Trigger Mike Posted December 11, 2010 Share Posted December 11, 2010 This one actually has smoke come out the side like a real one. If only I had 4,000. http://www.reynaulds.com/km1.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ned Buckshot, SASS #2901 Posted December 11, 2010 Share Posted December 11, 2010 Wow that's freakin' incredible! Dear Santa, I've been a good boy. Please send me one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deja Vous Posted December 11, 2010 Share Posted December 11, 2010 This one actually has smoke come out the side like a real one. If only I had 4,000. http://www.reynaulds.com/km1.aspx When I was little my dad got us a train and mounted it on plywood. We played for hours in the basement with that toy.. But this one is beyond just a kids toy.. Whew.. I love the steam and the whistle... How cool it would be to set up track with that engine on it... It sounds real.. geesh.. Thanks.. that is a very cool engine.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted December 11, 2010 Share Posted December 11, 2010 Okay... what's "1 gauge?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pack Saddle Slim, SASS #73122 Posted December 11, 2010 Share Posted December 11, 2010 Okay... what's "1 gauge?" 1 Gauge, or "Gauge One," is a little smaller than G Gauge and is primarily used for "garden trains." G Gauge is 1:22.5 in scale while Gauge 1 is 1:33 in scale, about three times the size of HO scale. They had some popularity in the early 20th century here in the U.S. until around WW I. They're still popular in Europe. All of their measurements are in metrics. Pretty impressive. I have a G Gauge LGB train, but it's nothing like that! Well, for four grand, you should expect a lot! Probably won't get one of those for Christmas this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted December 11, 2010 Share Posted December 11, 2010 I have one of these. HO Scale with some old fashion cars and a crummy. http://www.bachmanntrains.com/home-usa/pro...p;productId=558 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pack Saddle Slim, SASS #73122 Posted December 11, 2010 Share Posted December 11, 2010 I have one of these.HO Scale with some old fashion cars and a crummy. http://www.bachmanntrains.com/home-usa/pro...p;productId=558 Not to hijack a thread, but Badger, how do you like your Bachman? I've been thinking real seriously about getting one just like that and building a Christmas tree stand layout. Sure would like to see some pics of the cars you have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted December 11, 2010 Share Posted December 11, 2010 Packsaddle, I think that train is neat. I bought the engine and tender and then I bough the rest of the track, cars, etc. So it was not a set. You can get the cars from Bachmann I believe. I have no way to post a picture and I would not know how to do it if I did. Call me an old geezer. They made two engines, the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific. I believe they now have a different name for them. The Central Pacific is now called the General and the Union Pacific is decorated in another color. The cars are made like the old time cars. It is some neat stuff. Looks great under the tree with all of the Victorian houses my wife has. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bear Saint Paw Posted December 11, 2010 Share Posted December 11, 2010 This one actually has smoke come out the side like a real one. If only I had 4,000. http://www.reynaulds.com/km1.aspx That is awesome! Kind of makes my HO Engines with soundtraxx seem less impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Four-Eyed Buck,SASS #14795 Posted December 11, 2010 Share Posted December 11, 2010 Wow!! Just imagine a Challenger or Big Boy set up like that. I've got a loco similar to the link to Bachmann above. Mine has a wood burner tender, though. My big problem is no track available locally.. Not sure if some other brands track would work with the Bachmann.............Buck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted December 11, 2010 Share Posted December 11, 2010 Wow!! Just imagine a Challenger or Big Boy set up like that. I've got a loco similar to the link to Bachmann above. Mine has a wood burner tender, though. My big problem is no track available locally.. Not sure if some other brands track would work with the Bachmann.............Buck Been a while since I had mine running, but I believe the track is Atlas track. I believe it also has a wood burning tender. Try Bachmann's web site. They also have a forum with some savvy guys on it. I was going to get the Central Pacific engine and run them up to Promontory Summit and pretend it was 1869. Now I can't find the Cen Pac copy. http://www.bachmanntrains.com/home-usa/index.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rube Burrows Posted December 11, 2010 Share Posted December 11, 2010 Do you actually build the landscapes and all also? Just curious. I have always been interested in the miniature Civil War battlefields and have always enjoyed looking at the train set ups when I seen them on tv or wherever. If you build the landscapes......any pics? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted December 11, 2010 Share Posted December 11, 2010 I am not that talented. I just put the sheet down on the floor and lay some track over it for Christmas. I guess I am a kid at heart because I like to watch the train go around the track. I grew up not far from trains so I have always had an interest in them. History is really neat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curley Cole, SASS #56849 Posted December 11, 2010 Share Posted December 11, 2010 http://www.donet.com/~paulrace/trains/spec...ls_starters.htm I have the Bachman Virginia and Truckee Set to run around my Christmas tree. Me and the cat love watching it. Wish I could expand . The wife bought me a Lionel battery operated set last year...hmmmm we'll see. curley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Chance Morgun Posted December 11, 2010 Share Posted December 11, 2010 Thought it was interesting, looked at some of their other stuff on youtube, found that they had an interesting item or two for sale Anyone else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hannie Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 Why not a real steam locomotive then? This is gauge 1 http://www.accucraft.com/index.php?show_aux_page=35 Yep you fire it up. Want something a little more Wild West? http://www.accucraft.com/index.php?show_aux_page=42 I have someone I know who works in 1" scale (4.75 or 5" guage) with which you can do this: http://phoenixlocos.com/gallery/album/class50/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Driftwood Johnson, SASS #38283 Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 Howdy The problem with engines that spit smoke all over the place indoors is that eventually the particulates have to settle onto something. You eventually wind up with a fine coating of gook everyplace. Can really play havoc with electrical pickup off of the track. Works OK outdoors, but it ain't so hot for indoors where there is no wind to blow it away. One of the problems with all the shooting and reloading I do these days is that my HO layout has been gathering dust for a whole bunch of years now. The layout occupies a finished room in our basement. Mrs Johnson keeps agitating to replace it with exercise equipment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 Howdy The problem with engines that spit smoke all over the place indoors is that eventually the particulates have to settle onto something. You eventually wind up with a fine coating of gook everyplace. Can really play havoc with electrical pickup off of the track. Works OK outdoors, but it ain't so hot for indoors where there is no wind to blow it away. One of the problems with all the shooting and reloading I do these days is that my HO layout has been gathering dust for a whole bunch of years now. The layout occupies a finished room in our basement. Mrs Johnson keeps agitating to replace it with exercise equipment. Don't let it happen, Driftwood. Don't! It could be injurious to your health. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trigger Mike Posted December 12, 2010 Author Share Posted December 12, 2010 Don't let it happen, Driftwood. Don't! It could be injurious to your health. tell her the layout is exercise equipment. You get exercise when you do play with it and exercise walking around it when you don't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunClick Rick Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 Oh Crap that's all i need another collection.....Dang burn you all!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 Just a simple 027 Marx electric train like the one I got for Christmas 1954 (? maybe earlier), cast metal engine, lithographed tinplate cars (box car, gondola, reefer, tanker, caboose) with four wheel trucks, a 90 degree crossing, four manual switches, and uncoupling track, a half dozen Plasticville buildings, and some toy cars. Been looking for a bunch of years and can't find just the right one....but I will someday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 Right after we got married, my wife was "cleaning" house and gave my set away to some lucky kid. That was fifty years ago. Wonder if he still has it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pack Saddle Slim, SASS #73122 Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 Right after we got married, my wife was "cleaning" house and gave my set away to some lucky kid. That was fifty years ago. Wonder if he still has it. Yep...my mom sold mine at a garage sale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bear Saint Paw Posted December 13, 2010 Share Posted December 13, 2010 This is a good source for RR modeling and scenery items. http://www.walthers.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Four-Eyed Buck,SASS #14795 Posted December 13, 2010 Share Posted December 13, 2010 Mom sold my original set, too......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dog Ears Wilson, SASS #77948 Posted December 13, 2010 Share Posted December 13, 2010 Got mine in '76 when I was 10. HO scale, came with Bicentennial painted diesel engine. Still got it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Driftwood Johnson, SASS #38283 Posted December 14, 2010 Share Posted December 14, 2010 Howdy Again I started with Lionel when I was just a kid. My dad built a 4X8 table and I had all my Lionel stuff set up on it. Then when I was around 10 or so he said 'we' should get into HO. I had never heard of it. So he put an ad in the paper and sold all the Lionel stuff and bought me an HO set. I chose a layout out of a plan book and together we built a great big mountain at one end out of screen wire and plaster. It was on the same 4X8 table and eventually I added a second table. Still have some of that HO equipment today. But I sure wish I still had that Lionel stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted December 14, 2010 Share Posted December 14, 2010 Mine went to the son of some family friends when I switched to HO my first year of college. They had a kid who wanted a train and they didn't have any money fora new set. Mine was in really great shape except or a boxcar that had been repainted. I don't regret doing it, but I'd sure like to find another one like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deja Vous Posted December 15, 2010 Share Posted December 15, 2010 tell her the layout is exercise equipment. You get exercise when you do play with it and exercise walking around it when you don't. He could claim that he chases the trains around the "jogging" track.. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfgang, SASS #53480 Posted December 15, 2010 Share Posted December 15, 2010 That is a fantastic engine with smoke and whistle I had HO trains when I was young . . . and most of the stuff is no doubt still in the attic of the home in Ohio . . . the attic is fun to visit . . . but to actually find anything that you think is there ( probably is ) . . . . Oh my . . . IMPOSSIBLE . . but while looking fur it you run into other neat stuff that you've forgotten about ! When I converted the 20 ft. travel trialer in to my workshop I figured to have a railroad in the back end. I bought some real nice "G" scale stuff that I figured to convert into a "one inch scale" narrow gauge train, . . . but . . . somehow the guns have taken over ALL THE SPACE . . . ? how did that happen ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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