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re: Anyone do the tradition of an electric train under the Christmas tree?
Posted on 12/25/15 at 12:41 pm to Marco Esquandolas
Posted on 12/25/15 at 12:41 pm to Marco Esquandolas
Want.
This is seriously going to be my grown man hobby.
That and smoking meat.
This is seriously going to be my grown man hobby.
That and smoking meat.
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Posted on 12/25/15 at 12:45 pm to chinhoyang
There's a pretty neat train museum at the Glenwood Springs, CO train station if you're ever there. The old train station itself is neat.
Posted on 12/25/15 at 12:49 pm to Marco Esquandolas
This is a picture of my 4x8 layout a few years ago. Would like to do more, but I just haven't had time or the money.
Posted on 12/25/15 at 12:49 pm to chinhoyang
Thanks.
I had a KCS ES44 already, so I just got another in Southern Belle to lash up with the first and the "nude" to triple head it...
I have a few Daylights...a GS-2 (4-8-4), GS-4 (4-8-4), and a 4-4-2 Atlantic, and 16 passenger cars to follow them.
The Southern Pacific Daylight, along with the Jersey Central Blue Comet and the Southern Crescent Limited, are the prettiest trains to ride the rails.
Enjoy the Standard Gauge--beautiful stuff. I always say I am going to get a nice Standard gauge train--then I get to the train shop and see a bunch of O Gauge new arrivals and the standard gauge goes out the window.
I tend to run modern day, full scale diesels with 30 or so cars behind a lash up...but I may put the Daylight on today and take some pics!
Enjoy.
I had a KCS ES44 already, so I just got another in Southern Belle to lash up with the first and the "nude" to triple head it...
I have a few Daylights...a GS-2 (4-8-4), GS-4 (4-8-4), and a 4-4-2 Atlantic, and 16 passenger cars to follow them.
The Southern Pacific Daylight, along with the Jersey Central Blue Comet and the Southern Crescent Limited, are the prettiest trains to ride the rails.
Enjoy the Standard Gauge--beautiful stuff. I always say I am going to get a nice Standard gauge train--then I get to the train shop and see a bunch of O Gauge new arrivals and the standard gauge goes out the window.
I tend to run modern day, full scale diesels with 30 or so cars behind a lash up...but I may put the Daylight on today and take some pics!
Enjoy.
Posted on 12/25/15 at 12:53 pm to Marco Esquandolas
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Enjoy the Standard Gauge--beautiful stuff. I always say I am going to get a nice Standard gauge train--then I get to the train shop and see a bunch of O Gauge new arrivals and the standard gauge goes out the window.
That is exactly what I do when I say "I need to get some of the new stuff, learn Legacy, and build a layout." I'll find some nice stuff at an auction and out goes the train layout money. Take some pictures of the Daylight - those aluminum cars in that paint are the best Lionel aluminum passenger cars (IMHO).
True postwar is a good buy right now, cheap for everything but mint with perfect boxes or rare.
Posted on 12/25/15 at 12:54 pm to boXerrumble
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boXerrumble
When you move from O-27 or O-31 track to wider O-72 or greater, the floodgates open...be forewarned...
Posted on 12/25/15 at 12:56 pm to boXerrumble
I see modern and postwar, maybe MPC?
I always liked the Santa Fe Alcos. When my dad was in Vietnam the last time (I was in 7th grade) I saved money mowing lawns and bought a set of used Lionel Alcos from Woody's Train Shop in El Paso.
I always liked the Santa Fe Alcos. When my dad was in Vietnam the last time (I was in 7th grade) I saved money mowing lawns and bought a set of used Lionel Alcos from Woody's Train Shop in El Paso.
Posted on 12/25/15 at 1:00 pm to Marco Esquandolas
quote:
When you move from O-27 or O-31 track to wider O-72 or greater, the floodgates open...be forewarned...
No doubt
I got 0-27 on the 2 inner tracks, and 0-42 on the outside now. quote:
chinhoyang
In that pic:
Inner track - early 90s flyer set from Lionel
Middle track - early 90s Santa Fe Super Chief Alcos from Lionel
Outer track - 2007 (or 2008?) TMCC Lionel Nickel Plate Road Berkshire with scale MTH 6 car freight set from the late 90s
The PRR GG-1 is mid 90s Lionel. Actually it was the first GG-1 model Lionel produced with TMCC control. By far my favorite engine I own
Posted on 12/25/15 at 1:02 pm to chinhoyang
I just got the new Lionel LCS system a couple weeks ago...those are the add on modules that give the Legacy system WiFi capability.
Since I have 6 power bricks, a TMCC Cab-1, a Legacy base, and 2 TPC 400, the wiring has turned out to be a real bitch. I had to call Mike Reagan at Lionel (their R&D guru) to walk me through it as the instructions that came in the LCS box conveniently forgot to give wiring diagrams for set ups with TPC controllers in them.
The layout is full TMCC/Legacy.
Since I have 6 power bricks, a TMCC Cab-1, a Legacy base, and 2 TPC 400, the wiring has turned out to be a real bitch. I had to call Mike Reagan at Lionel (their R&D guru) to walk me through it as the instructions that came in the LCS box conveniently forgot to give wiring diagrams for set ups with TPC controllers in them.
The layout is full TMCC/Legacy.
Posted on 12/25/15 at 1:37 pm to boXerrumble
072 is the way to go. Today's quiet, I've thought about setting up an 072 circle on the office floor and running one of the trains below (probably the yellow one). They are really long and look great running.
These are the auction photos, but they are my trains.
These are the auction photos, but they are my trains.
Posted on 12/25/15 at 1:38 pm to Marco Esquandolas
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The layout is full TMCC/Legacy.
How hard it is to use Legacy TMCC? Translation: How hard is it for an old guy to figure it out?
Posted on 12/25/15 at 1:51 pm to chinhoyang
That's a fine train bro. I would run it. (IWRI?)
I run one through the Christmas village but not round the tree.
I run one through the Christmas village but not round the tree.
Posted on 12/25/15 at 1:55 pm to chinhoyang
Not at all. A couple wires and you are done.
Mine is complex because I am running an older Cab-1/command base within the Legacy system (so I can have variable voltage to run older non TMCC engines) as well as TPC controllers to get 200 steps of voltage. I also have amp meters and circuit breakers in line too (I am running 810 watts at 20A breakers--I can weld with the power it produces!!).
All of this will be unnecessary in about 3-4 months as Lionel is about to introduce a module that plugs into Legacy that will allow fine voltage steps to run older non TMCC trains.
Just get a Legacy set and the module for variable voltage and you should be good to go. It is actually pretty cool.
Mine is complex because I am running an older Cab-1/command base within the Legacy system (so I can have variable voltage to run older non TMCC engines) as well as TPC controllers to get 200 steps of voltage. I also have amp meters and circuit breakers in line too (I am running 810 watts at 20A breakers--I can weld with the power it produces!!).
All of this will be unnecessary in about 3-4 months as Lionel is about to introduce a module that plugs into Legacy that will allow fine voltage steps to run older non TMCC trains.
Just get a Legacy set and the module for variable voltage and you should be good to go. It is actually pretty cool.
Posted on 12/25/15 at 1:55 pm to chinhoyang
Once had a 22 x ll 072 layout and all tmcc. O gauge my best friend prolly has 6 figures of trains on wall mth and Lionel mostly Lionel.
We gonna add a couple tables to his 28 x 15 layout..im in charge of all the scratch building
We gonna add a couple tables to his 28 x 15 layout..im in charge of all the scratch building
Posted on 12/25/15 at 1:56 pm to Marco Esquandolas
Awesome setup!
I do a small setup on Christmas Eve around the tree. Only about 3 passenger cars though. Nothing serious but just enough to jog down memory lane.
I do a small setup on Christmas Eve around the tree. Only about 3 passenger cars though. Nothing serious but just enough to jog down memory lane.
Posted on 12/25/15 at 2:07 pm to chinhoyang
As promised...sorry for the poor quality--lighting not the best and using an iPad...
Posted on 12/25/15 at 2:15 pm to Marco Esquandolas
Are those GS-4s from Lionel or MTH?
Posted on 12/25/15 at 2:15 pm to Marco Esquandolas
Picture number 1 is my favorite.
Those pictures do a good job showing how big your layout is.
Later, I'm going to set up some track on my office floor IF I can find some lube. The only lubricant I have are the 50's tubes that are part of some old boxed sets.
Those pictures do a good job showing how big your layout is.
Later, I'm going to set up some track on my office floor IF I can find some lube. The only lubricant I have are the 50's tubes that are part of some old boxed sets.
Posted on 12/25/15 at 2:27 pm to boXerrumble
GS-2 and GS-4...both Lionel TMCC.
This post was edited on 12/25/15 at 2:35 pm
Posted on 12/25/15 at 2:29 pm to Marco Esquandolas
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GS-2 and GS-4...both Lionel TMCC.
Are the passenger cars aluminum or some other material?
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