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Anonymous Sun 09 Mar 2025 05:02:20 No.11364392 View View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>11364393 >>11364403 >>11374038

/mtg/ - Model Trains General

>Getting Started: Get a train set first
https://www.lionelstore.com/category/Train-Sets
https://www.trainworld.com/train-set.html
https://www.trainsetsonly.com/train-sets.html

>Model Railroading
https://www.lionel.com/getstarted
https://shop.bachmanntrains.com/index.php?main_page=getting_started
https://modelrailwayengineer.com/model-railways-beginners-guides/
https://trainmodeling.com/create-a-rewarding-model-train-layout-step-by-step-guide-and-tips/
https://www.modeltrainbooks.org/beginners-guide-to-build-a-model-train-layout/
https://www.jamesmodeltrains.com/how-to-build-a-model-train-layout/
https://offers.modeltrainbooks.org/track-plans-model-train-beginners/
https://modelrailwayengineer.com/library/railway-modelling-how-to/

>For sculpting and painting tips
>>>/ic/
>>>/ic/

>For woodwork tips
>>>/diy/catalog
>>>/diy/

>Miniatures
https://www.trainworld.com/
https://miniatures.com/
https://www.modeltrainstuff.com/trains-layout/figures/
https://www.modeltrainstuff.com/train-layout/

>Trains
https://www.trains.com
https://www.trains.com/trn/
https://www.trains.com/mrr/
https://www.trains.com/ctt/
https://www.trains.com/ctr/
https://www.trains.com/grw/
https://www.trains.com/vid/
https://www.trainworld.com/
https://www.trainsetsonly.com/
https://www.modeltrainstuff.com/

>List Of Model Railroad Manufactors
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Model_railroad_manufacturers

>Model Railroad Manufactors
https://www.lionel.com/
https://shop.bachmanntrains.com/
https://www.hornbyhobbies.com/
https://uk.hornby.com/

>Model railroading can be expensive. What do you suggest for discounts?
Look for used model railroad sellers. Go to flea markets and look for discounts online.
Ebay: http://ebay.com

>Other tips
https://www.trains.com/mrr/how-to/expert-tips/5-layout-scenery-steps-to-get-you-started/
https://www.modeltrainbooks.org/model-railroad-switching-layouts/

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Anonymous Sun 09 Mar 2025 05:03:28 No.11364393 Report

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>>11364392
Pastebin:
https://pastebin.com/RYL895xf

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 09 Mar 2025 05:23:22 No.11364403 Report

Quoted By: >>11374111

>>11364392
I made this thread because the /trains/ general had nothing in the OP. Since i was a hobbyist for a long, I decided to add some info & helpful tips i knew. The pastebin has more info but i couldn't post it all due to the character limit. Hopefully other anons can add more resources to the general. I recommend getting a rentry (rentry.org) guide set up since model railroading can end up a rabbit hole.

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Anonymous Sat 15 Mar 2025 20:16:26 No.11370754 Report

Quoted By: >>11370877

What kind of budget does one need to into trains?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 15 Mar 2025 22:57:03 No.11370877 Report

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>>11370754
Very little if you buy used stock. A running Tyco or Life-Like can cost less than $20 from a train show or a hobby shop.

It can get if you buy new, however.

Personally, I would recommend HO and O as most of the cheap used items are in either of these two gauges.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 18 Mar 2025 23:07:14 No.11373646 Report

Quoted By: >>11374046 >>11374997

how do you keep your track pieces from separating?

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 19 Mar 2025 06:07:26 No.11374038 Report

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>>11364392
Does this count as a model?
https://ideas.lego.com/s/p:8b964aca6f3d4d1591ac23a8949de9f8

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Anonymous Wed 19 Mar 2025 06:16:21 No.11374046 Report

Quoted By: >>11374677

>>11373646
Track nails into the roadbed. No clue if you are using 3-Rail, however.
>>11374038
You or someone what posted this in another thread, I guess it counts, but I would suggest taking to the guys in the LEGO thread, instead of us.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 19 Mar 2025 07:43:05 No.11374111 Report

Quoted By: >>11374235

>>11364403
Useful stuff but we don't necessarily need two train generals with the way things run on this board - since it is set up to auto sage quicker than other boards but crap still ends up in the catalog because the board isn't active enough, the way others can be.

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Anonymous Wed 19 Mar 2025 10:47:07 No.11374169 Report

Quoted By: >>11374235

I haven't had a Brio train in years, but this little is cute.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 19 Mar 2025 13:27:45 No.11374235 Report

Quoted By: >>11374780

>>11374111
The autosage partially killed this board, I remember that /amg/ used to have a few posts everyday, but now there are times that their thread is not on the board, at one point, this thread was not on the board too with the first post-autosage thread being the LGB Stainz edition about a month after our previous thread saged.

Additionally the Nerf thread kind of died too. Out of all the /toy/ threads on the board the only one that I frequent which is still active is /smg/, but the time it is an argument or /pol/ tourists trying to have a thinly veiled Ukraine or Palestine political argument. This sort of stuff almost killed /k/ (much of the board hates them).

Not to say it is all doom and gloom, there are threads for trains, Nerf, models, army men and even slot cars on this board.
>>11374169
Cute little guy. Are you the wood train anon from a couple of threads ago?

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Anonymous Thu 20 Mar 2025 00:20:43 No.11374677 Report

Quoted By: >>11374688 >>11374997

>>11374046
if its just a temporary setup on the ground?

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Anonymous Thu 20 Mar 2025 00:40:49 No.11374688 Report

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>>11374677
No, I was thinking of a permanent layout. I am not sure how to secure track for temporary stuff.

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Anonymous Thu 20 Mar 2025 02:08:10 No.11374739 Report

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I got a bunch of Tomy Plarail as gifts for kids and grandkids of friends and cousins. Though I also picked up some for myself because they looked cute. Also they had Evangelion ones. My cousin said he wanted to get some model trains for his basement. Well, my cousin's husband. He said has a distant relative whose family runs a big train store in another town. Keep meaning to visit it with him. In the meantime I found these Tomy sets and gave him a bunch of build with his grandkids. Though of course I got to put them together with them too. Really nice way to get kids into trains.

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Anonymous Thu 20 Mar 2025 03:16:54 No.11374780 Report

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>>11374235
>Are you the wood train anon from a couple of threads ago?

No, not really. I just wanted to that pic.

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Anonymous Thu 20 Mar 2025 12:39:52 No.11374997 Report

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>>11373646
>>11374677
I remembered having something like this with (maybe) a Lifelike set I had as a kid. Had to check to see if anyone still made them before I posted.
http://www.ihc-hobby.com/product/2701

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Anonymous Fri 21 Mar 2025 07:27:08 No.11376063 Report

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whats the minimum radius advised for running a trolley layout? I plan on eventually making a duplicate of the old Lechmere viaduct since the old station's been torn down. i figure since just single pccs and lrvs will be running on it I can get away with tight corners, similar to real life.

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Anonymous Fri 21 Mar 2025 19:28:56 No.11376668 Report

Quoted By: >>11377903 >>11389062

I bought a few Kato N scale sets, went to a model railroad convention in my state and they're all fucking boomers.

At least with general car/military modelling there's a wide age range but model train hobbyists are all grandpas.

I rather be in a local hobby shop with Warhammer tabletop mouthbreathers.

Anyway luv me N scale, fuck HO boomers.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 22 Mar 2025 15:37:49 No.11377545 Report

Quoted By: >>11381268 >>11381896

I want to paint tracks, lay down ballast, put down static grass, build trees, houses and of course run trains

But I can't do any of that before I have a fucking track plan. It's so mind numbingly boring and frustrating that I can't make any progress for an entire year

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 22 Mar 2025 20:02:57 No.11377903 Report

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>>11376668
Ironically a lot of younger guys are getting into three rail O. There are still a fair number of Boomers, but more and more it's Millennials and Gen Z in the three rail hobby.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 25 Mar 2025 19:22:38 No.11381268 Report

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>>11377545
Do something like a T-Trak maybe.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 26 Mar 2025 11:09:20 No.11381896 Report

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>>11377545
Hard to advise much without knowing what sort of space you have to work with but you can't go wrong with a long shelf layout to model a small branch line or something. Just take each section at a time think about what scenic elements or operations you want to have there. For example a terminus you'll probably want to lay it out with a passing loop so you can stop your train and run it round to the other end to pull back out.
Layouts with loops where you can watch the trains go round are generally harder because you need much more space. But a return loop at one end can give a nice impression of the train leaving and then coming back in the opposite direction so it feels like it actually went somewhere. If you have it as a double track line it won't even have any particularly complex wiring.

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Anonymous Wed 02 Apr 2025 16:47:17 No.11389062 Report

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>>11376668
>HO boomers
feeling envious just reading that, every model train show/swap meet I go to is 3 Rail O and maybe tiny bit of HO. I don't hate 3 rail, but it gets tiring when its literally everything around you

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