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.

Wednesday, August 05, 2015

Miniworld

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Yesterday we visited Miniworld in Rotterdam . Its entrance is conveniently located on about one third mile west of the Central Railway stati...
Sunday, July 19, 2015

Lionel 814 boxcar restored

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Here it is, a shining restored 814 Lionel boxcar, finally finished. It involved an intensive cleaning procedure. First thick layers of brown...
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Monday, June 22, 2015

Tribute to Weaver model trains

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Earlier this month, Weaver model trains announced to cease production. This news trickled down slowly over the pond, only receiving me a few...
Sunday, June 14, 2015

Swap meet in Aalten

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The toy trains swap meeting in Aalten has always been a relatively small gathering. A few years ago they moved from "de Pol" to ...
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Sunday, June 07, 2015

Visiting toy train heaven

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Last weekend, I had to kill 4 hours of precious daylight time in South Limburg. After I finished doing some obligatory shopping and visiting...
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Tuesday, April 28, 2015

To restore or to refrain

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When do you decide to restore a toy train and when do you decide to leave if as it is? That depends on the rarity of the object, the condit...
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Sunday, April 26, 2015

Painting Paya coach roof tops

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It has already been a few weeks since I painted the self-fabricated replacement roof for the Paya 987 Salon coach. Since then the other orig...
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Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Merkur flat bed car

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The Merkur flat bed car 9449 is excellent for moving cars about. Therefore, I filled it up with two nice ones. It is almost starting to look...
Sunday, March 22, 2015

Modelspoorbeurs Zutphen Spring 2015

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This weekend a large regional swap-meeting was held in Zutphen. So we went to assess the offers, the sales and the displays. Our first imp...
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Sunday, March 15, 2015

Overcast days are great to get things finished

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It was a chilly, overcast day. So, I took my drying box with old fashioned light bulbs from the storage, properly removed the dust and spide...
Sunday, March 08, 2015

Spring is in the air

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What a wonderful weekend indeed. Time to walk through the forest, feel the heat of the sun rays and see the still bare trees. But the excite...
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