Model Train Journal

11 - yuck! That is what I said when I changed from MS-DOS to Windows 1.0. I have hated every upgrade since then. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55041233362_bfe375a0ed_z.jpg Well, I wouldn't go back to IBM's Punched-Card System, but I did like Fortran for creating programs for the IBM system. I...

The new Lionel catalog is out: I did see a diecast truck/frame PS1 boxcar on page 76 for $119.99. Features some interior details, so not a comparative match for those discussed above, but not too far off. I saw that too. I wonder if Lionel has been continuously offering cars with diecast frames sin...

I probably asked this before, but what was the perceived advantage of a diecast frame? More weight, certainly, so better tracking through turnouts, accessories, and over rail joints? You sorta answered your own question, and Hondo74 had a good answer. The following answer is not perceived. Because ...

After starting the new year with an image of Lionel's D&H Heavy boxcar, I gave in to Microsoft's persistent prompts to change my PIN (for security reasons) and updated my Windows 10 PIN. That was the end of my computer. The next time I turned it on, I got, "Something happened, and your PIN ...

New Year, New Boxcar. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55019840129_f567630980_o.jpg Lionel BC - STD 'O' - D&H by Wayne Benda , on Flickr It was advertised as New on eBay, but it was built by Lionel in 1999. It is one of those one-pound, eight-ounce cars that Lionel produced in 1999, when Lion...

healey36 wrote:Wayne. Did the FM make it through a 27-inch curve? Must have been tight, given the size of that thing.

It was close to achieving a 27-inch-diameter curve, but it derailed. I think I can make it do 27. It depends on how much room there is inside the shell for the motor to swing.

Great find, Healey! I was rummaging through some old photos when I came across these eBay finds. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55013215311_c744810164_o.jpg Samsung Galaxy A51 Cell Phone Camera, July 3, 2025, 6:47 PM CDT. The passenger cars were delivered around noon that day, and my wife wante...

It's fun playing with the old Nikon P5100, trying to get some interesting shots...almost as much fun as trying to wind the Bing clockwork for a precise station stop. Almost impossible. I understand about the clockwork engine, but not the P5100—the camera has an outstanding feature, manual control. ...

Erik C Lindgren Fine Art, thank you for occasionally putting your mug in a photo; otherwise, I would not believe your images are of a model. Of course, that makes a problem for an image of a real locomotive. Just because you are in the photo (or in the locomotive) does not mean it is not a model. It...

Would you believe JW Stanfield (the artist who owns the original copyrighted photo) is the one who used Gemini AI to put the GG1 in his own photo?

Location of the camera where the image under discussion was taken. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54993946651_a8cdeed79a_o.jpg?s=eyJpIjo1NDk5Mzk0NjY1MSwiZSI6MTc2NjE2NDk1OSwicyI6IjgyMDU2MTExZjczMjNhYzBlMDEzZTMzYzdkZTRiY2VhYWQyODg5YmUiLCJ2IjoxfQ Copyright Google 2025 https://www.google.c...

Here is the original photo by J. W. Stanfield taken with a Nikon D750 on 2025:05:21 at 18:36:56. https://www.flickr.com/photos/jwstanfield/54552243891/in/album-72177720311616557 Location: "Oil empties for Wellington, UT, hustle through the curves at Thompson." Mr. Stanfield says, "The...

healey36 wrote:A North Pole Central express train rolls into the station on the under-tree loop:.

Nice, waiting-for-the-train, picture.

Delivering mail from sub-station, Date: 1903. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54993218394_ba803578ca_o.jpg?s=eyJpIjo1NDk5MzIxODM5NCwiZSI6MTc2NjExNjEwMiwicyI6IjI5Yjc0ZmEwZDQ1Yjc3Y2RjNWU5MmI2YzI2NWRmMmZhMTBkNDNmM2QiLCJ2IjoxfQ Copyright: American Mutoscope & Biograph Company; 1Oct1903;...

The point Erik made, " This may be an original beautiful Mike Danneman shot of a UP/DRGW coal train he took in 2004 on film. Hours in a car, long hike, climb, work, effort, and any other scenario, honest hard work we all do to source our images; just to be hacked by some damn algorithm, spit ou...