Monday, April 14, 2008

The crossing

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I finally got the crossing working and to prove it, here is a video. The bell still needs to be added (so I added a fake train bell for the ...
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Wednesday, April 09, 2008

Weaver hoppers

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A beautiful Weaver hopper car has joined the layout. It was available locally and that seldomly happens, making this a unique opportunity. W...
Monday, March 17, 2008

NW-2 Switcher

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Last week a beautiful Lionel 17605 Reading caboose (built 1989) joined my toy train layout. In order to celibrate this event all near scale ...
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Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Lionel 1689T tender

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Many Lionel streamlined pre-war steamers came with a 1689T tender. They are abundant and can be scooped up on Ebay for about 10 USD or less....
Tuesday, February 12, 2008

259E running

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The Lionel 259E engine now dislikes another 027 switch. For some reason it slows down on one particular switch, while other engines run with...
Monday, January 21, 2008

Busy repair yard

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It is getting a bit over-crowded with pre-war Lionel cars that are patiently waiting restoration. Amongst the latest refugees is a 814 boxca...
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Monday, January 14, 2008

Winter station

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This winter holiday season the Dutch railway museum organised a winter station. They created a skating oval in the central building, musicia...
Sunday, January 06, 2008

Stream lined express

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Here is a video showing a beautiful streamlined steamer with three passenger cars running around my layout. The engine is a 1668E and a smoo...
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Sunday, December 30, 2007

Parade of pre-war Lionel toy trains

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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 aro...
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Sunday, December 09, 2007

Progress on the Lionel 259E engine

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The pilot wheel of the Lionel 259E engine kept derailing on the 027 switches that were directly after a curve. I could not find the reason q...
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Train trucks

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The Williams stock car made me curious to compare the detail level in the train trucks a bit better between four brands of 0 scale 3 rail to...
Thursday, December 06, 2007

Williams stock car

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St. Nicolas has been good to me on 5 december. He gave me a yellow Reading stock car #FC04 from Williams Electric trains . The cattle car is...
Monday, November 19, 2007

Layout maintenance

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Saturday we visited the ' modelspoorbeurs ' in Arnhem. A toy train heaven for h0 and N scale enthusiasts. One stand had quiet a few ...
Sunday, November 11, 2007

B and O Lionel freight express

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This rainy weekend was very suitable for playing with Lionel toy trains. With the help of a tripod and a little natural sun light I was fina...
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Sunday, November 04, 2007

Building a big 2 stall engine house

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This weekend, I used almost all evening hours to construct the BIG 2 stall engine house that I purchased a few weeks ago. This nice model st...
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Sunday, October 28, 2007

Running pre-war trains

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This weekend was great for playing with the pre-war Lionel trains and running them on the layout. I like the sound of the wheels on the tubu...
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Monday, October 22, 2007

Lionel 259E restored and ready to run

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The Lionel 259E steam engine is ready! The final chapter of the restoration process involved the complete rewiring of the engine, since the ...
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Sunday, October 14, 2007

Scale Zero weekend in Zutphen

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This weekend the Dutch Scale Zero foundation had its annual gathering in Zutphen. A few small layouts with nice scenery, a long central loo...
Saturday, October 06, 2007

Lionel in Europe

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Several hunderds of European toy train enthusiasts prefer North-American toy trains over European ones for a manifold of reasons, to name a ...
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Sunday, September 16, 2007

Sneak preview of the 259E

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I just finished with spray painting the Lionel 259E locomotive black glossy paint and it really shines and reflects. Great. The pink underco...