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swiggy
09-26-2010, 09:11 PM
Hey all. I received a bag of 50's train stuff and this railbox boxcar was in the mix. I also got some old pickups for haulin' grain - my lhs guy said in the day, thay would put boards on a stake truck to get the grain to the grain buildings - so I got two stake trucks and two dump trucks.

I really like running them in low light - makes the layout look cool.

the first two are an accident i had trying to pull 24 cars the opposite direction - toooooo much weight to pull.

tjcruiser
09-27-2010, 09:42 AM
Swig,

I hope you're freight carrier has adequate accident insurance! :rolleyes:

Nighttime lighted scenes look great! Lots of visual depth.

Cheers,

TJ

Komodo
09-27-2010, 05:20 PM
nice new stuff, your layout does look cool in the dark, however whenever i seem to run trains in the dark they seem to derail.

swiggy
09-27-2010, 05:58 PM
thanks tj, komodo - i have been lucky with derailments - not too many. usually i am the cause of any wrecks - the track works great.

i had one switch go bad on me. that was a derailment problem. removed switch and no more derails.