Livingston Lines

Livingston Lines Livingston Lines provides a wide range of repair and modification services for all scales of model railroading. We are happy to help in any way that we can!

"Bear unto me ye worn and weary, battered and broken; that I may breathe new life into those old childhood dreams of the future, for they may yet sail unbridled about us, today." We provide DCC conversion, full restoration, camera installation, regular maintenance, cosmetic and internal repair, kit/structure building, layout planning, and wiring assistance. Just getting into the hobby and need a l

ittle guidance? Live a really long distance from a hobby shop or train shop? We happily accept mail-order repairs! Just contact us to let us know what is coming our way!

SoundTraxx Blunami
05/21/2026

SoundTraxx Blunami

I’ve often said that IHC models are my favorites. They are simple, fairly durable, and usually easily upgraded. I don’t often like diesel-electrics, but I couldn’t pass by a Toy Story set. “Toy Sto…

The Evansville Train Sale was fun! I didn’t sell much, but I had a nice time helping people test prospective purchases....
05/10/2026

The Evansville Train Sale was fun! I didn’t sell much, but I had a nice time helping people test prospective purchases. Several young kids enjoyed playing with my Blunami models, and that was probably the best part of the whole day.

05/05/2026

I love Garrats!

The little fastening clip at the cab end of my NCE PowerCab cable broke, so I hardwired the cable to the PCB panel.
05/03/2026

The little fastening clip at the cab end of my NCE PowerCab cable broke, so I hardwired the cable to the PCB panel.

05/02/2026

Dapol D class SE&CR Wainwright upgrade to SoundTraxx Tsunami2

04/29/2026

I rarely like diesel-electric locomotives, but I couldn’t pass this by. This is an International Hobby Corporation SD40 from the Toy Story set. I installed a Blunami 2200 decoder, two mini cube 1 speakers, LEDs, and a LaisDCC capacitor.

New little collection of train videos!
04/28/2026

New little collection of train videos!

Model Train Repair and Real Train Antics and Anecdotes

Of all the capacitors on the market, I believe SoundTraxx’s CurrentKeepers are the best. They demand certain space, but...
04/09/2026

Of all the capacitors on the market, I believe SoundTraxx’s CurrentKeepers are the best. They demand certain space, but they are fantastic when they fit!

03/17/2026

It’s been a while since I’ve posted. I should be better about this, so here goes! Here is a little media dump of some of the models I’ve been repairing and upgrading. Most of these are SoundTraxx B…

THIS is why it might take longer than normal to complete repairs or decoder conversions. Mulligan’s fluff is so fluffy,...
02/09/2026

THIS is why it might take longer than normal to complete repairs or decoder conversions. Mulligan’s fluff is so fluffy, it’s difficult to see that she is biting me.

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Marshall, IL
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