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This is the other big part of my O Gauge collection-- my many streamliners! I don't think I've shown all of these on dA before since some of them are sorta new (from March I think), but here we go! I'll break this down from back to front and left to right.

Row 1: My Railking Pioneer Zephyr. A nice-looking set that runs well with Protosounds 1.
Row 2: My Lionel 1600-series articulated coaches, the ones that are held together by jury-rigged Lego pins (which I still consider to be one of my most ingenious mechanical engineering fixes!). To the right, my restored Lionel 264e and the tender I put together for it.
Row 3: My MTH Lionel Corp Blue Streak again, because I couldn't bear to take it off the track.
Row 4: My American Flyer Green Diamond set, this is probably the only item in my collection that is actually somewhat rare, it took several years for me to find one I was willing and able to buy and even then there was some luck involved in finding one on a slow week of the Bay.
Row 5: My Lionel 616-617-618 Flying Yankee set, it's a junker set that I patched up. One of these days I'm going to strip the whole thing down and redo all the chrome plating, but I haven't figured out how best to do that.
Row 6: Marx M10000 set, early with an illuminated tail car. Bought this set from a local collector, the observation car was a SOB to get working 'cause the wiring was all crunked and the car tabs together in a nasty unpleasant way. It is a nice set though, runs well on wide-radius track.
Row 7: Marx M10005 set, well, pieces from two sets. I got these for free with a log loader I bought at the last show I went to in March. One of these days I'm going to tear down the set and repaint it, once I figure out what color I want it to be.
Row 8: My American Flyer Zephyr set. Still looking for the rest of the cars to finish the set, they aren't rare but I want ones that are in the same condition as mine (i.e. kinda crappy and scratched up, I hate buying nice cars to go with a rough set!).

I love streamliners, I really do. I love the whole idea of art in motion, a train that looks good and goes really fast. My plan for the really long term is to own one of every streamliner locomotive made in O Gauge. I figure I'll keep myself busy for a few decades with that!

Description
This is the other big part of my O Gauge collection-- my many streamliners! I don't think I've shown all of these on dA before since some of them are sorta new (from March I think), but here we go! I'll break this down from back to front and left to right.

Row 1: My Railking Pioneer Zephyr. A nice-looking set that runs well with Protosounds 1.
Row 2: My Lionel 1600-series articulated coaches, the ones that are held together by jury-rigged Lego pins (which I still consider to be one of my most ingenious mechanical engineering fixes!). To the right, my restored Lionel 264e and the tender I put together for it.
Row 3: My MTH Lionel Corp Blue Streak again, because I couldn't bear to take it off the track.
Row 4: My American Flyer Green Diamond set, this is probably the only item in my collection that is actually somewhat rare, it took several years for me to find one I was willing and able to buy and even then there was some luck involved in finding one on a slow week of the Bay.
Row 5: My Lionel 616-617-618 Flying Yankee set, it's a junker set that I patched up. One of these days I'm going to strip the whole thing down and redo all the chrome plating, but I haven't figured out how best to do that.
Row 6: Marx M10000 set, early with an illuminated tail car. Bought this set from a local collector, the observation car was a SOB to get working 'cause the wiring was all crunked and the car tabs together in a nasty unpleasant way. It is a nice set though, runs well on wide-radius track.
Row 7: Marx M10005 set, well, pieces from two sets. I got these for free with a log loader I bought at the last show I went to in March. One of these days I'm going to tear down the set and repaint it, once I figure out what color I want it to be.
Row 8: My American Flyer Zephyr set. Still looking for the rest of the cars to finish the set, they aren't rare but I want ones that are in the same condition as mine (i.e. kinda crappy and scratched up, I hate buying nice cars to go with a rough set!).

I love streamliners, I really do. I love the whole idea of art in motion, a train that looks good and goes really fast. My plan for the really long term is to own one of every streamliner locomotive made in O Gauge. I figure I'll keep myself busy for a few decades with that!