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Layouts / Terry's Layout

« on: May 08, 2020, 04:30:57 PM »

I have a few things I want to do on the layout this weekend.

I don't have a track plan, I just fit what I could into the area I have to work with. In trhe southwest corner I have a station area with lots of Lionel 156 platforms. The idea is I can back the train in, and then pull out another train.

I want to have parking lots with my Tootsietoys along the sides. Originally I had the first siding straight along the layout edge, but I removed one of the sidings and recentered all the track so I could get more tootsietoys in by parking them diagonally.

I cut a section of 054 curve in half to get into the siding. This is a mess. I can't get the trains the trains to go through the reverse curve without derailing.



So I'm going to move the curve and the switch east so it's a straight shot into the yard. Basically where the switch is sitting in this picture:



I think there is enough room that I won't have to move the inner loops of track. Also while I have the switch out I want to figure out why it triggers the couplers on the cars.

Next I have these Schoenhut houses. I can't get under the layout in that area. It was designed to be mountain, but I like them there. I'm thinking I can cut groooves into the layout with the circular saw and run the wires in the grooves.



The houses don't have lights in them. I was thinking I'd put the old style ceramic bulb holders on the layout and cut holes in the bottoms of the houses. But, I found a bunch of prewired for AC LED fixtures in a box last night. I want to try one and see what it looks like compared to a regular bulb.

Lastly, I have the burning house on the hill. I put a German light controller in it that has one red bulb and 5 blinking yellow bulbs. It looks good.



I decided I'd make it smoke by putting a flyer smoking tender unit in the powerhouse with a hose running up to the house. I also found two firemen with a hose that sprays water that I want to put up by the house. (It's a german animation with the spray being a pulsating LED and a strip of fiber optic cable. )

That should keep me busy.

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Layouts / Re: T2 Example of Layout post

« on: May 07, 2020, 10:41:45 AM »

I'm trying to put a video in this post.

Here's a minute of my layout under construction running three trains. (The dog's name is Pudgy)



HOW to POST Youtube videos:

1) Go To YouTube page for the video you want to share.
2) Copy the URL of the video.
3) Paste the  url into the post text box here in the forum where you want it to be.

It will look like this:

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3RjjdmEwRs
The board will take care of everything else.

If that doesn't work, or you are an engineer,  you can use the youtube button on the right under the "change color" menu and paste your URL between the tags.

That will look like this:

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[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3RjjdmEwRs[/youtube]

Terry

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General Discussion / Interesting Auction Items

« on: May 06, 2020, 02:43:19 AM »

Use this thread to share links to interesting auction items. You can easily add links by typing in a simple description  and pasting the url of the auction page. Then highlight the url and click on the insert hyperlink button - second from left on row above the faces.

Here's a pair of Lionel 2 7/8" wooden gondolas in the box!

https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/83516850_lionel-2-78-powered-gondola-and-trailer

Here's powered and dummy Lionel 2 7/8" trolleys:

https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/83516849_lionel-2-78-city-hall-park-trolley-and-trailer

You can post links to interesting items you've seen here.

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Classifieds / Rules for Posting Classifieds

« on: May 06, 2020, 01:25:23 AM »

This area is for listing items you have for sale or your wanted items. It will only be visible to members. That means you can "kinda safely" put your phone numbers or email address in your posts. If you don't want to put your contact information in the post itself, tell members to send you a private message. See below for private message information.

If you have a bunch of cheaper or common items list them in one post of related items. For better quality items do one post.  When your item sells modify or delete the posts.

All exchanges are done at the risk of the members involved. Terry Gibbs Train99.com, and IWantCollectibles LLC have no resposibilty for any actions taken here.

There is no charge for posting classified ads.

Help this site grow

By the end of 2020, eBay will be charging 12.4% of all transactions.  If you sell trains here, you don't have to pay. To make this work we need members. I'm going to have sheets printed to put into my eBay packages that explains the forum. If you sell on eBay and are willing to include these in your packages send me a note with a PM below.


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General Discussion / Introductions

« on: May 06, 2020, 12:55:13 AM »

New members introduce yourself here.

I'll start.

My name is Terry Gibbs. I currently collect Lionel trains made before 1925. My dad, Cole Gibbs, got his trains out when my older brother was born in 1961 and never put them away. He started buying trains and adding to the layout. I grew up with walls of train shelves.

My dad sold the postwar trains when I was 12 to concentrate on prewar Lionel. He joined TCA in 1977 when I was 14, and we went to the TCA convention in Texas.

Over the next 30 years my dad and I attended many train meets all over the country. We built a large collection of prewar tinplate. We collected variations, and had much of the Lionel production from 1925-42.

After my dad died in 2008, I sold much of the collection to concentrate on the earlier trains. I kept some standard gauge brass trim trains made between 1924 and 35 and O gauge nickel trim trains from 1935-42 to play with.

Today I collect only Lionel trains made before 1925. I'm still putting the trains out in my new house, but here's pictures of some O gauge trains, and a few of my standard gauge 33 locos.

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General Discussion / Recent Additions

« on: May 05, 2020, 10:35:57 PM »

This thread is a place to share recent additions to your collection. Tell us why you bought the train or how it fit into your collection.

You can upload pictures easily with the Attachments and other options tool right under the post box.

I'll go first. . .

Here's a Lionel 33 loco in with the LETTERING REVERSED on both sides. This loco also has a strap headlight.  Most black 33 locos have pedestal headlights like the one in the background of the second photo.

I have three of these  6th versions with reverse lettering.  Dark green with both sides, Dark grey with one side and this black with both reversed.  This version  dates from 1918 to 1922/23. (6th Version is Straight frame with 4 die cast wheels, With or Without Reverse, With binding post, With corp plate on end door, stamped stanchions, Strap headlight, Tab couplers.)

 Terry