It’s been a little since the last ‘photo fun’ thread. I thought I’d kick us off for the forthcoming weekend in case anyone needs a head start [swg]
I’ll start us off with something that’s not exactly a photo. I finally got around to a scan of an item I’ve had in my toy train paper collection for quite some time. I don’t generally go out of my way to collect paper, but stuff finds its way into my collection, and this was one of the first items- it came to me with some trains I was given.
Not flawless, but they’ve never been punched out! I thought that was pretty neat, and I’ve never dared to do so myself.
On the subject of Lionel billboards, somewhere in my collection is a tattered box from a lionel 310 billboard set. I found it in an antique and pawn shop, and figured I could get it cheap so I might as well. Then I discovered it wouldn’t lie flat, because the billboard set was still inside! It was incomplete, and somewhat damaged from the box being partially crushed, but I found it pretty exciting.
I’ll try to snap some pictures of some actual trains to show off- perhaps tomorrow, since the weekend itself will be very busy for me.
Now, you’ve heard from me! Let’s see some of your photo fun
-Ellie
Ellie, those billboard inserts are fantastic! Great nostalgia there!
You know, you could photocopy them and use the copies in billboard frames leaving the originals intact. Color copying is so good now you’d never know the difference.
The thought has crossed my mind! While I was at it, I could go as far as to use image editing software to clean up some of the blemishes. I may just make it happen sometime- at the moment there’s nowhere I could do a proper layout though, so the billboards aren’t needed yet.
I’m not working on any train things right now [:(] but since it’s Halloween weekend, here are pics from last years train I set up outside for the Trick or Treaters
Well, tomorrow is the start of my busy weekend! I snapped a quick couple pictures for you all.
I had made a post about my Lionel HO set (#5757) and promised pictures eventually. Well, they’re going to have to wait, but here’s a taste.
While most of the Lionel HO cars in the set don’t strongly resemble a car in the O gauge lineup, the obvious exception is the 0366 Operating Milk Car. While numerically it seems related to the 3662 operating milk car (as far as I’ve see from doing quick searches on google, all of Lionel’s HO product numbers started with a “0”), it bears a much stronger resemblence to the later 3472/3482
Cosmetically, they appear to both be models of a 40’ car. The grab irons and ladder both seem to be in the same rough placement, and the doors certainly appear to resemble eachother. They’re both molded in white plastic, with black heat stamped lettering, and mounted on a sheet metal frame with metal trucks. But I think the similarities end there. One of the main distinctions between the HO and O operating cars that unload frieght, is that whereas the O gauge cars use a solenoid inside the car to operate the unloading mechanism, the Lionel HO cars use a soenloid outside the car. What? Yep! The 0900 Remote Control Track Section, unlike Lionel’s 6019, RCS or UCS, is a complete unit containing both a track and an unloading platform. A separate unloading bin was furnished for operating cars that dump their loads. The solenoid is hidden under the platform, and when activated, flicks a lever upwards to trip a lever under the operating car. The operating cars have guides on the correct side of the car, which engage with a lip on the platform. This prevents the cars from jumping off the track when the actuati
My insert pictures are cut outs right out of a sportsman mag. I also have used MS Word Art to make changes to buildings and other things to personalize our layout.
These tanks were made out of PVC pipe. also a lot of fun. [;)]
I have a book: “Lost Circuses of Ohio” by Conrade C. Hinds published by The History Press in 2019. I highly recommend it! They were a direct competitor of you know who and one archival document even mentions the “ding dong brothers of bugaboo”. The “ding dongs” got the last laugh of course since Ringling’s bought Forpaugh and Sells and renamed it “4 Paws & Sells”. Lots of great photos of rail operations in that book!
