I just got my engine back from the shop because it stopped working so my older brother took it apart thinking he could fix it.....lost all the screws and ruined the electronics.....cost 70 bucks to repair too

plus I have to take it back today because after we had it worked on the sound was AWESOME but the dual headlights in front didnt work

well tomorrow I may be going to a huge train swap meet......going to be lots of fun

well tomorrow I may be going to a huge train swap meet......going to be lots of fun
Hope you get lots of bargains! Let us know what you find.

Hope you get lots of bargains! Let us know what you find.


I went with 50 bucks and got a post war coal dump car in great condition and a post war log dump car in great condition with BOX......got them both for only 65 BUCKS......he gave me ten bucks off because I was a kid

now I have a whole trains all over 50 years old......old engine that in great shpae my bro bought, milk car, barrel car, sunoco 3 dome tanker, log dump car, and coal dump car.....just need a mint caboose

Which style caboose are you going to get?

Which style caboose are you going to get?

i dont know......a cool one....LOL

a red one

i think this forum just died.....well i got pics of my layout i just have to get them on my computer....LOL

na it did not i still look at it ok it did :confused:

na it did not i still look at it ok it did :confused:

what?/??????

i dont get it

i said that i still look at the fourm

oh......gosh speak english not IM...lol

got pics but now i have to resize them....gosh dangit

lol hahaha

i hate these pics

why do u

cus i cant get them on

o i guess this is our new forum

lets ceep this fourm alive!!! lol

lol....gotta get pix

lol..

Dave,
Did you get a caboose for your postwar set?

no have no money....lol....i will get pics posted soon but i am to lazy

the program that i resize them on doesnt work anymore

dave do u need a ride on fri?

dont know.....call me thursday

ok.....

lets keep this fourm alive

so anyone been building any new layouts

yea......i am building another floor layout.....just one track .......probably a real complicated mth track

cool dave!!!!

OK, this thread is dying, so I'll throw a couple of pictures up. This is my basement layout, and I got it together about 3 days before Christmas. Most of my Lionel accessories go on our Christmas tree layout, so I didn't have much to put on here. I'm running two lines, I have the Polar Express on one, and my youngest boy's Santa Fe Super Freight on the other. I let the boys decorate the platform with toys and Christmas figures. The platform is an "L" - it's 10' x 12' and 5' deep.
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wow thats a nice layout

Yeah, I like it, but I'm kinda torn right now. I've got a ton of HO equipment packed in boxes, and I'd really like to start running that again. When my boys were born, they both received Lionel for their first Christmas, so it's hard to take that down to put my stuff back up. That's why I run Fastrack for Lionel, and Bachmann EZ Track in HO, so I can switch back and forth when I get the urge. I was hoping to run both, but once I built out the basement, it didn't look as big anymore. :rolleyes:

put it on the inside of the o scale

That's what Lionel does on their showroom layout. Only, they use S scale on the elevated inside loop. Done right, the forced perspective makes it all look fine.

Yeah, that's one of the ideas I've been toying with. I just have't come up with a plan I really like yet. Admittedly, I've got so many things I'm working on in this house right now, it's hard to wrap my mind around any one thing long enough to see it through. I'll start moving on it soon. :rolleyes:

Hi, I'm a new member with a problem. I have a postwar 275 ZW transformer that the left throttle arm is loose on. When I say loose, I mean that the arm has some play between the arm itself and the roller inside (sort of like a car's steering wheel has play between it and the wheels). Anyway, is their anyway to fix this without having to go to a Service Station since the nearest one to my house is over an hour away, and I really don't want to be without it for longer than a few days. Thanks for any help you can give me. Also, did I put this in the right place?

I got the Lionel 110 Graduated Trestle Set off of ebay, but I do not know how to attach it to the track. Can someone help!

Thanks,

Kyle

Did you get the correct trestle set? There is a difference between the trestles for the standard track and the new Fast Track. I have the Fast Track, and the trestles just snap right on.
A lesson learned the hard way - Lionel steam locos don't really like going uphill. I finally gave up and went back to flat, because they just couldn't run up the incline. So, if anyone wants 'em, I've got Fast Track graduated trestles available, cheap.

So what do you people think of that new Harry Potter Hogwarts Express that Lionel is coming out with?

wow its great to be back on hobby talk......cant wait til train time....or shall i say christmas time

i am not a big fan of trains like harry potter

:thumbsup: Come On U Guys.....lets Keep This Forum Alive....yea :thumbsup:

I want to know about compatibility between O gage and Fast track. Particularly switches, also the 5/8 inch high track.
NDB

How Much
NDB

Does anyone know if it is possible for the TMCC Commnd Base to communicate with the 135 watt PM-1 or does the PM-1 just receive commands from the Cab-1 remote?

I have a FasTrack setup with a 4-6-4 Hudson w/Conventional railsounds. Last Christmas, the whistle, bell smoke and railsounds stopped working. I changed the battery in the tender to no avail. Believing my older transformer (approx 10 yrs) was going bad, i deceided to replace it this year. I purchased a new 80 watt transformer, but those things still do not work. The train runs fine, but no noise or smoke. Another strange thing, I had to remove my FastTrack uncoupling track as it just kept uncoupling whatever went over it. I put my old uncoupling (old track) in and it works fine. I had assumed that my new uncoupling track was just bad, but now I'm not sure.

Please help, my 8 & 10 yr olds (and their dad) really miss the "Bells & Whistles"!

Thanks.