Train sets!

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that is a matter of discretion, but so far it's been my old house, my current job, and my trains

Did you see the photos Arthur posted?

No I didn't at all. I know how trains look don't need to see pictures of them

TigerTankFan wrote:Here are those new pics I told u about

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Passenger train

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Turntable

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new tracks

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Flatcar load 1
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Flatcar load 2

There they are, those are their's specifically and awesome photography as well.

Those are nice pictures but they look like other train sets I have seen before

Oh then you have not seen many trains then .

yes, it sounds like josh hasn't seen many trains lately

Lately? Or not many in general. That old one is a rare sight nowadays and that turntable and the 89' flat is common but not with the containers on it.

very seldom are containers carried by flatcar today, that's why, but the 89' flat has not disappeared completely, it is used for carrying rails, autos, or long loads, for general purpose applications

Very true! So how is work going on your train set?

You might find it interesting to know that the dome car in the passenger train was owned by my father when he was a kid (and that was back in the 1950's and 1960's). This makes it almost as old as him. Aside from the steam locomotives (which were bought by my dad), everything else are kits that myself and my twin bro have collected/purchased over the years. Unfortunately a great deal of the items we have are rare now, as the norm with model trains nowadays is ready-to-run (which takes the fun out of model railroading in my opinion, but such is out of my hands).

that can be said of the coach and end car also dude, our ol' dad owned all 3 when he was a kid

I know right, you guys have the most advanced train set I have ever seen (personally by someone I know). I and my grand father also put our train set together by hand. We never used those ready made box sets!

the equipment is pre-assembeled now, but a lot of the ones that TigerTankFan and I started with had to be assembled before running, except for the tracks, they had to be built yourself.

1mtvfan wrote:the equipment is pre-assembeled now, but a lot of the ones that TigerTankFan and I started with had to be assembled before running, except for the tracks, they had to be built yourself.

Which is a major shame

the fun part was building the freight car or passenger car, model railroading is still quite fun, but with the Ready To Run element, some of the fun has been taken away.

I know, but that is today's society for you! They just want stuff it in their basement and make it go in circles once a month.

So how is progress coming on your train set? Any progress since the last time?

upper level of phase 2 is almost complete, still have to build the reverse loop and helix, and start phase 3

Still not as fun as building your set yourself.

How is progress coming on your train set?

the fun is in designing and building the setup, as is building the equipment, but the fun is still there even if the equipment is no longer made as kits to assemble yourself

I suppose so...

How is progress going on your train set?

the progress on our setup is going very slowly, but it is going.

What is the latest thing you are working on?

working on finishing the 2nd level, which should be completed tonight, then starting the prep work for phase 3, also tonight, or tomorrow night.

1mtvfan wrote:working on finishing the 2nd level, which should be completed tonight, then starting the prep work  for phase 3, also tonight, or tomorrow night.  

Has the Helix or reverse loop been built yet?

still have to build those, but will see what time is left for the prep work on the site of phase 3