It's a lie, it's a lie, it's a lie!...

[JBCA]

You are all welcome this weekend to come and look at my backyard. There is a 12 scale mile subway in HO with incredibly detailed cars, passengers and stations all about three feet below ground.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by jwaldo

I have a really good layout!


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I really laughed when I saw this. It's simple and to the point...

"Thanks jwaldo"

[selector]

I got that brass Garratt on e-bay for $18.

DID, TOO!!!

[Anonymous]

I have a really good layout!


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[RoyalOaker]

QUOTE: Originally posted by trainluver1

Seeing as how today is April Fools Day, I thought it might be fun to take advantage of stretching the truth and telling the biggest lies we can think of about our trains to see who can tell the biggest and most outragious-but just for today...

I'm Game,

I use my trains to discipline my children. You see, when they are in need of correction. I take them down to the layout and make them hold a finger on the track. Then, I tell them not to move it, or else. I then get one of my trains rolling, slow at first, then faster and faster until, Bang!

It flies past thier finger on another main line.

Happy April Fools Day!

[DigitalGriffin]

My car broke down yesterday, so I rode my 25 year old TYCO Plymouth Switcher to work. I got there in record time! It's a little hard on the AAA battery, but man am I going to save on gas!

I read today that Mike of Mike's Train House had a change of heart. He was tired of all the bickering, money grubbing, and ill will and decided to drop all charges against Lionel and Throttle Up in the spirit of good will and good business.

I also read today that a majority of model manufacturers have agreed to a unified design strategy for DCC locos. The proponents of the specification said it includes a set standards for speaker enclosure, decoder space requirements, and a standardized header plug for all decoders. Two way communication has also been settled in the new standard.

"This should be a great way to reduce headaches and prices for equipment for all those involved." said John Smar T.

The consortium includes members from Trix, Bachmann, Like-Like, Atlas, Athern, and Broadway Limited, Hornby/Rivirossi, Lenz, Digitrax, DCE, IHC, and Fantasy Lines Inc.

The first models will be available in 1:1 scale.

In the last tidbit of news: Soundtraxx has released Tsunami!

[Anonymous]

Seeing as how today is April Fools Day, I thought it might be fun to take advantage of stretching the truth and telling the biggest lies we can think of about our trains to see who can tell the biggest and most outragious-but just for today... Since I'm the one that started this topic I'll be the one to pick the winner of the contest 24 hours after it's started as so to give everyone around the globe a chance to reply.
My lie doesn't count, but I'm going to tell one anyway because I'm in a lying mood!.

A while back, I just wasn't getting enough power out of my transformer and my trains were all running sluggish. So I decided to climb up on the utility pole and patch into the high voltage lines to see if a little added power might help. After I ran the lines, I went back down to my train room and flipped the switch. Suddenly, there was a flash of bright light and a great ka-boom!. What had happened was that the lone engine that was on the layout had shot through the wall of my shop, out across the pasture, killed three of my neighbors milk cows, went through the side of a Gray Hound bus out on the highway narrowly missing several passengers and landed in tact on the repair table of the hobby shop where I bought it 35 miles away. How I know this is that I always put my name and phone number on the belly of my engines and the guy from the hobby shop called and told me that's where it was. I told him to go ahead and tune it up a bit and I'd be by the next day to pick it up. No, really. Would I lie to you!?...