I am the oldest. Every year before Christmas Mom would go through the toy chest with the kids. Naturally my toys were the oldest and most beat up and were old fashioned metal which scratched. Plus younger brothers didn’t speak up and were thrown out.
But my dad always said don’t throw out that Lionel train.
He served in World War II in the South Pacific. When he returned he was up in his parents attic getting his stuff and he asked where his old Lionel train was? Oh we gave it to the steel drive was the answer. Sorry.
So my old Lionel train is the only toy from my youth I have.
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- Mon Dec 21, 2020 2:17 pm
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- Thu Dec 17, 2020 1:37 pm
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Re: Model Railroading
From the strange inheritance tv show it appeared to be LBG.surprise_i'm_armed wrote: ↑Wed Dec 16, 2020 5:54 pm https://www.historictrains.org/traintopia
Frisco, Texas (Collin County side of the city) contains an area with full size rolling stock of all descriptions. But also, housed within a building, is an enormous model train layout.
The above link details what I believe might be the largest model train layout in the world. It's gigantic.
Although I didn't drill down into the whole website, I have seen this model train layout in person, and it's quite impressive.
IIRC, the owner of the model train set originally lived in Waxahachie. But then he moved to Dallas to be closer to his grandchildren. He set up the train layout in his Dallas residence.
After he died, his widow contacted the Frisco train museum people, and donated the huge model train setup.
Again if IIRC, the museum got a $300,000 grant to take apart the Dallas house, extract the entire train set, transport it up to Frisco, and reinstall it in its new home. All $300,000 was spent on this effort.
If you ever get up to Frisco, this is a must see, given your interest in this hobby.
SIA
Again the scale guys are the real thing.
- Mon Dec 14, 2020 4:29 pm
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Re: Model Railroading
When you get to natural scenery I am a pro.
With N gauge accuracy of getting the track down is very important. Plus having a cushion for the track to lay on. They get very jumpy because they are so small and light.
With N gauge accuracy of getting the track down is very important. Plus having a cushion for the track to lay on. They get very jumpy because they are so small and light.
- Mon Dec 14, 2020 3:04 pm
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Re: Model Railroading
I have N, Lionel O gauge, LBG G gauge and Brio wooden trains.
Don't have a permanent layout, but always wished I did. I have built several permanent layouts for others (young brother, young brother in law).
But all these are toys compared to the scale train hobby guys.
Don't have a permanent layout, but always wished I did. I have built several permanent layouts for others (young brother, young brother in law).
But all these are toys compared to the scale train hobby guys.