A Weekend He'll Never Forget!

Aidan has a wonderful Grandfather. Lucky boy. Don

Outstanding in every respect, Lyle!  There's a young fellow who will most definitely not forget this day playing trains--real and otherwise--with grandpa!

Very good Lyle! I bet your grandson had fun that day too.

 

Lee Fritz

You and your grandson have GREAT taste! I admire the Southern, and I attached a photo of another elegant Southern passenger locomotive for both of you.

 

Southern 1401 in the Smithsonian

 

Glad both of you had a good weekend

Wow!  That sounds like fun, for both you kids, old and young!

Here is a MTH Premier model of 1401 (20-3006-1; made in 1994) that I purchased from a Forumite

 

 

 

Here is Lionel's model of the first Reading T-1, No. 2100 (6-18006; made in 1989), custom painted and detailed as No. 2124 by Reading Steam Guru, in a meet with MTH Premier Reading GP30 No. 5513, preserved by the Reading Company Technical & Historical Society. No. 5513 was the first EMD production GP30.

 

Well, I just found a Williams Southern E7 A-A set on ebay - seller asking $275, he accepted my offer of $200 shipped.  States it's in C-8 condition - and has a good rerturn policy and rating.  I'm hoping my grandson will not notice the difference between the E7 and F7!

 

Sweet! A memory you both will cherish forever.

LOL - I may need to keep it on MY layout and let him play with it when he visits! Hmmmm - looks almost new.

 

What a wonderful day!

 

If you'd like to spoil yourself and obtain a Southern diesel for YOU, Forum member 'charger' (Bob) has a Williams Southern F3 pair for sale.

https://ogrforum.com/d.../lastReply#lastReply

We have these are they are very good copies (but with a better pilot) of the postwar Lionel 2356 pair from 1954.

 

This can also provide a 'teaching opportunity' for your young fella too!

Thanks - I'm waaaay ahead of ya!  See my post above!

Lyle,

 

Until you said you said it wasn't you, I thought you were the guy in the right seat; I guess you took the picture.

 

Shy eh!

 

 

Rick

 

Lyle, I saw your post about the E7s.  Was alerting you to the chance to pick up some F3s TOO!

Now really, who had more fun??  I think you had just as much fun as your grandson.

Dan

I DO have a question....

 

Would the Southern STREAMLINED passenger cars normally have been pulled by an E7?

 

No question - I had a ball!

A great day and memory for both of you!

Great photos...priceless.

 

Get both pictures blown up, printed, and framed: one for his bedroom, and the other for your trainroom wall.

 

If I'm wrong, I'm sure we'll be hearing about it. My memory of Southern Streamlined passenger cars were they were polished aluminum, not painted green. That said, if these float your boat, go for it.

 

Gilly

Well, the polished aluminum ones are all I have seen pics of. I was hoping that these streamliners were also used - but I have not found any actual pics of them in use

A wonderful story, and great pics, as well.

 

Richie

Sweet. I love when days like that haopen.  Thanks for posting.