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General Lionel & Model Train Discussion => General Lionel Model Train Discussion => Topic started by: Conductor on January 11, 2013, 03:29:05 pm
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I like steam, there is just more action with a steam loco.
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Steam hands down, also I just bought a new Reading T1 Rambles #2100 and I was wondering what the part inside the box was for, it has 4 little screws and a metal plate with 2 little nubs on it.
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Steam. Born in NJ in 1941. PRR went near house and as a kid I use to go to the train tracks and was the steamers thunder down the tracks.
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My HO and G scale were steam, my Lionel so far is both steam and diesel. I think steam trains are fun especially the old Shay locomotives. But I do like the older diesels such as the EMD F-7 and F3
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I think steam is cool in real life and in Lionel because there is something really cool about how it smokes, I don't know why, it's just cool. I still like diesels, but not as much
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Addendum: My maternal grandfather retired with a pension from Union Pacific after a lifetime with UP in Wyoming and Utah.
My great grandfather retired from UP as well, but I don't know if they had a pension back then. He was later a sheriff in Wyoming.
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I'm a new Lionel hobbiest and I much prefer steam. When I was 7 yrs. in 1952 (yep, I'm pretty old), I lived in Ogden, Utah, the town of my birth. One day, as my family was diving the highway past Ogden, I noticed several HUUGE locomotives parked together on a siding. Over the years, I wrote the experience down to a child's imagination. Only lately have I come to realize that those locos were "Big Boys" put out to pasture. If I could only go back for one more quick look. :(
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Steam forever. I love the sound and the memories of my youth. Born '46. I have 5 locomotives., one Diesel, a gang car and a trolley. I just need more layout space.
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Diesel! Because I like the roar of the engines. I think I only have two steam engines in my collection.
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I think I have about 16 diesels and 6 steamers. I love them both. I like Wabash and there's not a lot of selection for steam but have several different Wabash diesels. I grew up listening to diesels late at night going out of town and then into transition (I think that's the correct term). I always thought they were shifting gears. I have steam probably because I like steam power in general. It's much more "alive" than diesel-electric.
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I like steam engines & all of the intricate moving parts....BUT....I don't live for yesterday.
I have to go with diesel.
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I cannot vote as there is no "Electric" category. My last Lionel locomotive purchase was the HHP-8; excellent piece with best sounding horn! The first time that I ran it, I probably laid on the horn way too much. ;D
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My next locomotive will hopefully be a Lion Chief Plus steamer...........
The steamers already outnumber everything else on the layout but others are present.
Jim K.
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Steam 1st and Pre- 1959 Diesels are running a close second.
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I like both but favor 1st and 2nd generation diesels for their asthetics and because they are what I grew up around.
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Beginning to become a real fan of steam on my layout.
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I am back! The layout is bigger and better now-- after a few months. How is everyone?
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Steam is SO detailed from lionel!
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I like modern day diesels, but my heart will stay with steam. I just love to see the smoke, hear the beautiful sounding whistle, hear the powerful chugging, and I love the looks of steam locomotives. I grew up around the Dollywood theme parks 2-8-2 mikado, and my grandpa worked for the railroad and loved steam locomotives too.
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I just love the post war steam locomotives! I'm fairly new to collecting Lionel, and got stuck on stupid with the steamers. my semi-local Lionel stores has given me some amazing deals on engines.
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No vote as I am addicted to both, as a kid I used to watch the C&NW passenger trains idle on the tracks across from my Grandmas house. Too young to have seen the real steam engines but I have a bunch of them on my layout, mostly pre-war.
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No choice for both!
In three rail, I use steam and first generation diesels.
Nothing newer than early Geeps of F units.
Plants me right in late 40's early 50's.
Sam
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Steam for nostalgic sake. Diesel has it's place too, just depends
on what your layout can handle, what you like to model and available
funds to increase your inventory.
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steam in the PRR and new york
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Nostalgia.
Growing up in the 50's, the Steamers were still running, hauling freight,
the Diesels hadn't completely taken over.
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Tell us your reasons behind your choice. :)