[jonKranked]

a couple years back my dad passed down to my the Lionel trains he had from when he was a kid. O and HO gauges. i've never run the HO, only the O. and my dad never set up the HO either. the O track needs some cleaning. 2 years ago i set it up and the transformer needed the plug replaced. set up the track last night and nothing, so i'm assuming cleaning is necessary (there is visible grime on the tracks).

 

[jimmydean]

My grandpa had a train shop when I was growing up but he never let us touch any of it.

He also had epic slot cars with enough track to cover the damn house. That we could play with. I think it was 1:24 scale.

 

[Nick]

My great uncle Anton worked his whole life for the railroad, and he had a big HO train setup in the attic.
As a kid, it was memorizing.

 

[johnbryanpeters]

a couple years back my dad passed down to my the Lionel trains he had from when he was a kid. O and HO gauges. i've never run the HO, only the O. and my dad never set up the HO either. the O track needs some cleaning. 2 years ago i set it up and the transformer needed the plug replaced. set up the track last night and nothing, so i'm assuming cleaning is necessary (there is visible grime on the tracks).

With the transformer unconnected to the tracks, is it providing output voltage?

 

[Jozz]

With the transformer unconnected to the tracks, is it providing output voltage?

That, and testing rails continuity with a multimeter.

 

[rideit]

My great uncle Anton worked his whole life for the railroad, and he had a big HO train setup in the attic.
As a kid, it was memorizing.

 

[sunringlerider]

I used to nerd out on HO scale in my youth.
Track Cleaner I used that product to keep my tracks clean and helped with keeping the trains moving.
I might just have to pull all my crap out of my parent attic.

 

[jdcamb]

I was also a train geek. I had a H0 setup. I geeked out on that shit for hours. I got small scale legos and built little towns and everything.

 

[iRider]

I still have a G gauge model train collection at my mom's place. Looks like many moved on from train to mountain bike geekery.

 

[eric strt6]

I had the big Lionel set up and an N gauge set too but I will be dammed if I can remember having any issue with power

 

[johnbryanpeters]

I still have some HO stuff kicking around, and some very old O.

 

[Jm_]

I went through a phase like that. Tried to set up an HO track downstairs in the basement. Didn't get really far. Went to the train museums in Suisun and some crazy weird one with small size tracks that had tours off highway 24. I even thought the BART was really cool when I was a kid. Coming back years after to see a concert in downtown SF from Antioch fixed that completely.

 

[Westy]

I was more of a slot car kid

 

[Changleen]

What the fuck is going in in here?

 

[Dirtrider]

My dad and me used to build trains and slot car tracks. We set up a few pieces of plywood in the basement and would make them intertwine with one another. Littles towns, tunnels, etc. was fun. Sold all that when RC cars came around.

 

[dump]

Inherited something similar last year. Haven’t taken it out of the boxes yet…

 

[jonKranked]

With the transformer unconnected to the tracks, is it providing output voltage?

that seems to be the issue.

 

[jonKranked]

welp, turns out I didn't have the connection between the transformer and the track appropriately made. train is running. time to decorate.

 

[TreeSaw]

Nice. We have a nice Lionel train. My mother in law used to build the tracks at a local shop.