Hey TD,

 Welcome aboard!  Thats a real nice 2055 you there.. glad she still runs like a top!  Check in and post when you can. 

 :)LTF

Hi everyone.   My name is Ray and I just registered today. I am a retired cabinet maker and live in N Illinois. Last fall I was able to get hold of an old 1930s vintage Lionel set that had belonged to my father-in law. I had the engine worked over and now it runs nice. Since that time I've picked up a couple of additional cars for the set that I think are correct for that time.

My name is Troy, been in love with Lionel trains since I was 4 and recently have expanded my hobby. So happy to finally have other railroaders to talk to. If any one is interested in a railroader club in the Piedmont-Triad of North Carolina, or a virtual RRoader club, email me at ogaugerailroaderclub@gmail.com.

Another new guy. Just stumbled across this forum by accident searching out info on O scale trains.

Hope all had a great Thanksgiving!!

Now I'm off to the other forum areas to post massive numbers of dumb questions.   

Brian

Welcome aboard Mixy!  Thanks for sharing the model train layout software 

LTF

Hey Guys,

My name is Mike and I'm from NEPA.  Use to mess around with HO trains a bit many years ago (20-25), but stopped once everything was lost in a flood.  Now that I have kids I feel like there should be a train under the tree.  Have a nice sized Lionel dealer here who I deal with in my business so I've decided to go with Lionel O scale for that reason.  Decided I'll probably pick up one of the all in one fasttrack sets to start for them.  While looking around for the kids, I also started thinking maybe I'd get into it a bit and add a layout to my "man cave" to keep up year round.  Look forward to chatting with you guys and picking your brains as I have no idea what I'm getting myself into! lol

Thanks
Mike

Hello Everyone,
My name is Mark.  I'm 61 and just joined the forum.  I just started back up with model railroading about 9 months ago after retiring a second time.  I decided to put up a ceiling/wall train setup and chose the the O Scale due to the size.  It started in my hobby room with the Harry Potter Hogwarts Express.  I then punched a couple of small holes in the wall and extended it out into the living room. Needless to say my wife and I are really looking forward to decorating for Christmas this year.  The grandkids went nuts when I showed them the setup.

I have also extended the collection adding a Pennsylvania General train, Polar Express train, a Santa Fe Super Chief and of course a Lionel Christmas train.  I just joined the Lionel Collector's Club of America. I decided to join the forum to get some insights on the "doing it right" aspect.  Eventually I will be adding a garden railroad setup. 

My name is Gayl. My wife,adult son and I are addicted to antique mall crawling.We are usually in search of breweriana,automobilia,sporting goods,and tableware. I have been meaning to find a nice start to model railroad collecting but until recently never found the right item.I had countless HO sets as a child and a couple as an adult,my dad had an N scale set (i still have) and my son in law has an enormous N scale layout so we are not totally new to model railroading. I hate to pay full retail for stuff so in my case these trips end up being a hunt for pieces that the seller really doesn't appreciate the value of. Yesterday I was able to purchase a post war 1609 set for $26.50. The track,transformer,loco,caboose,hopper car are present and accounted for but the gondola is MIA with a 3330 flat car with what seem to be submarine retaining wires in it's place. The set came with several pieces of extra track some old catalogs and manuals and a cross track piece.No original box but packaged in an 80's era track expansion set box. Not exactly top of the line stuff but I'm thrilled with the set and have another new passion to hunt for. The old girl flies around the dining room table nicely and for the price I feel blessed to have it! Thanks for maintaing this forum and allowing the likes of me to sign up !