I think 71 is enough, for now

[laz 57]

KEV and JACK,

   Gotta get the 30 pack and got the OL MIL plant covered with help from da CHIEF.

RT,

  Are those AA meetings on Thursday?  Maybe i should go?  But thats GOLF and Wings and Yuengs nite.

laz57

[rtraincollector]

Here there is a modle railroad club all scales and they have meetings on thursdays ( which isn't great for me ) that will let visitors run there engines I guess with prior arrangement one could bring in a full serries to run.

I personally getting a little anxious to get started on my layout but feel like I'm probably at least a year away if not two. I do have the room about 90% ready but theres other things around the house that need attention now. But at least I'm getting closer.

 

[RockIsland52]

KEV......that must have been a 32 pack, with two now missing due to your and LAZ'  testing for quality control.

Jack.

[KRM]

Laz,, ALWAYS GO FOR THE 30 PACK!                  

[RockIsland52]

LAZ.......with that much Ole Mil beer being hauled, you need a couple of military troop transport cars to provide security.

Jack

[laz 57]

Now that's impressive.  I have collected OLD MILWAUKEE reefer cars and have a 24 or small case o beer. 

 Should I go for a 30 pack?

laz57

[Boyd]

I was going to stop at 40, then 50, then,,,,,

[rack776]

You can always shoot for an "even" 75 LOL! 

Seeing a unit train with all the same road numbers on each car would drive the scale HO guys crazy

If it were not for a lack of money I'd have a heck of a train collection ,I like pretty much every one I see and the ones I like most happen to be the most rare and expensive ones to buy. Why is that? Why I "need" to look at stuff I cant afford on ebay is beyond me!

Maybee at a local train show if a club has a big modular layout you could see it strech out & run. Post some photos if you getr a chance to do it.

I'd love to see my Dads old Lionel set run on something other than a 4'x4' x-mas tree loop, We have a place here in Allentown PA (Merchants Square Antiques Mall) with a large indoor display I just have not gotten up the nerve to ask if they would be willing to run a visiters train on their layout.

[daves92camaro]

that is a really sharp hopper....maybe when things get better...you know you could get more? lol i have one but that is just me....i think id be awesome to see pics of that custom one ha

[blownout cylinder]

My layout is the wrong scale for your 'collection' but I would imagine it could fit a 55 foot X 35 foot basement layout no problem...

[rtraincollector]

I have a 14' x 16 foot around the ceiling layout with O-42 curves so it would just fit on there with a engine or 2 and one small caboose .

[stebbycentral]

It's good that you are talking about rolling stock.  Because if you are talking about candles on the birthday cake, it doesn't work that way!

Or at least not in a manner that works to your favor.

[Boyd]

A shrinking available paypal credit and other priorities forced me to stop aquiring red Lionel CN 9013 cars. I have 71 now. I was going to shoot for 100. I got the last 3 in the last 10 days. All but the last 3 have had their plastic pivot pins replaced with 3/4" #8 bolts and nylon locknuts. I've gotten pretty good at replacing them. Needle nose to remove plastic pin,,, which sometimes takes several tries to get them out. Install of nut & bolt:  long narrow nose vise grip on the nut from the underside and a large philips on the top side. Turn until all the way tight, then back it off about 1/2 to 5/8 of a turn and it is done. I have found that if it is only loose enough to let the truck rotate that the car can come off of the track if the track is uneven. So a little bit of wobble in the trucks is good. One that I got at a train show was damaged so I cut the end off of another one and made a custom 3 bay 9013 car. All together in one train they would be 55 feet long not including caboose or engines. Now where do I find a layout I can run this train on?