Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Monday, August 2, 2010

RFRR Now Upgraded To DCC (Finally)

After Years Of Running DC Only, FunTime Trains Inc’s,. Own Layout “RFRR” Is Now In The Digital Age,Digital Command (Or DCC For Short)  Control Age That Is.

So What System Have We Chosen For The Layout?

We Decided To Go With Digitrax Super Chief Xtra 8 Amp System.

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Before Going With Our Final Choice, We Have Checked Out All The Other DCC Systems Also.

Here Is A Short List Of The DCC Systems That Were Looked At,Questions Asked About & In Most Cases, Tested.

  • MRC Prodigy Advance
  • Atlas Commander
  • Lenz Starter Set
  • NCE Power Pro
  • Bachman E-Z Command
  • Digitrax Super Chief (Xtra) (Final Choice)

MRC,E-Z Command & Digitrax Were Simple To Use But In The End Digitrax Won Out.

We Will Post A Test Video On YouTube Soon.

Here Is A Photo Of A Western Pacfic U30B With QSI Quantum Sound.

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Keep Watching For More Photos & Videos.

 

Chris Payne

Founder

FunTime Trains Inc,.

Sunday, July 4, 2010

Happy Independence Day

Have A Safe 4th Of July Everyone.

Here Are A Few Train Pics Also

 

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Again Have A Safe And Fun 4th Of July & Enjoy The Fireworks

 

Chris Payne & Ron Duran

Founders

FunTime Trains Inc.

Sunday, May 30, 2010

Monday, May 17, 2010

ATSF 3751 Coming In To San Bernardino

 

Some Video Taken Of The Santa Fe 3751 Coming In To The Santa Fe Depot On Train Day On May 8th 2010.

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ATSF 3751

Monday, May 3, 2010

National Train Day 2010

Just A Few More Days Away

 

Here Is The Link To Amtrak’s NTD Site

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Hope To See You There

 

Happy Railroading

Chris Payne

Founder/Owner

FunTime Trains Inc.

Saturday, April 10, 2010

Some Photos From Nashville TN

Here Are Some Photo’s Of Nashville’s Commuter Line

“Music City Star”

 

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And Here Are A Few CSX Railway Photo’s

 

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Thursday, March 25, 2010

****Important Notice****

A Tough Decision Has Been Made At FunTime Trains Inc.,After Carefully Talking To Athearn Modelers (Off Facebook),We Have Decided To "Black List" Horizon Hobby (Athearn,Roundhouse & McHenry Couplers) For There Lack Of Interest In The Model Railroaders Voice In Retaining The "Blue Box" Kits & Continue To Push Out These Very Pricey Ready To Roll Lines & Pump UP The Price On Current Models,
We Here At FunTime Trains Inc. {And Rialto Flyer Railroad} Will NO LONGER Be Adding Anymore Horizon Hobby Related Model Railroad Products On Our (And Supporters) Layouts,Any Prior Kits & RTR Models Will Remain.
We Model Railroaders MUST STAND Together & Voice Our Anger & Refuse To Purchase Any High Priced Products From A Company That Does Not Care About The Modelers Who Prefer To Put The Models Together As Apposed To Pulling It Out Of A Box & Run It.

Friday, March 12, 2010

MyRailSpace Is Now Online

MyRailSpace Is The Newest Addition To The FunTime Trains Inc. Family.

MyRailSpace Is A New Social Networking Site Just For Railfans & Model Railfans Alike & Works On The Same Concept As MySpace & Facebook Work Off Of.

The Idea Behind MyRailSpace Was Listening To People (Manly Us Railfans) Wanting Something Different & More Centered Around Railroading, So MyRailSpace Was Born.

 

So If Your Like Me & The Growing Members On The Site,Then Feel Free To Join Us At MyRailSpace,It’s Free.

 

MyRailSpace-A Place For Railfans & Model Railroader's To Meet & Make New Friends.

Some New Photos From The Summit Area

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