Hello from Missouri!

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Brutus

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I like the old-time railroads the best, like the Best Friend of Charleston, but also fantasy stuff like the Halloween and Christmas trains. Little by little this is becoming an obsession! Sorry, just finding my way around these pages, but hope to get to know everyone soon! So far the only MTH I have is my transformer, which is excellent, but I have several Lionel locomotives and sets including the Polar Express, Hogwarts Express, BFOC, and several docksiders including the Halloween one, LL #1, and the Halloween General from a couple years ago. I like them alot! Wife made me take down my growing empire in the livingroom and I'm just now getting started on a new layout for the basement.

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Spent 12 years in and around St Louis, and I remember when I was specifically briefed to stay away from Union Station (before the amazing transformation)...wow to look at it now...what a great place.
 
When I was a kid, we took a train from Union Station to somewhere near Bloomington IL, where my grandmother lived - it was very scary down there! But, the train ride was great and the station and getting on the train are still with me, I remember the smell especially - that deisel smell was very strong there under the shed, and carrying a huge suitcase for my mom. This was probably like 35 years ago.

nkp174 said:
A few basic tools go a long way...and perhaps one of Bachman's DeWitt Clinton sets to get you started so that you have something to run now.

The most useful tools...for building neat things...are:
-digital caliper ($15-$20 at Harbor Freight or similar)
-a nice, small mill file
-some small diamond files
-a sharp hobby knife
-a miniature pin-vise drill...plus miniature drill bits (#61-80...and a #55)
-tweasers
-needle nose pliers

Start off with something like a DeWitt Clinton set...in HO...but you might that things such as the Best Friend of Charleston might be easier to work with in a larger scale: S, O, or No1 gauge. I switched from HO to O because my 3' gauge trains are too small in HO...but fine in O.
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Carried over from EBT's thread!

The first toy train I bought as an adult was in 2005 -- the HO Hogwarts Express. Then I picked up the DeWitt Clinton and then an EasyDCC locomotive and transformer/controller. But, I really liked O gauge better, so I've switched. I have a little tremor in the hands (hereditary) and the O gauge is easier for me to work with, plus I just like the bigger size and weight of it! We had a small floor layout as a kid and I guess that is part of it too - the nostalgia factor?!

I picked up the BFOC earlier this year and ended up having to fix a screw on a driver, so bought some little nut drivers (thanks to CSXT30 for some advice then), calipers, and some kind of surgical doohicky that actually holds stuff great.

I got a chance to look around the regular forums this morning and a little at lunch time - will be posting and reading as much as possible! Sure thank you all for the nice welcome!
 
I've been to KC MO Union Station a couple years ago - isn't that where they have Fritz' restaurant? The little train doohicky delivers your burger and fries!
 
Greetings from another Missourian!
I'm in St. Joseph right across the state from you! :D
I'm about an hour North of KC and I've only made it down to Union Station once. We're planning on going down this year to see the lights though. I hear it's quite a display.
 
Hi Cannonball! My wife has family about an hour south of KC and right up at the border too. Did you go see the Mickey's a couple years ago? They had all these statues of Mickey that were basically the same statue, I guess made with fiberglass, but they were all painted differently - it was very cool.
 
Brutus said:
Hi Cannonball! My wife has family about an hour south of KC and right up at the border too. Did you go see the Mickey's a couple years ago? They had all these statues of Mickey that were basically the same statue, I guess made with fiberglass, but they were all painted differently - it was very cool.
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No, I missed Mickey, but a bunch of artists did cows in a similar fashion. they had a couple of them on display when we were at the station. The main reason we went down was to see the KCS engines they had refurbished and put on display for the afternoon.

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