The 290 and the 5114 set were part of my Uncle’s collection and the work cars were from a collection I purchased from the estate of the late Phil Huon. The 290 was excellently restored by my uncle, but the 5114 languished in his basement unopened for years and years. Such beautiful trains should be taken out, shared, and enjoyed once in a while. That’s my goal with my videos. I enjoy watching your videos with the same thing in mind. 👍
The engine is interesting in that it has the silver metal wheels instead of the brass ones, probably installed during the Korea War time. The drivers have been polished as well so it will slip occasionally with the plastic passenger cars and can’t pull the three metal flat cars on the freight train. It is a definite sweetheart of an engine.
Goodyear Stores often had a “Toy Land” for the Christmas season. My mom worked across the street from a Firestone store in Greeley, Colorado, that had an awesome “Toy Land” each Christmas. However, my 1954 Set came from my aunt and uncle’s home interior store, Hamlin’s of Marshalltown, Iowa, which had a small “Toy Land” each Christmas. We traveled to Iowa on the UP “City of Chicago” from Colorado for a Christmas family reunion, where I received my set. It had to be carefully repackaged for the trip back home to Colorado, where my train got a train trip to its new home! For several years, I routinely received additions to my AF inventory from my aunt and uncle. I had EVERY piece until we had a robbery last July. In the ensuing year, I’ve replaced nearly everything that was stolen.
That’s a great story. It’s amazing all of the different stores that would sell trains at Christmas. My uncle picked up a no. 98 display layout from a tire store in Pueblo, CO. It’s fun to checkout the mailing labels on all of these boxes sets to see where they were sent and who bought them. Thanks for sharing!
👍👍👍👍 If you use the lockout eliminator you don't need to lock out the reverse unit. I have done this using the semaphore and two 697 track trips. This lets the train not stopped in the control section work a siding or spur.
I used one in the Fun with Fiber Pin videos #3 thru #6 right before this one. It works slick. I tried to do some reverse wiring though and successfully burned up the resistor in the lock out eliminator. That’s why you see fewer wires and add-ons in this video. Sometimes it’s better to just keep it simple, especially on a small layout like this. Still slot of fun though!
@@HallofScienceWest I know you used the lockout eliminator in the previous videos, I watched them all. I thought you stated that you locked the reverse units of both locomotives in the two train & semaphore video. When I used the semaphore with two trains on the same track, because I used the lock out eliminator I left the reverse units unlocked and the stopped train always started in the direction it was going previously. I have, but one fiber pin, but purchased several bags of new unused K-Line plastic pins because I haven't seen many of the fiber pins out there and available. Hopefully you can replace the resistor to put the lockout eliminator back into service.
@@-MAILMAN Yeah, I’ll get it operational again. I did really like how it worked for being able to protect switching on the siding. For this demo I went back to basics though. The manual recommends locking the reverse units on the trains and it does allow for some crash prevention between longer trains on the little layout. I had some issues with the trains setting up these shots using the lockout eliminator so I discontinued using it for simplicity. I would highly recommend using one as you’ve suggested though. Thanks!
This has been a fun series to watch. Both trains here look to be in like new condition.
The 290 and the 5114 set were part of my Uncle’s collection and the work cars were from a collection I purchased from the estate of the late Phil Huon. The 290 was excellently restored by my uncle, but the 5114 languished in his basement unopened for years and years. Such beautiful trains should be taken out, shared, and enjoyed once in a while. That’s my goal with my videos. I enjoy watching your videos with the same thing in mind. 👍
The K5 is a really beautiful engine with awesome valve gearing nice detail and great overall performance.
The engine is interesting in that it has the silver metal wheels instead of the brass ones, probably installed during the Korea War time. The drivers have been polished as well so it will slip occasionally with the plastic passenger cars and can’t pull the three metal flat cars on the freight train. It is a definite sweetheart of an engine.
Goodyear Stores often had a “Toy Land” for the Christmas season. My mom worked across the street from a Firestone store in Greeley, Colorado, that had an awesome “Toy Land” each Christmas. However, my 1954 Set came from my aunt and uncle’s home interior store, Hamlin’s of Marshalltown, Iowa, which had a small “Toy Land” each Christmas. We traveled to Iowa on the UP “City of Chicago” from Colorado for a Christmas family reunion, where I received my set. It had to be carefully repackaged for the trip back home to Colorado, where my train got a train trip to its new home! For several years, I routinely received additions to my AF inventory from my aunt and uncle. I had EVERY piece until we had a robbery last July. In the ensuing year, I’ve replaced nearly everything that was stolen.
That’s a great story. It’s amazing all of the different stores that would sell trains at Christmas. My uncle picked up a no. 98 display layout from a tire store in Pueblo, CO. It’s fun to checkout the mailing labels on all of these boxes sets to see where they were sent and who bought them. Thanks for sharing!
That is a lot of action!!!!
It’s amazing how much stuff you can pack into a small layout. Nothings fool proof, but when it works right it sure is cool. 👍
I would also like to see the operating mail car in action please :) I've never seen one.
I’ll incorporate the mail car into my next video with the talking station. Thanks for the request. More fun!
Shoee...Doggy!
Very nice.
@@willamettevalleyAFtrains Thank you. I wasn’t entirely sure I could pull it off, but it turned out really well.
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If you use the lockout eliminator you don't need to lock out the reverse unit. I have done this using the semaphore and two 697 track trips. This lets the train not stopped in the control section work a siding or spur.
I used one in the Fun with Fiber Pin videos #3 thru #6 right before this one. It works slick. I tried to do some reverse wiring though and successfully burned up the resistor in the lock out eliminator. That’s why you see fewer wires and add-ons in this video. Sometimes it’s better to just keep it simple, especially on a small layout like this. Still slot of fun though!
@@HallofScienceWest I know you used the lockout eliminator in the previous videos, I watched them all. I thought you stated that you locked the reverse units of both locomotives in the two train & semaphore video.
When I used the semaphore with two trains on the same track, because I used the lock out eliminator I left the reverse units unlocked and the stopped train always started in the direction it was going previously.
I have, but one fiber pin, but purchased several bags of new unused K-Line plastic pins because I haven't seen many of the fiber pins out there and available.
Hopefully you can replace the resistor to put the lockout eliminator back into service.
@@-MAILMAN Yeah, I’ll get it operational again. I did really like how it worked for being able to protect switching on the siding. For this demo I went back to basics though. The manual recommends locking the reverse units on the trains and it does allow for some crash prevention between longer trains on the little layout. I had some issues with the trains setting up these shots using the lockout eliminator so I discontinued using it for simplicity. I would highly recommend using one as you’ve suggested though. Thanks!