Model railroads

[Buckterrier]

Originally Posted by DARISC

That's really cool. can't quite make out the leading truck. Is that a 2-6-2 Prairie freight loco or a 4-6-2 Pacific passenger loco?

I had to call my friend to ask what you meant! It's a 4-6-2. He tells me it's worth something, to not get rid of it. It was made in Slovenia.

[DARISC]

Originally Posted by Buckterrier

I had to call my friend to ask what you meant! It's a 4-6-2. He tells me it's worth something, to not get rid of it. It was made in Slovenia.

Cool! That makes it a Pacific passenger loco. I live on the Pacific. I think you should rid yourself of it and send it to me. I'll give ya fifty bucks for it!

[TimT]

This place has been in business forever....

Trainworld

And this was my go to place for model rockets,balsa planes etc... the Cox .049 :-)

Nassau Hobbies


Their web presence is pretty 1990...

[byfdinky]

LGB is my favorite. No longer produced right now. I have a couple of sets and lots of track with roadbed. I usually set it up around the perimeter of the front room around the holiday time. (Started around the tree and grew from there.) Have to brad nail the track down on the hardwood to keep it from moving. Holiday parties have taken their toll on some cars. I have to figure out how else to bring a LGB set out for the holidays. Just can't keep it on the floor-

[strupgolf]

I've been in model railroading since I was 10 yrs old. Small tracks here and there, but always nice senery. I built a layout when my two girls were younger and one helped me out a lot. When she was in high school, the boys would come over to the house and just loved the layout. I hope I instilled in them the great hobby that it is. Now, I just asked my wife if I could build a 4x8 layout in her sewing room and she said no problem. I've got lots of HO rolling stock and buildings, so this might be the year. It's such a great hobby for anyone looking to kill some time, build something, and have fun at the same time.

[VINMAN]

Im into G-scale I had tracks running through my yard. I recently pulled them up and am in the the process of re-laying them as soon as I redo my yard. Not a cheap hobby.

Also have a small N gage layout that i have been working on forever.

My other hobby is the big trains. I volunteer at a tourist railroad here in NJ near my home. We rtun a narrow guage line and also are restoring a number of trains.

The New Jersey Museum of Transportation, Inc.

[Buckterrier]

Originally Posted by VINMAN

Im into G-scale I had tracks running through my yard. I recently pulled them up and am in the the process of re-laying them as soon as I redo my yard. Not a cheap hobby.

Also have a small N gage layout that i have been working on forever.

My other hobby is the big trains. I volunteer at a tourist railroad here in NJ near my home. We rtun a narrow guage line and also are restoring a number of trains.

The New Jersey Museum of Transportation, Inc.

The company I work for supplied the paint for this locomotive. They are "Heritage Colors". It was just finished. We have a few more to do. Pretty cool.
Darisc, I PM'ed you.

[porwolf]

Originally Posted by Scott Douglas

Does this count?
I made this last Christmas when we had the train set up.
Xmas train ride - YouTube

That is soooooo coooooool!!!!

[porwolf]

Here is another, quite big, model train shop in the Los Angeles area:

Allied Model Trains-Home Page

[Bill Douglas]

Which track (train) size is the most popular? When I was a kid I had a Tri-Ang trainset. I loved that trainset and the size it was. I'd quite like to build a new set without getting too excessive but would like to start on a common track size so I can by bits on on-line auctions and not end up with a rare setup. And I don't want to get too fancy with sound, lights and switching.

Is HO and O the same size?

[mossguy]

HO is Half O, so no, not the same size.

[J P Stein]

I got this for Christmas in 1958 Tenshodo imported by PFM. HO scale.
I used to love logging layouts when I was a kid.

Looking at my shop which was full of Porsche paraphernalia but is now nearly empty (24 X 36) I see a point to point lay-out around the walls with a trestle over the pellet stove.......hell of a winter (or 3) project for an old fart.. .....

[Heel n Toe]

Originally Posted by Bill Douglas

Which track (train) size is the most popular?

Based on the listings numbers on ebay, it looks like HO is the most popular:

Model RR, Trains

Z Scale (3,416)
N Scale (49,901)
HO Scale (139,622)
OO Scale (1,187)
S Scale (4,482)
O Scale (66,602)
On30 (891)
Standard Scale (1,523)
F Scale (2)
G Scale (10,425)

Model RR, Trains | eBay

[oldE]

On and off for the last 10 years I have been working on a layout in an 8 x 16 room in a corner of my garage. It seems to have morphed into a J shaped "dog-bone" layout with two tracks. Inside is 24" radius, outside is 30" (for passenger cars). Era is late 1950s around the time of change-over from steam to diesel with Canadian National rolling stock. (Trains of my youth.) I just started doing scenery when I stalled last time. Still have track to lay and hook up and am starting to get back to it this spring.

Best
Les

[Bill Douglas]

Thanks John and Tom.

[mikeesik]

Yes. Was passionate about it along with a huge HO layout that would make jaws drop.
Unfortunately it was demolished.

[Scott Douglas]

Glad you liked it Porwolf.
I had a lot of fun making that video.
Never thought I'd be able to take a ride on my own toy train, let alone share it with people I've never even met.

[Bill Douglas]

Originally Posted by Scott Douglas

Glad you liked it Porwolf.
I had a lot of fun making that video.
Never thought I'd be able to take a ride on my own toy train, let alone share it with people I've never even met.

Cool, and traveling through the land of the giants - did you see that big guy standing next to the tracks.

[Scott Douglas]

Yes, I did see him!
I was just glad he didn't step on the trains!

[duncan1437]

i always liked the (henry mancini) theme for silver streak

60's Silver Streak Version 2 - YouTube