Well, it seems I've struck out finding a deadstock caboose, so I purchased a lot of three postwar Lionel cabooses: two 6257s and a 6017. They...
No, wait, here was one. -Dave
I found it on the Lionel website, but I don't see anything regarding delivery. I do recall seeing a message somewhere saying something along the...
I don’t properly have a railroad right now, but I’ve been in the planning/daydreaming stage since 2005 or ‘06 (a little before whenever I joined...
Beginning last year I’m a seasonal Lionel operator. After searching in vain for the right deal on a mid-1940s Scout, I purchased a new Strasburg...
Last Christmas, I bought the Lionel Strasburg passenger train to run around the tree. One of the factors in buying it was that Lionel also made a...
I should have known. I was just in Ogden for the first time this past weekend. I kept remarking how much it reminded me of my dad's old HO layout....
Duplicate, sorry.
Maybe this should go under "Fallen Flags", but I thought that since both the Southern Pacific and the Rio Grande ended up as part of the Union...
I'm sorry, is that "US Transportation pariah"? I love Amtrak because it'll someday provide the nucleus around which America will once again...
This layout won't be too challenging for someone who's never done operation before, will it? -Dave
These were steam engines? Because I thought the Chessie System post-dated steam by quite a wide margin. I have seen a couple model steam...
[IMG] Ah yes, that's exactly what I had in mind. -Dave
Sounds nice - do you have images? -Dave
I can think of a few examples of North American railroads that possessed non-streamlined steam locomotives painted colors other than black:...
Actually, since I posted this, I've begun eyeing the undecorated Bachmann 0-6-0 that Walthers lists. It's $75.00 but some of the decorated locos...
Now if only one of the millionaires from one of the Detroit teams would take an interest in the old Michigan Central Station. -Dave
[IMG] I came across this yesterday and it looks like it could be a good way to get my feet wet with some operation without taking up too much...
Not to get too far off topic, but you have me intrigued now - would it be abnormally dangerous to burn something potentially filled with coal...
Any idea what happened to this? Muskegon's railroad stations are pretty safe these days, but I'm into historic preservation in the larger sense....
