Buy anything cool lately?

Speaking of Hooker...chemicals. I picked up these K-line diecast hoppers with real Coal Loads! I added an etd to the end one. I have what I consider one of the unicorn engines I'd been hunting for. An Atlas high hood Wheeling and Lake Erie gp35. It's nice to have something local that I see time to time hauling freight.

@trumpettrain posted:

I bought this great looking Lionel scale B&O Hudson from Vince's Trains at the recent York show.

Earlier during York week on Tuesday my MTH B&O Fairbanks - Morse H-10-44 arrived from Mr. Muffin's Trains.   I love the sound of this locomotive.

Patrick- love the Hudson, she's a beauty!

The paint on the H10 looks funky....not sure if it's just oil from when you lubed it but you may want to take a look.

Bob

I picked up this promotional set. Town House Appliances; 79-1658-212. 8902 plastic steam engine with an Atlantic Coast Line Slope Back Tender; 7931 TownHouse Appliances boxcar, and Atlantic Coast Line Caboose. The set is  C-9, the box is P-2.

@Apples55 posted:

At least your son got it, I live in a gated community, and I think every one of My neighbors have come to my door with some mis-delivered piece of equipment, I think I've got everything but God only knows

@trumpettrain posted:

I bought this great looking Lionel scale B&O Hudson from Vince's Trains at the recent York show.  

Earlier during York week on Tuesday my MTH B&O Fairbanks - Morse H-10-44 arrived from Mr. Muffin's Trains.   I love the sound of this locomotive.

Love the steamer, but glad in real life I wasn't part of the cleanup crew.

Just picked up the Atlas O Premier Penn Central E-8 from Just Trains.Very sharp locomotive.

@Guttersnipe posted:

Love the steamer, but glad in real life I wasn't part of the cleanup crew.

I'd keep the cleanup crew away from that area G. ..........that's part of the CHARM of Patrick's scenery 

Funny, I have been seeing several Detroit and Mackinac freight cars. This RS3 recently delivered through  forum sponsor Public Delivery Track just got on my tracks but has not been operated as yet. Figured as I was now living in Michigan I needed to pick up a "local" road name.   

@Dallas Joseph posted:

I'd keep the cleanup crew away from that area G. ..........that's part of the CHARM of Patrick's scenery 

Good man you run your railroad Like i run mine, just the way I like it, prototypical or not

Thanks to ebay's "saved search" function, this K-line Rear Door for 15" aluminum NP NCL observation car appeared in my inbox:

With luck and a bit of modification it may fit my LIONEL observation car -- worst case the drumhead will be removed and attached to a stock Lionel door with mods to accommodate it -- bought 3 of the doors just in case.

If it does fit, it will be a major improvement over the Tomar Industries drumhead assembly that has had my attention lately. The sign is at the test fit stage with lighting and it's not very satisfactory: poor fit and hot spot illumination (which was expected).  Contacting Tomar about the size of the film -- it's a bit too large for the supplied housing. (See thumbnails below.)

4/29 UPDATE: Used their website message feature and received an immediate reply to phone them. The nice lady at the other end mentioned that some S gauge sized castings for the drumhead had been sent out which turned out to be my problem. Sending a brand-new kit with the larger O scale casting immediately. Fabulous customer service. Props to Tomar Industries.

@RSJB18 posted:

Patrick- love the Hudson, she's a beauty!

The paint on the H10 looks funky....not sure if it's just oil from when you lubed it but you may want to take a look.

Bob

I’m guessing it’s a smoke fluid bleed over; not quite a BLEVE.

I bought this at the Northeast large scale train show Saturday. It’s my first piece of rolling stock by K Line. It looks like it was catalogued in 2003 and was never removed from the box. It has an excellent build quality like a MTH Premier. I couldn’t pass up the deal I got.

Gene

@Genemed posted:

I bought this at the Northeast large scale train show Saturday. It’s my first piece of rolling stock by K Line. It looks like it was catalogued in 2003 and was never removed from the box. It has an excellent build quality like a MTH Premier. I couldn’t pass up the deal I got.

Gene

And it won't be you last.........

They made great stuff.

@RSJB18 posted:

And it won't be you last.........

They made great stuff.

It opened up a new door for me when I’m on the Trainz site browsing. Now when I see a K Line I like, I’ll at least know the build quality is excellent.

Gene

@Genemed posted:

It opened up a new door for me when I’m on the Trainz site browsing. Now when I see a K Line I like, I’ll at least know the build quality is excellent.

Gene

You definitely can't go wrong with K-line o scale offerings. The diecast coal hoppers with real Coal Load are some of the best in my opinion. The ol reefer cars are really neat. Removable tops and you can add in loads that come with them. Like ice,boxes and meat! Have fun searching.

I finally bought the  Lionel UP GP-9 'Lashup' set that has been on the wall of my hobby shop since 1997.  It was up there so long, the box had faded except for under the stickers that were on it.  After oiling it up, it ran like a champ.  Hobby House in Hendersonville, NC has been here since  1970, and has a great selection of Lionel and MTH, plus a large O gauge layout in the store, along with RC stuff, models, HO, Estes Rockets and motors, and other hobby stuff. Discount for cash sales, and they will dicker on prices.

@Donnie Kennedy posted:

You definitely can't go wrong with K-line o scale offerings. The diecast coal hoppers with real Coal Load are some of the best in my opinion. The ol reefer cars are really neat. Removable tops and you can add in loads that come with them. Like ice,boxes and meat! Have fun searching.

@RSJB18 posted:

And it won't be you last.........

They made great stuff.

Gentlemen;

We are supposed to finesse our colleagues down the slippery slope, not push them headlong

P.S. I did pick up a pair of the diecast Virginian hoppers - they are sweet!!!

@Donnie Kennedy posted:

You definitely can't go wrong with K-line o scale offerings. The diecast coal hoppers with real Coal Load are some of the best in my opinion. The ol reefer cars are really neat. Removable tops and you can add in loads that come with them. Like ice,boxes and meat! Have fun searching.

Thanks Donnie, I’m starting to realize that.

Gene

Vermont themed rolling stock came in today from Public Delivery Track custom run of MTH Premier Red and Green Vermont Railway and Green Mountain 40' boxcars. Love 'em.

@CALNNC posted:

I finally bought the  Lionel UP GP-9 'Lashup' set that has been on the wall of my hobby shop since 1997.  It was up there so long, the box had faded except for under the stickers that were on it.  After oiling it up, it ran like a champ.  Hobby House in Hendersonville, NC has been here since  1970, and has a great selection of Lionel and MTH, plus a large O gauge layout in the store, along with RC stuff, models, HO, Estes Rockets and motors, and other hobby stuff. Discount for cash sales, and they will dicker on prices.

How soon are we going to see them work horses sweating down the rails

@Apples55 posted:

Gentlemen;

We are supposed to finesse our colleagues down the slippery slope, not push them headlong

P.S. I did pick up a pair of the diecast Virginian hoppers - they are sweet!!!

Oh come now Paul......a good shove now and then never hurt no one........

said the guy who is about to go unpack a new RS3 from Beth at PDT.......

@CALNNC posted:

I finally bought the  Lionel UP GP-9 'Lashup' set that has been on the wall of my hobby shop since 1997.  It was up there so long, the box had faded except for under the stickers that were on it.  After oiling it up, it ran like a champ.  Hobby House in Hendersonville, NC has been here since  1970, and has a great selection of Lionel and MTH, plus a large O gauge layout in the store, along with RC stuff, models, HO, Estes Rockets and motors, and other hobby stuff. Discount for cash sales, and they will dicker on prices.

1997? And the box was still on the shelf? yea...post a video please.

@Mooner posted:

Vermont themed rolling stock came in today from Public Delivery Track custom run of MTH Premier Red and Green Vermont Railway and Green Mountain 40' boxcars. Love 'em.

Nice selection of cars. Beth sure has been busy lately.

Bob

Got a big box from the nice people at Trainz ( 2 boxes actually ).

The first box had the complete 4 car set of MTHRRC streamlined 60' passenger cars ( Railking ) from 2012:

The second box had the 25th anniversary Railking F3 ABA set from 2005, man that's a lot of chrome!

Here they are together!

When the CFO saw them the first thing she said was " you need bigger  curves for them so they will look right", got to love a wife like that!

Even though they are older sets they look brand new! I didn't see any signs of having ever been run.

I unpacked my L&NE RS3 last night. I couldn't get it to run and had to do a factory reset. She fired right up after.

Bob

Just scored this beauty from a really nice gentleman in Tucson. We met half way for pickup so saved on shipping! So I now own a 2-8-0 steamer!

Protosound2 with BCR

From 2003 30-1309-1

It looks, sounds, and runs great! Very little wear for being so old.

Under $200, I'm extremely happy with this purchase!

BACL?: York 2024 edition
This post is mostly a repeat of my "York Train Show" post, but with photos and edited/updated text. As with my previous BACL posts, photos reside *above the text describing them, and at the bottom of the post you will find links to [Previous]+[Next] posts allowing you to tour previous and subsequent entries of my contribution to this (mega) thread.

Thursday:

Left NYC at 4am, arrived at 9:30am, cooled our heels in the car waiting for the 12pm opening.

First stop was Trainz, where I had a MTH dual-output wall charger for 5v and 3v units waiting for me, ordered on-line, and York delivery selected. Didn't even have to show my order number, as the boxes were marked with the buyer's name. Slick

Next up was a purchase at Grzyboski's, mindful of the "first Rule of York", I spotted amongst their K-Line offerings, a coil-steel car in Burlington Northern markings. Now, I know I bought one just like it at JusTrains in the Spring 2022 York, and like the pair of BNSF coil cars I bought...somewhere, there were at least two road numbers. Into the "Buy Anything Cool Lately" thread where I had posted photos of my recent acquisitions, and eventually found the photo of the other BN car from Spring 2022 and its different road number. Sold!

I followed this up with a visit to Brady's Train Outlet, not expecting anything...till by chance I spotted a MTH coke hopper, lettered for CSX "C O K E   E X P R E S S ". Intrigued, I looked around their MTH offerings and found the NS version. Now, I haven't posted any photos or talked about them, but I am building a NS coke train after seeing a number of them on Jaw Tooth's YouTube channel[link]. I acquired a pair of plated four-packs and later a black four-pack from Ebay, followed by a pair of separate-sale plated cars from MrMuffin's. With this car, I'd have 15 cars. Add in the ten-pack of 2024 reissues I pre-ordered (also from MrMuffin's) I'll have a 25-car NS coke train by the end of the summer (at which point I'll take and post photos of /those). I didn't pick up the CSX version since I've yet to find any evidence that NS and CSX coke hoppers intermix on the prototype.

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I decided to break this up by day (quite a few photos), so I'll post Friday's purchases once someone else has posted.

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@Darrell posted:

Just scored this beauty from a really nice gentleman in Tucson. We met half way for pickup so saved on shipping! So I now own a 2-8-0 steamer!

Protosound2 with BCR

From 2003 30-1309-1

It looks, sounds, and runs great! Very little wear for being so old.

Under $200, I'm extremely happy with this purchase!

Are you going to turn it into your favorite RR?

Had to give some exposure to two of the people responsible for my  ( 💖 ) CEO's and my excitment on those dull days working out in the yard.

UPS and DHL vans from the bay.

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(  couldn't find the USPS or FEDEX in 1:48  )

@Guttersnipe posted:

How soon are we going to see them work horses sweating down the rails

Well, it will be a while, as the survey crew has completed their work, and now waiting for the blasting crew to widen the right of way for another recent purchase.  I picked up a Lionel N&W 1218, my first modern Lionel loco, and it is a whopper.  I have an MTH Big Boy, and this Class A loco by itself is actually larger.  I have made track templates for the pilot and the cab overhang in order to reposition my double track around the room line to allow this loco to make it around the curves that approach a double track steel arch bridge, that bridge gave me a time when I had purchased the Big Boy, now I have to do it all over again.   My connection to the 1218 goes back over 30 years when I caught it at the Southern RR yard laying over down in Jacksonville, Fla, and along the SRR tracks west of the Crawford Diamond, running at speed.  The pic I attached was taken from one in the picture frame, and it is my 2 sons 7 & 11, on the pilot,  They are 40 and 44 now.

@pennsyfan posted:

Are you going to turn it into your favorite RR?

Leaving it as is! I actually have started a small collection of Railking MTHRRC stuff. I have a stacker for 5 volt on hand, speaker should be here tomorrow. I will then update it to PS3. It looks good in front of the MTHRRC passenger set.

I actually have 18 out of 35 (that I know of ) Railking MTHRRC items now.

Lehigh & New England Railroad ALCO RS-3 #658 (MTH Railking 30-21185-1) is a special run that arrived from Forum sponsor Public Delivery Track on April 26, 2024. No manufacturing defects and runs very smoothly.

MELGAR

BACL?: York 2024 edition, day 2

Friday:

From JustTrains I picked up a 2024 RailKing Airslide hoppers in Chessie, intended as a companion piece to the Premier version below (photo'd 1/29/2019):

(This one was a 20-97511 from 2003 that I got at the 2019 Amherst show. I'm showing it here since I can't find any evidence that I posted it previously)

Upon unboxing for this photo, I discovered something that slipped thru QC: one of the trucks is missing its springs. I'm tempted to locate replacement truck springs (how?), but ultimately it would be easier to just replace the truck--I probably have some RK freight trucks sitting around here somewhere and if not, they aren't exactly hard to find.


One of the other pieces released in 2024 was this Union Pacific version. Now I have two Premier and two RailKing versions of this UP hopper. I'm going to assemble a separate post about these two since I /thought I posted a comparison of the RK and Premier Airslides (I certainly took photos to that effect) -- it would have been back in 2017 right after the spring York show, and while I can find the post I contributed to the "what did you find at York" thread following that show, I can't seem to locate the subsequent RK/Premier comparison post by searching any mention of "airslide" I made between 1/1/17 and 12/31/17. Maybe I did and the post got lost somehow. If anyone finds it (it contains underside views of both cars) let me know how you found it.

In any case I have more comparison photos between this and the 30-7532 from 2000 Vol 1. in the absence of the post I'm sure I made, I might as well mix in the Premier photos on a new post.


Returning to Trainz, a piece that defied the "First Rule of York" (I saw it Thursday and didn't buy it right then and there) was this Premier BNSF Airslide hopper, a 20-97671 from 2009 V1

While holding that one I spied an Atlas O (6407-2) 33k-gallon tanker I had been looking for. Another "sinister-looking black tank car". I won't talk about that reporting mark.

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@RailRide posted:

Upon unboxing for this photo, I discovered something that slipped thru QC: one of the trucks is missing its springs. I'm tempted to locate replacement truck springs (how?)

MTH parts has then in stock, I got like 6 of them some time last year. They only have the chrome ones, part #IE0000033 (25 cents each)

@CALNNC posted:

Well, it will be a while, as the survey crew has completed their work, and now waiting for the blasting crew to widen the right of way for another recent purchase.  I picked up a Lionel N&W 1218, my first modern Lionel loco, and it is a whopper.  I have an MTH Big Boy, and this Class A loco by itself is actually larger.  I have made track templates for the pilot and the cab overhang in order to reposition my double track around the room line to allow this loco to make it around the curves that approach a double track steel arch bridge, that bridge gave me a time when I had purchased the Big Boy, now I have to do it all over again.   My connection to the 1218 goes back over 30 years when I caught it at the Southern RR yard laying over down in Jacksonville, Fla, and along the SRR tracks west of the Crawford Diamond, running at speed.  The pic I attached was taken from one in the picture frame, and it is my 2 sons 7 & 11, on the pilot,  They are 40 and 44 now.

That is the joy of Model railroading. I am jealous of you in a way.  Have spent the last year or so arraigning musicfor a jazz band and have done practically nothing on my railroading, enjoy in good peace

@Dallas Joseph posted:

Had to give some exposure to two of the people responsible for my  ( 💖 ) CEO's and my excitment on those dull days working out in the yard.

UPS and DHL vans from the bay.

2

(  couldn't find the USPS or FEDEX in 1:48  )

My days at UPS never had a truck that small, new or nice looking.   Must have lived wrong

@pennsyfan posted:

Are you going to turn it into your favorite RR?

Like the Atlantic coast line colors

I met @coach joe for lunch yesterday right down the street from Nassau Hobby in Freeport. After lunch and some laughs it was time to wander around Nassau for a bit. And of course a new refer followed me home.

Bob

@RSJB18 posted:

I met @coach joe for lunch yesterday right down the street from Nassau Hobby in Freeport. After lunch and some laughs it was time to wander around Nassau for a bit. And of course a new refer followed me home.

Bob

Don’t you just hate when that happens. Well, it’s home now, no sense in taking it back.

@Guttersnipe posted:

My days at UPS never had a truck that small, new or nice looking.   Must have lived wrong

There is a 1:55 scale of the normal vehicle you might be refering to G.     There is also a box truck which I disregarded because of my smaller layout.

I don't know if you " lived wrong " ........just a different time sir. 😉

el bought a rare Lionel 629 44ton center cab.....

@Tranquil Hollow RR posted:

Don’t you just hate when that happens. Well, it’s home now, no sense in taking it back.

Nope....why waste the gas......

I'm building a Long Island food and drink train.....now I have seafood, ducklings, and beer. Just need an Entenmann's car and desert will be covered.

Bob