Hi guys, I figured I'd start up a 'project' thread on my lionel traditional autorack train. The main project idea is covered on my into page at: https://ogrforum.ogaugerr.com/t...65#63513879844943265
But here's an excerpt from it to save you some clicking:
While browsing ebay I saw one of those wonderful traditional Lionel auto racks that I love and remembered my childhood dream of collecting a massive train of them. I picked it up and hope I can find some more in the future, the current vision is two traditional Lionel GP38's, one in NS horse head paint and the other in the NS Eco scheme (the one from the starter set) and as many autoracks as I can get my hands on, but for now the one will do. In my N scale expenditures I've been collecting unit trains that I don't have the space to run (started with genius me picking up 32 roadrailers when I have a 4x8 layout and a couple of modules) so I'll be joining a club and the one I've selected has a focus of Traditional O with a few other scales present so I figured it might be a great opportunity to bust out the older O scale trains (and my future autorack train) and get some run time on them in addition to getting the N stuff moving. O scale trackage wise I've got a 10'x12' loop of O-27 around the top of my room that hasn't been touched in a decade (actually now that I think about it I chucked a K-line MP-15DC up there a few years ago, been sitting since). I've got three or four large bins stuffed with O-27, I'm going to need a bigger radius of the O-27 styled track for the auto racks I know... that is if Lionel even makes the stuff anymore.
Since the writing of that post life got sorta screwy and joining the club isnt possible but I'm continuing to pick up racks here and there (when I can get them cheap enough to conform to my new lifestyle) in hopes my life will get back on track but here's an update:
I've gotten two autoracks since the first one, a DGRW and an SP... the SP was suppose to be new but that was not the case, one hinge on each of two of the doors were busted. My plan is drilling into the door and replacing the missing pins with brass rod (with rounded tips to hopefully save as much paint as possible). I've also tested them on 0-27 curves, they work so the club might not be necessary to run a decent train. I also got them behind the mp-15, they look pretty darn good.
