Lionel trains....

Inside the "ZW-275".

 

I'm on a 6464 Boxcar kit. Luckily they made these cars again in 1994, Mt. Clemens Michigan. These have springs in the trucks. I got it for like $12.00 in a 3 car kit. With the box (thats worth like twenty bucks) so you can store them.

 

Cool thread. But shouldn't those cars have graffiti on them?

 

They have those are like a hundred or so.

 

Repaint

 

I turned a broke mantle into a shelf. Engine/tender are from like 36' and the car is from the 20's.

 

https://youtube.com/shorts/YN60a6nxTU8?si=8V6N1J0fE1iWPIYSHis latern burnt out in five minutes so I had to hot wire a bulb.

 

https://youtu.be/K0Qc_CW97fE?si=glIEmw7KsBT6zkaZHas railsounds when it moves.

 

I picked up a Dash 9 from 2000.

 

Lionel did a Bass Pro "O" scale Nitro Bass Boat!

 

https://youtube.com/shorts/HVU1OHmDhl4?si=A-kyTIf8mhUqzfQI

 

This train was running super slow. I mean like a slug. Both units are smoking, B unit was out of fluid. But, Ive dealt with this before. By giving it a short and resetting the speed control/turning it off. By full throttle neutral, half horn, then deacceleration to a 1/4 throttle.

 

https://youtu.be/YBtE6nAP2cA?si=P7w86fpvUUqEKh0C

 

This engine PULLS!

 

I dont have a car payment.

 

Check out this gear reduction 12 wheel drive.

 

Ive been dealing alot with Trainz.com in Buford, Georgia. I even fried an $1,100 Challenger and they exchanged it for another one. I mean these "Warbonnet" are from 2004 but dont look like they have ever been used I guess the speed control got locked in slow. You can set the speed control to go up and down hills at the same speed for crawling and heavy loads.

 

I added an unpowered 2243 inbetween the two Santa Fe's for more length. I will upload a video later.

 

I scored 1/43 Nascar flat cars, got Ernhardt, Gordon Johnson and Sterwart.

 

I wasnt going to do a Nascar thing but I got these cars for like $15-30 bucks, from a thrifter, one has paint on its not bad, and i had to glue a flat car looked like it got stepped on.

 

https://youtu.be/pDCYqxEKBh0?si=_p72BbyaIL7QnqWJThe christmas box cars are musical. The engines are fast I can open them up or crawl.

 

Just found this thread.
All newer equipment but most all Lionel stuff. Don’t have the room to make the setup I want to have.

 

Im riding the Metro. I have a Christmas party at the National's Stadium. And I get to switch trains.

 

"Train Show", best $15 I ever spent. Italian made Rivarossi HO.

 

"Commander's colors"? How ironic.

 

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I had a basic Lionel train set as a kid and loved it ... put pills in the locomotive and it would smoke.

The coolest train I have ever seen was a very old train set my cousin inherited from his great uncle and it it passed down to the great uncle.

It was a very detailed train set with VERY BIG CARS & TRACK. It was super old but I have no idea when it was made or the brand.

That was a long time ago and I am doing this from memory.

Model trains and real trains have always fascinated me.

 

Awesome. Ya the USA history is amazing. You got New York, Conneticut, Chicago all competed on or about the time eletricity was invented. Then the compition started Lionel brought out the whistleing tender in like 1935 then is 36 Gilbert brought out one for American Flyer and got sued.lol

I still dont no how it activates the whistle by giving it a short on the same voltage and track. And I can run a 1920 engine with the same tranformer as a new engine. Well some are still conventional.