Wooden trains

[JTTHECLOCKMAN]

I may have mentioned this some time ago but at some time I am going to get into makeing very detailed wood model trains. I have seen these on other woodworking sites and one in particular where I was storing photos and info and threads and conversations from members. They since updated their web site and that portion of storing things never made it over. I hate when owners do that stuff. At least give a warning so I could have downloaded to a drive. Sort of pee me off. 

Anyway I am in the process of restoring some info and photos. I am not talking about toy trains. That is for kids. These are life like and many parts are turned on a lathe and other woodworking tools. Always fascinated by them. If anyone has done any I would appreciate a few photos. I picked up some plans years ago as I was collecting info and have to find them again. This will probably happen next winter. This winter I am working on a few other cool ideas I always wanted to try. I use winters as my play time because I have house work that I need to complete this summer hopefully. Here is an example.

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/731342426966824631/

 

One other thing and all ties into the train theme. I have bought years ago a pattern by Dirk Boelman of a train clock with working lights and sounds. Somewhere I have this pattern so that is another project I want to incorporate with the wood trains collection. Has anyone made this pattern clock and if so do you have photos and any thoughts to share. I am bookmarking this thread for all this. Thanks in advance.

 

https://theartfactory.com/product/train-depot-clock/ 

[Roberta Moreton]

Those are awesome! I do love trains!

[JTTHECLOCKMAN]

5 hours ago, Roberta Moreton said:

Those are awesome! I do love trains!

Some people go all out when they build these. Full of detail. They display them on wood tracks too with little scenes. I want to get into that before I pass on. 

[preprius]

Those are really detailed.

Both my grandfather's were involved in train industry. But not steam trains.  

Steam trains are my favorite.