In the early seventies my brother and I would set up his O gauge train set. We would set it up in my parents bedroom during the holidays and they were very tolerant to have to tiptoe around it. The sights, sounds and smells of those trains is still with me. As far as childhood memories, I didn't see how any video game could compare.
@matthewmiller95264 жыл бұрын
I have owned O gauge Lionels since the early 60’s. Bought the trains I have now in the 80’s. Haven’t put them up in years, I had no idea about any of the new technology. I have a lot to learn now.
@o2recon4883 жыл бұрын
Hello
@Britcarjunkie2 жыл бұрын
Boy, a LOT has changed since I last ran my O gauge Lionels, in the 1980's!
@billfergusonpastor6743 жыл бұрын
This very helpful. I have an old O gage train set with 3 engines. I played with them when I was a child between 1948 and 1952. The set has been boxed in the storage building for around 50 years. I plan on putting it together and need lots of advice. I hope you continue telling about the O scale sets. Thank you.
@genemanno153310 ай бұрын
Most of info other than tubular track in this video is not about post war trains. Post war are conventional transformer control. This video is modern stuff that use computers and hand held remotes, total different O gage system. Other’s cover conventional Lionel trains that are as your vintage train set.
@michaelsimko71174 жыл бұрын
Enjoy all the videos from Mr. Muffins. Wish I could have seen a tutorial like this when I was first getting into the hobby. Happy New Year and thanks for all you do for this wonderful hobby.
@Motorman-dl1sc4 жыл бұрын
I really like your layout and watching your Saturday train runnings
@excellenceinanimation960 Жыл бұрын
this is my favorite scale! They are tuff and survived my childhood!
@basketsresale2 жыл бұрын
great info! learned a lot
@arthurleino2 жыл бұрын
I have the Battery Operated Lionel Polar Express under my tree. I have Lionchief on my Christmas Village table. Being 68 I like lionel and my old American Flyers. This is a very informative video.
@chuckliebenauer3656 Жыл бұрын
Thku for telling the story of all things toy trains. Enjoyed it much.
@keithbliss6680 Жыл бұрын
Very informative and easy to understand! Thank you.
@nascarhyde3 жыл бұрын
Great video! Thanks for sharing, and I just subscribed to your channel tonight!
@MrMuffinsTrains3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the sub!
@bmack94536 Жыл бұрын
Excellent content! I really needed a primer for these trains and this filled the bill. Thanks!
@daivdwalker2374 Жыл бұрын
I learn alot watching 👀 your videos so thank you so very much
@TrainWizardProductions4 жыл бұрын
Nice overview of the basics!
@MrMmaretic3 жыл бұрын
My father had O gauge layout when I was a kid, the atlas track is what I remember him having, he old three rail style is the only kind of rails I have ever seen besides the atlas my Father had, I still have the Lionel I think "z" transformer.
@briannorman9524 жыл бұрын
Great video!
@mikefowler7341 Жыл бұрын
Wow, the video I’ve been looking for…very helpful
@FetucciniAlfredo1802 жыл бұрын
Wow thank you for this!!! So much information.
@mitchcornacchia9682 жыл бұрын
Brilliant educational video, thank you so much! Great layout!!!!!
@FJF119 Жыл бұрын
Excellent presentation !!!
@PennyStocks12693 жыл бұрын
1000th thumbs up from me! Love the trains. Had the O Gauge Lionel sets with the 3 old three bar track as a kid. Building our giant train track/world was our favorite holiday thing to do. Hoping to give me little kids the same experience and this video helped update me. Thanks!
@Mrrick14444 жыл бұрын
Interesting and nice information! I run mostly LionChief and LionChief plus on my layout. I don’t live to far from you it’s only about a 15 minute drive to your building. I always love to see your layout and get ideas!
@JERRYR708 Жыл бұрын
I've been out of the loop since 2014. So much has changed in just 9 years.
@NHseacoast4 жыл бұрын
Awesome and a huge layout!
@richardrosejr44403 жыл бұрын
Great video.Very Informative. Thanks for making it.🙂👍👏😎
@MrMuffinsTrains3 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@YhwhKhaiMostHigh2 жыл бұрын
Wow, I love your set up. I wish I could do something like this. I'm getting ready to retire in a few years and I don't have the space for a nice setup until I relocate but I've always loved trains and I'm just starting to take this hobby more seriously now.
@LionelGuy-oc8or4 жыл бұрын
Awesome video ! Great job !
@labradormcgraw3 жыл бұрын
It's amazing how the technology has improved since my Hornby Intercity 125. I think I was born in the wrong era. Thanks for a great video. Best wishes from London.
@MrMuffinsTrains3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@donaldperkins61483 жыл бұрын
Just now getting in train's I bought my first set and a week later I am buy another one lol I love working on them and cleaning them up
@chriswright84644 жыл бұрын
COOL, GOOD INFO.
@mamanbear14 жыл бұрын
Wonderful layout.
@Porschedude84 жыл бұрын
Excellent! Thanks again!
@greggarner44773 жыл бұрын
Beautiful layout! Great lesson. Thank you!
@MrMuffinsTrains3 жыл бұрын
You are so welcome!
@ESIG38003 жыл бұрын
Very nice video, looking forward to more.
@anthonyshepard96063 жыл бұрын
OUTSTANDING INFO COMMENTARY. All aboard. 🐢🚂🐢🚂🐢🚂
@jimkammerer80282 жыл бұрын
NICE JOB VERY INTERESTING AND IMPRESSIVE YOUR LAYOUT IS AWESOME BEAUTIFUL AND YOUR PASSION FOR SURE I APPRECIATE YOU SHARING THIS WITH YOUR SUBSCRIBERS VERY INTERESTING AND COOL INDEED THANKS AGAIN JIM KAMMERER OF PHILADELPHIA PA 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👌👌👌👌👌👌👌
@callmebigpapa3 жыл бұрын
This great video warrants and like and sub! Thanks for posting!
@TicMonie7772 жыл бұрын
Great video
@BOBXFILES2374a3 жыл бұрын
I am a dinosaur! All this bluetooth/apps etc is new to me! Thanks for explaining it all!
@kenmunozatmmrrailroad68534 жыл бұрын
This was great... can use all of the info you wanna show!
@kristapapa5504 Жыл бұрын
My husbands aunt passed away a few months ago. We uncovered the massive Lionel train sets they had as children. my father in law who is now 80 said to just get rid of it, throw it in the dumpster. I do resell on EBay but trains are not my niche at all. I know nothing about them but I couldn’t let them end up in the dumpster. I plan on listing them super cheap so someone else can enjoy them
@TheVandeverRR8 ай бұрын
Still have it all?
@arthursogaugelioneltrains57443 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing.🛤🚦
@MrMuffinsTrains3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@excellenceinanimation960 Жыл бұрын
I like the old tubular track.
@Shipwright19184 жыл бұрын
Personally wish they'd bring back O-27 tubular track and switches. Makes a neat old-fashioned layout, the track is easier to modify than the scale stuff, and you can have a more complicated layout in a smaller space.
@Steve460334 жыл бұрын
Buy Menards tubular track. Ross makes switches.
@SevenWelt3 жыл бұрын
Great the video👍
@105C09 Жыл бұрын
You overlooked S gauge, the Size between O and HO.
@MrMuffinsTrains Жыл бұрын
LOL... nobody today is taking up S gauge.... American Flyer was bought by parents to cheap to buy Lionel
@jamesmdean19878 ай бұрын
I'm curious about that MTH C&O locomotive that you fired up with the iPad, that horn was incredible. What locomotive is that, and is the horn stock?
@TheGenManager3 жыл бұрын
Finally!!! Finally some good f****** guide.... Thank you very much....
@MrMuffinsTrains3 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@rodneymcgiveron4 жыл бұрын
Great video...Unfortunately if there was only O gauge I couldn't model because it'd really limit me because of the room I have . I love HO for that reason . N is too small to work on for me with some physical issues I have ..So , I have a disused bedroom with a fairly substantial layout in DCC and Sound via Athearn , Intermountain , BLI and Bachmann and analog stuff mostly Bachmann via HO and something I can work on . O Gauge though is fantastic...This vid was fun to watch..
@Tomeleck4 жыл бұрын
Interesting comment. The size of many home layouts is dictated by the available curve track radii/diameters commercially available. Lionel makes 027 track which has a 27 inch radius that many of their smaller O Gauge trains can negotiate successfully. Many of their larger regular O Gauge trains run on their 31 inch diameter O Gauge track. The equivalent standard available HO train curved tracks are pretty close to this with 16", 22" & 26" standard radii track available.
@rodneymcgiveron4 жыл бұрын
@@Tomeleck G'day Thomas...Thanks for the reply ...Something I also forgot to mention ..O gauge is pretty hard to come by here in Australia at an affordable price to do reasonably well too . If I was in the U.S. it'd be a lot more accessible i think . I do have a close friend in Baltimore though who enjoys Lionel O very much . My HO layout is about 16 x 5 with a little more scope for expansion at some stage . Running several DCC trains and the odd analog one on a combination of set track 22 and 26 " and flextrack is a lot of fun.. that said O Gauge looks amazing .
@garyt3hsna1l8211 ай бұрын
this is really helpful i have a bunch of old track and i've been searching for similar looking stuff i had no idea that lionel discontinued it and upgraded it i thought that plastic base was for a different gauge. is the plastic base track compatible with the old 3 prong track if you compensate for the height difference? thanks for sharing
@raysrails21642 жыл бұрын
O scale i love them
@Mountainrock703 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this great video! I grew up always wanting Lionel trains, but was far too poor to have them. Now 45 years later things are much different. I’m into all things vintage and plan to seek vintage track and trains, but should I get started with a new starter train set and buy vintage trains down the road?
@MrMuffinsTrains3 жыл бұрын
I think if you experience modern trains you will forget all about vintage trains. When I started using command control with TMCC back in 2000, I sold all of my old trains.
@fleetwin14 жыл бұрын
So cool! What ever happened to those cool big ol Lionel two handle transformers we had as kids? Kinda wish iphones would stay out of the model train world, even though the technology is amazing...
@MrMuffinsTrains4 жыл бұрын
They're still used....
@anthonyshepard96064 жыл бұрын
OUTSTANDING 🐢🚂🐢🚂🐢🚂
@dwightbernheimer3312 жыл бұрын
Did you intentionally skip S gauge or just forgot to mention it???... Just sayin'... Good stuff thanks for posting. Just happened to come upon this video.
@Goat67 Жыл бұрын
Hello, I am looking for a train set for my grandchildren (10 & 12) and I. They come over every weekend and I thought it would be a fun project. I am 100% new to model trains. Here is what I am looking for, please point me in the correct direction. Looking for: *To spend $1000 or less (little leeway, I want the best I can afford) * O Scale *Something with low maintenance (I am not a tinkerer) *A tried and true work horse that won’t break down with reasonable use. *Metal wheels on cars, no plastic stuff. Looking for something to last. *Starter kit but if a company don’t offer what I am looking for in a set, please give me a company for what I would need. *Durable low maintenance track (plan to have 4x8 set up) **Knowing what you know about trains, what set would you buy for your grandchildren?
@MrMuffinsTrains Жыл бұрын
WE have all kinds of ready to run sets that fit the bill, plus a track plan that you would like - are you capable of building a layout table or do you need to buy one? You can email me at mrmuffin@mrmuffinstrains.com and I can send you the details. Lots of grandparents have done this.
@quietxstorm_8544 жыл бұрын
Man just wish I had the money
@tomy.18463 жыл бұрын
And the space!
@quietxstorm_8543 жыл бұрын
@@tomy.1846 yeah lol
@evolvetrooper Жыл бұрын
@@tomy.1846 lots and lots of space lol
@trainroomgary4 жыл бұрын
Good stuff - I use K-Line shadow rail, I used to buy it at a K-Line Super Store, in your hometown. Indianapolis, Do your remember these guys? • Cheers from The Detroit & Mackinac Railway 🚂
@Steve460334 жыл бұрын
trainroomgary yes, Train Express.
@AEStudt6 ай бұрын
Would like to come visit your shop soon heard a lot of good things about u an how you maybe able to help my friend an I get ours track up an running
@caseyvillemodelrailroad38774 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the info, im interested in seeing a vidio of a lionmaster challenger or any lionmaster product in action on conventional and then legacy to see power and sound differences as im running in conventional on my garden layout and would like to purchase one.
@Steve460334 жыл бұрын
Caseyville model Railroad my apologies, but I don’t have a single lion master product in my collection as I stick with Scale engines. You might search the OGR Forum for just such a demonstration, or post there.
@tedbriscoe66494 жыл бұрын
Very informative for those just getting into the "hobby" of electric trains like myself. Can you use MTH track with a Lionel conventional transformer ? And is it better to buy the Lionel train (without the "set" Fastrack) seperatly and then mate it with the MTH ? Fantastic layout...you must have an understanding wife.
@MrMuffinsTrains4 жыл бұрын
You can use any track with any power supply and any train. The sets are priced so that you get everything for about the price of an engine.
@ant-13823 жыл бұрын
Who knew Neil Young was a model train buff?
@artiek11773 жыл бұрын
From what I remember he has a son who has a disability and he loves trains. So Neil worked with someone to develop a system that allowed him to run the trains. The story is out somewhere on KZbin as that’s where I saw it.
@elleryparsons57663 жыл бұрын
I See there is More than 3 Styles of O scale wow.
@tonyromano62203 жыл бұрын
At least.
@daivdwalker2374 Жыл бұрын
With the lionel app blue tooth can you still run multiple engines at the same time?
@leroydion24611 ай бұрын
Do you know where I can get Lionel Orange FasTrack? Or know of any websites to look on to find the trak and Halloween O gauge train cars?
@luisorengo47003 жыл бұрын
I bought the Lionel Polar Express Ready to run version, and I want to know if you could use it with the O-Gauge version?
@MrMuffinsTrains3 жыл бұрын
If the set you bought has three rail track, then yes, it will work with the O Gauge version..... Lionel also made an PE set in HO and American Flier, S gauge. Both of those systems are two rail.....
@spyrise72943 жыл бұрын
@@MrMuffinsTrains there’s also a polar express set that has the plastic track
@daivdwalker2374 Жыл бұрын
Menards sells that track regular tubular track
@NHseacoast3 жыл бұрын
Steve who does all your carpentery Benchwork ?athose display shelves under the Layout arewonderful!
@MrMuffinsTrains3 жыл бұрын
Mrs Muffin and me
@plunkervillerr15292 жыл бұрын
How about information on prewar systems .....1934--42 ?
@BlindTom612 жыл бұрын
Where did the 027 gauge fit in? That's what I had as a kid? Thanks!
@videosandstuff73283 жыл бұрын
Hey Mr. Muffin. I'm looking into purchasing a digital system for the 1st time. I have several gauges. N, HO, O. Can you use the same digital system you buy for different gauges? Also I have a lot of vintage trains. How do you know which would be DCC compatible? Obviously the older ones won't be. But I have Loco's I bought in 2007. Thx. Very new to this.
@MrMuffinsTrains3 жыл бұрын
The new MTH DCS system that will be out in 2021 with do HO, O and conventional..... it's really a mixed bag....
@Dachamp20013 жыл бұрын
I'm have volt problems lol I just expanded my main layout to 6x16 with one loop down so far and a 4 track staging yard 2 legacy diesel's dubble headed and 3 mth diesel's triple headed under load the lionel 180wat brick is only giving 16.5v. Plus the other section ain't even built yet that's going to be 6x10 🤷♂️
@bigmountain75614 жыл бұрын
That piece is O27 gauge. There was one larger then the monsters you ran out side.
@MrMuffinsTrains4 жыл бұрын
Okay
@law41773 жыл бұрын
Back in the '60s I had a track called super o is that one that you have that maybe was called something else?
@MrMuffinsTrains3 жыл бұрын
Yes, Super O....
@daivdwalker2374 Жыл бұрын
Will Ross Switches work with Atlas track? I've heard Ross switches are the most reliable
@MrMuffinsTrains Жыл бұрын
Yes, they do - Atlas makes an adaptor pin..... Ross switches allow a 3.5" center rail to center rail spacing - so you can get more tracks in the same space in your yards. I use Atlas O switches for the main line - like switching between tracks - then Ross switches in the yards.
@daivdwalker2374 Жыл бұрын
@MrMuffin's Trains do you think Ross Switches are better? I know Eric's Trains had trouble with atlas switches and switched out with 1 he did video on and put a Ross Switch in he said they're good and the track in the Switch itself was better placed if I'm correct in what he said
@MrMuffinsTrains Жыл бұрын
@@daivdwalker2374 Atlas re-engineered their switches several years ago to improve the electrical conductivity through the switch. On my layout, I drop a power lead on all three center rail points of the switch and tie them together underneath to improve connectivity. Ross switches are certainly beautiful and function well. That's why I recommend them for high traffic areas like yards.
@billfergusonpastor6743 жыл бұрын
All of the train equipment, including the engines, are at least 70 years old. Any suggestions on getting started? Even the transformer/power house is old.
@MrMuffinsTrains3 жыл бұрын
I would first see if the transformer works. You could get an inexpensive voltage tester. If it puts out power, I would put some track down, hook it up, and try an engine. The stuff lasts forever. The engine might need cleaning and lubrication - there are books about that - try trains.com. Most people upgrade the track first, though it can be cleaned with a scotch-brite pad - not steelwool! Check out the OGR Forum - the #1 place to talk O gauge trains in the hobby!
@billfergusonpastor6743 жыл бұрын
@@MrMuffinsTrains Thank you so very much. I just getting over cancer surgeryand as soon as I'm better I'll set up a sample system Again thanks.
@MrMuffinsTrains3 жыл бұрын
Bill - let’s talk about this when you’re up to it. A lot to type otherwise.
@conductorjohnmthtrains22392 жыл бұрын
What is Lionel 2021vol. 2 Shipping date DOES ANY BODY HAVE A CLUE?
@kenriches74034 жыл бұрын
Mr. M. , did you have to program the Lionelengines to cooperate with the app. ?
@MrMuffinsTrains4 жыл бұрын
The Legacy engines with Bluetooth run fine with the app on your phone or tablet. Once the track is powered up, the app sees them. With the Legacy Cab 1L or 2, the engines come up in the default ENG 1, or you can program to a specific number in Legacy bu using the pgm/run switch on the engine.
@kenriches74034 жыл бұрын
@@MrMuffinsTrains thank you
@buuntaa1986 Жыл бұрын
You forgot Z Gauge
@dwightbernheimer3313 жыл бұрын
Something tells me you skipped S gauge on purpose LOL
@MrMuffinsTrains3 жыл бұрын
Yup....
@hoppercar10 ай бұрын
Never liked the third rail...why does o gauge not have a 2 rail track
@MrMuffinsTrains10 ай бұрын
They do. Atlas has it. Nobody buys it.
@outlawflyer78684 жыл бұрын
So can you use O gauge as a garden train?
@MrMuffinsTrains4 жыл бұрын
Some people do..... not sure I think it's the best idea....
@LionelGuy-oc8or4 жыл бұрын
Yes , but they can not get wet from rain 🌧 nor can your power supply!
@bobbybrooks48263 жыл бұрын
What was the track before it was sectional
@MrMuffinsTrains3 жыл бұрын
hand laid.... spiked rail on wooden ties.... a group out east went to Atlas and asked them to make a jig for hand laying track and switches and they said how about we just make the track?
@muir80093 жыл бұрын
strip rail pressed into wooden ties. issmayer is generally credited with the first sectional track, although marklins 1891 innovations providing the turnout and crossing and seperate sale track really got the ball rolling with regard to a model railway
@mjlover276 Жыл бұрын
I thought marklin invented o gauge
@rogozzy13 жыл бұрын
What does the "O" stand for?
@johnlichtenstein61583 жыл бұрын
I could be wrong but it originally was 0 (zero) because the track gauge was smaller than the so called “1 gauge” that was common when it was invented.
@muir80093 жыл бұрын
@@johnlichtenstein6158 yes it was originally zero, and for a substantial amount of European enthusiasts it's still zero, both zero and oh should be considered correct
@wolfykelly3 жыл бұрын
Is oo gauge not used in usa
@MrMuffinsTrains3 жыл бұрын
Nope
@freddyhinton44992 жыл бұрын
@@MrMuffinsTrains hi there can tell me what train talk to dispatch talking
@edwarddurkin8551 Жыл бұрын
S?
@thetrainkid11 Жыл бұрын
I Have o Gauge train's
@ioanekirarahu9512 жыл бұрын
Only "four" gauges of model trains? Really? Really? Several of my associatges and myself we model in "Finescale S," the BEST scale, the "craftsman's scale," and the best ratio, or 1:64. You didn't even mention this? Apologies, if they may be forthcoming, MIGHT be accepted. I don't even consider Lionel "O: scale trains to be a "gauge." That is just 'toy triains,' like American Flyer. How can you seriously consider Lionel 3-rail track to be any scale model at all? I don't see any prototype train running on track that has three rails, using 15" high rail, or about 325 pound rail in a five foot gauge!. Come on, folks, track is a model too. Let's get the track accurate, and cease from defining where a gauge is an actual "gauge" according to the results of some popularity contest!. You will hardly find better modelers than those who seriously pursue "Finescale S." Now Proto-48 -- there is something that deserves mention and recognition. But Lionel? when all you have to do is get out your checkbook, and reminisce from when you were five years old at Christmas time? That's nostalgia, not serious model railroading.