Hey Tom congrats on that 5th star, you really have earned it.[tup]
Here are a couple of shots from the train show yesterday. I am the only person there displaying any Lionel. Everything else is HO or N. At first I felt a little guilty, not having any scenery on my layout, but then I realized a few things.
First, any scenery would be somewhat bulky, and it was all I could do to fit everything in the truck as it was. Second, if you look at the layout, there really isn’t much room for buildings or trees, since everything is pretty much covered with track.
The portable layout is about running trains.
Just about time to go again, gotta be there by 11.
Uh - oh…that’s awesome, Chief…but now you’re gonna have to 'splain how you were able to lash up a Lionel / MTH together. Many have tried…maybe you’re the first?
LAZ, think I’ve seen those engines in first photo before. [;)] Jimbo, read the caption. MTH “dummy”. You do know you can lashup two TMCC’s with the DCS remote. Its a trick that Barry B informed me of. Give them the same TMCC number [not DCS number] in your remote. They will both blow the horn, smoke, lights and coupler work at the same time. In other words, the DCS thinks they are one engine. Just as easy to use your CAB1.
PETim, that is going to look real good. Now I want Frankie to get his “mess” out of that room. LAZ, that is why they are such good strong pullers [they are Confederate spies getting info for my Rebel raid in Feb. [;)]]. Will not be long and I will be up there for a visit.
Here is an 027 Lionel 218 Alco A-A pulling the 2412, 2414, and 2416 Santa Fe Blue Stripe passenger cars. I received the 218’s in 1960 for Christmas. I got the 2400’s in 1961.
K-Line Trainmaster [smoke and horn only] pulling MTH Dash 9 dummy and 15 hopper cars loaded with coal and a caboose. This K-Line is for sale. It pulls all of this and the highest I can run it on 72 inch curves is 14 volts. Its a puller.
Who says a cheap MPC switcher can not pull. Custom paint and decal job. Motor changed [trucks are correct] and weighted. Pulling the same loaded 15 hopper cars and caboose.
These are for Tom. [;)] Who is pulling or is being pushed??? [?]
1952 Lionel 2055 pulling MTH NS DASH 8 dummy [weighs as much as powered engine], 15 hopper cars loaded with coal and caboose. [:D]
Post War 681 Pensy Turbine pulling same load. [:D]
Polar Express pulling the same load. It does not pull as good as the Post Wars.
Or, it coul be this… So this is what happens when you put oil in the smoke unit!<<<<
Jerry, Thats a GE. I bet it was ideling where the prime mover does not get hot and does not burn all the fuel, so it gets cacked up in the exhust manifod and stack… when the engineer opens the throttle, it ignites and reburns, In the stack itself.