Monthly Archives: November 2010

The Original Cab Forward

For my 200th video on YouTube 🙂 here's a pretty unusual locomotive.  This is the original MTH Premier SP Cab Forward (4-8-8-2) steam locomotive that was produced in 1998. It has the original ProtoSound system which provided sound and smoke … Continue reading

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A New Video of an Old Train

For reasons that currently escape me, when I got back into this hobby I started collecting the "short Madison" car sets put out by Lionel starting in 1973 — part of what is called the MPC era.  These were models … Continue reading

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Alco RS-11 Diesel Locomotive

Close to 10 years ago, in early 2001, Lionel brought out a very nice model of the Alco (American Locomotive Company) RS-11 diesel.  Now, I'm no fan of diesels, but the look and livery of this one convinced me to … Continue reading

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The JLC Challenger

Toward the end of 2000 (a full ten years ago now), Lionel started a new series of high-end locmotives with a bang!  Called the JLC series (after Joshua Lionel Cowen, the founder of the company), the first locomotive in the … Continue reading

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The EM-1 Yellowstone

Almost ten years ago, in early 2001, Lionel brought out their model of the Baltimore & Ohio (B&O) EM-1, a Yellowstone-type (2-8-8-4) articulated steam locomotive.  Considered the largest and finest power on the B&O, thirty EM-1's were built in 1944 … Continue reading

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The New Cars

As I mentioned in the previous entry, I got a few new 500-series Standard Gauge freight cars to go with the 400E.  The first is a nice Pennsy boxcar. The second is a really nice Jersey Central tank car. And … Continue reading

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The 400E Redux

It's pretty unusual for me to shoot a second video of a train within a few days of shooting the original video.  But, it's also pretty unusual for me to receive several email messages within those few days all telling … Continue reading

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And A New Video!

You didn't think for a moment that I'd get a train set as gorgeous as this one and not shoot a video of it, did you?  🙂  Here's the video blurb and the video. On a visit to Trains & … Continue reading

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A New Train!

I gave up celebrating birthdays a long time ago, but with mine coming soon decided that I needed a present.  I went down to Trains & Things in Ewing (near Trenton) which is where I got my Standard Gauge Ives … Continue reading

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Taking a Break

Since getting the HD camcorder six months ago, I've been averaging 16 True HD 1080p videos a month (yes, there are now 96 of them).  While it's been great fun getting out all the trains and running them again, some … Continue reading

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The BMT Standard Subway Set

In early 2008, MTH released Premier models of the old BMT Standard subway cars. Well, old but not THAT old — I remember riding in these when I was a child! 🙂 They're excellent models and run very well. In … Continue reading

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New York & Long Branch

It's seldom that I run trains short enough to run two on the same track at the same time, something that is made rather easy with DCS.  Since I converted both the MTH Premier Blue Comet G3s Pacific and the … Continue reading

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