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Collector Corner / Re: TIN PLATE WIND UP TRAINS

« on: February 27, 2021, 11:46:31 AM »

Thanks for the warm welcome everyone!

I have a Youtube channel for my windup & live steam videos:  https://www.youtube.com/user/NorthviewRailroader/videos

There are quite a few windup train videos on it, although I haven't been quite as active making videos since I built the new layout.  Most of them were taken on my old layout.

This is a Marx Commodore Vanderbilt making a run around the new layout: 

This is a clockwork conversion I did on an American Flyer #429 shell running around the old layout:

There are a lot of other windup videos on there as well...

Jim, I look forward to watching the videos on your channel, too!

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Collector Corner / Re: TIN PLATE WIND UP TRAINS

« on: February 26, 2021, 07:27:11 PM »

My collection consists almost entirely of O gauge windup trains.  My first train set (at the age of two) was a Marx mechanical set, and that laid the foundation for my windup train obsession later in life.  My layout has all two-rail tinplate track with no electrical power... windup or onboard battery operated trains only.  I enjoy working on them and have made a few custom windups as well.  Just found this forum today, so this is my first post.  Glad to see some other windup fans here.