are cheaper.
I always wanted to do this, but rockets are cheaper.
I did the signalling software and was systems analyst for the computer system that runs our trains here in Melbourne for about six years. Biggest train set I have ever played withOr, I don't know.... When some - expletive deleted - dispatcher isn't paying attention and allows a train into you working limits, and you are in a narrow canyon.... on single track,.... well that was pretty 'heart stopping!'
As to "Prototype Operation": Folks! If you like trains that much, get a job playing with the real ones! Not a bad career, and it gives one the money to play with Rockets!...
.When working on signalling systems sometimes we would walk the yard, looking at various features. Flinders Street rail yards were 37 roads wide. Seriously scary, walking around and having trains possibly sneak up on you. Ladder tracks didn't help the situation, so trains could rapidly cross over many roads and be on you before you knew it. Had to be really on the ball on those inspections.
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I've sometimes thought about collecting some of the brass that was cool but might as well have been gold 40 years ago. I'm thinking it might still be a lot more than my interest level would get me to pay. Along with "collect them all" on the old poly-cylindered O.S. four strokes.
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The Katy is the K&T Line. Went from Kansas to Katy, Texas. (Katy, TX is named after The Katy.) Houston has the Katy Freeway, which used to be the right-of-way for The Katy.
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Portland does a "Garden Railroad Tour" sometime in June.
Fun event if you are into trains - they sell you the map - you drive around and check out people's back yards.
SOME ARE AMAZING.
Really gets the juices flowing...............which are then inhibited by the reality of time and money.
Maybe when I can no longer drive myself to rocket launches and I'll be confined to my back yard.
Fun event if you are into trains - they sell you the map - you drive around and check out people's back yards.
SOME ARE AMAZING.
Really gets the juices flowing...............which are then inhibited by the reality of time and money.
Maybe when I can no longer drive myself to rocket launches and I'll be confined to my back yard.
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