What a great thread! Brings back so many fun times. Christmas of 72, bought a slot car set for my nephew and just had to try it out. Christmas Day he opened the package and everyone just laughed, it was obvious what had happened. Good times for all.
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I think, I just got a Contact Buzz.
Thought that was the electrical corona making that smell. 
My parents bought me a Lionel "O" Gauge set, in 1954.Still have it, but no room to put it up.
This was in our basement for as long as I could remember. I always thought it was mine.
I grew up, moved away and I assumed it was passed on to my younger brother. Eventually dad took it all down and put it in boxes. When my son was born I asked dad if I could bring it home and put it in my basement. He agreed. I did.
Years later I found that there is a Delaware model railroad club which held open houses at a lot of members homes on weekends in the early winter. I would pick up dad and we would go house to house visiting different layouts. One day I heard dad tell a fellow " I used to have a Lionel O gauge layout in my basement". Holy Cow ! All those years I was wrong! It was actually dad's train set!
That year I bought him a a Lionel, steam powered, freight set and put in under his tree every Christmas until he couldn't live at home any longer. When dad died my little brother took it. I guess that was fair. I got the original which is now in my son's basement.
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Thanks Dick
Dick, that is a great story! I’m sure you have many, many memories with your Dad!! Congratulations!!
That is a pretty nice setup Dick! You are right drc409 some of my cars I have were my dads from when he was a kid.
Couldn't afford trains. My rock and stick had no electricity so no.
My LIRR HO train collection is on display in our TV room All my other train sets are packed away in my attic.
That's a really cool display. Some guys (not me) have their act together. I've been thinking about doing something with my HO set so I can look at it everyday. I can remember the Christmas morning I set it up, 1957. I had years of fun with that set.
Actually Phil , That's a Franklin Mint1/24th scale model Maybe someone should tell Robbie !
Floyd Horton
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Spent 35 years running real ones for the Katy and Union Pacific.
Got our first train set in 1954 and added over the next couple years. All Lionel and Marx '027' gauge....
Original set up was 8 x 8 table with farms, (mirror for a river) and some city stuff, tunnel and a forest.
Packed away in 1962 until 1993 when I got them going for my 9 year old son. Packed away again in 2002
and finally got them out (2017) on a small table (4x8). Had to buy all new track and a new transformer.....
Fun to just let them run.........
........sure brings back memories........
Original set up was 8 x 8 table with farms, (mirror for a river) and some city stuff, tunnel and a forest.
Packed away in 1962 until 1993 when I got them going for my 9 year old son. Packed away again in 2002
and finally got them out (2017) on a small table (4x8). Had to buy all new track and a new transformer.....
Fun to just let them run.........
........sure brings back memories........
Butch that’s quite a display you have there it looks great! Bjburnout your 027 gauge makes that 4x8 sheet look small!
Very Nice set up. bet your son loves that set, My little guy loved mine back in the day He is now 53 going on 6 . He asks all the time "When are you going to set up the trains again ?"
......it was pretty cool when my Dad built it in the 50's on a 8 x 8 table.......don't have any of the farms
or buildings now......but this is still fun to run........
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe!!!!!!!! That's what I had on my HO layout!!!Got our first train set in 1954 and added over the next couple years. All Lionel and Marx '027' gauge....
Original set up was 8 x 8 table with farms, (mirror for a river) and some city stuff, tunnel and a forest.
Packed away in 1962 until 1993 when I got them going for my 9 year old son. Packed away again in 2002
and finally got them out (2017) on a small table (4x8). Had to buy all new track and a new transformer.....
Fun to just let them run.........
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