Christmas Magic? I think so.

Classic Toy Trains Forum
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Hello Everyone,

I’m not new to the forums, but it has been a while since I have posted, which brings me to my story.

So, last saturday the tree and decorations came down, and within 12 hours the house in and out was finished, tree and all. Every year I put a loop of Lionel track under the tree and a train. I hoop up the transformer and run it around a few times, and sometimes when we have guests, but nothing more. Then, everything is packed away and me venerable Erie hudson is placed back on display on mt bookshelf. That has been the process for the past few years.

I got the Hudson as part of the “Riding the Rails” hobo set for Christmas 2004, and ran it, along with later aquisitions for a few years regularly. My collection soon grew to include a few more pieces of rolling stock, a Polar Express set. a 2343 Sanra F3 A-A, and a 2055 Hudson. The year I got the hudson was just before I started high school. In my frist year of high school I didn’t really have a niche in the school, so kept mostly to myself, and learned quite alot about toy trains, until I found the drama department.

I had always done theatre as a child and loved it, playing Oliver in “Oliver!” the musical, as well as Colin in “The Secret Garden” (In which Mandy Patinkin , fellow trains enthusiast and thesbian starred in), and several others. My middle school did not have a theatre program, so I really was out of place. Once I found the drama department and chorus department, I had little time for trains, as I did the musicals and all the concerts and other perfomances (Advanced Show Choir).

The trains were still used every now and then. I remember once some friends stayed the night and asked about them. I took them out and ran them, and let them have a go, and we had a blast. But, as we all know, playing with trains in high school isn’t exactly the trendy thing to do, so it was kept on the downlow.

Then I graduated and started college, as a musical theatre major of course. In addition to school the

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I know how that is :smiley: I have the same problem, though I have a couple of friends who also have trains, so that’s fun, they come over every now and then and we run them on my track. I don’t know if you know this or not, but the 2065 hudson you have, is exactly the same as the 2055 hudson you had except for the boiler front. Hope you get your Erie RR Hudson up and running.

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I know how that is :smiley: I have the same problem, though I have a couple of friends who also have trains, so that’s fun, they come over every now and then and we run them on my track. I don’t know if you know this or not, but the 2065 hudson you have, is exactly the same as the 2055 hudson you had except for the boiler front. Hope you get your Erie RR Hudson up and running.

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I know how that is :smiley: I have the same problem, though I have a couple of friends who also have trains, so that’s fun, they come over every now and then and we run them on my track. I don’t know if you know this or not, but the 2065 hudson you have, is exactly the same as the 2055 hudson you had except for the boiler front. Hope you get your Erie RR Hudson up and running.

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cheese sent you private message thru the forum hope you get what you want and been there done that just the story is a little different.

RT

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SantaFe158: Yes, I did know that! I’ve done my research on postwar steamers, being a postwar fan and all

rtrain collector: yes, I got the message. Thanks a bunch!

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Very good :smiley: have you worked on that Erie locomotive yet? It shouldn’t be hard to trace a broken wire if that’s all it is.

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A whole bunch of electric trains get their one month work-out in Dec then are put away for 11 months. Some folks will build elaborate floor layouts for that one month of operation.