This year I have early prewar Lionel trains under the tree, Standard gauge engine is a Lionel #33 and the O gauge is Lionel #150. Both train sets are from about 1920. The unusual transformers are made by Dongan Electric Manufacturing Company (Detroit, Michigan). Both transformers have their original cloth cords and plugs, are from the 1920's and still work great. I added internal circuit breakers to both. FYI, Dongan Electric is still in business building industrial electric components and their world headquarters is in Fraser, Michigan.
Looking great, Thank's for sharing
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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Always look forward to your Christmas tree trackplans, Dave. Putting together a video too? Thanks for sharing.
Yes, a video will be in the works, but probably won't happen until after Christmas.
stunning! magnifacent!collosal!
Dave
It's a TOY, A child's PLAYTHING!!! (Woody from Toy Story)
dsmith
Dave, your photo (and your unique trains and transformers) really looks great. The photo could pass for an Angela Trotta painting if you just add her signature to the bottm right hand corner.
Did you do anything special to get that painting effect, either at the time the picture was taken or with software like Photoshop Elements? I really like the effect.
Earl Staley
I always love your Christmas layouts!
Trains, trains, wonderful trains. The more you get, the more you toot!
Earl, the effect I used on the photo was a software program called Fusion. Fusion is an HDR (High Dynamic Range) program that increases the detail and sharpness in light and dark areas of the photo. It is a free program and you can download it here:
http://fusion-hdr.com/
Here are more photos.
Those last pictures were great.Looked like they came right out of the 1920's.
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