Lionel Trains & Hubley Plane

[pdplot]

Two friends and I used to race a Lionel locomotive around a track for 10 laps. Course had a slow S-curve. Winner won 25 cents. Go too fast and you go off the track, too slow and you lose. Friend's father - a notorious horse player, saw us racing and couldn't resist trying it himself. He lost. We were college students at the time.

 

[JPSmit]

Two friends and I used to race a Lionel locomotive around a track for 10 laps. Course had a slow S-curve. Winner won 25 cents. Go too fast and you go off the track, too slow and you lose. Friend's father - a notorious horse player, saw us racing and couldn't resist trying it himself. He lost. We were college students at the time.

Wow! party central in college! You guys must have been a real hit with the girls.

 

[pdplot]

This was during Xmas vacation and summers. One of us 3 was a real ladies man. You don't wanna know. Hint - it wasn't me.

 

[JPSmit]

This was during Xmas vacation and summers. One of us 3 was a real ladies man. You don't wanna know. Hint - it wasn't me.

:grin:

 

[3798j]

I have a very small set of Lionel trains - one is quite old (1938-1940), a 1970's era one and a couple modern ones.
I had put a couple videos up on YouTube...

Just wanted to say I enjoyed watching your trains in action (and listening to your explanation describing them and the layout). Neat!

 

[DrEntropy]

I liked the "ride-along".

Half the railroad, photos taken while doing major re-alignment of trackage.

Looks like a sweet layout, Dave. We ran everything from the center of the platform, a "cockpit" of sorts. Looks like you're doing the same.

We always wanted to figure a way to put a roundhouse on ours but never got to do it.

 

[pdplot]

I never had electric trains as a kid. My mother would never allow them in the house. No BB gun either.