My first step in a new scale!!

[UPRRfan]

I went over to a friends house the other day and I remember him telling me that he has some O scale trains. So later that night we went down stairs to look for them. We ended up finding them and he said I could buy it if I wanted so I looked over the items he had which was: a Santa Fe switcher, Santa Fe boxcar. Santa Fe caboose, and a B&O gondola, along with some track. So I ended up buying the locomotive, the boxcar, and the gondola which was all in O scale. Way different from my HO scale stuff. I made a video of it and here is the link: http://www.youtube.com/user/UPRRfan
I picked it up all for $25 which isn't a bad price I think. He does have more stuff that I could buy but i don't know yet. So tell me what you guys think! Ill be looking forward to it!
Thanks!

 

[tomstockton]

Looks good to me. And if you like it, then go for it!

Seems to me that I've seen a couple of "distinct flavors" in O scale. One is a very detail conscious group -- and working in O scale, you can add a lot more detail than in HO scale. The other "flavor" would be the folks that run the "tinplate" stuff -- the Lionel trains that they started with when they were kids. Not very realistic, but a ton of fun to play with!

I think that most of the HO scale (and smaller) folks favor the "more realistic" and detailed stuff. But the larger scales are what a lot of us had as kids; Lionel is rather forgiving of smaller fingers, and "tougher" to stand up to the misuse and abuse that little ones often dish out. And as we get older, we become more nostalgic for the "good old days" -- hence the popularity of the "tinplate" type trains.

But either way -- it's all about the trains!!

Regards,
Tom Stockton