Got Model Railroads?
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Wow, now it isn't just a table with a lot of stuff on it and train tracks, it is a table with a lot of stuff on it and train tracks you can drive trains on!:hehe: All joking aside, that looks really nice Klinger. I can remember the first time I got a chance to run a train on the layout my brother and I used to share. My dad got about 6 inches wired and I ran a locomotive back and forth on that same 6 inches of track for at least ten minutes!
I wish i could post pics, but i had to tear it down
Basically, it was a piece of insuation foam board on top of a cut piece of plywood, painted green and with the track pinned directly to the foam. the only scenery was a poorly-made hydrocal/newspaper/cardboard mountain with a tunnel under it, and a river cut with a screw driver...not even with water!
(PS, don't worry about me, the layout will rise from the ashes...just need to get my parents to help me clean out the garage first
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Basically, it was a piece of insuation foam board on top of a cut piece of plywood, painted green and with the track pinned directly to the foam. the only scenery was a poorly-made hydrocal/newspaper/cardboard mountain with a tunnel under it, and a river cut with a screw driver...not even with water!
(PS, don't worry about me, the layout will rise from the ashes...just need to get my parents to help me clean out the garage first
)captainkman
You are reading this.
I have a layout. I have no pictures, no working locos and no working transformers, so it's a bare track with one railway crossing and a truck.
But I do have a working battery-operated German loco that fits, which is better than nothing!
But I do have a working battery-operated German loco that fits, which is better than nothing!
Made the single largest investment in my life on an IHC Premier 4-8-2 numbered 3001 for the New York Central. This baby has cost me only $10 in cash, $40 in store credit for traded in items, and $40 in labor credit from my parents. Yep, this loco cost me $89.95, but, it is a great runner and it has a light in the tender that turns on when you change the direction to reverse. I must say, I am pleased with my investment.
daylightguy
layout builder
I started building mine a week ago it is going to be built modular with 4x8 sections
Here's mine
A N Scale that is stil a work in progress
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hVvEZE9fF0
I also have videos of full size trains near where I live
Best Wishes,
Brian
A N Scale that is stil a work in progress
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hVvEZE9fF0
I also have videos of full size trains near where I live
Best Wishes,
Brian
She is quite honestly my baby. Very first Brass Locomotive I ever owned, very first HOn3 locomotive I ever Owned.
My friend Sean painted her for me using his airbrush. We tried to get her as close as possible to what 278 looks like on Display, with a few extra touches to doll her up a bit. C-16's always look good dolled up.
My other piece of motive power is a WSMC C-25. Painted up as D&RGW 375, but without such a nice coat of paint. thats a future thing we are going to change, since 278 came out so nice. C-25 can handle about 6 cars up our 4% grade, while the C-16 is limited to 4 cars.
someone call Cirramon...they're star piece has run away
but in all seriousness, if i had the money i'd be modelling HOn3. she's a looker, if i do say so myself.
