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!
Nice thread idea!
Ole #1....
Still shoving cars, 40+ years later and counting. Completely OEM except lube and couplers.
PM Railfan
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!
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!
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!
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.
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!!
Here's a discussion tab for you to show off your oldest model railroad equipment-- enjoy!