Sunday, December 30, 2007

Parade of pre-war Lionel toy trains

Francesco, you asked for it and now you are going to get it. Here is my attempt to make a video of the pre-war Lionel toy trains running around on the little layout. Let's hope you will like it.

I bought railway crossing lights of Lemax at Lemaxworld for the pleasant price of 3.50 Euro / pair and placed one on the layout. Well it still has to be connected properly, but that can be sorted out later. Then I placed the pre-war trains in a queue and let them run by. In order of appearance: 289E, 1688E, 1664E, 259E and 1668E.

Much of the Lemax houses are too fantastic for me. They still would blend in nicely with a Lionel Polar express or Halloween set, but they are too Dickens-like for my taste. Some items, such as railway crossing signs, benches, lanterns, telephone booths can, however, mix in nicely and since these items are available cheaply in Europe, they are welcome on my layout.

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14 comments:

  1. Francesco Villani1:03 AM

    oh eggo... simply WOW !!! is a great video !!! i can finally watch your prewar trains runnig !!! cool video and very cool trains my friend :-)
    many thanks

    francesco

    HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!
    a great 2008 for you and all !!!

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    Thanks,
    Peter

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  5. lionel lines fan10:51 PM

    Well, sorry Peter, but the link is correct and it does work on my computer. You might want to try it again.
    Greetings
    Eggo

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    Oliver

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  7. lionel lines fan11:35 PM

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    Greetings
    Eggo

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  8. Anonymous3:52 PM

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    Cheers,
    Charlie

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  9. lionel lines fan9:06 PM

    I am sorry to hear this Charlie.
    For some reasons, the loading of blogspot pages are sometimes fast and sometimes slow. It might have to do with internet congestion. Well, I hope you will be able to view it later.

    Greetings
    Eggo

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  10. Anonymous5:54 PM

    Hey,

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    Thanks,
    Charlie

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  11. Anonymous2:46 PM

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    John

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