let's talk model trains

[demiurgeQuantified]

as i've mentioned in a few other threads, i'm a huge fan of model trains! (and trains in general, but i'm much more of a modeler than a trainspotter. maybe i'll make a thread about that too though)
i've been a fan of them for like..a majority of my life, haha. i used to watch this corny old dvd video series about model trains that particularly focused on old-school O-scale lionel stuff. i'm a lot less fond of o-scale and lionel as a company now, but i still have some affection for it.

i do stuff with HO scale trains. i don't really have a proper layout yet, just a small ez-track loop on some plywood, but it's still fun to watch em go and all that :) i'll attach some pics of my locomotives here!! they'll be in this spoiler

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the santa fe bluebonnet was my first. it's a life-like brand model, probably from the 90s or 2000s. it came in a set. the bnsf was my second, also came in a set. i got the amtrak as a christmas gift, i love that one so much. the chessie, tank engine, and amtrak shunter all came from various resale places. i think the chessie is a life-like? the tank engine and shunter don't work, lol.

[Riqo]

I will admit I am quite Unfamiliar to trains, models or Otherwise (it is more my brother's thing!) .. Though there Has been a specific Model Train Museum I have gone to Multiple times with my family, And I always enjoy going to It! Seeing every intricate Train run accordingly Is just nice towards My brain and so I hold much Appreciation for it

[P.B.C.]

Despite being also into engines, I neither have the space nor the money to really get into model trains at this time- especially considering I'd want very, very specific models if I were to start collecting. With that being said, I do have a 3D print coming in the mail of Talyllyn's No.9, that is supposed to be used for layouts and such. I'm getting it for, 'Blorbo' reasons as one might've guessed, but I figured it was related enough to share to this thread...

[Horsey Chobunso]

I love seeing model train setups made by others, but I've never really participated myself. I don't have the space or time right now, and that part of my brain is scratched by playing OpenTTD. My parents had a brief phase where they were building in their basement, but it has fizzled into an every-other-Christmas hobby like it originally was. I really love the train setup at the Kamin Science Center in Pittsburgh though.

Someday I'd like to make a small layout that runs all SEPTA trains and trolleys. SEPTA is one of the many things I miss about living in Philly.

[rnottelovesowls]

when i get the chance, i'll have to share photos of my padre's model trains. collecting them is his hobby; every time he goes antiquing, he always seems to come home with 1 model train car. he likes building looping tracks on desks and shelves and stuff. choo choo!