the car your looking for was made by
MANTUA back in the 1990s
it was part of there super bowl series of
pro football cars

good luck  john t  brooklyn ny

the ledgendary   GG1

not to mention the FL9 - E-40 and the pennsy T-1 - S-1 - S-2   

good luck  john t  brooklyn ny

hapy holidays to one and all



     john t  brooklyn ny

dont forget the great engines atlas makes
theve had the RS-3 & RS11 as well as an S1

there trainman line is releasing a GP-38 soon

a few years back life like proto2000 had a l.i.r.r. gp38

and broadway limited is releasing  the FA  in L.I.R.R.

good luck           john t  brooklyn ny

the movie is TOUGH GUYS

with burt lancaster and kirk douglas

its about 2 old crooks who stole a train in 1940
after prison there released and decidi to steal the train again

theres a scene where the s.p. 4449 slides off the track
of course special effects

good luck  john t  brooklyn ny

the great silent movie your looking for is
buster keatons classic the GENERAL where hes sitting of the drive rod

now the burt lancaster movie filmed in france in
1964 is the TRAIN in this movie they actually destroyed an old french
railways facility and a bunch of pre war locomotives

theres benn a lot of movies over the years

my favorite  taking of the pelham 1 2 3   1974
with walter matthau and robert shaw  
this movie was classic nyc in the 70s

im allways looking for old movies with trains

good luck    john t  brooklyn ny

morning guys

guilford guy  scroll up a bit and click on to link to see the photos from anaheim    it was posted above

i know bachmanns track record has been excellent as far as
prototypes go 

i really taught the bi level commuter push pull cars
that the bachmann announced were the C3s that  the L.I.R..R
uses in service    can win em all

still waiting for an FL9        john t  brooklyn ny   

ive seen the photos of the new commuter car

im disappointed this is not an american car
but there chinese double decker
why is bachmann trying to push it off as an
push pull commuter car  and to show it as a
so called M.T.A. name.

this is about prototypical as tycos GG1 of the 1980s

not happy  john t  brooklyn ny

mmmmmmmmm

M.T.A. double decker cars
are these the C3 cars the L.I.R.R. runs
in service

i hope so

            good luck  john t  brooklyn ny

hi guys

sorry steam gene  i was raised on east 10 street
iam now in brooklyn

woody
i still have some late 50s early 60s
athearn kits  unbuilt   i picked up back in the 80s

its ashame years ago there were many many
hobby stores all over the country

still love those old  h.o. revell kits


good luck guys  john t  brooklyn ny

i remember it woody

lionel may be the iconic name in trains
they had there glory days and gave wonderful memories
to generations of boys and men

i have a piece or two of there 1950s H.O.

A.F. H.O. was pretty good too

did athearn manufacture for a.f. they did for lionel

  good luck   john t  brooklyn ny

wow 1960

nothing wrong with giving our age away

use to go to polks on 32nd street
and madison hardware on 23rd st

woody i remeber the paints for a dime

a frankfurter for 15 cents

and the subway and bus for 15 cents

H.O. was starting to boom

also saw john kennedy pass on the lower east side
during his 1960 campaign

damm this forum is bringing back great memories


good luck  john t  brooklyn ny

hi ary 13

first  where did you purchase the trains from
if it was a hobby store you should ask them
questions about trains

i worked for a large train store here in
brooklyn for many years and when a customer brought a lot of stuff
i offered my assistance to help them out

when you invest or just buy in any hobby
allways get an understanding about what your
getting into

in this case the H.O. train market is really big
ive been at this for over 40 years
and there is allways something to learn

dont be affraid to ask questions to the
guys in the forum  there a great bunch
and a fellow modelers we help each other out


good luck   john t   brooklyn ny

im not familar with these old air raid sirens
were these used for air raid warnings

here in n.y.c. i remember these large air raid sirens on top of
tall buildings they were silver and gray on steel frame bases

this could be a nice scatch building project

now for the siren sound

good luck   john t   brooklyn ny

i can only say   niagara


         good luck  john t  brooklyn ny