lionel lines

Lionel lines trains are fun to play with. They are nice to hold in your hands and run them over the tracks. Personally, I get most satisfaction from restoring pre-war cars and engines that I obtain as overpainted, rusted wrecks and like to turn them into shining gems. This blogsite tells you about my evening hours.

Sunday, February 02, 2025

ETS diesel switcher 111

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 On this cold and sunny winters' day a new diesel switcher joined the layout. It is an ETS diesel engine  no. 111 , modelled after the C...
Saturday, January 25, 2025

Toy trains enlighten overcast, weiry days

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 For weeks the sky is grey and there is no proper sun in sight. The best remedy against a weiry mood is to fire up some trains and let them ...
Wednesday, January 01, 2025

Happy new 2025

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During these overcast and weiry days, toy trains distract and give joy. So on this new years day there was heavy traffic on the layout. The ...
Sunday, January 08, 2023

Lionel 817 caboose

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 Now that sand-blasting has simplified rust- and paint-removal, I thought it would be nice to tackle one of the nicer train cars waiting for...
Friday, December 30, 2022

The delights of sand-blasting, recreating a Lionel 265 tender

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 Over the years, I have accumulated multiple highly dilapidated, rusted Lionel train cars and they are waiting for repair in my box with rus...
Sunday, September 02, 2018

Bing electric engine brown 18V

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Last week on the model train swap meeting in Houten, I acquired an old electrical engine made by the Bing Brothers in the roaring twenties, ...
Sunday, February 18, 2018

Emsland modelling & toy train fair 2018

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Last month, on 13 and 14th of January, the annual modelling & toy train fair was held in Lingen. I had been planning to visit them for s...
Sunday, January 28, 2018

Train world Brussels

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A few weeks ago, we finally visited Train world in Brussels . We had planned to visit the Belgian railroad museum already for a few years, b...
Sunday, October 29, 2017

Hjerl Hede vintage bog train

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A small vintage heritage line is hidden in the North-West corner of Jutland. Inside the open air museum  named Hjerl Hede a small steam tra...
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