Hello everyone !
just wanted to share some pictures of my new garden line. We moved a year ago, and I had to dismantle the old line. For the past year, I’ve been setting up a train room inside with American Flyer, and Postwar Lionel. Now I’m focusing on the G. So here goes…
Meet Fahr Fig Newton
the Austrian tank
Mit Schnowplowssen…
Building in a 16x23 space in the back corner of the yard. Many ties had to be replaced.
Only the beginning…
Welcome back to the fold! I am glad to see I am not the only one that shamelessly mixes and matches European and U.S. rolling stock and locos! I am also envious of your 0-6-2T; mine simply refuses to allow repairs to work! Aloha, Eric
Thank you for the " welcome back", although, truth be told, I never really left. I love everything model trains, and run HO, N ,S, O, and everything under the sun !! Can’t make up my mind !
I got into G in '95, and have seen the changes. I am basic in my tastes, don’t try to be Finescale, just love being outside.
Here’s a coincidence: my 2071 Zillertal ran a few laps on my track, and started to squeal. I googled LGB 2071 disassembly, and your thread came up, and told me exactly how to open her up. EXTREMELY helpful !!!
Got her lubed, and she’s smooth and quiet ! Love that engine.
It’s wonderful hobby, and I love it !
Paul
Glad my Zillertal trials provided you Zillertal trails! Glitchy Gustav keeps eating his idler gears. I had him professionally worked over, albeit not by an LGB specialist, replaced rods, etc. and, many dollars later, he ate his idler gears. I suspect The modern chassis do not seem compatible with the old boiler / cab pieces, and round trip shipping to an LGB specialist for a repair is expensive, so I fear he has been retired to the shelf for good.
The style is evocative of the 30" military locos and 36" plantation locos out here, so I miss “him” lumbering about the garden.
Eric
It happens to the best of them. The Zillertal is a great engine, and fortunately there seems a few still around at train shows. Every time I go, I see at least one, and sometimes a handful. Even the best engines eventually wear out. But, they’re around .
Paul
Track testing
She started off as a standard Ten Wheeler, but then I " narrow gauged " her by raising the cab
