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Your Oldest Equipment

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  • From: Bakersfield, CA 93308
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Posted by RR_Mel on Thursday, September 1, 2016 5:32 AM

My oldest locomotive is a MDC Roundhouse 0-6-0 Kit from 1951.  It was my HO starter locomotive at the ripe old age of 14.  It’s been repainted several times, the only thing not original is the cast pot metal main frame.  It took a bad fall in 1992 and lost a front step, a call to MDC and the frame was replaced at no cost.  How’s that for Customer Service!
 
I did add two new couplers and the crew during the last repaint session in 2006.  Runs great!
 
 
 
Mel
 
Modeling the early to mid 1950s SP in HO scale since 1951
 
My Model Railroad   
 
Bakersfield, California
 
I'm beginning to realize that aging is not for wimps.
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Posted by Bayfield Transfer Railway on Wednesday, August 31, 2016 10:00 PM

How old my equipment is is none of your dang business!

....oh, you mean model railroad equipment.  Never mind...

Disclaimer:  This post may contain humor, sarcasm, and/or flatulence.

Michael Mornard

Bringing the North Woods to South Dakota!

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Posted by PM Railfan on Wednesday, August 31, 2016 9:48 PM

Nice thread idea!

 

Ole #1....

 

Still shoving cars, 40+ years later and counting. Completely OEM except lube and couplers.

PM Railfan

 

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, August 31, 2016 9:44 PM

Might be a stretch, since it's less "model" and more "toy" but still pretty old. I have a 1917 Ives set that's been passed down through our family. I'm the 4th generation to own and operate it.

Almost 100 years old and it still runs great!

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  • From: Bradford, Ontario
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Posted by hon30critter on Wednesday, August 31, 2016 9:06 PM

I have a few old pieces, but the oldest might well be my fleet of four Star Line stock cars. I believe Star Line went out of business in the 1940s. The kits were assembled when I got them (beautifully I might add), but they did require some repairs as well as new trucks, wheels and couplers. They could be more than 70 years old!

Here they are after the rebuild:

This is what they looked like when I got them:

Dave

I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!

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  • From: Knoxville, TN
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Posted by farrellaa on Wednesday, August 31, 2016 9:00 PM

This was my first operating HO engine, a 1950's kit for the Mantua 4-6-2 Pacific. (I had some Globe F units that first got me into HO a couple of years earlier)I recently upgraded it to a can motor so I can eventually put a decoder and maybe sound in her. It is still on of the smoothest of my 60 plus engines. I bought it from America's Hobby Center in NYC for $19.95 around 1957 (I still have the original box and maybe the reciept?).

   -Bob

Life is what happens while you are making other plans!

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Posted by MisterBeasley on Wednesday, August 31, 2016 8:52 PM

This, to the best of my recollection, is my original HO train.

It's all Athearn equipment.  The engine, a GP9, no longer runs by itelf, but it's a sound dummy and runs as part of a consist.

This stuff is from the early 1960s, but the scene is on my present-day layout.  I do have some older equipment, bought used back then, but I can't put a date on it.

It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse. 

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  • From: Fraser Valley, BC
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Posted by Rastafarr on Wednesday, August 31, 2016 8:40 PM

My Model Power Sharknose Diesel in CN livery, ca. 1977. Needs a decoder conversion, but otherwise in great shape.

Now for the ten seconds or so it will take for someone to beat me by a mile...

Stu

Streamlined steam, oh, what a dream!!

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Your Oldest Equipment
Posted by SovietP36 on Wednesday, August 31, 2016 8:28 PM

Here's a discussion tab for you to show off your oldest model railroad equipment-- enjoy!

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