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Very nice Jeff! [:)]

BTW, I still have at least 10+ locomotives, 20+ wagon cars and all infrastructure (50 meters of track, electrical switches) in HO size...

Very cool! What livery are the locomotives?

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Hi all,

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Very nice Jeff! [:)]

BTW, I still have at least 10+ locomotives, 20+ wagon cars and all infrastructure (50 meters of track, electrical switches) in HO size...

Very cool! What livery are the locomotives?

European and USA.

I even have 1940's steam locomotive (with actual water tank so that steam can be made)!

Most of the stuff I had were bought in Germany, Austria and Italy but some was made locally in company called "Mehanotehnika" in former Yugoslavia (now Slovenia).

My father and I used to build the track on Friday and we finished by Saturday (we build it all over our apartment). On Sunday we had to dismantle it (no room for permanent storage - although at one time we thought about big 4 x 5 meters table suspended on ceiling by pulleys but my mother killed that idea instantly worrying that it might drop on someone incidentally)...

This all was about 30 years ago but I still have all the things safely stored in one big wardrobe (with all my other toys)...


Leo "Apollo11"

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Hi all,

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Very cool! What livery are the locomotives?

European and USA.

I even have 1940's steam locomotive (with actual water tank so that steam can be made)!

Most of the stuff I had were bought in Germany, Austria and Italy but some was made locally in company called "Mehanotehnika" in former Yugoslavia (now Slovenia).

My father and I used to build the track on Friday and we finished by Saturday (we build it all over our apartment). On Sunday we had to dismantle it (no room for permanent storage - although at one time we thought about big 4 x 5 meters table suspended on ceiling by pulleys but my mother killed that idea instantly worrying that it might drop on someone incidentally)...

This all was about 30 years ago but I still have all the things safely stored in one big wardrobe (with all my other toys)...


Leo "Apollo11"

I've toyed with that idea as well... wife killed it instantly.

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May would be a better time. Before the mosquitoes come out in force. Some are as big as turkeys and been known to carry off small children and livestock.

Ah yes. Uncle Fred. I note the family resemblance...[;)]

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For you model railroaders out there....

My father, little brother, and I are building his 4th layout now, and going all out on this... down to every last detail, you name it, and we’ll have it.

We're still blocking off all of the track so that we can run our engines that we have NOT converted to DCC... we have around 100 left to convert... and it's about $15-20 per engine.. And I only have so much time [:)]

He models the steam to diesel transition era from when he was growing up in Western Kansas, big territory of the ATSF.... (Now the BNSF to those of you who are curious)... Mainly the old “Zebra” livery…

My rolling stock is basically zero... I switched from N to HO last year, and sold all of my N Scale, so I am starting over in HO... Mainly working on MKT (the ol' Katy), Cotton Belt, ATSF, UP, and then I custom paint a local short line, K&O (Kansas & Oklahoma, who has a nice, very "modelable" yard in McPherson, where we just moved from). My little brother, who is still around working on his masters, models modern era BNSF coal runs from the mountains, and Northern Pacific - Burlington Northern... pre mergers...We're both big James Hill fans...

However, it’s our layout, and if we want to run a modern day auto carrier with a 4-8-8-4… then we can, that is the best thing about it… haha

And yes.. that is little brother in this first clip...

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My favorite little boy doing what him and "papa" (my father) enjoy most....

Every night after supper he wants to go see them...

"Papa...choo choo....mhmm" (nods head)

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Per, you trying to make some extra income before the Holidays? [;)]

From Minnesota Public Radio:

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Hi all,



European and USA.

I even have 1940's steam locomotive (with actual water tank so that steam can be made)!

Most of the stuff I had were bought in Germany, Austria and Italy but some was made locally in company called "Mehanotehnika" in former Yugoslavia (now Slovenia).

My father and I used to build the track on Friday and we finished by Saturday (we build it all over our apartment). On Sunday we had to dismantle it (no room for permanent storage - although at one time we thought about big 4 x 5 meters table suspended on ceiling by pulleys but my mother killed that idea instantly worrying that it might drop on someone incidentally)...

This all was about 30 years ago but I still have all the things safely stored in one big wardrobe (with all my other toys)...


Leo "Apollo11"

I've toyed with that idea as well... wife killed it instantly.

You probably already have this. Historic Railroad catalog. I get it every so often with Military Issue and Historic Aviation Catalogs. One of the guys here at the office gets Historic Railroad. He is also a buff.

If you don't get the catalog. You could call the military Issue number and get on thier mailing list. 1.800.989.1945. Some pretty cool locomotives. Some over $400.00. I thought I was crazy with my die-cast collection. But you railroad buffs. I tip my hat off to you.[&o]

Gas again down 3.09 9/10. Cool.[8D]