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12-15-2007, 07:57 AM
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Who still runs trains under their christmas tree?
I set um my lionels but I am finding out there are abiiiiiiiiit too noisy on hard wood floors, i was thinking LGB, what doe you use?
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12-15-2007, 10:33 AM
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We do usually, but we got a late start (we just got the tree today) and it wont be up until tomorrow. I doubt this year we will have trains up though.
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12-15-2007, 10:34 AM
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It's not a lionel or anything but we set up a Santa train thingie that goes around the tree.
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12-15-2007, 02:12 PM
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i knew a girl in school who pulled a train under a christmas tree once
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12-15-2007, 03:35 PM
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i knew a girl in school who pulled a train under a christmas tree once
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12-15-2007, 04:22 PM
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I will beat you with a toaster!
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i knew a girl in school who pulled a train under a christmas tree once
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sounds like my ex.
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12-15-2007, 07:09 PM
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haha. i used to have HO scale trains and id putthem under the tree...but it was wise to take them off christmas eve or they'd get broken form the presents under the tree.
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12-16-2007, 09:24 AM
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haha. i used to have HO scale trains
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They are probably the same ones Echo's ex had !! 
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12-17-2007, 08:03 AM
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I do. I've got two loops of Lionel O gauge under the tree this year.
My dad and I have been collecting for years.
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12-17-2007, 09:45 AM
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I do. I've got two loops of Lionel O gauge under the tree this year.
My dad and I have been collecting for years.
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Same here, I'm rocking the post war 2433's now but god daym are they loud this year
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12-17-2007, 09:49 AM
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I used too. I had a few old Lionels and some HO trains too. They're all in a box somewhere now.
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12-17-2007, 09:51 AM
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we used to put a train under my parents tree, but now they go on vacation every year before christmas so the train hasnt been up in 6 years or so.. they haven't had a tree for the last 3 i think. actually, i dont even have a tree in my apartment either.  makes me kinda sad.
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12-17-2007, 09:52 AM
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ROAD TRIP !!!! 
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12-17-2007, 09:55 AM
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ROAD TRIP !!!! |
to where? are you suggesting we go back to that tree farm in vermont?
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12-17-2007, 09:56 AM
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to where? are you suggesting we go back to that tree farm in vermont?
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we should hit Canadia this time
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12-17-2007, 10:01 AM
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we should hit Canadia this time |
 i think i dont like you right now.
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12-17-2007, 10:02 AM
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lol ok ok, we can get one in Floridia
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12-17-2007, 11:31 AM
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My mother does, im in the process of moving so no trees here this year
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12-17-2007, 11:32 AM
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u kno, for a minute there i thought the title meant something else...lol
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12-17-2007, 11:32 AM
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Originally Posted by alamantia
Same here, I'm rocking the post war 2433's now but god daym are they loud this year
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Well there is your problem! Those babies are notoriously loud. The later models were a bit quieter. Even when they are in perfect shape they are loud. I have a pair of them, and I dont usually run them.
In the latest issue of Classic Toy trains they even mention that they are unusually loud. So dont feel bad, hehe.
I try and switch the trains a few times a week, we have a bunch of em, and this is the time of year that they get the most activity.
Here are some pics of the collection...
Last edited by TAdan; 12-17-2007 at 11:38 AM.
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12-17-2007, 12:42 PM
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I have a set of postwar erie PAA's similar to those union pacifics behind the Lackawanna FM in your pic, their quieter and Im looking in to a 726 berkshire, that being worm gear driven has to be pretty quiet too
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12-17-2007, 12:48 PM
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I have a set of postwar erie PAA's similar to those union pacifics behind the Lackawanna FM in your pic, their quieter and Im looking in to a 726 berkshire, that being worm gear driven has to be pretty quiet too
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Those Alco style engines (like your Erie pair) are some of the best and quietest runners I've encountered, you cant go wrong with them.
I have a couple 736's and they run great. I'd try and find a 736 over a 726, the 726 dosent have magne-traction.
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12-17-2007, 01:28 PM
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I haven't run any of mine in years. I have a fairly large collections and every time I say just a loop around the tree I end up taking over the entire living room until my wife gets mad enough to makes me stop! Plus she hates the smell of the smoke, but I just gotta have the locos smoken!
When I set them up around the tree I used homosote with the cork covering to detent the sound. Works real well!
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12-17-2007, 02:09 PM
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Well there is your problem! Those babies are notoriously loud. The later models were a bit quieter. Even when they are in perfect shape they are loud. I have a pair of them, and I dont usually run them.
In the latest issue of Classic Toy trains they even mention that they are unusually loud. So dont feel bad, hehe.
I try and switch the trains a few times a week, we have a bunch of em, and this is the time of year that they get the most activity.
Here are some pics of the collection...
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Man, did you say COLLECTION OR A WAREHOUSE? That is amazing and what a nice layout. You're of course NOT MARRIED. What wife in here right mind would WASTE an entire room for that, when it could be a lot more useful to display CRANBERRY GLASS or STUFFED BEARS!
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