Trains and Locomtives and History Books

Charles e Whisnant, Model Train Display

 

My first train was given to be my parents back in 1953 it was  small toy sets.

 

Now my sister did get me a Christmas train set a few years ago. It was no a model train set but a toy one, nice.

 

 

 

As I have said, 2016 was the year that I was tempted to get into model trains to much of my surprise.

 

I got a set of Trestles from 2nd Street and that was cool.

 

 

I would have never in a 100 years ever thought that I would ever have any model trains.

 

Well I went to the 2nd Street Hardware  and Toy Store where I have been before here in

Portsmouth Ohio. 

 

 

 

 

I first saw a Locomotive and I thought I think I would get one. 

I didn't know just how much one would cost. 

Well I had saved my mowing money after 23 weeks so I took a locomotive.

 

Well that led to getting tracks for the locomotive and cars.

 

 

I saw this Pepsi locomotive and cars,  just had to have this train

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Well next I saw a bride that I would like.

 

Mark at 2nds Street had one and really had two and he put then together for

me and thus they are on display.

 

 

The seven train and car set of Pepsi is really cool on the bridge

 

 

One thing let to another than I had to have some trestles (which I did not know what they were in the first place.

 

John Hall Sr. had given me some trestles  but I did not now what there were for 

 

But before that I went to the flower store and got those desert foam, you know you put flowers in!

 

What I did was make columns for the railroad tracks.

and made three layers of train tracks.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Model Train Display Charles e Whisnant, 12 09 2016

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Toy Train Display 12 08 2016 Charles e Whisnant

Model Train Display Charles e Whisnant

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Charles e Whisnant, Train and Locomotives Display 2016

 

This is only a display,, I have tracks, but I do not at this time to run the locomotives on the tracks, maybe at a later time I will.
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How this train cars got started
 
This train project started when John Hall Sr. felt sorry for me. I had said in our bible study that I didn't believe in Christmas anymore.

When I was in the first grade I wanted a electric train. But Dad and Mom could not afford one, and they got me a windup train.  I was so sad.

So John got home that Sunday and pulled out an old train set that he had for years

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This is the finish project as of 11 29-16

 

 

I went to the Portsmouth Ohio Train Show November 27-28 2016

and all this work was done on 11 28 2016




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But before this I had this display


So I  thought I would made a display
of the buildings that John gave me.

But then I didn't have any train cars, so that lead me to go to the Second Street Hardware and Toy store in Portsmouth
and over a few months got these trains and cars.



So what started out as getting some trains for the grandkids, honest, I went to K mart and got these little toy trains and one thing let to another and so I just made a display out of them.

Then one thing let to another

 

Then I bought some trains and locomotives

 

 

This is a great book to learn about Trains and Locomotives

 

 

I bought this wall hanging a few years ago

 

 

 

We were at Guhls in Jackson Ohio

 

 

 

This was a hanging wall picture of a great train at Guhls

 

 

This section of the display shows the first section.

 

 

This the second section of trains and locomotives

 

 

This is a whole view of the display of 2feet by 10 feet

 

 

A closer look at the Locomotives

 

 

 

These Locomotives and they are in good condition and will run