I know I am a day early but here are some standard gauge pictures from around my son's Christmas tree. We run Mostly American Flyer but have Ives and a reproduction Lionel State set. Buildings are from Flyer, Ives , Lionel and Marx
Nice pics! Too bad those poor soldiers don't stand a chance against total extermination by that New Paradigm Drone Dalek!!!
Hey, if those Doughboys could handle Kaiser Bill and his Prussian Guards anything else is a cakewalk!
It'll be "Over, Over There" on that layout in no time!
"EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE!"
"Oh yeah? Sez you, pal!"
Somme of you may know some may not I got a 736 with a 2671W tender in this passed week along with 3 2440 and one 2441 Passenger cars Here are some pics you will see the &36&2671 is just a bit too long for my shelf and then I had to do some repairs to the 736
Then heres a pic with the broken off screw in the driver wheel of the 736
and here it is removed
got a few other items in this past week but this is the main items Parts are on order to fix The engine and put her on her maiden test run.
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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Sounds like we both got lucky this past weekend, I picked up a Lionel 736 myself at a Greenberg show. Nice engine, I can see why it's considered one of the post-war "Holy Grails."
that and it's brother the 726 which is even more of the holy grail but I'm happy with my 736's I have I have 2 complete sets in there boxes with set box all original and another that is being worked on as the worm wheel gear is messed up some.
Hey man, the way those things are built get 'em up and running and they'll be good for another 60 years! Just incredible.
Going around the bend
Nice pictures...Somedays I wish I had room for Standard Gauge..my wife is always pushing for me to do something in G gauge....I remember back in the 60s when one of my friends father started collecting Standard Guage and just all trains in general. I used to think they were so big, and I didn't even look at prewar...Now I see those trains and admire them....the plastic of our postwar and onward is a very different medium....I stopped by my friends establishment the other day and reminisded how I used to come see his father back then, and get my train things....Standard/Pre/Postwar the days were full and simpler, yet I still like to tinker with my trains...Thanks for sharing..Alank
Wisconsin North Woods winters (-2 for a high here today) even invade the train layouts.
Enjoying the World's Greatest Hobby
Northwoods Flyer
The Northwoods Flyer Collection
of
American Flyer Trains
"The Toy For the Boy"
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