Murnane posted:Great posts everyone!
Andy - the C&O arrived here a few months ago in a box from my cousin's husband, it came with a few other postwar goodies, I'll post pics of all of them next week.
Andre - I get it, I'm mostly a steam fan for sure, but this little Alco is fun, and it has "Magnetraction" which is cool.
John - I need to get a new video of my daughter "Boo" playing with her "pet shop" train, btw Boo is now almost taller than I am, 13yrs old! Kid #1 (Katie) is 15 (going on 21, looking at colleges already).
Everyone else, thanks as always for coming out and sharing. I went and ran trains earlier but my phone died, so I'm not sure I'll be able to grab the videos off it, we'll see.
Happy Father's day to all the Dads, GrandDads, StepDads, and Wish-U-Could-Have-Been-Dads, I'm looking forward to getting spoiled for the day tomorrow!
Best...Rich
Rich, I had but two Lionel locos growing up in the fifties: a 665 Hudson bought by my folks ad a Christmas present (set) in 1955, and a 225 C&O like you have which I bought for myself in 1960 using Christmas and allowance money, etc.
All from Jaye and Jaye Trains in East Cleveland, Ohio.
I got rid of both later on, traded for HO, but thankfully now have both models in my collection again.
Memories.
