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    Color Scheme for my Son's Room

    hmmmm, that lightning stripe could look great! I picked up a NY Central lantern at an auction for his room and it is red, so I could do a red and black room - that could look really neat - Thanks! Nomad - I am not familiar with much train terminology, what are the SP daylight colors?
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    Color Scheme for my Son's Room

    Hey guys, I am getting ready to paint a room for my two boys. The older one is not even two yet but he LOVES his trains, plays with them all day long. I want to paint a 'racing stripe' around the room and was hoping to mimic a cool looking train stripe. We would prefer either New York...
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    Starting out in N

    got it :thumb:
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    Starting out in N

    Hmmm, that may have just made the decision for me. I think I am going to nab the one I have been watching on eBay tonight. Thanks!
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    Starting out in N

    I definitely want steam, I am looking for a B&O engine, but so far I can only find a spectrum for Western Maryland (which is a cool looking engine, so may work out). Thanks for the links, that is just what I was looking for!
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    Starting out in N

    Hello Folks, I am sure you all get tired of newbie questions, but I have a few more for you. I did a bit of searching but could not find threads for my questions (although the amount of searching I can do is limited by my one year old pounding on the keyboard...) Anyway, last year I bought my...
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    Just trying to take care of my hubby

    I just wanted to check back in to this forum and thank you all for the help you gave a couple of months ago -- I ended up getting my husband the New York Central Lionel set and he LOVED it -- we have already stopped in every hobby shop that we see so he can look into his new favorite hobby :D...
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    Just trying to take care of my hubby

    Does 'prototpye' mean authenticity? If so, then I do care about that, at least I would like to be aware of it. I didn't know that freight cars were exchanged (I don't know much about trains...) but that is great to learn, that means we could have a B&O car on a NYC train :D What is the best...
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    Just trying to take care of my hubby

    He grew up outside of Buffalo, NY and I grew up in Baltimore. I was looking at the Lionel New York Central (is that the right name?) starter set today, but would love suggestions!! I am still open to HO (if that is what he decides he wants) so I would like to hear advice on that too. Thank...
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    Just trying to take care of my hubby

    :D Thanks for the honest advice :D I have thought about that and had decided to buy several train sets for him, give them all to him for christmas and then let him choose one, or a totally different one, and return the rest (I already made sure the hobby shop accepts returns...). I want to...
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    Just trying to take care of my hubby

    I went back to the hobby shop today and decided I definitely want to get a steam loco. I think I am going to end up going with O -- is Lionel the main name in O gauge or do I have choices? Also can I run any train on FastTrack or does it have to be a Lionel one? Thanks!!
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    Just trying to take care of my hubby

    Nope, no preference. I have an old track that my grandfather ran for me when I was a kid -- will any train of the same gauge run on it or is it manufacturer specific? That is an HO track and might influence my gauge choice if is would be compatible with a new train... I have one vote for...
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    Just trying to take care of my hubby

    Thanks for the quick response. I was thinking that this train would be on a table, not the floor to keep the kids from getting to it. We could do a second kid train set for them, but I want a nicer set for my husband.
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    Just trying to take care of my hubby

    Hello, This is yet another -- I am new help me please -- thread. But even after reading other posts I could still use some newbie help. This Christmas I want to start a model train set for my husband. We just had our first kiddo and I know that this is something that he would love to do with...
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