The 'Silverball Express' circles my modest gameroom. This is an 80s era Lionel HO set, given to me by a friend who had it stored in his attic 'for about 25 years.' It will soon be joined by my late BiL's O gauge Lionel, from the 70's, and a second HO set I picked up on freecycle. Shelf space limits what I can do with them, but so far, it seems to add to the fun of the gameroom. I am trying to stay a pinball guy who happens to have trains, rather than a train guy who happens to have pins, but I gotta say, I'm having a blast restoring these old trains.

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Not pinballs, they're too heavy. But come this fall, I'm going to go to hobby lobby or michaels and get some little silver Christmas balls and load up a couple of the gondola cars with them. I have an airbrush for pf restorations, so some of the freight cars might get a custom paint job, Bally or Gottlieb logos, etc...