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"The Best Toy Train Club on the Planet"

This page's latest (and final) update: 1 January 2017
What's new in this update?
New responses to Train Talk 38.

This is your gateway to LCCA's TRAIN TALK sessions. If you're looking for the LCCA Home Page, click here.

FAREWELL

TRAIN TALK has been a program sponsored by your club for about three years, inviting LCCA members' thoughts on toy trains, especially those manufactured under the century-old name of LIONEL^®. A selection of those thoughts have been shared via articles in The Lion Roars, and all submissions have been available on line just by clicking on any of the "See comments" links under the topics listed below.

The fact is that, after 38 TRAIN TALK sessions, we've pretty much run out of new topics to discuss. Also, most of our members seem to be in the layout room running trains or admiring collections rather than talking about them, which is not at all a bad thing. Consequently, TRAIN TALK #38, the topic for December 2016, was the final new TRAIN TALK topic.

Although the lights have been turned out in the 38 discussion rooms, echoes do linger. You can still see the responses to all 38 topics. Just select the topic you'd like to review and click the link under it. We hope that you have enjoyed TRAIN TALK, and we look forward to seeing new projects from "The Best Toy Train Club on the Planet"!

↓ TRAIN TALK TOPICS ↓ LCCA Logo

TRAIN TALK #38, Thoughts on LCCA and the Future
See comments.

TRAIN TALK #37, What the Fates Decree
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TRAIN TALK #36, Trains and Halloween
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TRAIN TALK #35, Crisis in the Train Room
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TRAIN TALK #34, Reawakening the Toy Train Bug
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TRAIN TALK #33, Trains of Imagination
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TRAIN TALK #32, Favorite Accessories Through the Years
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TRAIN TALK #31, My Greatest Find
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TRAIN TALK #30, The 2016 Lionel Catalogs
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TRAIN TALK #29, State of the Hobby: Expert Views
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TRAIN TALK #28, Cinematic Railroading
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TRAIN TALK #27, Trainful Resolutions
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TRAIN TALK #26, The Iron Horse and I
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TRAIN TALK #25, Sharing the Fun
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TRAIN TALK #24, Holiday Dreams and Memories
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TRAIN TALK #23, Digital Sharing
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TRAIN TALK #22, Beyond the Train Room
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TRAIN TALK #21, Rock Bottom
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TRAIN TALK #20, Electric "Motors," Interurbans and Trolleys
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TRAIN TALK #19, Fallen Flags Cars from LCCA
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TRAIN TALK #18, "Is that a toy train item? It looks great on your layout!"
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TRAIN TALK #17, The "Has-Beens," Recycling Toy Trains
See comments. NH Diesels Checkerboard

TRAIN TALK #16, Toy Train Forums
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TRAIN TALK #15, Power To The Engines: Hard Wire or Battery?
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TRAIN TALK #14, Benefits of Membership: Conventions
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TRAIN TALK #13, Accessories Set the Stage
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TRAIN TALK #12, Benefits of Club Membership
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TRAIN TALK #11, Lionel Railroader Club and LCCA Merger
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TRAIN TALK #10, Product Preferences and Road Names
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TRAIN TALK #9, Personal Toy Train Histories
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TRAIN TALK #8, Buying and Selling Toy Trains
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TRAIN TALK #7, On S Gauge
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TRAIN TALK #6, Convention Car Preferences
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TRAIN TALK #5, Aspects, Facets & Features of the Hobby
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TRAIN TALK #4, Layout Characteristics
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TRAIN TALK #3, Collectors Versus Operators
See comments. Locomotive

TRAIN TALK #2, Gauges, Scales & Eras
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TRAIN TALK #1, The LCCA Website and You
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TRAIN TALK #0, The Basics: Track
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We hope that you have enjoyed sharing thoughts on TRAIN TALK. The December 2016 topic was the final discussion in the program, and no new comments are now possible. For at least a while, though, you can return to this page and follow the "See comments" links to read all the comments ever submitted on those topics. We also invite you to join or to renew your membership at www.lionelcollectors.org so that you can continue to enjoy all of the old and the new programs offered by "The Best Toy Train Club on the Planet."