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Scale vs gauge: Not quite interchangeable

Dave Farquhar — Fri, 18 Aug 2017 11:00:35 +0000

Wondering about scale vs gauge? You’re not alone. It’s a common question, and I’ll try to provide a simple answer. The two terms may appear interchangeable, but they aren’t quite. Gauge is the distance between the two rails, or the

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Lionel 675 disassembly

Dave Farquhar — Wed, 01 Mar 2017 12:00:28 +0000

The Lionel 675 and its brothers, the Lionel 2025 and Lionel 2035, are among the best locomotives Lionel ever made. That said, they still need maintenance from time to time. That usually requires you to disassemble them. Here’s a guide

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Repair a Lionel train motor

Dave Farquhar — Tue, 14 Feb 2017 12:00:46 +0000

If you want to fix a Lionel train, what you probably really need to do is repair a Lionel train motor. There isn’t much to the rest of the train. The motors tend to be pretty rugged and they’ve held

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Sakai trains: The “Japanese Marx”

Dave Farquhar — Mon, 21 Mar 2016 11:00:25 +0000

Sakai trains were made in HO and O gauge by a Tokyo-based manufacturer and sold abroad, particularly in the United States and Australia after World War II. Sakai’s O gauge product bore a curious resemblance to Marx. I have read speculation that

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Lionel 675 history

Dave Farquhar — Thu, 28 Jan 2016 12:00:00 +0000

The Lionel 675, 2025 and 2035 locomotives are three of the most iconic and sought-after engines Lionel produced in the postwar era. They depicted the Pennsylvania K-5, an ill-fated 4-6-2 Pacific locomotive that was intended to replace the iconic K-4,

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Lionel CW-80 vs vintage transformers

Dave Farquhar — Mon, 18 Jan 2016 12:00:03 +0000

Someone asked me recently about the Lionel CW-80 and how it compares vs older transformers. That’s a fair question, and one that tends to stir up a lot of emotions on train forums. So I’ll try to present the pros

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Your Lionel 675 light doesn’t work? Here’s the fix.

Dave Farquhar — Tue, 12 Jan 2016 12:00:55 +0000

Your Lionel 675 light doesn’t work, you say? Mine didn’t either, but the fix was really simple. You might not even need any parts. The postwar 675 (and its brothers, the 2025 and 2035) have a quirk in their design

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The difference between local and traveling train shows

Dave Farquhar — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:17:19 +0000

I took my family to a train show–The Great Train Expo–this past weekend. I’ve been going to shows for about 8 years or so, and while we had fun, I ended up not spending any of the money I brought

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