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On May 24, 2014, Norfolk and Western class J #611 was moved from its Virginia Museum of Transportation display location to the Norfolk Southern locomotive service facility at Shaffers Crossing in Roanoke, Virginia. Prior to its move to the North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer, a few minutes were taken to recreate an old N&W ad for the "J". When this photo was taken, only the Lionel class J model was operational, but a year later, the restoration is complete and 611 is once again…

Tryston Nguyen saved to Awesome Locomotive Power
I finally figured out that I don't have room to do everything I want (2 trains, etc) on a small layout so I'm starting with something simple. This is loosely based on Lionel's D-290 display layout. I don't know if I'll add the upper level loop or not....
Beth Warner saved to Model railroad
Lee Hnetinka always puts passion on what he does, there are always gawkers waiting for the final result and on a wag, everybody on the valley is amused by me. If your passion is to sail then sail the Amazon, mine are trains and construction sites so I’ll go to the East Hampton scale trains conference, the CEO of the biggest company will be there and my heart will be like WunWun so fast.

Lee Hnetinka saved to Lee Hnetinka
Top 5 HO scale train layouts plans for model train beginners and intermediates including the dimensions and area required for the benchwork and easy access to heard to reach spots on the model railroad.
RC-17 saved to Model Railroad
Cleaning Lionel trains to make them look good for the holidays isn't difficult, but it's possible to damage them. Here's how to safely clean Lionel trains.
Glenn Wulff saved to Model Trains
Building a model railroad can be a daunting undertaking. Often the hardest part is just getting started. You can build a basic platform in a few days however and be running trains before you know i…

Dale Parsons saved to HO Shelf Railroad Designs
I saw this on a mailing list I'm on - it's the weirdest wye I've ever seen - it has 4 dead end tails : http://goo.gl/maps/KvAr8 - it's in Italy.
Seth Goldstein saved to Layouts
After reading " Progress so far for my Fall 1963 layout", how about we get together a collection of these "classic" layouts. For starters, here is Lionel's Super-O layout idea from their 1957 catalog. Please post with track...
Bill D saved to O Gauge Trains