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What 2 Toy Trains Best Represent the Hobby in Your Opinion

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What 2 Toy Trains Best Represent the Hobby in Your Opinion
Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, February 10, 2005 4:31 PM
Hey Ya'll



I have been thinking. What 2 Toy Trains Best Represent Our Hobby.
There are so many to choose from, but my geusses are the..

1. Lionel 400E Blue Comet and Cars
2. Lionel Santa Fe Super Speedliner

What 2 trains do you think best represents our hobby????


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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, February 10, 2005 4:42 PM
Lionel Polar Express
K-Line Iraqi Freedom Train
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Posted by 3railguy on Thursday, February 10, 2005 4:49 PM
700E scale hudson

2343 Santa-Fe F-3

Hi Jay, where's Joe?
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Posted by ben10ben on Thursday, February 10, 2005 4:56 PM
2343 Santa Fe F3s
Standard Gauge #10 and the larger look-a-likes
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, February 10, 2005 4:59 PM
Standard Gauge 408E and the 400E Blue Comet set.
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Posted by Frank53 on Thursday, February 10, 2005 5:10 PM
although I am partial to the New York Central version, the Santa Fe's were much more prevalent, and I think that red and silver scheme ir realy representative of the toy train hobby.

Likewise, a post-war 2-8-4 Bershire or similar Hudson really represents the hobby to me, because it is what I grew up with.
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, February 10, 2005 5:21 PM
2343 Santa Fe F3s

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Posted by pbjwilson on Thursday, February 10, 2005 8:32 PM
One that runs - one that doesnt run.
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, February 10, 2005 8:43 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by pbjwilson

One that runs - one that doesnt run.


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Posted by Frank53 on Thursday, February 10, 2005 8:44 PM
on second thought, I think teh train that best signifies the hobby is an OGR Beep.

I just couldn't reist [}:)]
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Posted by Dave Farquhar on Thursday, February 10, 2005 11:48 PM
For me it'll always be a Lionel 1110 and a Lionel 2026 pulling a small consist of O27 cars, because those were my Dad's boyhood trains and they were my introduction to the hobby as well.
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, February 11, 2005 12:30 AM
My vote would be for the 773 Hudson and the 2343 Santa Fe F-3's
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Posted by andregg1 on Friday, February 11, 2005 1:34 AM
The Santa fe 2343 F3
2037 lionel lines (my first lionel train)
The best postwar quality.

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