Have you ever thrown away a train?

[Anonymous]

I've thrown a car against the wall. Does that count. Don't worry it was only old tyco and missing everything but the shell which was already broken. I kept it around just for that purpose. Better than my Anthearn genisis cars.
Oh throw out a car....no never done that.
Andrew Miller

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Davidvd59

My EX-wife threw away $2500.00 in O gauge trains on me while I was at work because she was pissed at me. That is why she is the "EX"-wife!

Throwing away $2500 in train stuff would be grounds for . . . . . . . well you know. Thou shall not . . . . . [}:)]

Just can't say it. If you know what I mean.

Whatever do you mean officier, "Looks like my wife was run over by a train". Isn't that what happens when you make the engineer mad? [}:)] [;)]

[krump]

nope

[sparkingbolt]

How is it that I have had so many locos over the years, scrapped the dogs, never threw away the peices, and yet don't even have a trace of some of them?

OK, there was that shed fire in '97. Wiped out a whole boneyard worth of stuff. I don't think I've ever just put one in the trash. I'd remember. I did "set one free" once in the deep woods behind my house once (in '77) when it proved it wouldn't be tamed. Never found it. I know I'm not alone here.

See "Have you ever lost your cool on your RR" topic Dan

[AggroJones]

Some badly damaged Model Power and Tyco stuff. And a toy Bachmann F7 with a burnt out motor and damaged coupler pads. This was a long time ago.

[dragenrider]

I had a girlfriend who was told by her sister that the trains would just have to go if she and I ever married. [:X] My girlfriend wisely told her sister that I would toss her out before I'd ever throw out a train! [:O]

I don't even throw away brass track. I save the rails for junk yard scenes and the old ties for track side debris in the weeds.

I've stumbled on some bargains at antique malls, junk shops, flea markets, and yard sales. Let other people throw it out, I'll keep it!

'scuse me, I gotta go browse eBay some more. [:P][:)][:D][^]

[Anonymous]

Never have, Never will throw a old train away! Who knows might need it for spare parts!

[Anonymous]

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I have only 1 Locomotive and will NEVER part with it....It is like my soul now...

I lost one HO scale model that my dad gave me...it looked more like it was cast -iron instead of brass....heavy as hell it was...maybe cause I was 6 at the time? I dunno....

Personally I'd drop a bunch of money on fixing a train before I chuck it and buy another one....funny question for a thread though....

[Anonymous]

Throw away anything except for brass track is a crime punishable by death. Not really but you'll get yelled at. With the prices today and my economic situation anything that I can use later is kept. I have 5 tyco f7a shells that I will probably never use but there's always the possibilty. But to answer the question no I have not thrown anything away.
Andy

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by HighIron2003ar

My wife likes yardsales and I told her that if there is anything in HO made in brass that has a .25 cent sticker on it she is to calmly buy it and scram. he he he. It is 3 years now and we have yet to see a single HO in yard sales.

Tell her to look closer! [8D]
I nabbed a complete Varney set last year for 2 bucks. Tossed the fried transformer and brass track, sold the cars on ebay (for much more than 2 bucks) and kept the loco for myself! I doubt you will ever find brass, but some nice vintage plastic can be found! I've also found early Atlas, and some long forgotten plastic kits on yard sale tables. I must live amongst heathens!
As far as me personally , I did toss a Varney F unit years ago....I discovered they didn't bounce when falling to the floor, and the frames will shatter much like glass.[:(]

[trainfan1221]

Thrown away? No. I have, however, cannibalized some beyond recognition in the interest of using them to "improve" other models. How succesful I was I would rather not go into right now...

[IRONROOSTER]

I have everything I ever bought or was given in four scales - HO, O, G, and S. What my wife couldn't believe was: I was buying old MR magazines. The only exception was some old brass track from an early layout.
Enjoy
Paul

[FJ and G]

Sask,

Betchya Lionel wishes they'd thrown away that train they copied. Talk about a $40 million Big Boy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Would really be a collectors' item.

[Anonymous]

WHAT AN UNSPEAKABLE SIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I would never even consider throwing away a train or any train-related item (or anything else for that matter) away! I'm one who belives that nothing should ever be thrown away unless it is completely detroyed and even then perhaps it shouldn't be because it might be of use to someone. In fact, I save many things that other people would throw away and toss them on my HO layout to represent old junk or whatever that's lying around (it looks good, too).

As far as finding trains that have been thrown away, a friend of mine was given a 1920's Hafner Canadian Pacific tinplate passenger car by a friend of his who wasn't interested in trains that had found it in a garbage dump. It was in mint condition and is worth over $300.

I was once given an engine that a coworker of my dad's had found in his garage that he said he wold have thrown away otherwise.

Also, Richard Kughn, who in 1986 would become the president of Lionel, found his first Lionel train set in a garbage can as a boy.

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[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by cwclark
Once the track is glued down it is impossible to save it for future layouts...Atlas has made a fortune on the track and turnouts i've thrown away....Chuck[:D]

I just recycled nearly 100% of the flex track and cork roadbed from an old n scale layout. Using a stiff putty knife I worked the track from the roadbed & then the roadbed from the plywood. Put it all in the bathtub & kept the mess covered with hot water until all the glue melted. Nearly all of it is still usable.

I never throw anything away if I can help it. (Not that this is always a good idea.)

Wayne

[FJ and G]

David,

A friend of mine's wife (now ex of course) did that with his baseball card collection, worth at least that much.

Elliot,

I believe that in the northern areas of the Amazon Basin you can shrink their heads.

Dave V

[Big_Boy_4005]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Davidvd59

My EX-wife threw away $2500.00 in O gauge trains on me while I was at work because she was pissed at me. That is why she is the "EX"-wife!

OUCH!!! That woman is lucky to be ALIVE!!![:0][}:)][;)] You are a better man than I.[swg]I believe that in some South American countries it is still legal to murder your wife for throwing out your trains.

Unfortunately, Dave or I wasn't there to rescue them. Sorry.[V][:(][:p]

[Anonymous]

My EX-wife threw away $2500.00 in O gauge trains on me while I was at work because she was pissed at me. That is why she is the "EX"-wife!

[Big_Boy_4005]

QUOTE: Originally posted by FJ and G

Judging from most responses thus far, I'd hazard a guess that more model railroaders have chucked their wives (or been chucked by them) rather than their trains.

dav

A distinct possibility. Been there done that too Ed.[swg]

BTW I never pull out those little cards from the magazines, unless they are in the middle of a photo that spans the page. The loose ones sometimes get lost.

[dharmon]

QUOTE: Originally posted by lupo

NO WAY!
I may live in europe but I am not a Barbarian!

Barbarian..isn't that someone that collects fashion dolls???

[Anonymous]

NEVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[lupo]

NO WAY!
I may live in europe but I am not a Barbarian!

[Mikeygaw]

throw out a train? BLASHPEMY!!!

[Anonymous]

I have dealt 3 items from the hobby into the trash can.

One was a Bachmann Gs-4 (circa mid 80's) and a tyco Gp-20 after the front truck (The single power truck) derailed once too many times while starting a train. (Boy was I mad that day. Years later I was to learn that the enormous torque generated by this single power truck caused derailments because of insufficient weight to hold it down.

The last item I had a hard time parting with it, it was a AHM B&O 4-6-2 Pacific. It took a very bad fall from the shelf and survived. But the 2nd fall was from one of the cats going up there. The damage was simply too much. Since that day ALL of my Locomotives are in boxes except one or two that is currently testing, or lubing etc.

It is rare to throw things away in the hobby. My wife likes yardsales and I told her that if there is anything in HO made in brass that has a .25 cent sticker on it she is to calmly buy it and scram. he he he. It is 3 years now and we have yet to see a single HO in yard sales.

[egmurphy]

Big_Boy_4005 said "I have a hard time throwing away those little cards that fall out of the train magazines."

You mean you can throw those away????? I thought they were like the tags on mattresses and pillows, that they were required by law to stay with the magazine.[:D] And of course there's no way I'd throw away an old model railroad magazine.

And F J and G commented "I'd hazard a guess that more model railroaders have chucked their wives (or been chucked by them) rather than their trains."

Been there, done that...........wasn't over the trains though.[;)]

My childhood Lionel trains and the few Horribly Oversized trains I had as a teenager went missing, but I didn't throw them away. They were in boxes in my parents house for a number of years (while I moved around the country working) and after Dad died and Mom sold the house to move into an apt, I believe she gave them away with a ton of other stuff, including my stamp and coin collections.[:(]

Ed

[MudHen_462]

I sold one once.... it was like selling one of your children !

[Anonymous]

Nope. I've never thrown away anything train related. My view is that there are always usable parts to be reclaimed, like the chassis on a Bachmann F that I bought and made a mess of repainting, or the old Mainline steamer where the factory paint "bloomed" when I cleaned it...Now looking for new bodywork for both of these!

[Anonymous]

Nope but i do have a few things that are gonna meet Mr. Hacksaw and Mrs. Soldering Iron[}:)][xx(][D)][:-,][:-,][oX)][swg][:-,]

[Anonymous]

I really hate to admit this but . . . . . . . yes. BUT I was very little, like 5 or 6 maybe. I had a steam engine, tender, and a few cars (don't even remember what they were). When it stopped working I threw it away. [:(] [:(!] [:(] [V]

I don't remember the railroad name on the engine or cars. It was only a loop of track, don't even remember if it were 2 or 3 rail. [B)] [:0] [:(] [V]

Would I do the same thing now? H E double toothpic NO. [;)] But we all live and learn. Some of us just a little faster than others. Just call me slow poke. [B)] [:0] [}:)]