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Offline Marco_4124

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A lovely day to drive a train
« on: March 30, 2014, 18:47:06 »


It was a beautiful day to drive a train. The train is a mixture of Playmobil and LGB wagons.



Approaching the water tower at Gato.



Entering the water tower, the engine driver leans out of the locomotive.



A water stop is ideal to grease the coupling rods.
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Re: A lovely day to drive a train
« Reply #1 on: March 30, 2014, 19:17:14 »
A lovely day, indeed, and quite unlike here - dull, cold and misty.

Great photos and I hope there are more to come from the day.
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Re: A lovely day to drive a train
« Reply #2 on: March 30, 2014, 20:46:44 »
Oh that looks like SO much fun!!

That train was made to be played with outside... Thanks for sharing the pictures! If there's more of them, bring it on  :)
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Re: A lovely day to drive a train
« Reply #3 on: March 31, 2014, 14:54:48 »
Great looking play day with a playmobil train. That first photo is gorgeous  :love:
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Re: A lovely day to drive a train
« Reply #4 on: April 06, 2014, 13:25:45 »
Indeed lovely weather and a beautiful iconic train, great photos looks like the train driver's having a really good time  :)
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Re: A lovely day to drive a train
« Reply #5 on: May 25, 2014, 07:38:58 »


It's time to take water, heat up the fire and grease the coupling rods!



A happy engine driver. As volunteer he gets the opportunity to drive this old steam locomotive.



The supply car for the restaurant car  :lol:
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Re: A lovely day to drive a train
« Reply #6 on: May 25, 2014, 07:44:45 »
Thanks for more great photos of your trains.   :wave:

I see you're running the tank engine with a tender, something I'm planning to do, maybe with the coal load on the tank engine removed.  I bought a damaged Western loco tender, complete with motor for £11 off eBay last year.  It needs a bit of repair work where it's been broken and repaired and a coat of black paint after that, but it was still a bargain for the motor alone.
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Re: A lovely day to drive a train
« Reply #7 on: May 25, 2014, 08:47:21 »
I am using a LGB Toy Train tender that has no extra motor, but does have a sound module. It is available in green and black. If you buy it, mount the front coupling a hole forward, because Playmobil trains has two buffers and LGB trains only one. Or else you get stuck in the first curve you encounter.

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Re: A lovely day to drive a train
« Reply #8 on: May 25, 2014, 12:34:31 »
Thanks for the tip about the buffers.  I use the occasional LGB truck or carriage, but have never had any probelms, but I can see the tender would be different.

I have a steam sound unit which is affected by the power the train uses fitted in a goods van.
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Re: A lovely day to drive a train
« Reply #9 on: June 02, 2014, 08:59:17 »
Fantastic pictures so fun & lively  :)

I love the huge barrell wagon  :love:

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