I am new here, and rather than use the introduce forum, I thought Id do that by posting pics of my layout I came up with for the kids/family to be put out at the holidays.
Started with some locos, rolling stock, track and whatever else I had left from the layout my grandfather started building a few months before I was born. Took it down in 2004 after my grand mom passed and hadnt looked at it since, discovered an estranged aunt had taken 60 percent of the locos and stock and what was left was not a nice as what she had taken.
Pretty basic, 40"x74" sheet of 1/2" plywood. Bought the FTA B&0 new and found a Marx New Haven switcher on Ebay for $12.00. The Chessie is probably the first loco my grandfather bought; even though it lower end, I cleaned and lubed it and she runs really well. The RS3 is a Kato and is a bit bruised, but I put a bit of work in that and it runs pretty well. I also have a Kato Souther Pacific GP model that is the same as the Chessie (not an expert on identifying these) that I have on the bench and should have running tomorrow.
Let me know how I did for for a reintroduction to the hobby.
Justin
Started with some locos, rolling stock, track and whatever else I had left from the layout my grandfather started building a few months before I was born. Took it down in 2004 after my grand mom passed and hadnt looked at it since, discovered an estranged aunt had taken 60 percent of the locos and stock and what was left was not a nice as what she had taken.
Pretty basic, 40"x74" sheet of 1/2" plywood. Bought the FTA B&0 new and found a Marx New Haven switcher on Ebay for $12.00. The Chessie is probably the first loco my grandfather bought; even though it lower end, I cleaned and lubed it and she runs really well. The RS3 is a Kato and is a bit bruised, but I put a bit of work in that and it runs pretty well. I also have a Kato Souther Pacific GP model that is the same as the Chessie (not an expert on identifying these) that I have on the bench and should have running tomorrow.
Let me know how I did for for a reintroduction to the hobby.
Justin
