The sad thing is my Dad found out that they stole his trains before he died.....
Having problems with motivation
- Thread starter '69FuryIIIConvertible
- Start date
The sad thing is my Dad found out that they stole his trains before he died.....
70NPORT
Old Man with a Hat
yeah, that is very sad, sorry to hear that.
Samplingman
Old Man with a Hat
Nice! Big toys and little toys, I love them all. Not much of a stretch to use my auto body skills on toy train refinishing. Yes, Northlandz is massive, I was up there about 15 years ago. Seemed to need some maintenance when we saw it, but interesting stuff. O gauge, Standard Gauge and vintage tinplate for me. The wife says I should only have one hobby, so I'm planning a full-scenic rail road in the massive trunk of the 300 when it's done! Dang, sorry Nick turned this thread into a Model Rail Road forum.
70NPORT
Old Man with a Hat
Oh man, that is nice! Yeah, I could put a bus load of ho train sets in the trunk on my Newport,lol. The guy at Northlands is constantly doing something with the trains, some of them run and some don't. Its a cool way to spend a sat or sun afternoon.Nice! Big toys and little toys, I love them all. Not much of a stretch to use my auto body skills on toy train refinishing. Yes, Northlandz is massive, I was up there about 15 years ago. Seemed to need some maintenance when we saw it, but interesting stuff. O gauge, Standard Gauge and vintage tinplate for me. The wife says I should only have one hobby, so I'm planning a full-scenic rail road in the massive trunk of the 300 when it's done! Dang, sorry Nick turned this thread into a Model Rail Road forum.
Very nice!!!
Walthers' trains was another RR company that was founded in Milwaukee. My Dad had a bunch of those trains too.
http://www.walthers.com/exec/page/history
I can literally see the factory from my Dad's house.
Yep, just another reason why I retired 900 miles from home.
Samplingman
Old Man with a Hat
That's crazy, sorry to hear that. A lot of the older guys on the train forums are passing and they have massive collections that are worth thousands of dollars. Mostly family members have no interest in the "old man's hobby" and sell for pennies on the dollar.
70NPORT
Old Man with a Hat
All this train talk is making me want to put the track set up now way before thanksgiving now, lol.
70NPORT
Old Man with a Hat
Bah, I wouldn't call it a "old man's hobby".
Gary, have you ever been to the Strasburg RR Museum in Lancaster, PA? It's real cool and has a great museum and train rides. Dinner train specials, mystery murder play and dinner specials, stem train to Intercourse, PA, etc.
http://www.strasburgrailroad.com/
http://www.strasburgrailroad.com/
Last edited:
Samplingman
Old Man with a Hat
Samplingman
Old Man with a Hat
Gary, have you ever been to the Strasburg RR Museum in Lancaster, PA? It's real cool and has a great museum and train rides. Dinner train specials, mystery murder play and dinner specials, stem train to Intercourse, PA, etc.
http://www.strasburgrailroad.com/
Strasburg is also home of the TCA Toy Train Museum, that's a great day trip from the South Jersey area.
And it's smack dab in the middle of the Lancaster Amish country....
Nice local cruise for my NYB too.
http://www.padutchcountry.com/activities/amish-activities.asp
70NPORT
Old Man with a Hat
Yup! Been there done that, about 2 or maybe 3 summers ago. We went into the building where all the real trains are parked on tracks, then we took around on a old steam powered locomotive thru the lancaster/amish country side. It was very cool. We had to go onto a siding on the way back because Amtrak or Freight train was coming up behind us on the track next to our train. I was fantastic. We got soot all over us because we were in an open air car near the engine. I want to get back out there soon and ride again.Gary, have you ever been to the Strasburg RR Museum in Lancaster, PA? It's real cool and has a great museum and train rides. Dinner train specials, mystery murder play and dinner specials, stem train to Intercourse, PA, etc.
http://www.strasburgrailroad.com/
70NPORT
Old Man with a Hat
Honestly I don't see how all the Amish folks put up with all us "english" people. They lead very simple and sparse lives and just want to be left alone. I saw people in SUVs cutting off their horse buggies at 4 way intersections and stoplights.....like it would kill them to wait a couple seconds for the buggy to go by. I felt bad for them.
Ripinator
Old Man with a Hat
There must be something about us Chrysler guys. . . When I joined up with the Chrysler Club, Intl., I met several guys who (like me) liked trians and / or model railroading. Now I find it again here. Must be related to the gearhead thing.
Here is a photo of one of the modules from the modular group in which I am active.
Samplingman
Old Man with a Hat
Outstanding! Now I'm motivated....to get the layout done!
cm23uoc
Old Man with a Hat
- Joined
- Feb 13, 2011
- Messages
- 8,368
- Reaction score
- 3,445
I always liked the HO sized model cars better than the actual trains. My dad enjoyed the trains more than me as a kid and he did it at least 50 pecent to have an excuse to play. 
German Märklin model trains, haven't touched them in a quarter century.
German Märklin model trains, haven't touched them in a quarter century.
70NPORT
Old Man with a Hat
Yeh....it must be something that is in all Chrysler gear heads,lol. I can sit and play with/build train sets all day long.
Similar threads
