56 Year Old Train Set Brought Back Around! 

It was a nice find for sure!

I appreciate that Russ!! Thanks so much :-)

Thanks so much for your support of my channel!!!

Thanks for your support of my channel :-)

Pretty cool you still have one of your childhood loco's

I was lucky, about half of the locomotives and rollingstock that I bought survived my childhood to operate on my modern layout, which has HO and N gauge. The Atlas Fairbanks Morse CPA24-5 C-Liner, painted in the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe paint scheme was my first N gauge locomotive, and I accidentally killed it by being a kid and had to turn it into a dummy. But my second N locomotive, an N gauge Atlas WDT switcher, still operates on my N scale (N=Standard, HOn30, or a rideable model or park railroad) railroad, while my first and third HO locomotives, a Mantua/Tyco Plymouth CR-4 Center Cab Switcher, ($3.95 at the Air Force Commissary and Px outlet in the Philippines) and an Athearn band drive EMD F7A locomotive still haul the freight almost fifty years later. My first HO train set, after my first locomotive, was a Lionel HO steam locomotive with six train cars and a caboose, again bought at the AF Px, but only two cars and the caboose survived because our toilet flooded and caused part of the ceiling to collapse and disintegrate part of the train layout. Resale, theft, trade, kitbashing, consignment, accidental destruction, and giving some away to a good cause eliminated 33 of the 97 that I bought new, and now I have 64 solid HO and N survivor locomotives, and a lot of dummies. 💙 T.E.N.

Oh and yes I’m one of the 33% lol

Thanks for your support of my channel Josh! All my buddies are tradesmen and I wouldn't want it any other way :-)

Right on!

Pretty cool story. Glad to hear the little Feller you gave them to kept them in good shape and still has them

Yup, N is a bit hard to work on

Thank you Carl!

Thanks to you and the Missus. Z scale huh? Holy moly I can imagine :-)

you betcha and thanks for your support of the channel :-)

Thanks Rick :-)

Right on! I never had any N as a youngster

Very cool Story!! Glad you got your Christmas wish :-)

Glad you enjoyed it. Hope yours is still riding the rails!!

Is it the UP RSC?

@@classicmodeltrains it isn't set up at the moment, and I hasn't run in some time. I'm assuming I'll have to do some work on it. We shall see. This video will be an awesome reference

Thanks Mark for your support of my channel Sir!!!

Thank you for your kind words Richard. Another Video launching tomorrow morning (10-2-23)

Thanks so much Gary :-)

Yup Ive done quite a few in frame overhauls on Semi Trucks. Big messy buggers for sure. I wished I had a tree to provide some shade when I'm outside doing my day job fixing RV's. It sure was a hot summer this year :-)

Thank, you for the kind words and the invite Patrick!! Glad your getting some of your classics going again

Added strangeness... I Love it!! Yeah I got the twin knob in a box also. Good to hear there good controllers as well :-)

@@classicmodeltrains If we're talking weird 5-axle diesels from this era, Hornby Dublo in England did a "Metrovick" Co-Bo diesel at one time - Even more peculiar, since that one has a cab at either end, seems like the ride would be smoother going one way vs. the other. The only one that makes any sense at all to me is the Japanese DE10, which is basically their version of an RS-3, with a six wheel truck on the long hood to spread the weight of the engine. KATO does a fantastic little DE10 model, I don't do much N scale, but I've got one of them, and the LEDs in the noses are incredible for how tiny the thing is.

@@davidandrew477 Just had a look, very tempted to see if they did one of the Long Island Railroad "Battleship grey" units...

Old School is Cool!!

Agreed!

Sounds like a good plan :-)

Always sucks when you think your done with a passion and sell everything off and that flame gets re-ignited years latter. Hope you find some of your treasures again

I need Geritol in order to sit down for 2 days and produce a video :-). Thanks for your kind words!!

Thank you!

A few of my Subs are from the former Yugoslavia. Too bad they had that dang civil war over there.

Im glad I'm not the only one who fixes up and makes boxes look nice ;-)

Thanks Jason! Better blow the dust off them :-)

Thanks Peter

Hey Regis made it through!!! Thanks for your support of the channel My Friend :-)

Finally someone mentioned the home made traction tires!! Thanks for Supporting the channel till the end....33% FOR LIFE :-) (well hopefully)

I have one of those w/the button pickups.

Thank you Animalyze, I agree with your statement. Tradesmen keep everybody housed, clean, and moving about.

No Z for me :-)

I would have a messier train room if It wasn't for cleaning it up and organizing for each video. I would love to hear a FM engine running. Sounds like were very similar.....I would try and open things im not supposed to also :-)

Thank you very much Brent :-)

Hello John! Thanks for your support of my channel and kind words. Yup that WD-40 did a pretty good job on that tape residue

I'm just glad I still have all my fingers. If I was full time diesel fixer still my hands would be really bad :-)

Right on!

Thanks Tom👍

Yup mid to late 60's was when N scale was introduced to the American market.

Thank you!

@@classicmodeltrains You're welcome!

Glad you made the leap into this hobby!!

Thanks Frank! O gauge.....my dream size but probably will never have a decent layout unless I inherit a pole barn :-)

@@classicmodeltrains Ron, You are doing great as is with your layouts in various gauges and HO is terrific ! 🚂

Thanks. It will be coming up on the auction block in a month or so.

What are you looking for?

@@judyrush3219 I'm going to be putting a lot of the Loco's and sets ive worked on all summer up for sale on eBay. Raise some funds to purchase more stuff to work on. A video will come out showing whats for sale

Nothing.@@judyrush3219

Thank you very much!

Right on!! A big outbuilding is always super nice for the layout "man cave" area.

Thanks for your kind words and interesting lesson!!!

Thanks Jon!

Thanks so much!!

Thanks Silvertrain. I like that expression. "get saved by them". Thats AWESOME!!!!

Hello John. It's hard cracking open a cold one with no fingernails. I didnt plan this move out very well :-)

I did really like the way the engineers did that.

Thanks NotGavin!! I have more N planned for the future

Thanks. I have a ultrasonic cleaner. Great tool for sure!!

Hello Gary! I have a hard enough time getting HO wheelsets on the rails properly. Thanks for supporting the Channel :-)

Thanks #1. The Genius cam? I'm going to have to look that one up

Thank you John for them very kind words Sir!!

I wondered that myself.

@@davidandrew477 I thought so, my very first train was an N scale Postage Stamp Train set, so when I added to it of course, Atlas had some of the nicest most detail N scale pieces back then, and I remember having to undue the tape to get the cars out of the jewel box!

I dont have any tee shirts yet. That would be a good one!

:-)

Gracias Andy. Quería cambiarlo un poco y mostrar menos Tyco y más de todo lo demás. Que estés bien mi amigo.

Thanks so much Mark!!

Many thanks Richard!

Thank you very much!

I started with 0-27, then HO. Dad wouldn't let me get any N when I was younger. Said it was to small.

Thanks John!!

Thanks for the info

Thanks for your support James!

Sounds pretty good to me John!! Thanks

Palmolive dish soap as well. Remember Madge used to soak hands during manicure. ( Old Commercials)

@@stevenwaller192 damn that commercial goes way back

Thank you!

Thank you

That's a couple of companies Ive never heard of. Are they from across the pond?

Hello Dennis! Never even crossed my mind to lob this one at the wall. Its really nice to work on!!

Thanks Mike!

Thanks Darren. This loco really was not that bad. Kudo's to the engineers back then

:-)

Thank you Henry!! 😊

Thank you for supporting my channel!! I guess I should bring back the classic models. Just don't want to get in trouble like you can now a days.

Yah don't need no troubles your videos are just as good without. Looking forward to your next video.

Thanks for your support James :-)

Thanks!

Greetings Jon! WOW... I would love to see that loco you described above. must be impressive. Maybe one day I will stumble upon a really NICE "N" loco

@@classicmodeltrains Pretty much all of the current Kato and ScaleTrains six axle GE locos can pull 30-40 cars on a flat stretch. There are a few videos on RU-vid about Todd Treatster's N-Scale layout - he runs 100+ car trains with 3 or 4 locos consisted together. Worth checking out....

Here's a bit of trivia. The locomotive that holds the record for the largest number of cars pulled by a single locomotive is a custom N scale unit, the Cotton Brute.

I always had decent luck with Bachman locos, at least the diesels. Like any loco, you need to clean and service them ocasionally.

Kind of a strange reason to not get 5 pole motors. Gov-mnt rules can be very weird sometimes

Thanks Dave!!

WOW!!! Sounds like a nice collection going on

Yup! I hear ya :-)

Greetings Ken! Thanks for watching. Have you considered American Flyer "S" Gauge? about the same room needed for the layout but the stuff is a bit bigger. Inexpensive to purchase used stuff. Not quite as detailed but in my eye that's good because less stuff to break off with big hands. I hope you pull the plug and get a layout going. Its quite enjoyable for sure :-)

Yup!!

He's become a 33% video maker producer 😊🎥🤣

I keep slipping because my day job keeps getting in the way. Soon I will have the winter off and can get back into the swing of things.

OUCH Frank :-). I'm only down to half my original output. Can I get a 50% ;-). actually the other half of my video's are on my other channel. But there not about trains.

@@classicmodeltrains No worries , Ron ! All Good! 50% + 50% =100% in my book. RV's and Campers are "Super O" 🛻🚚🪛

I cant remember where I got that tubing. Perhaps a hospital visit and I grabbed up the stuff they were gunna throw away (it was unused) These rear pickup wheels are a wheel - half axle design. the axle spins in the plastic truck frame. I agree, an all wheel drive would be very cool!!

I'm going to have to look into "postage stamp" sets. Never heard of them. But if there from the Good Ol days.....I'm In!!

They are a silly looking thing

Thanks John for your kind words and support of my channel :-)

Thank you :-)

Thanks for sticking around. It was a lot better than the Bochmann.... ten fold!!

Ive seen some thumbnails on those. HOLY MOLY!!

@@classicmodeltrains T gauge uses a specially trained flea crew.

Another Feller mentioned he wanted a 5 axle C-liner. It is strange its not offered in HO.

More N to come in the future :-)