Seems every Christmas a few pals and I start recalling train sets from childhood years. One friend even started collecting off eBay and went from O to N to HO and back and forth for various reasons. As a kid my last set was N gauge and went to my uncle for his kids. This year I did the annual train thing but found something I didn't know about. Z gauge is 1/2 the size and twice the cost of N gauge roughly but a few years ago T gauge came to the market. 1/2 the size of Z it comes in at 1/450th scale. Retired and bored I ordered a basic track and engine starter set for 177.00 delivered and am waiting for a tiny, costly box to arrive.
https://www.tgauge.us/
I am into the model train stuff
Basement is full of them
The second picture with the trains of the display shelf near the top left corner is a red engine
My very first engine I bought close to 50 years ago now and it still works
I have mostly HO scale stuff 1:87
But the last little while I have been playing around with old Lionel trains
Have a table set up 6 X 8 feet just to run them on for now
As I get older and harder to see and big fingers I find playing with the bigger stuff is much more enjoyable because I can take it apart and get it back together
Think you will find with that really small stuff you are getting if it stops working you will just have to buy another as there will not be much taking apart to fix
Last picture is Lionel Flying Yankee train
Total basket case
All rusty and stuck
My project last night
I had the armature and brushes all out of the electric motor and cleaned it all up
Very satisfying to see something like that run again
COOL! :cheers:
I’m fan of scale trains, but I never have been able to get focused into that 100%. I have a good collection of HO Märklin pieces… around 12 locomotives (one of them able to spit smoke), 20 wagons, lot of rails… I hope someday will be able to build it
Make sure you post a picture of your new train when you get it
You bet I will! :cheers:
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I dragged out an old Lionel Crayola set to put around the Christmas tree for my grandson only to fine the electronic reversing unit is toast. In hindsight, I think I accidentally operated the only DC locomotive I own on AC power. I found the exact same set on Ebay for $92 shipped so I ordered it. I only need the locomotive, but extra cars and track are nice. In the meantime, I went to the basement and got an AC locomotive and powerpack to keep him busy until I get the "new" Crayola engine. I keep telling myself that one of these days I'll clear some space and set up a train table. Now that I'm in my mid-60s, I guess I should either do it or stop lying to myself.
They say model trains are dying out but markets are packed with options. I found the tiny T gauge looking at Z's.
I still have my HO scale trains that I've had since the early 70's. I had incorporated my slot car set up with it for a while even though the scale was a bit off. Tyco had made a slot car RR crossing track section but I never got around to getting it & wish I had. It would be nice to set them up one day but space is an issue. I remember the N gauge & thought they were nice & wouldn't take up space but I had too much invested in HO to switch over. I cannot imagine an even smaller gauge, I would need binoculars to see it make a turn. :smilielol:
It's a shame that manufacturers made slot cars in S gauge/scale and marketed them as HO. Hornby's OO scale trains run on HO track and are closer in scale at 1:76 to "HO" slot cars.
As kids we did the car/train Tyco shuffle 1:72nd planes and RoCo tanks mixed in. When my kids were young I found a NOS Mad Max kinda slot car set and we messed around quite a bit. Funny that last year during my clear/clean out they wanted me to hang on to it STILL but I made them take it, I've still to much crap to pitch. :lol:
A buddy about a mile up the road from me has a Lionel train and slot car track set up
We both have some Carrera 1/32 slot cars
I go over to his place some times to race
He has all the trees and houses on the table so it is full scenery
The train runs in a big L shaped loop and you have to cross the train track in one spot
He just has the car track a little higher on one side and you jump over the train rails
Lots of fun but a little hard when you are watching the cars and you come around the corner and there is a train in the way :icon_smile_big:
Just spotted this & thought I'd post it. I noticed that it's the older style slot car track that uses the steel pins & push in "C" clips. They also made adaptor track to use the newer snap together style with the older track. I can't remember if I ever bought the adaptor track but I didn't have a lot of the older type track so I may not have. :shruggy:
I'd still like to snag a RR X-ING for when & if I ever drag things out of the boxes.
I still have my complete "O" scale MARX brand train set that I got when I was around 7 years old. Has heavy metal locomotive that makes smoke puffs out the engine stack. The coal car is part of the engine assembly and cannot be separated. Has 13 total cars, and has a metal working crane car as well.
Bryan
The set came today, what a hoot! I'll post pics tomorrow. So tiny but quick on the track.
Quote from: b5blue on December 16, 2022, 07:58:28 PM
The set came today, what a hoot! I'll post pics tomorrow. So tiny but quick on the track.
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I don't know how good this will be, testing the limits of my old camera. (That Sharpie the small one with fine and ultra fine tips.) The blue thing gets 3 AAA batteries and controls FWD/REV and speed. :2thumbs:
Here I'm taking a pic of my laptop screen using a USB microscope. Wheels and couplers close ups.
Boy that is small very small
How big is the loop of track ?
Just 13 1/4".
Actually pretty impressive detail at that scale.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZ7ghPp-8Bk
One of my o gauge layouts...
https://youtu.be/bRjC3Tc2Wmg
Really cool! :cheers: So what size is that layout?
Quote from: b5blue on December 30, 2022, 02:47:27 PM
Really cool! :cheers: So what size is that layout?
The one i posted is 6x18. Also have them as a shelf around the entire ceiling
My train board is 12X24 inches. :lol:
Quote from: b5blue on December 31, 2022, 10:36:04 PM
My train board is 12X24 inches. :lol:
Well at least the rest of us will not have a problem of forget were we left the layout :hah:
LoL! The concept struck me that a simple layout could be hung on the wall.
I have tons of Trains. O scale Lionel, American Flyer and Marx, HO lots of trains and buildings. I collect a lot of pre war engines and coal cars. The pride of my collection is a china engine and cars that my son found in a house he bought. The old guy that lived there was in the military in the 30's and 40's and brought it back to the states. Even had the instructions with it. I will have to take pic's. Got it all cleaned and oiled and it operates on Lionel 0 gauge track.
Please do I'd love to see that! :2thumbs: My tiny train is still running it's 1X2 foot track.
Something just appeared at my Facebook wall
https://www.facebook.com/perryratliff75/videos/514386140787529/
Now that is COOL!! :2thumbs:
So, my parents just moved near me and brought some boxes with my old 70s toys in them. I have some small trains and cars that might be good for parts??? If anyone wants them, text me at 719-322-3988. I will send pics of what I have. I'm at work now and I believe they are really small...smaller than the 1/24th model car kits I built Thanks and sorry for lack of info. TC
https://fb.watch/jwmqcPwCf9/
COOL :2thumbs: