Collecting Model Railroad Trains
Collecting model railroad trains is very different from modeling or operations. Operators buy model trains, put them out on their layout and run them. Modelers frequently customize store bought trains. Collectors buy model railroad trains and display them on shelves or put them away. They may take them out to look at, but they seldom if ever run them. This is why so many ebay listings for locomotives say "NIB (new in box) test run only". They want you to know that the locomotive is working, but its internal mechanism has little wear on it.
What's Your Model Railroading Personality?
There are different approaches to the hobby of model railroading. What's yours?
There are different approaches to the hobby of model railroading. What's yours?
Buying and Selling Model Railroad Trains
All model railroaders buy trains. Sometimes they decide that a train doesn't fit with their layout plans anymore and want to sell it. Here's some thoughts on how to buy and sell your trains.
All model railroaders buy trains. Sometimes they decide that a train doesn't fit with their layout plans anymore and want to sell it. Here's some thoughts on how to buy and sell your trains.
Lionel Girls' Model Train Set
A marketing debacle in the late 1950s, the Lionel Girls' Model Train Set is a sought-after collectors item today.
A marketing debacle in the late 1950s, the Lionel Girls' Model Train Set is a sought-after collectors item today.
How to Tell if You're a Model Train Addict
Here are some signs of Model Railroad Addiction. If you know others, please post them in our Open Forum.
Here are some signs of Model Railroad Addiction. If you know others, please post them in our Open Forum.
BTTB TT Scale Starter Set
A look at the 1980s vintage Berliner TT-Bahnen U.S.A. Starter Set
A look at the 1980s vintage Berliner TT-Bahnen U.S.A. Starter Set
Train Collectors Association - TCA
One of the world's largest associations of model railroad train collectors.
One of the world's largest associations of model railroad train collectors.
WGH Collector's Page
The collector's page on the "World's Greatest Hobby" website.
The collector's page on the "World's Greatest Hobby" website.
Collecting model trains is a hobby that keeps folks young at heart
A Gatehouse News Service article about collectors in Massachusetts.
A Gatehouse News Service article about collectors in Massachusetts.
Collectable Model Trains and Villages
Hawthorne Village site offers both trains and villages.
Hawthorne Village site offers both trains and villages.