Friday, April 16, 2010

Lionel 259T finished

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Well it took me 2 slow years, but I got it done. The Lionel 259T tender is finished and it is time for a test ride with the 259E eng...
Sunday, March 21, 2010

Decapped MTH PCC Streetcar

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A decapped MTH PCC streetcar was available locally for a sweet price. Since, this is unusual for MTH engines in Europe, I could not resist. ...
Sunday, January 10, 2010

TCA MG Club car 2009 and a roof finished

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The TCA-MG club car was late in 2009. But it did arrive in the holiday season and here is it. It is a brown cattle car with nice detail. The...
Friday, November 27, 2009

Hoppers

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This week a really nice "Golden loaf" flour hopper arrived. So, it is time for a test ride and a line up with all the other hopper...
Tuesday, September 29, 2009

MTH Camelback running

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This weekend I succeeded in making some good shots from the new MTH Camelback. Moreover, I also managed to blow the whistle button this time...
Tuesday, September 22, 2009

MTH Camelback

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Today, a beautiful present arrived: a MTH Camelback engine with Protosound 1, #30-1142-1 from Reading railroad. Just look at it. Soon you wi...
Sunday, August 02, 2009

new additions

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A few days ago some new Weaver Union Pacific cars joined my little layout. A crisp lettered boxcar with "bolster snubber springs" ...
Wednesday, June 03, 2009

Weaver alco on 027 tracks

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One of the last issues with the Weaver Alco engine running on 027 tracks was that it derailed the first car it pulls in a curve. To resolve ...
Thursday, May 14, 2009

Lionel 1677

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Today, a beautiful pre-war gondola arrived. It is the green Lionel 1677 that was produced from 1933-1935. A long lithographed car that was p...
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Sunday, March 01, 2009

Alco running

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Although the new FA-2 diesel engine doesnot have QSI, Protosound, Trainsound or whatever fancy hightech sound system, it does have an uniqu...
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Weaver UP Alco #6540

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About a month ago, I received a beautiful Weaver FA-2 Alco diesel engine in Union Pacific livery from Northern Saskatchewan. Although produc...
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Monday, February 09, 2009

P&LE Boxcar

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A beautiful Weaver PS-1 boxcar has joined us. It is a jade green NYC system Pittsburgh and Lake Erie boxcar made in a special run for P&...
Monday, February 02, 2009

Planting trees

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One of the key difficulties of a layout on a folding table is how to deal with adding scenery, especially houses, mountains and trees. Today...
Monday, January 26, 2009

Long trains run by

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This weekend we played with th e trains and made some large consists and saw how the MTH switcher pulled it easily. The house / crossing bel...
Sunday, January 18, 2009

Reynolds Railroad Products

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This weekend I found two old US 0 scale cars of a brand that is unknown to me "Reynolds railroad products - Athearn 0 scale kits" ...
Saturday, December 13, 2008

Modelspoorbeurs Houten

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Today, was a large toy train convention in Houten. About 90% of the toy trains offered were in half zero and N, but a few nice O scale toy t...
Sunday, November 16, 2008

Lionel versus MTH

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Today was a fine day to run trains and to compare my MTH SW 1500 switcher with my Lionel SD 28 diesel engine. First of all, some pulling tes...
Thursday, November 13, 2008

Hopper time

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A colourful PS-2 Hopper joined us and it came in beautiful old cardboard box. It is just nice to enjoy this 'out-dated' design. I am...
Friday, November 07, 2008

TCA-MG Club car #2

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This week the 2008 TCA-MG club cars arrived and they are handsome indeed. The designers chose for the new 40' flat cars of Weaver with ...
Thursday, October 09, 2008

Progress on the layout

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The MTH Z controller is in. It requires an input current of 20 Volt AC, 100 Watt with a maximum current of 6 Ampère. So, first I tried using...