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

1mtvfan wrote:the point was that there are more important things than watching a dead horse lose at a lame game no one cares about

You have lost me... what game?

the game is called hockey, but it's becoming very lame esp when the team playing has already had a run through and lost. but i have some new pics.
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new switch for the lower reverse loop, container yard, and passenger station

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line in for lower reverse loop, passenger station, and container yard

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mechanical reefer

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All purpose well car front

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All purpose well car rear

1mtvfan wrote:the game is called hockey, but it's becoming very lame esp when the team playing has already had a run through and lost. but i have some new pics.
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new switch for the lower reverse loop, container yard, and passenger station

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line in for lower reverse loop, passenger station, and container yard

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mechanical reefer

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All purpose well car front

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All purpose well car rear

Nice photos!

yes, you can see it's called an "all purpose" well car now i'm sure.

1mtvfan wrote:yes, you can see it's called an "all purpose" well car now i'm sure.

Yes indeed I suppose I can.

just trying to help is all

1mtvfan wrote:just trying to help is all

What is your favorite train car and train engine you have for your train set.

too hard to pick just one

I'm not too sure if mtvfan has a favorite engine, but I know that I do as it was a birthday present from a friend of mine who has passed away recently.

i know that person too, but that person may be still alive, the obits would a place to look to be sure

1mtvfan wrote:too hard to pick just one

TigerTankFan wrote:I'm not too sure if mtvfan has a favorite engine, but I know that I do as it was a birthday present from a friend of mine who has passed away recently.

1mtvfan wrote:i know that person too, but that person may be still alive, the obits would a place to look to be sure

Come on... surely you have one mtvfan.

again, too hard to pick just one, but my 89' all purpose flat for COFC Service is a big fave as it's the last one of its type from the Walthers Company

1mtvfan wrote:again, too hard to pick just one, but  my 89' all purpose flat for COFC Service is a big fave as it's the last one of its type from the Walthers Company

Come on.. really there is really not one you love more then others? Maybe one you use the most?

that's the about the most fave one i can think of, ad for locos it's too hard to pick just one the 3rd phase is progressing, but there still much more work to do, and among that work is rigging out the drop bridge, although that is half done already, all that is left is to figure out how to keep the length of rail from striking the board under it

1mtvfan wrote:that's the about the most fave one i can think of,  ad for locos it's too hard to pick just one the 3rd phase is progressing, but there still much more work to do, and among that work is rigging out the drop bridge, although that is half done already, all that is left is to figure out how to keep the length of rail from striking the board under it

Ah ok... cool

I honestly don't know if this makes any difference or not, but our setup has 40 locomotives in total (with 24 of them being in operable condition).

Edit: Correction: There are 43 locomotives in our model train set (with 3 being steam locomotives).

yes, but only 2 are in working condition, as one is down for repairs

1mtvfan wrote:yes, but only 2 are in working condition, as one is down for repairs

Ah ok .

UP 4008 and a CP one are the 2 working steam locos right now, but that will change at some point

1mtvfan wrote:UP 4008 and a CP one are the 2 working steam locos right now, but that will change at some point

Ah cool .

have to get a hold of someone that knows how to fix model locos and let them have a look at 2 of our locos that are not working at present. although we both think we know what the problem is with one of them, the other is a mystery problem

1mtvfan wrote:have to get a hold of someone that knows how to fix model locos and let them have a look at 2 of our locos that are not working at present. although we both think we know what the problem is with one of them, the other is a mystery problem

This beyond what you can fix? I mean surely you can fix some things yourselves right?

some things one can fix, but the problem on the ones that need fixing are to complex, or we have no idea to fix them ourselves

We only use the model locomotives, the process of repairing these isn't something that we can handle ourselves.

1mtvfan wrote:some things one can fix, but the problem on the ones that need fixing are to complex, or we have no idea to fix them ourselves

TigerTankFan wrote:We only use the model locomotives, the process of repairing these isn't something that we can handle ourselves.

Ah gotcha.