Subj : Train collection / Magazi
To : Moondog
From : Radiowave
Date : Thu Dec 19 2019 11:20 am
Re: Train collection / Magazi
By: Moondog to Nightfox on Tue Dec 10 2019 10:18 am
> Re: Train collection / Magazi
> By: Nightfox to Doctor Clu on Mon Dec 09 2019 05:26 pm
>
> > Re: Train collection / Magazines
> > By: Doctor Clu to All on Tue Dec 10 2019 12:00 am
>
> > DC> We have any train enthusiasts? Have a collection of model trains and magazines that probably was done in the 60's through the late 70's? If
> > DC> interested, write to
[email protected]
>
> > I enjoy trains but havn't done anything with model trains since I was a kid.
>
> > Nightfox
>
>
> My model railroad experience was more late 70's, eary 80's. There was a
> large walk-in closet in between my room and my sister's and my uncle built a table frame that fit so we could walk around it. The layout moved down t
> the basement, and I moved it to a sheet of 4x8' plywood. I had a loop within
> a loop with switches so I could run two trains on different controllers by isolating the inside loop from the outside loop throughslide on plastic
> track couplers. I ran HO trains, since that was popualr and I could find accessories for it at Meijers and Kay Bee Hobbies. I also had an AFX racing
> set, the one with the police car and semi tractor and trailer. That also fit on the layout. I didn't find out until recently AFX built track with
> railroad crossings to allow tracks to overlap.
>
> Model Railroader was the magazine I read the most. I'm still amazed at how mu ch detail some put into their trains and layouts.
>
> I've been chatting with modern railroading folks, and model railroading has also gone high tech. The trains are processor controlled, and the track a
> as a network with each locomotive having an assigned address. You can
> control several trains on the same track without having to cut off or isolate them on separate circuits. LED lighting and fiber optics have also
> improved
> in keeping the scale of street lights and other small light sources.
>
Wow, that's quite interesting, I would have never thought model trains would get so advanced.. Interesting info, thank's for posting.
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