Buy anything cool lately?

In the spirit of the day...

Jon,I'd go for the 18 year

It's what was left locally other than their rail pour. This was my go-to, but it's no longer available in the USA...

Mill City posted:

In the spirit of the day...

Nice choice, Jon. Sláinte mhaith!!!

Will be sippin' some Midleton a bit later.

Remember, the prohibition against draining and driving applies to O-Gauge trains too!!!

As a fan of golf in N. Ireland (e.g. Royal County Down, Royal Portrush, et al.) and Irish whiskey, fairness compels me to mention Bushmills, home of the oldest distillery on the isle.  Served "neat," it's terrific.

By far the smoothest I've enjoyed. Goes down easy, even at bill per...

I have been a member of the forum for approx. one year, and I will admit that I am "a little slow on the uptake".  But I have just figured out that Mill City is brilliant...your last two posts have impressed me for the rest of 2016.

"May the road rise to meet you..."

lionel89 posted:

I bought this decorative piece at a yard sale today. It’s made of plaster, very heavy, and very detailed. I think it will make a great tunnel portal after I level off the bottom.

Ok that's cool. 

May the wind be always at your back

Apples55 posted:

Nice choice, Jon. Sláinte mhaith!!!

Will be sippin' some Midleton a bit later.

Remember, the prohibition against draining and driving applies to O-Gauge trains too!!!

Cheers back. And not to fear, no hand on the throttle tonight. Remember, please be responsible and enjoy fine whiskies "neat."

Mill City posted:

Apples55 posted:

Nice choice, Jon. Sláinte mhaith!!!

Will be sippin' some Midleton a bit later.

Remember, the prohibition against draining and driving applies to O-Gauge trains too!!!

Cheers back. And not to fear, no hand on the throttle tonight. Remember, please be responsible and enjoy fine whiskies "neat."

Jon; 

It's neat or hit the street!!! And I would suggest:

http://thewhiskeyjug.com/irish...ville-barton-review/

I picked up MTH Premium 2.0 Zepher what a great train. 

paul 2 posted:

My favorite person in the whole world dropped off a package of goodies. These are from the last Catalog. 5 more auto racks, a wood chip hopper from a set, now I have two  and two unloading/loading ramps. A few pics. I did not take them out of the boxes..........Paul

Paul,

Could you you tell me the lengthy and height of the two smaller auto racks? Could you send me some pics of them out of the box? My layout is only O42, and I've really wanted some of those and was wondering if they'd work for me.

thanks, 

Chris

The auto racks in the top picture are the same size as the 3 in the bottom picture. He just had to zoom out on the top picture to show his wood chip hopper and ramps.

The auto racks measure out to 2' over the coupler faces and can be run on a curve as tight as 54" diameter. I run the Chessie auto rack and Atlas 89' flat cars on mostly 81" diameter curves and a couple 72" diameter curves. They look OK on the wider curve but not so much on the smaller.

I think 42" diameter curves are too small for the Lionel 89' cars.

Chris, Catnip is right. When you get into scale cars the wider the radius the better. I don't have any small curves. Mine are 0-89 and 0-96 and there is still a bit of overhang on those. When they say the smallest curve they can run on that is, in my opinion too tight of a curve. If you want car carriers I would suggest either the Lionel ones that are not scale or MTH car carriers which are shorter then Lionel's' but should be okay on 0-42 curves. There was a topic on here that showed the scale Lionel auto rack on different curves..............Paul  

Went to the Dalton Ohio show today. I found another Marx light tower and another Weaver wood chip hopper. I already had the brown Pennsy wood chip hopper. Pics of the buys...........Paul

Been looking for one of these for a while  finely found one on the bay

No pictures but I went back in time today and purchased a gondola,tank car,box car and caboose to go with my 2037 to complete the set. Lately I got the old boy out and ran conventional but it looked too lonely all by itself so I went out and bought some company for her.

Got these today in the mail.

Gonna paint and partially assemble the yellow Piper J-3 Cub, and put it in the junkyard. The white Piper Super Cub PA18, after painting and assembly, I'll suspend it from ceiling over the layout to give it the appearance that it's flying over the town. 

!!!  You don't scrap a J3. 

Received these two 60' cars yesterday . Perfect fit to the matching caboose and the Legacy pair of Dash 9's I have. The CSX train is growing.

Larry

Couldn't resist adding this Alvin F. Staufer book to the library.  Page after page of non -posed photography of pre- Penn Central locos.  It appears I'll need to look for volume 1.

Bruce

Picked up a few things, Burlington Reefers :  Atlas( from a forum member ) Lionel, MTH .Lionel NP Reefer and an Atlas NP Way Car. I also added to my CB&Q roster MTH GP9. Ok cool for me.

Woodland Scenics Ethyl Gas station at the Greenberg Show in Wilmington, MA.  Detail is the key on Woodland Scenics built up buildings.  I have 6 and counting.  I won't be getting the Theater though.  I was disappointed....not enough DETAIL.

Waiting for this little gem to arrive. Putting together set 1503W. With this I now have all the cars, just need the important loco & tender.

Gone Fishing / Went to the train room and got a six pack of the home town favorite from a Lionel Boxcar.  Vernors Ginger-ale. Stop by at my local brick and mortar tackle shop, to purchase my 2016 fishing license for all fish species.  The Michigan Department of Natural Resources publishes a new Fishing Guide each year. The book must be paid for by all the advertising. The book is heavy on advertising.  They also put out and email newsletter. The OGR Adman would like all the advertising. 

The All Species License cost $26.00 for a Michigan resident. This maybe of interest to you guys & gals who like to take a break from trains. I several spots where I can watch trains and catch fish. This is the best time of year to fish because the weeds are low or gone.

I love those old boxes, they rip open so much easier

brwebster posted:

Couldn't resist adding this Alvin F. Staufer book to the library.  Page after page of non -posed photography of pre- Penn Central locos.  It appears I'll need to look for volume 1.

Bruce

You also need Pennsy Power III.  This volume covers more than just engines!

Ron

Thanks for the heads up, Ron.  I often wonder if anyone could memorize all there is to know about the P. Co. ?

Bruce

Hmm, I guess I'm not too cool. I touted just above about the little "gem" I'm waiting on. Well what do I find buried at the bottom of a bin under my layout tonight????

Can't have too many cabeese/cabooses, right? 

Rick K. posted:

Just received the MTH Railking Imperial Challenger (30-1542-1) from a fellow Forum member, a great engine.

Regards, Rick

very nice; is that an around the wall layout?  What are the dimensions?

With RMT finding items in their warehouse and cleaning out inventory, I picked up two Beeps. The first one is a second number (#7006) to go with my Pennsy Beep (#7009). The second was the long lost Army Beep. RMT has had these on order for 3 years. I have a Navy, Air Force and USMC Beep but was missing the Army. I saw this pop up as a one only found warehouse item and jumped on it.

Roman posted:

Hmm, I guess I'm not too cool. I touted just above about the little "gem" I'm waiting on. Well what do I find buried at the bottom of a bin under my layout tonight????

Can't have too many cabeese/cabooses, right? 

Roman,

You are quite right about that!  I have a couple of those, and a few more postwar cabooses plus a few nice newer once as well.  More of them than locomotives!  You can always have a caboose track to show them off.

suzukovich posted:

Picked up a few things, Burlington Reefers :  Atlas( from a forum member ) Lionel, MTH .Lionel NP Reefer and an Atlas NP Way Car. I also added to my CB&Q roster MTH GP9. Ok cool for me.

suzukovich, you are pretty snappy with videos. It looks like you cropped the videos to show only the cars you are commenting on. What software do you use? 

Guess I am an ALCO-Haulic. I picked up these NKP RS-11's at a recent show here in Wheaton.

I LOVE THE RS-11's!!!

Matt Makens posted:

I LOVE THE RS-11's!!!

I have one other one. A Norfolk and Western. Like that one. Runs, Long Hood forward and has an awesome horn. My first Legacy Locomotives.

Scott Smith

Scott

Sometimes we all need one of those IRS buildings on fire placed on our layouts.

Larry

Well I ordered this on Sunday. It went out on Monday and I got it on Tuesday. I just got around to posting it today. Got it from Mario's Trains at a nice price and they had a deal shipping was only 10 dollars. Great people. I'll be using this on my basement layout under construction. Still in the box ................Paul

Cool Train Shop Catalog • From Japan

My son travels to Japan several times a year on business trips.  He is an automotive engineer and this is a Catalog from a Train Shop in Japan. Some of his co workers in Japan are model railroaders.  This model train shop has a cafe / restaurant in the train shop.  They serve the meals on a Bullet Train dish.

Click here to learn more about this Train Shop in Japan.

scott.smith posted:

Scott Smith

Looking good.

Roman posted:

Hmm, I guess I'm not too cool. I touted just above about the little "gem" I'm waiting on. Well what do I find buried at the bottom of a bin under my layout tonight????

Can't have too many cabeese/cabooses, right? 

Yep......... been there done that.

Saw a member's pic showing his kitbash project (there is a youtube video how-to) to make a O-scale Mickey and Minnie handcar from a Hallmark ornament and Lionel handcar. Bought the ornament, looking for the handcar. 

Gary Graves posted:

suzukovich posted:

Picked up a few things, Burlington Reefers :  Atlas( from a forum member ) Lionel, MTH .Lionel NP Reefer and an Atlas NP Way Car. I also added to my CB&Q roster MTH GP9. Ok cool for me.

suzukovich, you are pretty snappy with videos. It looks like you cropped the videos to show only the cars you are commenting on. What software do you use? 

Actually it was two separate 20 sec videos. Un like Alan and some others, I am still working in the stone age. Just using Picasa Movie maker. But thank you anyway.

I found this B & O wagon top covered hopper on e-bay.

3rd Rail, new in the box

Rich very sharp B&O hopper!

Didn't buy anything but did some eyeshopping at the LHS. Have a ton of new Woodlands  scenics  items plus the usual MTH and Lionel  high end engines and cars. The prices are staggering I think. I was looking at some Lionechief sets  and, for te modern price, they seem like a good way to go for a train for kids.  Actually seems reasonable and people seem to like  the simple control system so everything isn't doom and gloom.  Had a BigBoy, two Alleghenies, a y6b  plus a wide assortment of steamers and diesels with scads of cars in boxes. Looked for a good RR book but not much there. Good to get out of the house-now back to my faithful old stuff.

Richard E posted:

I found this B & O wagon top covered hopper on e-bay.

3rd Rail, new in the box

nice!

Lionel lamp posts

Carey,

I just got back from visiting my elderly aunt at her assisted living facility in a town about 20 miles away.  They have been doing some new construction the last couple of years, and I noticed today street lights that rally resemble your Lionel street lights.  They look vey sharp.

Setting up the back yard for an Easter Egg Hunt. This book will be in my grandson's Easter Basket. I hope he is ready...........

trainroomgary posted:

Aren't you a little old for that book?     By the way, how was the fishing?

Love the book Gary. I bet your grandson will love it too. After all it came from Grandpa. 

I scored this little gem in the OGR For-Sale forum.  It's the Lionel 6-11154 Vision Line PRR CC2S 0-8-8-0.  This one is packed with all the neat Vision Line features, whistle steam, blowdown steam, swinging bell, etc.

Nice score John.  I saw that on the forum and it was at a really good price. Enjoy it.

John, I'm still kicking myself for passing on that loco, I saw the price and went "holy **** that's a great deal". Enjoy it, it's a great loco

I thought the same thing, it was definitely an impulse buy, just seemed too good to be true.

Yup, I was a bit weary of a deal that good

John,  very nice indeed!  How does it track through switches, esp. back to back switches?  All my 0-4-0, 0-6-0 & 0-8-0 Shifters work great on switches.  I contemplated converting a decopod to an 0-10-0 b4 trading it off. 

Good luck.

Guns,

   Great pick up for the money, I was leery of the sale also, I figured you would make an offer on it.

PCRR/Dave

Thanks guys happy with my purchase.

decoynh posted:

John,  very nice indeed!  How does it track through switches, esp. back to back switches?  All my 0-4-0, 0-6-0 & 0-8-0 Shifters work great on switches.  I contemplated converting a decopod to an 0-10-0 b4 trading it off. 

I had no issues with switches, I backed through a few on Atlas and Fastrack, neither gave it any trouble. All the switches I tried were O72 or larger, don't know how well it would handle it's minimum of O54.

Nice purchase!  I tried to buy another legacy engine that the same gentleman listed for sale just after this one ... but never heard back from him.

Notch 6 posted:

Picked up two of these yesterday along with a full few size bells and a Nathan Airchime K3HA horn all from retired Union Pacific B40-8 locos. I'll clean it all up and then start working to find new homes for everything. 

 

 

you should take that control stand and wire it to your layout and control your trains with it

Roman posted:

Waiting for this little gem to arrive. Putting together set 1503W. With this I now have all the cars, just need the important loco & tender.

 

 

Roman posted:

Hmm, I guess I'm not too cool. I touted just above about the little "gem" I'm waiting on. Well what do I find buried at the bottom of a bin under my layout tonight????

Can't have too many cabeese/cabooses, right? 

I'm not savvy enough on PW to know the specific differences of a 6257 vs. 6357 without trying to look it up, but since they have different numbers, I think it's OK!

-Dave

The Doyle book I have shows mfg dates of 48-52 for the 6257.  If it is dark tile red with a dark tile red chimney, this book shows a price of $200-650 for VC-LN but only $2-8 for the red, tile red, or red-orange.  

The 6357 shows production on and off from 60-69 with prices from $40-175 depending on version and condition.

Greenberg's book shows different info and reverses the high value between 257 and 357.  So as far as value, it's a toss up i guess.

I picked up a ZW-C yesterday at I Love Toy Trains-The Country Store for a insanely low price.

Picked up 4 older(1999-02) CTT magazines. Lots of good reading. 

Just picked-up five of these beauties...

I just purchased a Lionel Legacy 6-11280 #4507 Steam Baltimore & Ohio. I couldn't be happier l'm new to the hobby and thought I wouldn't be able to get one of these great engins.

Some Weathering supplys

Jon, you've got a 5 stall roundhouse for one loco.

Matt Makens posted:

Jon, you've got a 5 stall roundhouse for one loco.

I see them as an enablers for more locos

Past Sunday went to train show in Springfield Ohio. Nice show. I found another Marx light tower and a farm tractor to finish our my load for the flat car. Pic...................Paul

I got my 86' hi-door boxcars last week and still have not had time to open them yet. 

I also got this Weaver City of Altoona Fire Department Tank Car off the ebay over the weekend. Since, I'm a firefighter I had to have it and got it for a pretty good price. The mean reason I purchased it was I thought it would go good with my SD60E first responder diesel that should arrive this summer. 

Chris 

made an offer on this and won it.

Today I picked up this Chein litho cathedral from the 1920s-1930s on the EvilBay. In very good condition. Will be using it for my wedding cake table Std. Gauge diorama. When you crank the handle over and over it sounds like a hymn being played on an pipe organ. Cool.

Steamer posted:

made an offer on this and won it.

I went to a train show Sunday and picked up a book on ghost towns.  This one has color photos of current ones with surviving structures.   I am hoping I will get a scratch build structure out of it, not to mention trip ideas on maybe discovering something not in the book.

I just received these two GG1s I bought on line.

The black one may not be prototypical (I think the prototype was brunswick green, which looked black in some light, with gold stripes.) but I think it is striking and I love it. 4829 was the only GG1 to get that type of stripping. I bought the green 5 stripe because I don't have a green 5 stripe and the price was right. Here is a picture of my 4 scale MTH GG1s (I also have a scale Williams GG1)

Very nice, Pat!  That black one is a curious beast.  It looks to have a flatter finish than the regular tuscan or green examples.  Never being a fan of the factory applied locomotive sheen, I've seriously thought about giving my early MTH scale GG1 ( tuscan 4876 ) a coat of glossy lacquer.

Enjoy those beauties,Pat!

Hi Pat, I also have that MTH 4829.  When I posted pictures of my engine one of the forum members said it was not painted that way.  BUT the fact IS nobody knows for sure.  Another forum member contacted me.  He was involved in a GG1 research project looking through the Heritage Society's records.  He stated he/they could find NO information on 4829.

THe only picture I have found is published in "Pennsy Power III" taken May 22, 1937. They also included an enlargement of just the Motor.

I have been taking and developing film since I was 5-years old(am an original Baby-Boomer).  Have looked at all the GG1 pictures in this volume.  The stripes have a greater specularity then the other images.  And the GG! body has a darker grey scale tone.  BUT again nobody knows for sure!

A few years ago there was an article on the Pennsy in one f the real RR magazines.  The writer quoted some fellows that had indeed seen 4829.  They stated that  the stripes were silver and body dark.  (what is dark?)

Somewhere have a published picture taken not long after the 1937 picture with full gold stripes and appearing lighter grey scale tone of body.

BUT nobody knows,

Ron

crood58 posted:

I also got this Weaver City of Altoona Fire Department Tank Car off the ebay over the weekend. Since, I'm a firefighter I had to have it and got it for a pretty good price. The mean reason I purchased it was I thought it would go good with my SD60E first responder diesel that should arrive this summer. 

Chris 

That's cool and will look great with your First Responders locomotive.  MTH is also offering an Altoona Works fire truck (30-50091), in case you weren't aware.

Michigan and Ohio Lines,

Thanks! I love the tank car. Yes, I did see that MTH is offering the Fire Truck. I didn't preorder it, so will have to keep an eye out for it. I also think I'm going to order the First Responder GP MTH is going to make.

Chris

Just paid for this American Flyer trestle Bridge on the evilBay. Sure hope it is wide enough to fit a piece of Std. Gauge track!

Probably wide enough, I question the height.

gunrunnerjohn posted:

Probably wide enough, I question the height.

thanks, its was really the width that concerns me more than anything else right now.

Hi, I recently bought the same bridge.  The inside dimensions are 4 1/4" wide and 4 3/4" high. 

Yours has a different roof on it than mine does.  I wonder which one is correct?

atlayank posted:

Hi, I recently bought the same bridge.  The inside dimensions are 4 1/4" wide and 4 3/4" high. 

Yours has a different roof on it than mine does.  I wonder which one is correct?

He said it did not have a roof and he found one that works. I'm not a purist, and frankly I wouldn't know the difference anyway- it looks okay to me 

Can you fit Std. Gauge engines under the top of it okay?

Pat Kn posted:

I just received these two GG1s I bought on line.

The black one may not be prototypical (I think the prototype was brunswick green, which looked black in some light, with gold stripes.) but I think it is striking and I love it. 4829 was the only GG1 to get that type of stripping. I bought the green 5 stripe because I don't have a green 5 stripe and the price was right. Here is a picture of my 4 scale MTH GG1s (I also have a scale Williams GG1)

GG1's are my favorite engines. I remember seeing them run through Levittown, Bristol and Croydon Pa.

Can you fit Std. Gauge engines under the top of it okay?

I do not run STD Gauge but if they are 4 1/2" inches high or lower you should be okay.

PRRronbh posted:

Hi Pat, I also have that MTH 4829.  When I posted pictures of my engine one of the forum members said it was not painted that way.  BUT the fact IS nobody knows for sure.  Another forum member contacted me.  He was involved in a GG1 research project looking through the Heritage Society's records.  He stated he/they could find NO information on 4829.

THe only picture I have found is published in "Pennsy Power III" taken May 22, 1937. They also included an enlargement of just the Motor.

I have been taking and developing film since I was 5-years old(am an original Baby-Boomer).  Have looked at all the GG1 pictures in this volume.  The stripes have a greater specularity then the other images.  And the GG! body has a darker grey scale tone.  BUT again nobody knows for sure!

A few years ago there was an article on the Pennsy in one f the real RR magazines.  The writer quoted some fellows that had indeed seen 4829.  They stated that  the stripes were silver and body dark.  (what is dark?)

Somewhere have a published picture taken not long after the 1937 picture with full gold stripes and appearing lighter grey scale tone of body.

BUT nobody knows,

Ron

The book I have, "The Remarkable GG1" shows #4829 was built June 1935 by Baldwin / PRR / West, retired April 1967.

PRRronbh posted:

Hi Pat, I also have that MTH 4829.  When I posted pictures of my engine one of the forum members said it was not painted that way.  BUT the fact IS nobody knows for sure.  Another forum member contacted me.  He was involved in a GG1 research project looking through the Heritage Society's records.  He stated he/they could find NO information on 4829.

THe only picture I have found is published in "Pennsy Power III" taken May 22, 1937. They also included an enlargement of just the Motor.

I have been taking and developing film since I was 5-years old(am an original Baby-Boomer).  Have looked at all the GG1 pictures in this volume.  The stripes have a greater specularity then the other images.  And the GG! body has a darker grey scale tone.  BUT again nobody knows for sure!

A few years ago there was an article on the Pennsy in one f the real RR magazines.  The writer quoted some fellows that had indeed seen 4829.  They stated that  the stripes were silver and body dark.  (what is dark?)

Somewhere have a published picture taken not long after the 1937 picture with full gold stripes and appearing lighter grey scale tone of body.

BUT nobody knows,

Ron

Ron,

Thanks for the information. I had heard there was a controversy but everything I found had it listed as green. I have Pennsy Power II but to my knowledge there has never been a color picture of 4829. I agree with your "what is dark?" comment. DGLE is dark. So is black. I just assumed the color was DGLE which can be mistaken for black and the model was colored wrong. Regardless, although I like to be prototypically correct, the engine looks cool and I had to have it in my collection. 

Pat, I just received 2 powered trucks for a Williams non powered GG1 I want to power. You may have seen him at shows but I purchased many Williams parts from Charles Phillips.I will give his email if anyone needs items. kc97trainsmto@aol.com. He sends items out fast.

shurlock1 posted:

Pat, I just received 2 powered trucks for a Williams non powered GG1 I want to power. You may have seen him at shows but I purchased many Williams parts from Charles Phillips.I will give his email if anyone needs items. kc97trainsmto@aol.com. He sends items out fast.

Thanks. I don't have a non-powered GG1. It's a shame that no one has used the tooling left behind by Williams for their scale GG1. The Williams Scale GG1 was a great engine. I have one and a past member of our club had one. They look great and don't require O-72 curves. They also run at a slower pace and do not have the jackrabbit starts of a lot of Williams engines. A great running and great looking scale classic engine with a big following for a reasonable price and nobody wants to (or can) make it. What a shame.

Pat when I get home from work I am going to see if MTH motors and gears will fit into trucks. Both companies must have used the same dies because everything looks so close next to each other. I am going to put a Mth Ps 1 system in it that I have from another engine I kitbashed.

SHURLOCK1, GRJ has put TMCC into a Williams GG1 he owns. I think he has put DCS in a Williams GG1 for a client and claims that both upgrades are fairly simple.

Carey TeaRose posted:

Can you fit Std. Gauge engines under the top of it okay?

Remember, you need to fit the height of the track and engine.  I'm thinking that 4 3/4" pretty low for Std Gauge.  We have issues with 5" tunnel clearances for O-gauge!

A couple weeks late, but finally got around to filming the new Wheeling & Lake Erie steam I got to pull my rolling stock.  Both the 2-6-6-2 Mallet (found new online) and 2-8-2 Mikado (from Pat) run well & are fairly good smokers, too. 

I just received today a batch of old RR magazines with lots of photos and tomorrow I am going to get a big load of CTT magazines so I will have a lot of reading material.  Both deals by the OGR forum.

I went to Jerry's Records today in Squirrel Hill for Record Store Day 2016. I picked up a few LP's...

I recently bought two batches of  old RR magazines on the OGR forum. The one batch, RAILS NORTHEAST  goes to a friend tomorrow who will definitely appreciate it. A dedicated rail fan and photographer. Second is a big batch of CTTs  that I am thoroughly enjoying. Tremendous back in the early days.  Plenty of reading and amazing the  changes since the first issue.

Keith6700, Wow, Great Find, Great Records, Hopefully they will sound great...That's a great purchase. Enjoy....

Courtesy of a kind seller in the York Silver Hall on Fri

this came today, growing up in South West Missouri near the Frisco Railroad I used to see these role through town, It took awhile for me to figure out where they came from and where they were going. They didn't come through that often, and it was after the B&N had bought out the Frisco that they would appear. So when J C Penny offered it in their catalog I was hooked. So I finally I got my MK&T and the matching caboose will be here sometime next week. 

Lionel Classics Fireball Express. Been on display for years, so some serious cleaning is needed. Break out the Maquires. This is a on line photo until she is cleaned up.

Steve

The EMD employee badge is very cool !!

After two month wait, I finally received this when I was at School:

Above Back

Above Front:

Above Back with clarity:

NOW try to find me at a Train show!

Keith6700 posted:

I went to Jerry's Records today in Squirrel Hill for Record Store Day 2016. I picked up a few LP's...

Keith,

Fine choice of albums.   No wonder you get along so well with the old guys in our train club!    I think at one time,  I owned each one of those records.   There's another great place for old records in Millvale called "The Attic".

Nick 

Bought a nice Marx 552 Gondola, Rock Island style.

My first Legacy steamer.  Got this K4 from a forum member.  Thanks Al! 

Only beef...since when did Tuscan Red begin looking more like red primer?  I mean, Tuscan on a K4 is controversial enough without the color match being 10 miles off.  Good thing she's a prefect runner. 

Bruce

Bruce, that's a nice looking Steamer...the color may be off a bit, but it's a really nice steamer...Legacy command is lots of fun....Thanks for posting...

Just got these guys off the "Internet auction" site. I didn't think I'd ever have car carriers on my layout!

Last week I got the last pieces to put together my Traditional sized O gauge Penn Central passenger train. The Engine and baggage car are Lionel. I got them awhile back and the other cars are MTH Rail king I picked up Thursday from Trainworld. 

The set is coming together and I am happy with it.

My only disappointment is the Allyns Point Sleeper MTH chose to do had a jade green window band and letter/number boards. I wish they had bothered to paint it in those more accurate colors. 

Just picked up the Lionel Century Club 773 Hudson and Display Case still sealed for a very nice price

Congrats on the 773, Mark. That's always been one of my favorite Hudsons.

I got back from York with this haul. All great prices. The Weaver SD40-2's in particular were bargains.

And for something non-train related, I purchased this beautiful figure of Roberta, from one of my favorite animes, Black Lagoon.

I always thought the 397 was a cool yet messy accessory and have always wanted one. Got it for 20 bucks, spent $17 for the new belt and motor housing screw and with about a 1/2 hour of cleaning & maintenance it runs like a champ. The 1st picture doesn't show how grimey it actually was.

for my Std. gauge layout, just did a BIN on the evilBay. Got a 1:24 1935 taxi- for taking folks to the train station!

Today two things were purchased. The first one is the N&W Offset Hopper (top picture) and the second one is the NYC Milk Car (bottom picture). Both were around the same price at $65.00 and are good freight cars to collect. 

A 1:24 1938  Jaguar.

This will most likely be the last car in my stable of 1930s die-cast automobiles for my Std. Gauge layout.

Four of these lights. Completely restored, painted Ives dark green. 

For use on the art deco table Std. Gauge layout.

Picked up my SD40-2 today

Eric,

Very nice.  B&P is right over the hill from my home

York Meet specials

KW for $40.00

MTH 30-5118-1 GG-1 brand new in the box for  $250

Added some more vehicles to the streets. The garbage was piling up until the city approved the acquisition of the new refuse truck. 

Some cool stuff since I looked last. Carey like the Cabs and the lights .  Here mine contribution.

Atlas ATSF Zebra Striped GP9s Powered and dummy, picked up earlier this month. OK cool for me.

Cool - MADISON HARDWARE CO. Truck  -  Sales & Service.

I have a Vernors Barrel in the foyer area of the train room.  I placed a 1953 Ford • C-600 • Straight Truck next to the Lionel lunch bucket.  The truck is die cast 1/34 scale.  It is to large for the layout. I have two grand children 1 & 2 years old.  This large die cast truck is for little hands to play with in “Grandpa’s Man Cave”.  Great fun for little engineers.

Madison Hardware was in Detroit from 1989 to 1999, at 1915 West Fort St. 4th Floor Detroit, Michigan.

See 2 photos below, click on photo to enlarge.

bought heavyweight Pullman cars to go with Old Rivets when she arrives from Lionel

Bob C.

Purchased this Madison Hardware Co. • Lionel Operating • Boxcar

From an OGR Forum Sponsor: “Grand Central Ltd.”  The little Lionel Boxcar Man will throw the Lionel Box onto the platform. He is very strong and fast.

Below are two photos, click on photos to enlarge.

Got this at a hobby shop over the weekend:

This covers railroad that were VERY close to where I live. Some photos were taken at the exit off the highway with a couple of miles from my front door. There were several logging operations all around here, but sadly, most were gone before I moved to the Pacific NW.

Not a cheap book but well worth the money...

A very Cool. MADISON HARDWARE LCCA SPECIAL EDITION 1993 •  6-52025

Madison Hardware Company at 1915 West Fort St. 4th Floor, Detroit, MI 48216-1817 purchased this at Mack Tractor Sales on E. Jefferson Ave.

Their first run will be a pick up at Union Terminal, East St. Louis, Illinois. This will be a non stop run to Madison Hardware in Detroit.

Drive Safe - Take good care of all those Lionel Trains.  •  Click on photo to enlarge.

I bought this beauty about a month ago and the guys at my train club ohhh and ahhh over it when ever I take it to run

These arrived today, for use on my Art Deco Std. Gauge layout table. Perfectly restored, painted an Ives green.

This arrived today, too.

1:24 1938 Jaguar Roadster

From a Forumite I just got mailed in a Fort Worth and Denver (Burlington) Lionel boxcar, #6-52176.  I was surprised that it was a  Lionel car for this western road, the southern end of the Colorado and Southern.  I didn't know Lionel made this.  I had forgotten it was a Lionel car after ordered, as I was supposed to pick it up at York, but didn't get the meeting lined up due to my plans that went wrong and rushed the trip.

Just won this!! Jazzed. He's showing his age, and worse for the wear, but hoping that Tom can help me restore this Ives water tower a bit and pretty him up. He came with a friend, a semaphore that needs restoration. 

Carey,

Those are all real nice additions!  The Jaguar looks great!  Do you know how old the Ives water tank is?

Mark Boyce posted:

Carey,

Those are all real nice additions!  The Jaguar looks great!  Do you know how old the Ives water tank is?

 

thanks! Not sure about the water tower. I'm hoping a better condition will come my way eventually, but for now it is one.

Won a bid on the bay of a lot with about 12 items in it. I was going after a set of prewar passenger cars two 609's and a 611 I saw these cars but didn't know what they where actually thought they where more AF as it was a mix of prewar Lionel and prewar AF. What it turned out to be once I did some searching for the cars on ebay is they are 

Two Ive's Gondola's 

Carey TeaRose posted:

These arrived today, for use on my Art Deco Std. Gauge layout table. Perfectly restored, painted an Ives green.

 

Carey, my guess is these are fairly modern by Kramer Products. They also made them in red.

Steve

Carey TeaRose posted:

Just won this!! Jazzed. He's showing his age, and worse for the wear, but hoping that Tom can help me restore this Ives water tower a bit and pretty him up. He came with a friend, a semaphore that needs restoration. 

Carey, replacement spouts and counter weights are available for your water tower.

Steve

 

 

 

 

Went down to my train club last night and ran my new (to me) L1 Mikado.

picked this prewar American Flyer O-gauge set up yesterday, I'm thinking 1937 from the hook and loop couplers. Haven't put it on my loop of track yet, but on the stand after lube and oil in runs like a Swiss watch. Headlight as well as caboose light has been stripped away years ago, and some decorations are gone. Paint and decals on all pieces need some tending to. I seen this set at a local flea market at least 3 to 4 years ago, drop back by there two weeks ago and it was still there. I made a offer on it but it was to low, although the owner came down on the price so I accepted. question is should a strip them and restore or leave them as they are?

Carey TeaRose posted:

Just won this!! Jazzed. He's showing his age, and worse for the wear, but hoping that Tom can help me restore this Ives water tower a bit and pretty him up. He came with a friend, a semaphore that needs restoration. 

 

 

 

 

glad you found one. looks like about the shape mine is in. a black plastic straw makes a decent water spout.

Not RR related, but my wife and I went to a glass blowing place over the weekend and she just picked up what we'd made (they have to be cured in a high temp area for a while slowly going down in temps, otherwise it'll crack). This is about 2.5" across. I used green and gold for the ET&WNC (or Southern RR) colors...

It's about the only art form I'd never worked in before. If you've never done this, I highly suggest it as it's really fun.

I have an Ives water tower just like that. Mine has the spout and is in a little better shape.  Sits on my layout.

jim pastorius posted:

I have an Ives water tower just like that. Mine has the spout and is in a little better shape.  Sits on my layout.

its so darn cute! Much more interesting than the new ones. 

Not sure about "cute" but it is nicer than a bunch of other ones I have seen. It sits on the layout with some other RR items that my deceased wife had bought me. Of course, they are a special part of my "accumulation".

I would leave the AF set as is. there is great nostalgia there.

Bob C.

doubled my Ives transition pieces with the boxcar (some where there is a pile of orphan doors for these and the Lionel cars)

and picked up a really nice box for $3