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 Posted - April 24 2010 : 02:48:25 AM
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Not a new member here but I thought I would post a photo on here so everyone will know who Walt is.. Photo is dated on the back in my late mothers hand writting, "1974 Walt the hot rod kid"
I'm holding a trophy won at the annual Model Contest held by our Kressge store. This was my prime era in my Tyco layout of the 70s! I had two or three nice photos of my 70s layout, but those photos was lost in the late 80s.  
Walt
Luck, usually comes dressed in work clothes...
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Posted - April 25 2010 : 12:49:32 AM
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Neat thread idea!
This is right after my trains got set up on the bar in the basement. It would be from very early 2001...January probably. I was 8. Not really that long ago...
That's the same set from my SotW BTW.
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Posted - April 25 2010 : 11:19:36 AM
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Nice photo Cheez!
Walt
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Posted - April 25 2010 : 2:24:15 PM
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Hey, that's some good stuff on that bed! The Badman '55 Chevy, among others. :) Here's a photo of me about 14 years of age ( around 1974), with a circle of track and my first HO train consist ( I still have them stored away somewhere, but the engine burned up ):
I never had room to set up a permanent layout at my house, so it was always The Floor for my railroad empire. I never had switches, either, just a single line of track. Ah well. Still have good memories of operating my Lionel, then HO trains, as I grew up.
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Posted - June 19 2020 : 2:24:13 PM
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Me and my first train set from December 25 1966.
Lionel starter set with the milk man car. My grandma got me into trains. Many thanks.
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Posted - June 19 2020 : 4:56:50 PM
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I have one of me with my first HO scale train around the tree. I had that train which was only allowed out at Christmas time, then my dad sold it and I had some old 70's lionel for a spell. I then went back to HO about 2 years after when the O was sold. My first real model trains were a Lionel HO GS4 daylight, A Tyco Transformers Plymouth, a Tyco Rock Island C430, and the Bachmann John Bull.
Only the GS4 ran, which soon suffered from cracked axle - itis! I ended up getting a Bachmann GS4 for free from the very nice man who tried to repair it. It has been 8 or so years and it has not ran since. My neighbor has a 3D printer. I was talking to him about possibly trying to 3D print the broken gear. It would be lovely to have it run again.
The John Bull did not run at first but once I learned the tricks of the trade I got it working, It runs to this day but with a bent axle.
The Transformers loco never ran and still hasn't turned a wheel. I am still trying to fix it. There were so many things wrong with it!
The C430 ran and still does, now better than ever, however itlies silent, and stripped of it's former Rock Island heritage.
I will try and locate the image, I do know my dad has some of him with his Lionel set although he never got into trains. He still teases me that his was better because "It came with blue cows!" 
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Posted - June 19 2020 : 6:52:20 PM
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Me at Palisades Amusement Park in July 1969.
Park closed in 1971. Was located near Fort Lee New Jersey.
Even back then I practiced proper social distance measures.
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Posted - June 19 2020 : 9:30:42 PM
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quote:
Me at Palisades Amusement Park in July 1969.
Park closed in 1971. Was located near Fort Lee New Jersey.
Even back then I practiced proper social distance measures.
Originally posted by wks - June 19 2020 : 6:52:20 PM
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will live on in song https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palisades_Park_(Freddy_Cannon_song)
what's there now? A apartment complex!
but there is a plaque commemorating the park 
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Posted - June 22 2020 : 6:54:20 PM
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Found it!
Smol Alex, circa 2009. Me and my model power 0-4-0.
I really want to own this loco again, that would be awesome! There are a few pictures of me with it, but none have a good view to make out what RR the loco is lettered for. The caboose is a CN caboose, so I'm assuming the loco is too.
Therefore, this should be it: 
I remeber, I used to call him "Little Pug"
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Posted - June 22 2020 : 8:00:06 PM
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| Nice photo Alex! You said you would like to own that loco again. That’s what my whole layout consist of the things I had when I was a teen and the other pieces that I wished I could’ve had as a teen. I dont have the wants to buy every piece of rolling stock. I have everything i need in rolling stock and buildings... 🙃
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Posted - June 22 2020 : 9:08:55 PM
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quote:Nice photo Alex! You said you would like to own that loco again. That’s what my whole layout consist of the things I had when I was a teen and the other pieces that I wished I could’ve had as a teen. I dont have the wants to buy every piece of rolling stock. I have everything i need in rolling stock and buildings... 🙃
Originally posted by walt - June 22 2020 : 8:00:06 PM
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"I dont have the wants to buy every piece of rolling stock"
Busss begs to differ!
Yeah, you have quite the collection! And a very cool one at that. Maybe my friend Brian has the loco I am looking for. I know it isnt worth $40 on ebay!
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Posted - June 22 2020 : 10:10:08 PM
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| Funny, Alex! I was thinking of the Busss when I was writing that!!
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Posted - July 06 2020 : 10:22:59 PM
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This is a great "then" thread idea - nice pics, guys! Say...how about a "now" thread, of photos of us, now, with our train collections/layouts??
Here's yours truly, at the Strasburg Railroad, when Thomas the Tank Engine visited in 2005. I was only 3.5.
"Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in Heaven." - Matthew 5:16
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Posted - July 20 2020 : 1:37:20 PM
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I am sure some of us were in the Cub Scouts and or Boy Scouts.
1971 or 1972 I believe.
Uniform is gone but the emblems remain. Great memories.
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Posted - July 20 2020 : 8:34:39 PM
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i was a boy scout cub in this photo,about 1954/5,ken
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Posted - August 28 2020 : 7:32:54 PM
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here is 4 year old me in summer of 2010 standing next to a locomotive my ears were covered because of the loudness of the locomotive
here is a picture of 5 year old me and my then 8 year old sister Ava on christmas of 2011 opening a new thomas the tank engine toy train set
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Posted - August 28 2020 : 8:23:51 PM
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| Ah, trackmaster. Fond memories. I gave mine plenty of "Thomas love!" I recently sold a bunch for around 90 bucks, but I kept some of my favorites. I plan to restore them someday.
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Posted - August 28 2020 : 8:27:56 PM
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quote:Ah, trackmaster. Fond memories. I gave mine plenty of "Thomas love!" I recently sold a bunch for around 90 bucks, but I kept some of my favorites. I plan to restore them someday.
Originally posted by BlaxlandAlex3Â -Â August 28 2020Â :Â 8:23:51 PM
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yes I have kept most of mine and given some away to friends I got rid of almost all of the sets exept for my tomy giant set and my cranky the crane set
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Posted - August 29 2020 : 01:33:59 AM
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Great photos. TBH, I have much the same motivation as
Walt, and it has been a lot of enjoyment.
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Posted - December 18 2021 : 10:06:21 PM
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This is me in 1961 playing in the sand in front of a cable car at the San Francisco Zoo. I wasn't much interested in railroads at the time as I was more fascinated by sand. That would change when I was about 3 years old and my dad bought his first train set.
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Posted - December 19 2021 : 12:25:43 AM
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| That is so cool. Yeah, sand is fun. "Men do not quit playing because they grow old—they grow old because they quit playing." - Oliver Wendell Holmes
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Posted - December 20 2021 : 11:21:24 PM
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quote:This is me in 1961 playing in the sand in front of a cable car at the San Francisco Zoo. I wasn't much interested in railroads at the time as I was more fascinated by sand. That would change when I was about 3 years old and my dad bought his first train set.
Originally posted by Redwoods - December 18 2021 : 10:06:21 PM
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Such a neat photo, Redwoods!!
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Posted - December 22 2021 : 08:50:25 AM
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quote: quote:This is me in 1961 playing in the sand in front of a cable car at the San Francisco Zoo. I wasn't much interested in railroads at the time as I was more fascinated by sand. That would change when I was about 3 years old and my dad bought his first train set.
Originally posted by Redwoods - December 18 2021 : 10:06:21 PM
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Such a neat photo, Redwoods!!
Originally posted by walt - December 20 2021 : 11:21:24 PM
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I agree & wonder where that cable car is now
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