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re: Anyone do the tradition of an electric train under the Christmas tree?
Posted on 12/25/15 at 12:53 pm to Marco Esquandolas
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.
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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 9:31 pm to chinhoyang
Chinhoyang...
There is a guy that was in Metairie for 30 years named Bill Harrison...he lived on Avron near Transcontinental. He was a dealer that didn't advertise and operated out of his garage. Back when Madison Hardware, which was the all time premiere train shop in Manhattan, closed their doors in the early 1980's, he bought their entire parts inventory.
Bill has more pre war and standard gauge parts than you could imagine. And his inventory is all crazy organized and he has a database for every part he has--in the hundreds of thousands.
He moved back to Schenectady, NY to be closer to the grandkids about 4 years ago, but I know him well. If you ever need a strange part for Standard gauge, Bill just might surprise you and have it.
Trains and repairs were his hobby--he was a merchant marine and was an Exec. VP at International Shipholding--so he was not reliant on toy trains for income.
His company is called S&W Part Supply--Google it.
There is a guy that was in Metairie for 30 years named Bill Harrison...he lived on Avron near Transcontinental. He was a dealer that didn't advertise and operated out of his garage. Back when Madison Hardware, which was the all time premiere train shop in Manhattan, closed their doors in the early 1980's, he bought their entire parts inventory.
Bill has more pre war and standard gauge parts than you could imagine. And his inventory is all crazy organized and he has a database for every part he has--in the hundreds of thousands.
He moved back to Schenectady, NY to be closer to the grandkids about 4 years ago, but I know him well. If you ever need a strange part for Standard gauge, Bill just might surprise you and have it.
Trains and repairs were his hobby--he was a merchant marine and was an Exec. VP at International Shipholding--so he was not reliant on toy trains for income.
His company is called S&W Part Supply--Google it.
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