Osbournefan123, I'm with you. I just started a small collection too. I guess I also have to give a shout out to those other guage fans. You know, trains come in all shapes and sizes, and they're all cool. I've learned that you can't sweat the small stuff. Everyone out there picks a guage for various reasons. I can't tell a guy that, because he chose HO, S, or G, or whatever, that he's an idiot. Fact is, no matter the guage, if you're enjoying what you've got for trains, then good for you.
HO IS TO SMALL I HAD AN HO SET AS A KID IT WAS A TYCO SANTA FE DIESEL SET BUT WHEN I WHENT OVER MY UNCLES HOUES ONE YEAR HE HAD HIS O GAUGE POSTWAR LIONEL #250 PENNSY SET UP THATS WHEN I KNEW I WANTED TO COLLECT LIONEL O GAUGE TRAINS O GAUGE LIKE YOU SAID HAS AWAYS BEEN WHAT THE PEPOLE WANT AND IS JUST RIGHT IN SIZE AND THATS ALL I HAVE TODAY IS O GAUGE TRAINS BY LIONEL FROM THE PREWAR TO TODAYS LIONEL SETS MY ONE BUDDY GOT A KATO HO OR N SET AND EVEN HE SAID THERE JUNK HE SENT IT RIGHT BACK
@Osbournefan123 i called lionel a few years back when they had our 1225 bershire polar express engine for a bad smoke element and wanted to speak with somone in charge because they had the engine for almost 4 months at the time i waited almost an hour before he gets on the phone and i took him these trains you guys make today realy lack what lionel once was like in the prewar & postwar & mpc eras and that they need to get back to the usa the name lionel has no bizz over there in china he hung up
@RerailMe Really, why do you HO fanatics look on these vids then? So what? It may not look real, who gives a crap!!! It's still the best gauge in the hobby hands down. HO will never beat O gauge or O scale, becuase it's been the best for over 100 years, and besides, if HO were the best, then explain the fact Lionel discontinued HO in the 60's shortly after its introduction.
Sad about being made in China but if they were made here the would be out of business again. we have price ourselves out of the market. by the way i'm having more fun with my chinky trains than i ever had with my 1946 set.
@sunrecords56 , the problem with the Chinese produced trains is that they simply cannot stand up......quality is zero compared to Pre and Postwar Lionel.
Not the owners of Lionel? Not the shareholdes? Not the actual people who still buy product? The one word answer of "Unions" just doesn't wash with me.
Osbournefan123, I'm with you. I just started a small collection too. I guess I also have to give a shout out to those other guage fans. You know, trains come in all shapes and sizes, and they're all cool. I've learned that you can't sweat the small stuff. Everyone out there picks a guage for various reasons. I can't tell a guy that, because he chose HO, S, or G, or whatever, that he's an idiot. Fact is, no matter the guage, if you're enjoying what you've got for trains, then good for you.
af1948cpd 9 months ago
HO IS TO SMALL I HAD AN HO SET AS A KID IT WAS A TYCO SANTA FE DIESEL SET BUT WHEN I WHENT OVER MY UNCLES HOUES ONE YEAR HE HAD HIS O GAUGE POSTWAR LIONEL #250 PENNSY SET UP THATS WHEN I KNEW I WANTED TO COLLECT LIONEL O GAUGE TRAINS O GAUGE LIKE YOU SAID HAS AWAYS BEEN WHAT THE PEPOLE WANT AND IS JUST RIGHT IN SIZE AND THATS ALL I HAVE TODAY IS O GAUGE TRAINS BY LIONEL FROM THE PREWAR TO TODAYS LIONEL SETS MY ONE BUDDY GOT A KATO HO OR N SET AND EVEN HE SAID THERE JUNK HE SENT IT RIGHT BACK
grizzleybearz282004 10 months ago
i love trains
wackymac28 10 months ago
Lllygy
drumkid330 1 year ago
@HarveyHenkelmann Haha..thats a good one. Even tho its H0 (H-Zero), people always do the error of saying its a letter "O" and not a "zero".
RerailMe 1 year ago
Nice holiday layout!
Petemonster62 1 year ago
Just a sales pitch for Chinese junk!
chiconian49 1 year ago
great train,,,,it is always fun to play with toy trains
trainmaster1226 2 years ago
woulda been cool if they had some post war or even prewar mixed in showing how lionel has changed throughout the years
Osbournefan123 2 years ago 4
@Osbournefan123 i called lionel a few years back when they had our 1225 bershire polar express engine for a bad smoke element and wanted to speak with somone in charge because they had the engine for almost 4 months at the time i waited almost an hour before he gets on the phone and i took him these trains you guys make today realy lack what lionel once was like in the prewar & postwar & mpc eras and that they need to get back to the usa the name lionel has no bizz over there in china he hung up
grizzleybearz282004 4 months ago
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I am fanatic of H0 Scale. Lionel trains flanges are ridiculously huge and the tracks look so fake with that darn middle rail and lack of ties.
RerailMe 2 years ago
@RerailMe
Then go look at ho vids dumbass
icrails 2 years ago 8
@RerailMe Really, why do you HO fanatics look on these vids then? So what? It may not look real, who gives a crap!!! It's still the best gauge in the hobby hands down. HO will never beat O gauge or O scale, becuase it's been the best for over 100 years, and besides, if HO were the best, then explain the fact Lionel discontinued HO in the 60's shortly after its introduction.
......Exactly....
CookiesAndGuns95 1 year ago
This isn't Lionel. This is Chionel. Made in China. It's a damn shame.
cochranexyz 2 years ago
Yeah. That's why the 'postwar' 45-69 trains are the best! Operating features AND made in the great country of AMERICA!
minimeiskool 2 years ago
Sad about being made in China but if they were made here the would be out of business again. we have price ourselves out of the market. by the way i'm having more fun with my chinky trains than i ever had with my 1946 set.
sunrecords56 2 years ago
@sunrecords56 , the problem with the Chinese produced trains is that they simply cannot stand up......quality is zero compared to Pre and Postwar Lionel.
bwild61 1 year ago
@cochranexyz
Another U.A.W. hit
icrails 2 years ago
@cochranexyz
Another great move spurred by the U.A.W.
icrails 2 years ago
Not the owners of Lionel? Not the shareholdes? Not the actual people who still buy product? The one word answer of "Unions" just doesn't wash with me.
cochranexyz 2 years ago
@cochranexyz LOL!!
RerailMe 1 year ago
Al did not know the gage!!what a dork
tanker120 3 years ago
LOL!
ElectricTrains2001 3 years ago
Ann is amazed!
MrDaylight844 3 years ago
The starter set is a Metro-North commuter rail not a subway. The R27 subway came out first.
yardlet6 3 years ago
They brought the high-end subway train not the starter set version.
Lionel employees in New York could develop a shelf railroad for the background of the Today Show during the Christmas season.
AndrewNeilFalconer 3 years ago