The prices of engines and cars.

My mom's cousin Cara had asked me what the prices are for engines and train cars. Cars are mostly around $30  to $80. Engines are mostly around $250 to $500. Some cost even a few thousand dollars! It is an expensive hobby. eBay is a great place to buy less expensive used engines and cars!

My sprite boxcar update

I have a Sprite boxcar that I got for Christmas in 2011. My nonni and BB gave it to me.it came in an older 1970's box. It is all lime green and has a big sprite logo on it. Like most of the older Lionel trains it has plastic wheels known as ( trucks ). The body is also plastic. The door also opens and closes as most of the boxcars do. On the left side there is a small CocaCola logo. I know this wasn't long but I wanted to share this boxcar with you guys. I will post a picture of it.

The story of the CSX train

In Christmas 2006 I had asked for a CSX diesel engine. I had wanted one since I heard about them. So on Christmas I was looking forward to see if I got one. So I opened each present one by one. By the time I opened the last present I realized that I never got it. I loved all the other stuff I hade gotten. I was very thankful for every present that I had gotten. Then I looked around the tree and saw the there was one left! I opened it up and there it was! I was so happy and exited. Of coarse I immediately ran it on the train table. ALL ABOARD! Now a few years later I still have it and at one point I thought it was broken. Around 2010 the CSX was not running well. It sounded very scratchy and was not working well at all. So in one f my other post titled ( The old stuff )  I told you guys about this man who fixed my DT&I engine well we sent the CSX to him and he again fixed it for us. He said that the wheels were dirty because of the track ( I had not clean the track in a long time ) so right when I got home I cleaned the track and was glad to see it run smooth. I want to say thanks to that nice man who got out of his way to fix my two trains.

Trying to get it ready

My brother jack is having a birthday party in 2 days and I want to get the layout looking its best. My brother is turning 6 and of course they would probably like it because they are younger. The room is a big mess there are buildings and some old track all over the place. There is also a problem with my track. Some parts of it cause the train to stop. The track might just be dirty. Other reason can be that the track in not connected together in some spots. Also some of the accessories are not put op yet. 

The best train shop

After I had a doctors appointment my mom hade told me about a cool Lionel / electric train shop in Rockville ( we live in Maryland ) so we went to go check it out. When we got there, there was a cool window display with a bunch of electric Lionel trains. The building looked small on the outside and was pretty big in the inside. There was an upstairs and a downstairs. Downstairs was mostly train sets. The upstairs had assesories like cars and more trains. The man who worked there was very nice he gave my brother and I a catalogue for free! There was also a train engine for only $120! It's not like it was $500. Compared to most prices.there were shelves and shelves of trains and assesories. It was a big place and had a lot of stuff. Hope you guys check it out sometime.

The old stuff

Back in 1983 my mom got a DT&I diesel engine for Christmas. It was mostly used for around the Christmas tree. Now it is 2013 and the engine is still up and running. My mom gave it to me when I was very little. I enjoyed it along with my other New York Central steam engine. Although it was having trouble running and at one point it stopped working! After a few years I did nothing about it. I basically just forgot about it. Then my mom heard about a man who fixes electric trains. He told us to bring it in so he could look at and see what he could do about it. We left it there for about a week. We came back and it was fixed and in good condition ready to run! It was amazing that a man could fix an electric train made in 1983! I was very happy and excited that it could finally run!

A Cool Place

This weekend my family and I stayed at an old house in Faber, Virginia. We are Clemson Tiger fans so we went to see the Clemson Virginia game with some friends. Clemson won 59-10. Anyway, the house had about 25 acres of property. There was a train track right next to the house. I could see a lot of trains come past the house. Mostly Norfolk Southern. Next to the house was a pretty river and small water fall. We played a lot of football in the yard and had a lot of fun this weekend. Go Tigers!