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re: Anyone do the tradition of an electric train under the Christmas tree?
Posted on 12/25/15 at 2:29 pm to chinhoyang
Posted on 12/25/15 at 2:29 pm to chinhoyang
My dad runs some American Flyer that was made right after ww2 under the tree.
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Posted on 12/25/15 at 2:33 pm to chinhoyang
The layout is 21' x 17'.
Here is the power/control system...
Here is the power/control system...
Posted on 12/25/15 at 2:35 pm to chinhoyang
We had one- loved the way it smelled think my mom has it still somewhere
Posted on 12/25/15 at 2:36 pm to Marco Esquandolas
Sweet setup 
How do you like the new Legacy system? I'm still using the original Cab-1/Command base combo.
How do you like the new Legacy system? I'm still using the original Cab-1/Command base combo.
Posted on 12/25/15 at 2:43 pm to chinhoyang
I have 2 sets of Daylight passenger cars.
One is extruded aluminum, the other is the older Harriman style. Both are Lionel. They are the 4 pack, the 2 pack add on, and the STATION sounds Diner add on...for a total of 7 cars per style. I have a couple 3rd Rail combos as well.
One is extruded aluminum, the other is the older Harriman style. Both are Lionel. They are the 4 pack, the 2 pack add on, and the STATION sounds Diner add on...for a total of 7 cars per style. I have a couple 3rd Rail combos as well.
Posted on 12/25/15 at 2:45 pm to Marco Esquandolas
Here is the Harrimon...
Posted on 12/25/15 at 2:51 pm to boXerrumble
The Legacy offers a few features that cab-1 doesn't have. It has a nicer display as well. If you go all in and really learn it thoroughly, it really allows full control of every aspect of the layout---trains, switches, lighting, accessories, programmed actions/operations, sounds...but you have to play with it for a bit to get the hang of it.
Posted on 12/25/15 at 3:10 pm to Marco Esquandolas
Nice layout you got. I miss mine
Posted on 12/25/15 at 5:34 pm to ole man
Thanks man...I still have a ton of work to do on it though.
I am going to attempt to wire in all the DZ-2500 switch motors and program to throw via the Legacy controller. It is more time consuming than anything else.
I am going to attempt to wire in all the DZ-2500 switch motors and program to throw via the Legacy controller. It is more time consuming than anything else.
Posted on 12/25/15 at 5:39 pm to Marco Esquandolas
I had all Atlas track and switches looks like that is atlas you have also
I still have all my old 027 track and awitches and operating accesories
I still have all my old 027 track and awitches and operating accesories
This post was edited on 12/25/15 at 5:42 pm
Posted on 12/25/15 at 6:09 pm to chinhoyang
Posted on 12/25/15 at 8:02 pm to Marco Esquandolas
Geez way to steal the show. 
that workshop is freakin awesome.
that workshop is freakin awesome. Posted on 12/25/15 at 8:24 pm to chinhoyang
wow man, nice train!!!!
what boy doesn't like trains?!
I did have an HO set, too long ago to remember it under the tree or not...
[ anyone ever read Jeremiah?
? Jeremiah 10 ? King James Bible
The Sovereignty of God
1. Hear ye the word which the LORD speaketh unto you, O house of Israel:
2. Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them.
3. For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.
4. They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not. }
nobody listens or reads Scripture...we just do what everyone else does ]
what boy doesn't like trains?!
I did have an HO set, too long ago to remember it under the tree or not...
[ anyone ever read Jeremiah?
? Jeremiah 10 ? King James Bible
The Sovereignty of God
1. Hear ye the word which the LORD speaketh unto you, O house of Israel:
2. Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them.
3. For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.
4. They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not. }
nobody listens or reads Scripture...we just do what everyone else does ]
Posted on 12/25/15 at 8:37 pm to ole man
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ole man
The track and turnouts (switches) are all Ross. The outer sides of the rails have been painted a rust color to add a little weathered look. I have completed this weathering on about half of the layout so far.
I have some complex switches, such as a double crossover, a few 4-way yard throats, a wye, a few 3-ways, and about 5 curved turnouts.
The turn radius on the outer loop is O-128 if I remember correctly. The tightest is O-72 around the back of the roundhouse. The roundhouse was scratch built.
All the motive power is either Lionel, K-Line, or Atlas; and with the exception of the very old pre war and post war nostalgia stuff, every engine is TMCC. The ones that weren't were converted over to TMCC.
I can tear a modern engine down and do just about any repair--even the boards. I tend to send them off now, though, as I just don't have the time and patience to do the repairs myself now. I do, however, enjoy working on all the post war stuff--simple open frame Pullmor motors and E-units.
I have an arsenal of micro tools for working on trains/models.
Posted on 12/25/15 at 8:39 pm to retired trucker
What does the Bible have to do with toy trains??
Posted on 12/25/15 at 8:49 pm to Marco Esquandolas
quote:lotta folks on this site on the wrong track
What does the Bible have to do with toy trains??
Posted on 12/25/15 at 8:56 pm to Kafka
ISWYDT
Posted on 12/25/15 at 8:58 pm to Marco Esquandolas
So do you have any hobbies you don't go all out on?
Posted on 12/25/15 at 9:07 pm to Sneaky__Sally
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Sneaky_Sally
I have an audio rig in the train room!
It adds a whole new dimension when I hear "I wish I was a headlight...on a northbound train"
Posted on 12/25/15 at 9:09 pm to Marco Esquandolas
Haha - now that is pretty legit I have to admit.
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