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re: The train of the future in 1936. The Mercury
Posted on 5/12/17 at 10:17 pm to chinhoyang
Posted on 5/12/17 at 10:17 pm to chinhoyang
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Frank Sinatra was a model railroader.
Rod Stewart has about $5M invested in 2 HO scale layouts (one in USA and one in Britain).
Neil Young was the man behind the very Legacy remote system I mentioned a couple posts up (the remote operating system for Lionel).
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Posted on 5/12/17 at 10:19 pm to Marco Esquandolas
I do some scratch building did a painted backdrop couple water scenes on the layout, Jeff had 2bnsf the one I bought the smoke unit didn't work So he swapped it the Katy is fine
Posted on 5/12/17 at 10:49 pm to ole man
Cool--I am glad to see that some of my stuff went to a good home! It took me a while to hunt down separate cab numbers for the 2 BNSF Dash-9s.
When not in use, they were stored on a track on a shelf on the wall with all the other diesel locos you see in my pics...I took care of my stuff.
Lionel, BTW, is a royal pain in the arse to deal with. I am working with Jeff now to get the original Acela repaired (the automatic opening doors were stuck in "open"). It saw maybe 5 minutes of run time in 10 years. Mine was the original 100th Anniversary set that was limited to 2000. It wasn't even broken in. I had the add-on car set for it as well.
You really need a giant layout and O-120+ curves to do the Acela justice...it looks as though you may have a large enough layout. It was $2700 10 years ago ($2k for set and $700 for add-on pack)...Other than the doors, which can be repaired, mine was absolutely mint.
Also--the UP Veranda Turbine (you can see it in the pics on top of my workbench), is a hard to find Lionel piece. If Jeff still has it--make him an offer. It is full TMCC as is its oil tender. There is a back story to Lionel's low production number of this loco--I don't think it was in a regular catalog either.
When not in use, they were stored on a track on a shelf on the wall with all the other diesel locos you see in my pics...I took care of my stuff.
Lionel, BTW, is a royal pain in the arse to deal with. I am working with Jeff now to get the original Acela repaired (the automatic opening doors were stuck in "open"). It saw maybe 5 minutes of run time in 10 years. Mine was the original 100th Anniversary set that was limited to 2000. It wasn't even broken in. I had the add-on car set for it as well.
You really need a giant layout and O-120+ curves to do the Acela justice...it looks as though you may have a large enough layout. It was $2700 10 years ago ($2k for set and $700 for add-on pack)...Other than the doors, which can be repaired, mine was absolutely mint.
Also--the UP Veranda Turbine (you can see it in the pics on top of my workbench), is a hard to find Lionel piece. If Jeff still has it--make him an offer. It is full TMCC as is its oil tender. There is a back story to Lionel's low production number of this loco--I don't think it was in a regular catalog either.
This post was edited on 5/12/17 at 10:55 pm
Posted on 5/12/17 at 10:52 pm to Backinthe615
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I was at Barret Jackson a couple years ago and they had one of these with the whole side slung-open. Really cool.
Was it auctioned? The picture I linked to are in the link below plus 8 other Art Deco vehicles LINK
quote:This one may be the BJ auction General Motors Futurliner Fetches $4 Million At Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale in 2015
This Harley Earl designed bus was part of GM’s Parade of Progress, a traveling exhibition which showcased new cars and technology across the US from 1940 to 1941 and again from 1953 to 1956. Surprisingly, of the 12 Futurliners that were built, 9 are still in existence today. Bus #11 sold for $4 million in 2006.
I had seen them in archive reels and saw one being restored on Bitchin' Rides (The Future Never Looks So Good) on the Velocity Channel and had caught the tail end of it and recorded the few minutes left.
ETA: Learned that the one on Velocity was #3 Meet the star of the auction block: The 1939 Futurliner
This post was edited on 5/12/17 at 11:14 pm
Posted on 5/12/17 at 11:02 pm to RedRifle
Blaine the Mono
ETA..I upvoted previous Blaine post
ETA..I upvoted previous Blaine post
This post was edited on 5/12/17 at 11:06 pm
Posted on 5/13/17 at 5:51 am to Marco Esquandolas
Yep I love Both of em,I saw the Veranda, its a little to big for the layout.My outer loop is O-72 and innner is O-63. My layout in Alexandria had O-99 O-91 and 81, I got a canadian Pacific dash that wont run I need to see about getting it fixed, It was the 1st tmcc set I bought
Posted on 5/13/17 at 5:57 am to link
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link?
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yea it's pretty cool.
Well done
Posted on 5/13/17 at 8:05 am to chinhoyang
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Frank Sinatra was a model railroader.
That doesn't mean you're not a pole smoker.
Posted on 5/13/17 at 8:37 am to Marco Esquandolas
Posted on 5/13/17 at 2:43 pm to ole man
Nice layout
Posted on 5/13/17 at 2:57 pm to ole man
Are you guys married? If so your wives must hate your hobby.
Posted on 5/13/17 at 3:09 pm to ole man
Lionel Standard Gauge Blue Comet (late 1920's)
Next to a black 400 locomotive:
Inside has details including sink and toilet:
Next to a black 400 locomotive:
Inside has details including sink and toilet:
Posted on 5/13/17 at 3:20 pm to chinhoyang
Posted on 5/13/17 at 3:26 pm to PhifeDogg
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Is that the train Bobby Bacala was looking at when he got killed?
The episode was even called "Blue Comet." Bobby was buying the smaller, O gauge blue comet:
The standard gauge Blue Comet is much bigger. The standard gauge cars at a foot and one-half long.
Posted on 5/13/17 at 6:46 pm to chinhoyang
Very nice
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