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Post by seayakbill on May 14, 2024 11:28:37 GMT
Bill, that is a nice 44-ton unit (#629 from 1956). I am glad you like running the post war equipment. That is a neat consist with cattle cars. I have never seen any running or in stock yards in real life. Alfred Hi Alfred, back in the 50's and 60's, long before command locos, Postwar and AMT / Kusan were the only game in town for O gauge electric trains. Bill www.youtube.com/user/seayakbill
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Post by atsda on May 14, 2024 13:52:53 GMT
Post by seayakbill on 2 hours ago
“… Alfred, back in the 50's and 60's, long before command locos, Postwar and AMT / Kusan were the only game in town for O gauge electric trains.”
Bill, Nowadays, the only game in town for me is post war Lionel. I run exclusively post war Lionel – I do not have any of the new digital equipment; not that I don’t like it, I like the post war equipment – in part, it’s nostalgic for me. I don’t think I have any rolling stock, accessories, transformers, track later than 1958. Alfred: Old man running old trains.
(PS, if you know of a source of the old tubular Lionel track, please let me know. I am in need of the O72 radius track as well as lots of straights. I know of tinman3; however, I don’t need refurbished track or high cost. Thanks.)
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Post by atsda on May 15, 2024 14:13:13 GMT
Last night, I spent a few hours running three steam locos. I swapped them between the consists I had running on three tracks. Did a minor repair on the S2 Turbine - re-attached one side of the ladder assembly under the cab - don't know where the screw went - I did a temporary fix with a copper wire 'clip'. Just having fun sitting on the floor at the transformer throttles and whistle controls. Alfred
(By the way, the photos I posted are probavly not good resolution. While working with the image file, I discovered that it was in GIF format. Evidently, the camera on the phone (newly acquired) is set for high efficiency to save space. I reset the camera in Settings for JPEG.)
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Post by josef on May 15, 2024 16:34:03 GMT
 PEEK-A-BOO!
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Post by atsda on May 17, 2024 15:51:37 GMT
Slow-moving passenger and fast-moving freight on adjacent tracks - 3-min video. The tracks are on the carpet in the new train room. I am still making measurements regarding the size and configuration of the layout table top; I now have the plans for the benchwork in mind. Alfred youtu.be/-7xLK1YBhxk |
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Post by healey36 on May 17, 2024 22:44:34 GMT
My grandfather's Flyer "Suburban" set from 1926/1927, with an 1108 baggage car added to the consist:  Still a poor runner after quite a bit of work, the 1096 is due for an extended stay on the workbench (but not too bad for 97 years old). |
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Post by seayakbill on May 18, 2024 8:57:11 GMT
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Post by atsda on May 29, 2024 21:31:08 GMT
Bill, good selection of diesels and roads. Alfred
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Post by atsda on May 29, 2024 21:31:52 GMT
Nothing on the tracks. In fact, I re-packed the three steam consists that I had been running on three independent nested loops on the floor. I removed the two smaller loops so that I could get a footprint of the new layout top using the largest loop. Alfred Alfred
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Post by atsda on Jun 3, 2024 18:16:42 GMT
Burlington Route GP-7 No. 2328 (Lionel, 1955-56 – truck with Magnetraction is below the cab heading a short freight consist with my four ‘newest’ box cars (3 Lionel ca mid-50s, 1 Menards) – SoM, MSTL, SP, Reading, ended with SP caboose. I am waiting for my second State of Maine to arrive in the mail. Gordon Lightfoot’s Canadian Railroad Trilogy is playing in the background. Within the next few days, I will take up the tracks to have floor space to begin work on new benchwork. Alfred youtu.be/yNO3yAnYQrA |
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Post by atsda on Jul 31, 2024 2:28:28 GMT
The table top is on the benchwork for the new layout. However, as I have mentioned in other posts, I have not had much time to do additional work. I did run a 3 car passenger consist headed by a post war GP-7 on the outer loop of test track - that was about ten days ago. The train has remained stationary on the track since then. I can't find time to have any run time. Alfred
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Post by david1 on Jul 31, 2024 3:02:50 GMT
Keep moving ahead!!
Dave
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Post by healey36 on Aug 11, 2024 14:54:02 GMT
From the archives:  Lionel 252 with coach and observation...not sure of the set number (if there is one). Cars still need a bit of work.  |
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Post by Adam on Aug 11, 2024 16:39:59 GMT
From the archives: Lionel 252 with coach and observation...not sure of the set number (if there is one). Cars still need a bit of work. Beautiful set!
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Post by atsda on Aug 12, 2024 21:01:50 GMT
healey36, nice set. What are the car numbers? Alfred
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