My L shaped O gauge layout in garage

[CNJRR]

What was the name of the company?
I might have know him, for 5 years I delivered Hess diesel and #2 oil all over NJ.
The tanker here needs a bath, it is a tanker from the 60's. I was delivering 7200 gals of #2 heating oil.
Back then #2 was diesel, the difference was the tax money. Same oil in the summer, in the winter they blended the diesel with kerosene.

This picture was took at a now apartment building in Asbury Park, it sits high above the Atlantic ocean which is right in front of it.
It is a very old place, back when the Blue Comet brought in vacationers from all over and took them to the Jersey shore.
It used to be just for the vacationers way back when.

 

[pjdog350]

Ray Rice. I can’t remember when he passed. In the early 1960’s.

We had a vacation home in brigantine NJ.

[CNJRR]

OK, don't ring a bell.
Vacation home?  in NJ?

Should be the other way around, people from up here may have a vacation homes in Florida, the other way around from you.

I couldn't take living down there all year, too humid. Too much like jungle weather. And I would have to get used to fishing with Alligators.
And I like the 4 seasons we have.
Here all I got to keep an eye out for is Black bears while fishing. Most of them will run away from you.
Not so for the alligator.

[pjdog350]

Trying to get the new Lionel 259E working has got me stressed out. Nothing seems to be working out. Thought I'd take a break for it.

I decided I'd repair my Lionel postwar 675 smoke unit. It worked real well the last time I ran it. maybe a year ago but this week it's dead?
last night and early this morning I put a liquid smoke unit in it. Now the 726, 671 & 675 are all liquid smokers and working very well.

https://youtu.be/oeH1bTBzc1s

[CNJRR]

Nice video. (thumbsup) 

I like the walk around, and the locomotive yard mounted on the side.
And the shelves. And trains. and the JD, A nice space. Jealous.

Now PARK THE CAR OUTSIDE.
Look at all the room you will have.

They smoke nice, run great too.
Still slows in that one spot?
But I like it, as it is slowing down for the curve automatically.

[pjdog350]

There is a voltage drop in that curve. The outside track does not have that. I think it’s a problem with the MTH track. I would have to put a feeder line on each side of the weak Tracy connection.

[pjdog350]

Thought I'd run the Chrome & red 1700's today. Lionel 1700's are great and affordable. Fun to restore.

https://youtu.be/1VR2F9wbfl4

[CNJRR]

Thought I'd run the Chrome & red 1700's today. Lionel 1700's are great and affordable. Fun to restore.

https://youtu.be/1VR2F9wbfl4

Don't they go any faster? Ha Ha Ha 

[pjdog350]

Yes  they do go allot faster

[CNJRR]

My outside loop is close to the edge. I still have to put some kind of guard rail in yet.
But I never run as fast as you did in the video. Your trains hold to your rail good.
I am using tube track. a lot of o/27, I should change it to O.

[pjdog350]

I wish I had used Lionel tube track in O gauge. At the time I had allot of it. 054, 042 & o31 curves. But one of my kids ask for track. I had given her two complete Lionel train sets (Post War). They built a layout in there basement. I called her the other day and ask if she had any left over. She sold everything. trains & track. I was not happy. This is my middle girl. I have three girls and one boy. Her kids are now in the service and not interested in trains anymore. I told her she would be sorry she had gotten rid og them. When her kids have kids they will want them.

I then called my youngest daughter and told her NOT to sell her trains. She has some very good postwar I gave her. 225e complete set, 226E, 229 complete set and more. She said sense they where mine she would never sell them. I said thanks for that.

Sense I had given away my Lionel tube track I used my old MTH realtrax. Which I like but sometimes the connector under the track fail and that's always a take up the track and repair. I hate that.