RamrodHare

My dad totally went on a train kick too in about 1998 or so IIRC...Now he has a train room, but he only set them up about twice and then put them back away...

My Dad wanted a Marx train set like the one he had in the early 50s. We looked for one for a couple of years and ended up finding one at a local antique shop for a fair price. He still had his original and the cars for it, but no track or transformer. We just assumed his train was dead, since it hadn't been used in about 60 years. Turned out it just needed cleaning! It runs great and the smoker on it works better than the other 4 engines we have. I bought huge lots of track from ebay...

I got the track for almost nothing, since it was old and rusted. I soaked some of it in vinegar yesterday and cleaned it with a little wire brush. It's cleaning up really well. I'm rinsing it in baking soda and water, then drying it in the oven at 150. It's gonna take me a week or so to get through all of it.