Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Changing trucks

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A few months ago I was lucky to purchase some Weaver cars here in Europe. However, they we fitted with 2 rail trucks and Kadee couplers. Wel...
Sunday, August 17, 2008

Protosound 2

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And there was sound. A strong nearly deafening diesel roar can now be heared from the attic. The first MTH engine has made a strong and impr...
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Thursday, August 07, 2008

Historail

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In the middle of France, in a small town named St. Leonard de Noblat is a small railway museum: Historail . The entrance is a bit authentic ...
Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Train signal works

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After the painting and the wiring has been done, I can finally say that the train signal works. What a few Lemax crossing lights, a 3 Euro r...
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Sunday, June 08, 2008

Train signal and new cars

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Two new cars have joined us. Two 2-rail Weaver cars to be more precise. A B&O #302522 50' bulkhead flat car from 1996 and a Reading ...
Saturday, May 17, 2008

All-Nation Line #A-110

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Last week a post war freight car kit in scale 0 arrived here and I am very pleased with it. The brand is "All-Nation Line" which w...
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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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