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I left my train collection in Seattle so I’m starting again. I don’t run them on a tract and just display them. I do need some track for displaying.

They aren’t really displayed proper. That will come later. I do like how these were aged. I have a few vintage antennas coming and some metal mountain sculptures which will tie everything together.

Love O scale trains, due to space parameters I have HO scale tracks and town. I am currently trying to create space so I can set up my O scale trains and town. Those cars you have are great.

brm4450 wrote: ↑

Wed May 17, 2023 12:41 pm

Love O scale trains, due to space parameters I have HO scale tracks and town. I am currently trying to create space so I can set up my O scale trains and town. Those cars you have are great.

I may go HO also because they are half the size. From my viewing distance O is better. Upstairs where the viewing distance is less is where I would go HO.

brm4450 wrote: ↑

Wed May 17, 2023 12:41 pm

Love O scale trains, due to space parameters I have HO scale tracks and town. I am currently trying to create space so I can set up my O scale trains and town. Those cars you have are great.

And we havent seen that train town in a while. But we have been asking for updated pics

Nice collection Gene. Or should that be start of the collection? I expect to see it grow.

I built a display case for my daughter as a Christmas gift for her husband’s collection. She sent me a link to some that he was looking at online in HO scale. And checked with him on the scale. Confirmed that he said they were HO scale. Turns out his train set is actually O scale.
So now he can either start collecting HO or shot glasses.
P.S. He is not the sharpest knife in the drawer.

RetiredSeabee wrote: ↑

Wed May 17, 2023 8:38 pm

Nice collection Gene. Or should that be start of the collection? I expect to see it grow.

I built a display case for my daughter as a Christmas gift for her husband’s collection. She sent me a link to some that he was looking at online in HO scale. And checked with him on the scale. Confirmed that he said they were HO scale. Turns out his train set is actually O scale.
So now he can either start collecting HO or shot glasses.
P.S. He is not the sharpest knife in the drawer.

I bought another flat car today and have bids on 8 more. That H in HO means half 0! Maybe I’ll start collecting shot glasses too.

BigAl52 wrote: ↑

Wed May 17, 2023 2:50 pm

brm4450 wrote: ↑

Wed May 17, 2023 12:41 pm

Love O scale trains, due to space parameters I have HO scale tracks and town. I am currently trying to create space so I can set up my O scale trains and town. Those cars you have are great.

And we havent seen that train town in a while. But we have been asking for updated pics

Yeah Iets see some pictures.

What no steam locomotives?

The detail in those cars is amazing. I just learned what HO means. Learn something new everyday!

Travlin wrote: ↑

Wed May 17, 2023 11:43 pm

What no steam locomotives?

I only brought one diesel locomotive with me and I can’t find it. Steam is an entirely different animal.

Being fortunate enough to have had several cab rides in various steam locomotives I can say that there is nothing like it. Keep the crown sheet covered.

I’m back to buying ammo only now it’s by the trainload. attachment]

good one. That’s a very nice looking display with the metal artwork above and beside. The rabbit ear antenna makes me want to see the radios below. Hint hint

Hatchdog wrote: ↑

Fri May 26, 2023 10:07 am

good one. That’s a very nice looking display with the metal artwork above and beside. The rabbit ear antenna makes me want to see the radios below. Hint hint

The radios all work. Top left to right: Motorola from the late 50’s or early 60’s, Larson from the 30’s and is all metal, Crowley most likely postwar and one of the first Bakelite, middle row GPX plastic for outside, Marantz 2010 from the 60’s, middle row Marantz 2230 from the 60’s and is one sweet sounding radio, Sylvania clock radio from the 60’s or maybe early 70’s and I use it for the clock, radio antenna direction adjustment and is lighted, bottom new Phillips and MP3 player. Nothing special here except the Bose which is great for talk radio like Brewer games. I have five of them spread throughout the house.

I’m still building and arranging trains.

Thanks Gene for posting the pics and particularly the models and year made. Some of those take me back to my childhood and of course some are much earlier than that. A wonderful display done right!