Model railways?

**Indiana_Jones** · 25th January 2009, 14:28

Originally Posted by Magua

I used to have a pretty extensive kit, yards, tunnels and bridges with several locomotives. Similar scale to 00, but I think it was American. In my opinion, Hornby's over priced.

But you get what you pay for, a good model. i.e. Hasegawa, which I think is over priced for what you get.

Originally Posted by lb99

I'd like to have the works, tunnels though walls the lot.
but realistically a single level circuit, with yards is probably a good start, it would have to be stored under a bed.....

In that case N gauge would be your best bet, unless you could mount a board on the wall which folds down.

-Indy

**Big Dave** · 25th January 2009, 20:11

Originally Posted by Disco Dan

I have a Thomas the Tank set.

You ARE a Thomas the Tank set.

**Donor** · 25th January 2009, 22:27

My father handed me his HO collection.

I have about 20-30 meters of track, a good amount of rolling stock and a small collection of diesel and steam locomotives.

Just need the inspiration (read as: other train nuts) to inspire me!

**Indiana_Jones** · 25th January 2009, 22:33

Originally Posted by Donor

My father handed me his HO collection.

I have about 20-30 meters of track, a good amount of rolling stock and a small collection of diesel and steam locomotives.

Just need the inspiration (read as: other train nuts) to inspire me!

What sort of engines/era?

I.e. British stuff? American stuff?

1900's? 1950's?

-Indy

**Donor** · 25th January 2009, 22:40

Originally Posted by Indiana_Jones

What sort of engines/era?

I.e. British stuff? American stuff?

1900's? 1950's?

Amtrak diesel from vague (as in I haven't looked at it in bloody ages) memory, and a couple of small english ~40's-'50s steam shunters...

**Indiana_Jones** · 25th January 2009, 22:43

Originally Posted by Donor

Amtrak diesel from vague (as in I haven't looked at it in bloody ages) memory, and a couple of small english ~40's-'50s steam shunters...

Wicked.

How much space you got?

Could do a dock side shunting yard, or a nice little branch line that runs along the wall

-Indy

**SARGE** · 25th January 2009, 22:49

**Indiana_Jones** · 26th January 2009, 09:10

Ouch

-Indy

**Horse** · 26th January 2009, 12:45

If you don't have the space for the real thing, I'd heartily recommend Trainz. It's not perfect, but it's not too bad either. Large active community and lots of stuff available to suit nearly any prototype interest.

**Chooky** · 26th January 2009, 17:27

Have a collection of Union Pacific Locos in HO scale......
Probably about a hundred...

This one is the biggest steam loco ever made......
16 driving wheels.. weighed in at 550 tons..

**Indiana_Jones** · 26th January 2009, 17:54

this is what I want to get sometime, most likely when I get a board set up permanently.

World's fastest steam loco

-Indy

**Chooky** · 26th January 2009, 18:27

This is one toy train I want but nobody has made a model of it yet.
Union Pacific turbine...It had a huge jet engine in it driving an alternator and was rated at 8500hp.....
Only in America....

**Pussy** · 26th January 2009, 18:30

Originally Posted by Chooky

This is one toy train I want but nobody has made a model of it yet.
Union Pacific turbine...It had a huge jet engine in it driving an alternator and was rated at 8500hp.....
Only in America....

And make sure you pronounce "Turbine" as "turban"