My CTT came in the mail today.
Oh, I thought UP was now one of the good guys. [tup]
Santa FE Warbonnets everyone has one and everyone makes them YUCK!!!
Santa Fes yellow and blue freight scheme is cool though. I like yellow and blue as long as there is no big M associated with it[#oops]
Scale length desials and passenger cars
Cheese grits rule.[dinner]
- Rivet. As in “I was counting rivets yesterday, and the new bridge has 6,543,652 rivets, when EVERYBODY KNOWS that the prototype has 6,543,653! If they can’t get this right, why do they even bother staying in business!” 2. Chuff Rate. As in “My Erie Triplex should chuff once every 2/3 of a rotation of the secondary drivers while the tender should chuff by itself on the off-beat in the key of G in 6/4 time, shifting to the same sound my 1967 Buick station wagon makes on cold mornings when going from the compoud steam to the vernacular frisbee steam mode. EVERYBODY KNOWS this! If they can’t get this right, why do they even bother staying in business!” 3. Scrapple. Jon
How about " Happy Holidays’? Let’s call them what they are and not beat around the bush. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Hope you had a nice Thanksgiving!
Ok this will step on some toes… I apologize in advance
Hand-laid track
Kurt
Lets see… if we ban any word from 3 rail discussion it would be hi-rail,or realism.But wait, those words sorta mean the same thing as “prototypical” don’t they ?
It’s toy trains .Who cares how one describes his or her layout,or explains how he/she explains something about a model train.We are all playing out are fantasty of the " real railroad " in minature anyway.
Just have fun and run them trains [;)] !
Ages 9 to 90
we are never too young or old for toy trains yes I said “TOY Trains” thats what they are and I play with them.[:D]
3rd Rail
Atlas
Lionel
K-line
MTH
Weaver
Williams
Lets Just Call Them Trains Instead.
Well, I think our trains are very cute! Especially in Santa Fe Warbonnet, or if made by Lionel or MTH, or in “scale”. They are just so darn cute! I love my Santa Fe / Lionel Toy Trains. I’m just a big kid and these toys are great, doncha think?
LOL! [:D]
If people want to be nitpicky I can live with that, though I smile sometimes when I read, “Why is [manufacturer] selling 1:43 vehicles? I’m a hirailer.” Why? Well, there’s that third rail, and guess what the scale of the track is? 1:45. The track gauge of 1.25 inches in 1:48 is five feet, while everybody knows [:)] real-world track gauge is 4’8.5".
So if you can’t tell that your track is off scale, how can you tell that '57 Chevy is off scale?
The main thing that annoys me is when people look down on what other people do to enjoy their trains. If measuring stuff to make sure everything is perfectly scale makes you happy, that’s fine, but don’t look down someone who runs, say, 6-inch Marx cars and call them childish.
Dave,
Certainly, there are those hi-railers who look down on others but it seems to me, that more often than not, it’s the Toy Train guys that throw the jabs at hi-railers. Sometimes I think they feel like they have to justify the circle of track on green painted plywood. There’s no reason for put downs from either side.
I like trains. It matters not if you’re into the toy train look or hi-rail. This is a passtime to pursue in whatever way pleases you.
Amen
Fastrac!! [:(!] The system don’t match up with most curve sizes. [censored]
Lee F.
GRITS, NO ONE NEEDS EM.
laz57
Laz 57,
You are going to hear from the Chief if you keep knocking grits! Grits are not bad if you know how to cook them.
Lee F.
LEE,
Thats the whole point. Someone got to stir the pot up once in a while.
laz57
laz 57,
So that’s what is wrong! Sounds like you & jaabat like to have fun!
Lee F.
Forced perspective is forced on us because we are forced to put the 1:43rd scale cars in the front, the 1:48th scale and 1:50th scale trucks in the middle, and the 1:64th scale tractors and buildings in the back. This is because there is only so much space for Big O Gauge Trains.
Andrew
LEE,
We like being REBEL ROUSERs.
laz57