Model Train Corrner

[thecanadianrail]

My newest additon to my growing collection! (SD40-2W CN in zebra/seargent stripes)

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[Chacal]

Some of the stuff.. Rest is packed away in boxes. (the nice stuff)

OMG. The sky blue trackster in your last pic. I had that. I used to drive the older, serious members of the railroad model club crazy with that.

[styckx]

Haha, someone else owned a trackster! That thing is at least 20 years old. It made the most awful running noise and would derail constantly.

[Chacal]

I vaguely remember there was something wrong with the wheel flanges. I replaced the wheels with brass ones that I made on my lathe, and I added lead weights wherever I could inside the body.

[styckx]

One other unique piece of junk I have is this odd Amtrak track cleaner. You dumped solution into it, inserted a foam block under it that would moisten with the cleaner and "clean" the tracks. It was rubbish though and also constantly derailed.

Lemmie go Google see if I can find a pic (not at home).

*minutes pass by*

Ahh yes.. Here it is. This thing was such junk.

http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg43/sca ... &ysize=480

[steve_the_slim]

Oh gods one of those things. I know a guy who bought one and wants to put a decoder in it just to see what happens.

At some point he and I did a bit of research and it turns out it's actually a decent facsimile of a particular type of track geometry car. I forget which though, and I don't remember the site we found it on.

[Csxgp38-2]

As in this one?

http://www.google.com/imgres?um=1&hl=en ... 29,r:2,s:0

[styckx]

The rest of what we have. Most all in good shape besides dirt from sitting in storage.. NPR set is a little worse for wear but not getting any worse either..

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[thecanadianrail]

uploaded a video showing the latest purchases including some that were on the previous page....don't mind the sound problems, turns out my thumb was over the mic 1/2 the time!

http://youtu.be/r1TmXVOUzrc

[Chessie8638]

Reviving an old thread.













All my SP / DRGW stuff. The UP Turbines and DD40X belong to a friend, while the Euro Star passenger train belongs to another. The Euro Star is OO Gauge (slightly bigger then HO scale).

[dazzharvey]

Theres a model show here in 2 weeks, I will try grab some shots from it :)

[Csxgp38-2]

Awesome stuff Chessie. The ol' Espee lives on! :)

[dazzharvey]

I went to the show that was in town this weekend and tooks some pics and some small clips, I post below a youtube playlist link for the clips - sorry about the shakey hand syndrome thankfully youtube corrects that these days. Hope you enjoy

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7DE01121455D0510

[gleno747]

I am part of Coffs Harbour Railway Modellers. We have one of the biggest movable layouts in the southern hemisphere. The hole thing fits into a trailer. Have a look at our website. The site's not entirely finished but you can get the picture of how big the layout is by a few of the construction photos.

[thecanadianrail]

one of the hobbyshops were having a great sale and i was kinda bad and went overboard buying 2 new locos and 7 new freightcars.......i got an Athearn Collectibles VIA 918 P42DC for $110, and an Athearn Genisis CN SD70M-2 8024 (DCC Ready) For $118.....most of the freightcars are the new tooling athearn freightcars and they were all around $10-$20 each...will maby post pics later