Few of you old fanny burbs probably played with these.
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Few of you old fanny burbs probably played with these.
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Re: Few of you old fanny burbs probably played with these.
I never had one. I'm a little bit too young.
We used to visit a little old church lady in Eureka MT in '66-'67 that had some in her toy box. I was never ready to leave her place.
We used to visit a little old church lady in Eureka MT in '66-'67 that had some in her toy box. I was never ready to leave her place.
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Re: Few of you old fanny burbs probably played with these.
I remember those. One of my friends had one. We all had some kind of train(s), engines, etc.
Re: Few of you old fanny burbs probably played with these.
I never got any cool stuff like that.....I'd draw wheels on a shoe box.
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Re: Few of you old fanny burbs probably played with these.
I didn`t either that`s why I`m getting them now.TraderVic wrote:I remember those. One of my friends had one. We all had some kind of train(s), engines, etc.
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Re: Few of you old fanny burbs probably played with these.
Don't remember those at all. As a kid we had an American Flyer set and when my son was little I bought him something similar...still have it....he liked it so much he decided to do it for a living with the Union Pacific.
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Re: Few of you old fanny burbs probably played with these.
.....looks like when my kids first started learning to drive....
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Re: Few of you old fanny burbs probably played with these.
I know what that's like, Pitchy. I'm the same way.Pitchy wrote:I didn`t either that`s why I`m getting them now.TraderVic wrote:I remember those. One of my friends had one. We all had some kind of train(s), engines, etc.
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Re: Few of you old fanny burbs probably played with these.
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One Christmas, when I was about 10 years old, my Dad presented me with an "O" gauge Lionel train set, with a few buildings.
I remember him playing with it waaaay more than I got a chance to...........
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One Christmas, when I was about 10 years old, my Dad presented me with an "O" gauge Lionel train set, with a few buildings.
I remember him playing with it waaaay more than I got a chance to...........
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Re: Few of you old fanny burbs probably played with these.
Batteries, what batteries?.
We used to wind them up with a key, i.e. clockwork and run them on rails.
Your's from Bedrock, Mark
We used to wind them up with a key, i.e. clockwork and run them on rails.
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Re: Few of you old fanny burbs probably played with these.
Cool Pitchy!
I've seen them before but they are before my time.
I had electric HO trains when I was a kid. In the winter, my dad and I would work on them in the attic. We had 4x8 tables, I think three of them.
One day my dad was cleaning the tracks with steel wool and alcohol. I was sitting in the "driver's seat", and he said, "Don't turn on the throttle". Of course, being a kid, you know what happened. Man, that steel wool just exploded into a ball of fire! My dad jumped up shaking his hand and just looked at me with a WTF!? look on his face.
I've seen them before but they are before my time.
I had electric HO trains when I was a kid. In the winter, my dad and I would work on them in the attic. We had 4x8 tables, I think three of them.
One day my dad was cleaning the tracks with steel wool and alcohol. I was sitting in the "driver's seat", and he said, "Don't turn on the throttle". Of course, being a kid, you know what happened. Man, that steel wool just exploded into a ball of fire! My dad jumped up shaking his hand and just looked at me with a WTF!? look on his face.
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Re: Few of you old fanny burbs probably played with these.
I don't recognize that one. Who manufactured it? I'm a Marx Man, myself also.
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Re: Few of you old fanny burbs probably played with these.
Thanks guys.
Nice collection Gobblerforge , I`m not far behind ya with the Marx trains.
Sixgun, I`m not sure about the manufacture they're made in Japan from the 60`s.
Nice collection Gobblerforge , I`m not far behind ya with the Marx trains.
Sixgun, I`m not sure about the manufacture they're made in Japan from the 60`s.
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Re: Few of you old fanny burbs probably played with these.
Those look like fun. Do they always turn left when they hit something?
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Re: Few of you old fanny burbs probably played with these.
Naw they turn all ways, unpredictable.M. M. Wright wrote:Those look like fun. Do they always turn left when they hit something?
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Re: Few of you old fanny burbs probably played with these.
I must have grown up on the wrong side of the tracks.
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Re: Few of you old fanny burbs probably played with these.
I've almost got my 3 kids out of the house. Things are fairly calm. If I started 3 of those in my house, my wife would give me the boot.
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Re: Few of you old fanny burbs probably played with these.
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Re: Few of you old fanny burbs probably played with these.
wow what 1950-60's memories... :)
Re: Few of you old fanny burbs probably played with these.
The Curious Case of Pitchy, similar to the movie The Curious Case of Benjamin Button starring Brad Pitt, but Pitchy is better looking and certainly in the Thomas Edison class of inventors!!!Pitchy wrote:I didn`t either that`s why I`m getting them now.TraderVic wrote:I remember those. One of my friends had one. We all had some kind of train(s), engines, etc.
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That sounds about right.TWHBC wrote:The Curious Case of Pitchy, similar to the movie The Curious Case of Benjamin Button starring Brad Pitt, but Pitchy is better looking and certainly in the Thomas Edison class of inventors!!!Pitchy wrote:I didn`t either that`s why I`m getting them now.TraderVic wrote:I remember those. One of my friends had one. We all had some kind of train(s), engines, etc.
* romantic fantasy movie based upon a F. Scott Fitzgerald short story about a man who starts aging backwards, old to young !
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Re: Few of you old fanny burbs probably played with these.
I kind of came from a railroad family. My grandfather worked for the old Virginian RR before they became the N & W. Railroads were serious business around our house. After my dad came home from WWII he worked in the car Shop in the summers while attending West Virginia U. The closest thing I ever had to a toy train was a Lionel Union Trainmaster engine pulling a load of cars.
Those are nice though.
Those are nice though.
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Re: Few of you old fanny burbs probably played with these.
I had a friend that was really into trains, I never got the bug, but his was fun to play with !!!
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PITCHY, HOW NICE TO SEE YOUR NAME COME UP HERE upon my return. Hope all is well with you and yours in the Misabe.
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Re: Few of you old fanny burbs probably played with these.
I remember these from when I was a kid. Too bad Pitchy couldn't get ahold of a DM&IR articulated. Now that would be fun.
Re: Few of you old fanny burbs probably played with these.
Had one that lasted though my childhood. It was in the attic when I went away to school and Dad said he gave it to a kid that didn't have much. Hope it's still being enjoyed.
Re: Few of you old fanny burbs probably played with these.
I remember getting something like that when I was about four. I remember being really frustrated because it would not go in a straight line for long. "A train needs tracks", I remember thinking.
Re: Few of you old fanny burbs probably played with these.
Thanks gents.
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