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Grape hyacinth
Jan 9, 2024·Plant Portraits·Garden Railways

Grape hyacinth

Common name: Grape hyacinth 
Latin name: Muscari sp. 
Plant type: Perennial 
Plant size: 5-8″ high and spreading 
USDA Hardiness Zones:…

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Lionel set No. 2219W The Thunderbird
Jan 9, 2024·Timeless Classics·Classic Toy Trains

Lionel set No. 2219W The Thunderbird

Lionel’s The Thunderbird toy train set features a Lackawanna locomotive and a Pennsylvania caboose. It’s obviously a toy train —…

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Lionel No. 2211WS train set
Jan 8, 2024·Timeless Classics·Classic Toy Trains

Lionel No. 2211WS train set

Thousands of different O and S gauge sets – cataloged and promotional – were developed between 1945 and 1969. Think…

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Lionel No. 2855 Sunoco tank cars
Jan 8, 2024·Timeless Classics·Classic Toy Trains

Lionel No. 2855 Sunoco tank cars

The near-scale single-dome tank cars were cataloged in 1946 and ’47. The No. 2855 Sunoco tankers offered no animation or…

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Kitbash large-scale sugar cane cars
Jan 6, 2024·Build a Model or Structure·Garden Railways

Kitbash large-scale sugar cane cars

After finishing “Rosy,” my sugar cane train saddle tank engine, I decided to kitbash large-scale sugar cane cars. I started…

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A retro-style O gauge track plan
Dec 31, 2023·Track Plan Database·Classic Toy Trains

A retro-style O gauge track plan

Nothing says “O gauge toy trains” like a postwar-style display layout. Even if these tabletop railroads don’t always make the…

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