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, May 26, 2013

New tubular track curves

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Yesterday, I visited the local toy train meeting in Zutphen and purchased some new tin-plate toy train tubular tracks made by the Czech comp...
Monday, May 13, 2013

Steam and model railroad days in Nienoord

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Last long weekend (May 9th -12th) amusement park Nienoord held the steam and model railroad days. There were quiet a few large steam engine...
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Sunday, May 05, 2013

Sunny afternoon thoughts

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The good thing of MTH engines with protosound is that you need to charge their batteries every few months to avoid a lot of repair trouble. ...
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Monday, April 29, 2013

Pre-war Märklin exhibition prolonged

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The pre-war Märklin toy train exhibition in the OVM Doetinchem is a much larger success than predicted. At first the closing date was set at...
Sunday, April 21, 2013

It was an honour

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Living in this corner of the world and playing with American toy trains that run on 3 tracks, means that other 'conventional' toy tr...
Thursday, March 14, 2013

Treinenbeurs de Pol in Aalten

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Last Sunday there was a small local train show in "de Pol" in Aalten. It is held a few times annually. And last Sunday it was rela...
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Monday, March 04, 2013

Restoration is a personal matter

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Every few months people e-mail me and ask me if I would like to restore their old toy train items for them. The answer is no. Restoration is...
Monday, February 18, 2013

Smoking Camelback

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In case you ever wonder why it is sometimes better to play outside... Cause a Camelback MTH 30-1142-1 likes to smoke once in a while.
Friday, December 28, 2012

Merkur passenger cars

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Today, I visited a toy train shop which sells Merkur trains. Merkur tinplate toy trains in scale zero have a long history and they still up...
Thursday, December 27, 2012

TCA MG Club cars 2012

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Already in early November the annual TCA MG Club car arrived. It is a tribute to the recently fallen flag of Birmingham and Southern in the ...
Monday, November 05, 2012

Pre-war Märklin exhibition

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On November 24th a special exhibition will open in the Dutch Public Transport museum named: "Pre-war tinplate toy trains". Severa...
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