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 Posted - December 04 2008 : 5:13:30 PM
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Today I got to miss two classes, to help with, of all things, model trains! 
My history teacher has a tiny, very simple Christmas layout he sets up every year. He's been doing it for about 20 years he said, picking up various pieces of equipment now and then.
Anyway, instead of doing schoolwork, I cleaned the track on this layout, and did some general maintainance and tune-ups for him. I took my camera, because I knew he had some trains in the junk box that were of some interest to me.
Here's the layout itself first.
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He used tin foil for the frozen pond, wire mesh and paper mache for the tunnel, and drilled holes for those generic Christmas lights to poke through.
He even has a Tyco steam whistle accessory...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdSfrX9b08g
Here's the trains he had that I was interested in.
A Tyco billboard hopper.
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Chattanooga loco and caboose, both in very sorry shape.
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Cox caboose and F-unit, in US Army livery.
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And these unknown tinplate cars. I'm assuming they're by Marx, just because they're tinplate.
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Well, tomorrow I might miss even more class time if he lets me help him take it downstairs. Maybe more pics with it fully set up too! 
    
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Posted - December 04 2008 : 5:22:09 PM
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| Too cool...my hobby boost came from a shop teacher in the 8th grade. He started a club and that set the hobby in once and for all.
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Posted - December 04 2008 : 6:38:08 PM
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What a neat little layout Lots of PC trains! UGGGHHH...and a PC transformer. I hate those things.
My grade 8 shop teacher told me about how he used to collect Marklin when he was younger. There was never any club at my school though
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Posted - December 04 2008 : 7:10:49 PM
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The tin cars aren't Marx. I think they are Sakai, though I might be mistaken. They definitely are of Japanese origin. Those would be the ones I would be looking at (yeah I know, I have strange tastes  )
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Posted - December 04 2008 : 8:27:07 PM
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Cool...Japanese you say? Are they very rare?
Also, I really wish there was a model railroad club around here. Nothing too big or fancy, just something for a few people to have fun and run some trains. Oh well. 
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Posted - December 05 2008 : 8:16:34 PM
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| Sakai (or is it Seki? I forget) was notorious for mixing and matching road names (note the Santa Fe Pacemaker). But most of their stuff is O or S scale. I think I have seen these before in HO size, but I'm no expert on them. They're not common, but there's not much interest in them either (at least not like Lionel or Marx - or Tyco for that matter!).
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 Posted - December 05 2008 : 10:03:54 PM
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Tell your teacher I got the boiler front and the front tender truck to complete the Chattanooga 2-8-0!
" Heck with counting 'em rivets, TRAINS ARE FOR FUN! Not called the Mad Scientist for nothing either!"
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Posted - December 05 2008 : 10:27:55 PM
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quote:Sakai (or is it Seki? I forget) was notorious for mixing and matching road names (note the Santa Fe Pacemaker). But most of their stuff is O or S scale. I think I have seen these before in HO size, but I'm no expert on them. They're not common, but there's not much interest in them either (at least not like Lionel or Marx - or Tyco for that matter!).
Originally posted by sbenny-December 05 2008: 8:16:34 PM
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Yes, I tried to put them on regualr HO track and the wheels were just a wee bit too close together. I would say they're HO though.
Justin, I'm not sure if he intends on fixing the Chattanooga or not...he has a few Mehano steam locos.
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Posted - December 05 2008 : 10:47:56 PM
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quote:Sakai (or is it Seki? I forget)
Originally posted by sbenny-December 05 2008: 8:16:34 PM
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I don't know about those, but how 'bout some Sake?
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Posted - September 28 2011 : 7:45:14 PM
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Lucky! None Of My Teachers Show That Much Respect For Trains. And Everyone Likes xbox and call of duty(which they wouldnt have without trains) The Hobby Is Dying. But Some Of Us Still Survive.
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Posted - September 28 2011 : 7:57:34 PM
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| I have to ask, how did trains lead to CoD? XD
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