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Post by Adam on Nov 5, 2019 0:54:23 GMT
I've got a confession. I really love steam trains, especially the older post-war, super heavy and conventionally powered beauties. Over the last couple of weeks I haven't had much time to get into the train room just to run trains. This happens from time to time when life gets in the way. I've noticed that when I finally get to the train room after a hiatus (which I did this evening), I always start with one of my steam trains. And my favorite has become this beautiful 6-8-6 671 Lionel Turbine. For a train of it's age, it runs incredibly smooth, smokes well and is just a strong runner. It also brings me back to my childhood, hanging out in my uncles basement watching and playing with his trains.  Here she is in live action. arypinski.smugmug.com/Choochoo/i-Q9JDXD6/AAnyone else love running older steam trains? If so, please share pictures and videos. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2019 0:58:02 GMT
Adam, sometimes the old ways are best. That’s a beauty.
Andy
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Post by thebigcrabcake on Nov 5, 2019 1:44:02 GMT
I have an older Lionel Reading T1. Conventional only. It pre-dates TMCC. A great runner and a sentimental favorite of mine.
Emile
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2019 2:05:07 GMT
There's only problem with that video. It's too darn short.  |
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Post by harborbelt70 on Nov 5, 2019 6:36:18 GMT
That video really does take me back. I posted on the childhood trains thread a couple of photos of my Dad’s old Lionel Lines S-2 turbine, which I still remember racing around his layout and puffing smoke the way that yours does.
That engine has not been run in years and would almost certainly need a standard AC motor overhaul to get it to move. My own collection does not include anything nearly so old but I understand the attraction of vintage model steam power.
But like many others on this forum I’ve become enthusiastic about the bells and whistles (literally) of modern command control locos. The more the merrier as far as I am concerned.
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Post by ptc on Nov 5, 2019 11:43:31 GMT
If I had them, I sure would. My first steamer was a Lionel Berkshire and I wore it out as a kid.
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Post by Adam on Nov 5, 2019 12:10:44 GMT
Harborbelt,
I hear you. I’ve got a few new LionChief engines and they are indeed very fun to run with bells and whistles. However they don’t elicit the nostalgic response from me that the older locos do. When my daughters come down to join me they prefer the newer remote controlled units of course.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2019 12:33:30 GMT
The smell is what gets me. The ozone and smoke pellet smell is a trigger for me. Nothing like it.  |
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Post by harborbelt70 on Nov 5, 2019 12:46:23 GMT
Harborbelt, I hear you. I’ve got a few new LionChief engines and they are indeed very fun to run with bells and whistles. However they don’t elicit the nostalgic response from me that the older locos do. When my daughters come down to join me they prefer the newer remote controlled units of course. Yeah, well, I have learned that youngsters prefer to do everything relating to my trains with a remote - even if it's a clunky CAB2. It's like their hands evolved over eons of time just to hold a remote or, more likely, a cellphone. I'm not complaining or rather I can't as I prefer a remote and command control to conventional transformer control any day. |
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