Any model Railroaders?

**jhenry** · 08-12-2010, 02:50 AM

Originally Posted by shooter74743

gp 38, gp 38-2, gp-40, sd70, es44...I think that's it. Mostly conventionally run, but coal trains are DP (two locomotives on each end of 135 coal cars at 19,500 tons). I have a few on my phone, but will have to check my computer. I'm an engineer for Kiamichi RR that is based out of Hugo, OK. Our parent company is RailAmerica out of FL.

Aren't those locos all built by GM's Electro Motive Division?

**jhenry** · 08-12-2010, 02:54 AM

Originally Posted by nessmuck

You can sure pack in alot of stuff in a small area with N guage! Have you ever looked at Z scale,now that small!! That why i pick O guage,i can see it!!!

Nessmuck,

Can't say that I have. That was too small even for me.

BTW...I still have a few N scale PRR boxcars in their original boxes. If I find the time, I'll take a photo of them and post it.

**HNSB** · 08-12-2010, 03:03 AM

When I was a kid we had a whole room in our house dedicated to our HO scale trains. We had an elevated plywood table (covered in fake grass, streams, and mountains of course) in the center of the room, which mostly filled it. There was about a two foot walkway around the table. The rest was trains.

I haven't touched one in probably 15 years or more.

**ScottGoodman** · 08-12-2010, 06:47 AM

Originally Posted by jhenry

Aren't those locos all built by GM's Electro Motive Division?

You know your engines I have to say! We have received four "blue ducks", but I don't know the maker of them right now, all I do know is that there are 12 more on the way, they have 2K hp, and most important of all, AIR CONDITIONING!

**mcs** · 08-12-2010, 06:50 AM

Have a large set of berliner tt bahnen trains and carriages along with heaps of tracks and model buildings, used to love it but changed hobbies.

Cheers Mark~

**Nightblade** · 08-12-2010, 07:09 AM

You guys make me envious. Out of all the things I wanted to have as a hobby,I always thought that people who did model trains were cool . I love looking at some of the neat miniature sets that people come up with. So creative. Maybe when I retire I might get into that. I sometimes wish I still had the old Lionel train set of my little sprout days.Amazing how somthing that basically goes round n round can be so mezmerising.

**AussiePostie** · 08-12-2010, 08:47 AM

I,m lucky I have a 100 year old steam train running past the back of my place

**Frankenstein** · 08-12-2010, 03:43 PM

When young my father and I used to build HO layouts but as I got bigger there didn't seem to be enough room anymore. These days I like Z. In Japan it's the norm and the amount of stuff available is unbelievable. I don't have a layout though, one days perhaps, but for now I collect a few engines, etc.

I'd love to see some photos if you've got any, though.

**smokelaw1** · 08-12-2010, 04:15 PM

Originally Posted by HNSB

When I was a kid we had a whole room in our house dedicated to our HO scale trains. We had an elevated plywood table (covered in fake grass, streams, and mountains of course) in the center of the room, which mostly filled it. There was about a two foot walkway around the table. The rest was trains.

I haven't touched one in probably 15 years or more.

Same here! It was at my grandpa's house, right around the corner from here I grew up. When we (three boys) were old enough, we'd be allowed to touch one thing, then another, slowly until he thought we were mature enough to handle the whole set. We weren't alwys, though, and the first time in my life I remember feeling ashamed of my behavior was when I broke the rules with those trains. It's been right around 28 years since I touched them, and I can still feel the grass, smell the oil...
There is an O set up at a Nursery/Garden center about a mile from my house. My daughter likes to watch the trains with me, and I love watching with her.

**bamboozle** · 08-12-2010, 04:43 PM

I used to have a Lionel layout years ago before I got married. I don't have a layout now, so I joined an O-Gauge train club so I can run some trains.
At Christmas time, I set up an LGB train around the tree.
Here is the train club that I belong to:
BOSTON METRO HI-RAILERS :: GENERAL INFORMATION

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