Mark the date and spread the word! The annual Take a Model Train to Work day falls on November 16th this year. Don't miss this opportunity to share World's Greatest Hobby!
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Carl Swanson, editor
MODEL RAILROADER Magazine
retired now, but when i did have an office, it was actually "Take a Model Train to Work Day" everyday. there was typically a tinplate piece or two sitting amongst my dust-collecting reference books. hoppers and gondolas also make for much less boring candy dishes almost guaranteed to eventually root out a fellow fan or two.
I have 4'x8' layouts in my two veterans offices. One at the Chillicothe (Ohio) VAMC and the other at the Ironton Ohio AMVETS office.
Train in the office 24/7/365!
Thanks for the reminder. Last year I brought my Lionel 8E from 1928 or so to the office. This year, I might bring the Lionel Lincoln Funeral train.
Glad there's folks that can do this. My "office" is my p/u truck- no room for trains and no one to share them with.
This sucks, I don't have a job. But its OK I don't want one - too old.
I work and live here for seven days at a time:
This being a second home, I bring up at lot of my projects to keep me occupied in my spare time:
So the folk's at work are often confronted with scenes such as this:
I believe I hold the record of the highest railroad in Arizona - 10,453'
Bob
Tucson, AZ (aka the Ol' Pueblo)
Home of the Mt. Graham & Arizona Eastern Boiler Shops
I often wonder how many do display a train at their work. I have not seen any exept those on dispaly year around.
David Barker I often wonder how many do display a train at their work. I have not seen any exept those on display year around.
I often wonder how many do display a train at their work. I have not seen any exept those on display year around.
I took a model locomotive to work on the 16th.
Since I live two miles from work and walk to and from, I selected a model that would fit easily into my briefcase along with my lunch (pieces of fruit).
I took a Bachmann HO scale Chinese prototype diesel locomotive, a type ND 2 which is a model of a Romanian built copy of a Swiss design with a Sulzer engine in a Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works body.
This was doubly convenient since I wrote a book on Chinese locomotives some years ago and was able to show my work colleagues the book entry for that class, showing how close to the prototype the model was.
I know Bachmann doesn't have the best reputation for its "standard" range of USA prototypes but the models for the Chinese market look excellent.
It is a pity that collecting of HO doesn't get the profile of O and S gauge as outlined in this forum. In particular, the development of British OO gauge models since they pioneered Chinese manufacture in the late 1970s and early 1980s (when they were far better than the British made equivalent) to the amazing models of today deserves the sort of coverage given to Lionel or American Flyer here.
M636C
I don’t have much room in my office cubical, but I do have a small N-scale display on a bookshelf. It doesn’t run, but I’m only in the office for a few hours a day so it doesn’t really matter much.
It’s always getting broken while I’m out in the field. My coworkers claim it’s the janitor and the janitor say it’s not them so I replaced it with a cheap one.
I have found my trains have been run once or twice, but not for a long time. Both of my offices are locked when I am not there and the trains are in a separate room which is also locked.
My fear is if someone would run them and would forget to unplug the transformer
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