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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
