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I bought a CNC machine. I wonder if I could sell CNC made toy trains. Seems like it could be a hit.

Dale Proctor

@administrator said in Railroad Photography:

I bought a CNC machine. I wonder if I could sell CNC made toy trains. Seems like it could be a hit.

I don’t know. Trains are so...19th century, you know?

I used to be into building custom HO gauge locomotives, but I got that out of my system...

This one ran on a local line back in the early 1980s.

BigDub

What is CNC? I suppose someone else might want to know as well.....? Or am the only one in the room?

veery

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@BigDub said in Railroad Photography:

What is CNC? I suppose someone else might want to know as well.....? Or am the only one in the room?

Computer Numerical Control.
Commonly used in machining devices where a computer tells the device what to do. Very handy for making mouthpieces, among other stuff.

BigDub

@veery said in Railroad Photography:

@BigDub

@BigDub said in Railroad Photography:

What is CNC? I suppose someone else might want to know as well.....? Or am the only one in the room?

Computer Numerical Control.
Commonly used in machining devices where a computer tells the device what to do. Very handy for making mouthpieces, among other stuff.
Thank you veery much.
Sorry, I couldn’t resist.

Dr GO

I'm sorry BigDub but what couldn't you resist?

BigDub

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Saying: thank you "veery" much, to Veery.

Dr GO

@BigDub said in Railroad Photography:

@Dr-GO

Saying: thank you "veery" much, to Veery.

OK... Thanks for keeping me on track. Thank God I have only a one track mind... much easier to accomplish.

Vulgano Brother

Once a month they would fire up the Feuriger Elias, and stop at our village in Germany.

BigDub

This was beside the track as my wife and I travelled from New York City to Montreal, Canada. Nice looking engine.

Tobylou8

@Dr-GO said in Railroad Photography:

@BigDub said in Railroad Photography:

@Dr-GO

Saying: thank you "veery" much, to Veery.

OK... Thanks for keeping me on track. Thank God I have only a one track mind... much easier to accomplish.

At least you can N gauge!

Dr GO

@Tobylou8 said in Railroad Photography:

@Dr-GO said in Railroad Photography:

@BigDub said in Railroad Photography:

@Dr-GO

Saying: thank you "veery" much, to Veery.

OK... Thanks for keeping me on track. Thank God I have only a one track mind... much easier to accomplish.

At least you can N gauge!

OH! (on a smaller scale and with dyslexia)

Tobylou8

@Dr-GO said in Railroad Photography:

@Tobylou8 said in Railroad Photography:

@Dr-GO said in Railroad Photography:

@BigDub said in Railroad Photography:

@Dr-GO

Saying: thank you "veery" much, to Veery.

OK... Thanks for keeping me on track. Thank God I have only a one track mind... much easier to accomplish.

At least you can N gauge!

OH! (on a smaller scale and with dyslexia)

HO man, sorry to hear that.

Dr GO

@Tobylou8 said in Railroad Photography:

@Dr-GO said in Railroad Photography:

@Tobylou8 said in Railroad Photography:

@Dr-GO said in Railroad Photography:

@BigDub said in Railroad Photography:

@Dr-GO

Saying: thank you "veery" much, to Veery.

OK... Thanks for keeping me on track. Thank God I have only a one track mind... much easier to accomplish.

At least you can N gauge!

OH! (on a smaller scale and with dyslexia)

HO man, sorry to hear that.

More like an O man. My dad had an O gauge set up in our basement when I was a kid. I mean it was our entire basement. He had mountains, lakes, bridges, houses, churches, businesses, roadways with cars, farms with animals... Had a blast running them with Dad. We had electronic controlled switches so could move trains between rail patterns. Really cool way to bring Father and Son together!

neal085

@Dr-GO That's pretty darn cool.

I remember dad having a pretty big set of electric trains, but I only remember it being set up once briefly when I was pretty young. I think he sold it all when we moved from Ft. Worth to Lubbock, (I was 6 at the time), and I believe it was a pretty valuable set.

BigDub

@Dr-GO said in Railroad Photography:

@Tobylou8 said in Railroad Photography:

@Dr-GO said in Railroad Photography:

@Tobylou8 said in Railroad Photography:

@Dr-GO said in Railroad Photography:

@BigDub said in Railroad Photography:

@Dr-GO

Saying: thank you "veery" much, to Veery.

OK... Thanks for keeping me on track. Thank God I have only a one track mind... much easier to accomplish.

At least you can N gauge!

OH! (on a smaller scale and with dyslexia)

HO man, sorry to hear that.

More like an O man. My dad had an O gauge set up in our basement when I was a kid. I mean it was our entire basement. He had mountains, lakes, bridges, houses, churches, businesses, roadways with cars, farms with animals... Had a blast running them with Dad. We had electronic controlled switches so could move trains between rail patterns. Really cool way to bring Father and Son together!

I think you would really enjoy this place in nearby FLemington, NJ. It is called Northlandz. It has thousands of ( to scale ) miles of track and hundreds of trains all synchronized and in lifelike settings. We took our grandson there a couple of years ago for his 4th? Birthday. Here are some of the settings.

BigDub

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The second photo is a depiction of the driving of the “Golden Spike” connecting the transcontinental railroad's eastern and western work