Hello all from France.
I took a few pictures of my little train collection with MTH, Lionel, Atlas, K-Line, Weaver….
December 23, 2016
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Nice collection. My wife and I were in France summer 2014. I have an interest in history and WW1 and II. We stumbled into a great train station near St Mihael. I have a lot of photos from many places. We stayed near the gare at Strasbourg for 5 nights. Write to my email if interested.
I also viewed the Tour de France at Verdun and Belgium.
John
Hello Woojr,
Sorry if my English is not very good.
I was in the USA 3 years ago, and I have too an interest in history and WWI and II, you can see some pictures with this message.
When I was a member of the military, I lived in Strasbourg, now I am in Paris.
And today I received a new engine from Trainz who repaired it for me, PS2 board was broken.
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Originally Posted by warok:
Hello from France.
I took a few pictures of my little train collection with MTH, Lionel, Atlas, K-Line, Weaver….
Hello from America
" .... little train collection ..." I guess everything is relative! Lol.
That is a fantastic collection. Different railroads and equipment .... a lot of great stuff!
Like others, I am also interested in the two wars. Interesting how many people enjoy/model the German equipment. I built German Tiger tank dioramas for many years.
Jim
Nice collection indeed. Thank you for sharing the pics with us. It's certainly interesting to see items from people far outside the USA.
Very nice collection.
Very nice collection! It is nice to know someone else on the continent is collecting a mix of everything! I am curious with the transformer pictured, are you running the trains with a step-down transformer with the MTH Z or have you found a 220V alternative?
Best Regards from Dresden, Germany!
Walt
November 19, 2015
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Is it French Collection or French Connection…???!!!
I am glad you made it here and I hope you get back. I made a great circle driving tour
of France several years ago....hitting most of the sights, excepting the WWII landing
sites. I even found an abandoned railroad in the Dordogne. I hoped to go back and
further explore the Dordogne and along the Spanish border. Much to see and explore
in France. Don't apologize for your English, for sure, it is better than most Americans'
French.
Or most Americans English, for that matter. Or at least that I know.
You are certainly edicted 
February 13, 2016
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impressive collection!
Puts some of us American boys to shame!
Marc:
Votre collection c'est pas petite!
Even though I lived in Paris for one year, the above would be the limit of my French-speaking abilities...
That's a great collection. It must have been a lot of work for you to have accumulated it from across the ocean. Thanks for sharing.
I have two questions concerning some items I can't identify. Perhaps you or some of the other readers can help:
- Who made the diesel engine shown in "entrée 02.jpg", and what is the catalog no.?
- Who made the red/white/blue passenger cars shown in "salle 19.jpg", and what are the catalog nos.?
Thanks in advance for your help. Keep up the good work.
Steven J. Serenska
Formerly of 168 Rue de Grenelle, 75007
Steven,
Thank you for your comment,
To answer your questions :
MTH Premier 20-2446-1 SD60M Diesel Engine with Proto-Sound 2.0
K-Line Defense Special Heavyweight Observation Car K4400-0002
K-Line Minute Men Heavyweight Passenger Car K4400-0001
Best regards.
Marc.
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Very interesting collection you have. I had not seen the BNSF War Bonnet before, as trains were on hiatus in my life at that time.
A very unusual color scheme for the War Bonnet. Shockingly so. But, green and cream are a very pleasant and classy color combination. I think it's nickname was only a reaction to the extreme deviation from the classics. I nearly feel the same about the blue and yellow S.Fe, finding the yellow bonnet on silver (and green / cream) much more pleasing.
Merci beaucoup pour le partage (orthographe par google. De minuscules morceaux de français se glissent toujours sur les souvenirs d'un homme, qui était garçon une fois multilingue) {Thanks for sharing. (spelling by google. Tiny bits of French creep out of a man, that was once a multilingual boy)}.
German styles of the era preceding the war had a great influence on the worlds styles as a whole. It is no surprise to me they are still appealing; despite the distaste of the political aspects.
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