Lionel Model Railroading & American Flyer Archives O Gauge Lionel T-Rail Lake Shore Railway No 180

[@brianturner8477]

Always a good variety of operating scenarios, motive power and rolling stock. You have very imaginative productions.

[@JFLionelT-RailOperator]

Thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed it.

[@stevesoscaletrainchannel.1901]

Great thought provoking video. Loved the night scene with muti story building lit up, the Milwaukee Road work caboose with a bell ring switcher nearby, the wonderful variety of toy and scale trains, and the realistic scenes tell a story. Very well done.

[@JFLionelT-RailOperator]

Thanks for watching, Steve. Variety is one of the things that helps keep me going.

[@oglemansviews675]

Nice mixture of this and that. Thanks for sharing.

[@JFLionelT-RailOperator]

That could have been a good alternate title for this video.........."A mixture of this and that". I like it. Thanks for watching.

[@ronalddevine9587]

You always do such an amazing job. And now the addition of live steam. You truly belong in Hollywood.

[@JFLionelT-RailOperator]

Thanks for watching. Not quite live steam, but some fuzzing of the camera lens and some SP smoke.

[@georgebenson6036]

Lionel just got electric trains right. I have tried other scales, but I keep coming back. The Lionel experience scratches that itch better that anything else. It is like a lot of things, some guys wouldn't have it, some guys (like me) wouldn't have anything else. By the way, I absolutely love your layout and videos. Thanks for sharing.

[@JFLionelT-RailOperator]

Thanks for watching. I enjoy vintage trains by other manufacturers such as Marx, American Flyer and Ives, but Lionel will always be #1. Over the years I have had N, HO and Standard gauges, but O gauge just feels right. Ride the Lake Shore Railway any time!

[@willamettevalleyAFtrains]

Very nice segments and scenes. I always enjoy your videos.

[@JFLionelT-RailOperator]

Thanks for watching.

[@MattKonsol]

Very nice runbys here! Thanks for sharing this!

[@JFLionelT-RailOperator]

Thanks for watching. Check my other videos, I do a lot of close-up run-by variation variations.

[@FailureatRetirement]

That’s an impressive lineup of bottom dumps 👍🏼🇺🇸

[@JFLionelT-RailOperator]

Sounds like you are admiring my unit train of 1940 hoppers. Thanks for watching.

[@lucasquintanilla1673]

@@JFLionelT-RailOperator you have many interesting things in this video such as the shots of the real locomotives. Did you see those in person? Also, I noticed that aside from one of your presumably, postwar locomotives had one heckuva wheel spin incident. I must ask where did you get some of these more electronic sound effects because I know for certain one of them came from the year 2000 VHS starter guide for Lionell. I know because I’ve seen that before when I used it.

[@JFLionelT-RailOperator]

@@lucasquintanilla1673 The real video scenes are clips that are available in my editing program. They are hosted by a German company, so most are Euro. I have to be selective to keep it relevant. There was a wheel spin featuring a Pacific loco and one on the old grade featuring a Berkshire with heavyweights on tubular 072. Some of my sound clips were from Lionel Railsounds tenders and diesels, recorded on the bench. I can sync these with the video track.

[@johnknippenberg-LandmarkYards]

Whoa, that's a lot of wheelspin. Awesome video.

[@JFLionelT-RailOperator]

Sometimes is necessary to generate the maximum "SP" type smoke. Thanks for watching.

[@chiconian49]

Thanks for pausing the Lionel 5344 Hudson and cars so I could get a good look.

[@JFLionelT-RailOperator]

The 700E is the reason that T-Rail exists, so had to give a good view of it and it's consist. Thanks for watching.

[@jackstoyOgaugetrains]

I counted 19 cars behind the 226e double header. Great video Jim

[@JFLionelT-RailOperator]

I think I got the idea for unit trains from you, back a few years ago, never get tired of it. Hope all is well with you. Happy eclipse day. We should have "totality" if the cloud cover cooperates.

[@plunkervillerr1529]

Marx guy here, all the above and feeding the chickens, so there will be eggs for breakfast tomorrow. Depression stay away from my door. EXCELLENT!

[@JFLionelT-RailOperator]

When things go sideways, we will all have to make-do for ourselves. Sounds like you already have a good grip on this. Happy eclipse day.

[@lucasquintanilla1673]

@@JFLionelT-RailOperator have you ever double headed the prewar and postwar scale model Hudsons together? I know that it can be hard to mix and match postwar and pre-war stuff but I know that there are coupler adapters to do that with.

[@wayneantoniazzi2706]

Why do we get involved with toy trains? For all the reasons you listed Jim, and then some! Always a pleasure to watch your videos! Thanks for posting!

[@JFLionelT-RailOperator]

Thanks for watching. We can make sense in this world of the things that make sense to us........makes sense?

[@wayneantoniazzi2706]

@@JFLionelT-RailOperator Perfect sense! Our layouts are our own little worlds where EVERYTHING makes sense. Until it doesn't. "Oh NO!"

[@OgaugeTrainsplusslotCars]

Cool setup

[@JFLionelT-RailOperator]

Thanks for watching.

[@Prewarpostwaramdmore]

Is that Super O track?

[@chiconian49]

Special made T rail track for his prewar Lionel 5344 Hudson. You don't see many of those running.

[@JFLionelT-RailOperator]

Like Chuck said, the track is Lionel T-Rail. It is solid rail track on diecast ties, introduced in 1935 in anticipation for the full-scale 700E Hudson. T-rail and Lionel scale series equipment was made through the early 1940's, interrupted by WWII, unfortunately never to be produced again.