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Offline Skywalker

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Cable car - Great but soooooooo expensive
« on: April 22, 2011, 21:34:18 »
Hey,

i really would like to add a cable car to my 1900 diorama. the one i found is great from LGB but the price is totaly bananas...

http://www.modellbahnshop.com/images/product_images/popup_images/106717.jpg
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Re: Cable car - Great but soooooooo expensive
« Reply #1 on: April 22, 2011, 21:36:16 »
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Re: Cable car - Great but soooooooo expensive
« Reply #2 on: April 22, 2011, 21:59:30 »
It certainly looks a very nice piece to own but, as you say, expensive.
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Re: Cable car - Great but soooooooo expensive
« Reply #3 on: April 22, 2011, 23:43:48 »
When you say cable car I envision a car being moved by a cable. The ones we have in SF use an underground cable to move around. The LGB one you showed wouldn't it be more of an electric car ?

That would be a great addition to a 1900's scene, good luck in finding one you want at a reasonable price. Collecting LGB has to be high on the list of the most expensive toys to collect
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Re: Cable car - Great but soooooooo expensive
« Reply #4 on: April 23, 2011, 03:21:26 »
Wow that is expensive!  :o
I didn't know a single LGB-car costs that much...

Btw, here in Ghent (Flanders, Belgium) we also still have (modern) cable-cars. Like the LGB one, they get their electrical power from cables above the trail (rails).
Here's a piccie from the cables in front of the medieval castle in the centre of the city. It's an akward view, such cables in front of a castle.


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Re: Cable car - Great but soooooooo expensive
« Reply #5 on: April 23, 2011, 06:44:57 »
Here in the UK this type of vehicle is called a tram.  As I should know as my wife comes from SF, a cable car in the USA is moved by an underground cable.  When I first read the post I was expecting the type of cable car used to move people up and down mountains like this one:

http://www.fast-autos.net/diecast-cars-models/diecast-cars-models-for-sale.php?itemID=320669235856

Might be worth saving these pics before they disappear from eBay.
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Re: Cable car - Great but soooooooo expensive
« Reply #6 on: April 23, 2011, 11:25:50 »
Quote from: playmofire on April 23, 2011, 06:44:57
Here in the UK this type of vehicle is called a tram. 

We call it a "tram" in Belgium as well!  :)
When someone gets age 30 or 40 f.e., we say he/she "is catching tram 30 or 40"  :lol:
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Re: Cable car - Great but soooooooo expensive
« Reply #7 on: April 23, 2011, 15:03:21 »
This is what is called a cable car in Canada:

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Re: Cable car - Great but soooooooo expensive
« Reply #8 on: April 23, 2011, 17:26:03 »
Quote from: Wesley Myers on April 23, 2011, 15:03:21
This is what is called a cable car in Canada:



Yes, that's the real version of the LGB one I posted the link for.
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Re: Cable car - Great but soooooooo expensive
« Reply #9 on: April 23, 2011, 22:00:55 »
playmofriend: that price for the cable car ( mountain ) is so absurd. i did get this for 30 € mint in box.

thx for the interesting information about trams and cable cars etc.  :wave:

the LGB tram is very cool but the price is just too much.
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