Before.

After.

I have a rail blazer

I dont have the box thanks to my aunts dam cats

The cow catcher was replaced with running boards made from popsicle sticks and trimmed nails, the headlight was moved to the top and was made using a bike tire cap, the hole where the headlight used to be was filled in by a plastic nail cap, repainted and weathered with rust and coal dust, whistle and safety valve are old rivets, string to the bell and whistle are stripped twist tie, side tanks are from a broken cassette player, ash pan was made from a broken MP3 player pocket clip, and the fire box contains a dim red lightbulb.

Nice train set!

It’s more from the dark age of Lionel but a good set.

Yeah

You can keep it the way it is, but customizing it could be fun.

My great uncle got it from someone at work

Awesome!

Does it still run?

It doesnt have everything

Yeah it does

That’s good.

It runs

It just takes awhile

Most of my trains run except for two...

The 1948 Lionel Santa Fe F-3 diesel my grandpa had as a kid still needs work...

And then there’s the Hornby 0 gauge train I had imported from England hoping to convert it from windup to electric because of it’s broken spring and worn out gears.

Can i see

I could try.

Also my great aunt has a Christmas lionel train

Almost broke it

When i was younger

I turned up the speed and it went flying of the rails at a corner

Luckily it still runs

Here’s the 1948... My grandpa who owned this passed away and I’m resorting it in honor of him.

The horn, E-unit, and second motor are out.

I have that one

Aww

Its smaller

And same actually

The light and first motor still work.

The electro coupler needs rewiring.

What about the other train

This is the Hornby the day I got it.

That is cool

Thanks.