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Wow. I've been looking for a battery powered diesel. Will these run on Marx O-27 track or do they need their own track? Much Appreciation!

@Fatman posted:

@jhz563 I'll let you know when the boxed set gets here LOL !

They are marketed as "Standard Gauge " train sets , and seem to have a collaborative history behind the various versions with attributes to Sakai Dakin and even Alps thrown around as manufacturers .

The Sakai collectors guys are happy to call them Sakai tho ...they are def 0-ish in scale tho

All the sets came with various 2-rail track .. and I could be wrong but I "think" it is nominally smaller than O ... I think @Steve "Papa" Eastman

might be able to chime in ?

The full set is in my post a page or so back ..

 

 They take D size batteries tho .. so def of a good size !

More like S Gauge 

Steve

Yes. S gauge collectors have known about these for years.

 View from the blimp.

Scott Smith

WOW Scott - That looks great!  Glad to see you got back into the building.  Maybe by next year I can come see it in person.  Great job.

This week i had the pleasure to buy a very nice loco from EDOBAUD in great original condition which is rare as the paint was directly put on metal without any primer. It dates from 1932-35 and is a very good runner despite his weight. Edobaud trains are more gauge one size, even if they run on o gauge three rails, particularity is they take curent from the center and forward and bacward from the inside and outside rails so all wheels are isolated  and tracks had wood sleepers.

And here are some EDOBAUD trains and accessories in action at home,

Have a nice weekend,  Daniel

@FRENCHTRAINS posted:

This week i had the pleasure to buy a very nice loco from EDOBAUD in great original condition which is rare as the paint was directly put on metal without any primer. It dates from 1932-35 and is a very good runner despite his weight. Edobaud trains are more gauge one size, even if they run on o gauge three rails, particularity is they take curent from the center and forward and bacward from the inside and outside rails so all wheels are isolated  and tracks had wood sleepers.

 

And here are some EDOBAUD trains and accessories in action at home,

Have a nice weekend,  Daniel

Love that rug!

@scott.smith posted:

 View from the blimp.

Scott Smith

Nice and colorful, Scott, as it should be. Again, great job on the tunnel portals!

PD

FEF, passing by downtown Radiator Springs

Steve

Not tinplate, per se, but tinplate era, our Lionel 1668:

This one came in a 1941 set marked 1174W, with a 1630 and 1631 coach and observation. It's supposed to have a 2689W whistling tender, but this one is without a whistle (and has a latch-style coupler). Perhaps a replacement...

My father gave me this Marx bank. I think it would be perfect size for cargo on a standard gauge train. I like how they even gave it little wheels.

Well friends, like usual some really terrific trains.  Daniel, I admit I have never heard of EDOBAUD trains, but that is one beautiful engine and in fabulous shape.  Papa Eastman great Marx chrome fronts!  Pd a beautiful 1668.  I have had the same experience with tenders, some with some without whistles.  I believe at the time Lionel sold the engines both ways at slightly different prices and I am sure that they would have swapped out a tender (or swapped in one with a whistle) to hit a price point for one of their key customers.  I just got a pre-war 204 and according to what I could learn it came both ways, mine has a 2688 W or whistle tender but the same engine was offered in sets w/o a whistle.  See the TCA Lionel Trains book, 2nd eddition, 1989, under "Special and Unique Items".

Well a few weeks ago, Fatman offered a great engine that he described as having a bit of play wear.  My offering today is like that.  Its not that exotic, its a Hornby M3 LMS Tank Engine.  This one has had some play for sure but now that I cleaned it up it doesn't look too bad.  CW motor including manual reverse seems to work OK as well.  In the following pictures, I paired it up with some Hornby Type 1 LMS coaches and it looked pretty good.  This one came to me in its original box from a source in UK and the price was but GBP 10 or about $13 USD.  How could it pass it up!! 

Here is a front 1/4 view.  Note that the M3 was made from 1931-1941 BUT the addition of side rods and steam chests occurred with a re-design in 1936 which was the first time the M3 had cylinders / rods. This has the pre-war 8 red spoke cast drive wheels  I believe this to be the "matt" finish which further dates this engine from 1939 -1941  The trademark on the back of the bunker is most defiantly the pre-war style.  The M3 "sort of" emerged after the war in '47-48 as the 101.

Here is a  side view, showing off her "LMS" livery, handrails, and chrome steam dome.

Here is a picture with two of my Type 1 Hornby LMS coaches.

The full train ready to depart .

Have a great weekend everyone.

Don

Nice little HORNBY Don, I always enjoy to look at one running, they have a really special appeal, so British....

If you want to know more on Edobaud, the TCA has a very good history of that small manufacturer.

Very Best, Daniel

Lovely Hornby rake there @Don McErlean and an absolute bargain on the Loco !

And  terrific EDOBAUD .. Frenchy never disappoints

Don ...Here is one in my collection thats a little more minty ( Strange for me LOL! )

I had a couple of wins this week ... first coming from the UK  is a post-war Hornby LMS  wagon .. which has been fitted with a nice ( reproduction?) canvas cover ...its not a true covered wagon as they had a rail to hold up the tarp , this one has a card insert fitted to hold the tarp in shape .. still a lovely looker tho !

And coming from France via the Netherlands is an exercise in co-operative buying lol .. My Dutch friend graciously accepted to bid on my behalf for it , and have it shipped to him to combine with the next  parcel I have coming from him loaded with European goodness. A nice addition and a even nicer reduction in postal costs as NL post only has two brackets up to 2 kg and 2-5 kg .So as I have over 2kg coming , post of this is pretty much free to me as I will have to pay the 5kg rate anyway ! So I saved nearly 20Euro on post this way on this CR ... He is a goooood friend lol !

A Charles Rossignol CR-60 locomotive and tender which is I think from the early 50's ?

Hey guys, happy weekend! I hope you're all well. I ran some Marx last night and took a few vids - totally mundane compared to the beauties posted here!

Edit-as an aside, all the switches and planning is frustrating me. I think also confining myself to 4x8 hasn't helped either. I'm considering tearing down the 4x8 and doing around the wall like I planned on before. Any advice from fellow tinscale modelers? 

Fatman thanks for your comment AND the picture of what my loco looked like when it was “young” !!  The Rossignol is really cool, I had only seen advertising pictures before now to see one IRL is great. 

Steamwolf- you have the great debate. Width vs length. The advantage of the 4x8 format is the width unlikely in an around the wall setup. The around the wall gives you running length but normally is not near as wide (note some of our forum members have both and of course that is ideal.) My layout is 40” x17 ft and while it gives me some long straights I miss enough width for scenery or accessories.  Also unless you can go 360 deg  you still have to turn back unless you choose point to point. 

I think its really personal choice  I favor a “toy train” type layout kind of circa 1950’s   And I like to watch the trains “go round”  However we have in the forum others who use the around the wall idea with much more prototypical operation and beautiful “against the wall” scenery.  Currently I wish I had your 4 ft of width (room limitation) but others do a super job with more slender and longer elements. 

One last thing.  In I were going to go slender I would definitely do 360 deg as once you have to turn back you need width to make the loop which takes up a lot of floor space even at 0-31radii

Don

@Don McErlean posted:

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Hey Don, thanks for the valued input. I think I'll try to make the best of both worlds. It just hasn't worked out no matter what I try with the 4x8, I'm just not all the way happy with what's coming out of SCARM. My original plan called for point to point with reversing loops. I think I'll just stick to simple and do that.

Got this cool new bridge.   Now I have to rearrange the tracks to use it properly.  What I shame that I will have to play with the tracks!

New this week.

Bing 10/594 prototype, made around 1929-30, soldered and hand painted

Together with a regular 10/594

Bing 10/597 prototype, made around 1929-30, soldered and hand painted

Karl Bub small station, never seen before. Made in the 20s I think.

Same size like Bub warehause 611

Arne

Homework (It was him, not Conner, nice try though!)