purchased at the TTOS train show in Buffalo last Sunday. Picked up the Schnabel car for $70. perfect condition!

My purchase of a Lionel Standard gauge 402E  Saturday at the Raleigh train show will probably be my last for awhile. Have a lot of O and Standard and most is packed away. Will concentrate on making what I have run good.

   I had never seen the tanks on the inside before. It had never even occured to me anything other than barrels, cans or bottles would be inside . 

Were there ever any bigger tanks used? Like a box car built over a tank? 

The milk tanks are prototypical. That said, I wish they left them out. Detail that is not seen, IMHO, is a waste of money. I have 7 of these milk cars and I really like them. As stated before, they are expensive. Since I don't ever plan to take off the roof or leave the doors open, I would prefer it if Lionel left the tanks off and saved me a couple of bucks.

All from the Lionel Warehouse Sale.

MartyE, did you finally get your Turbine????

Matt Makens posted:

MartyE, did you finally get your Turbine????

YES!

While I wait for my Mogul issues to be fixed.  I purchased a New Haven ten wheeler I plan to re-letter to Rutland.   Should be delivered today.

Picked up some cool freight cars:

1)  TTX TOFC with Allied moving van trailer

2) New Haven 50' double door box car. 

This Atlas Trainman U23B in Chessie paint. 

Now my C&O U23b has a companion and lash-up partner. 

Video runby of the new U23b lashup:

Been looking for one of these since early this year. For some reason, I just think Atlantics are really cool. Anyway, I did something I never do, I bought a locomotive on eBay. I just had to have it. Kind of wish I didn’t buy it during Allentown week, but it is the first time I have found one. 

Got a little brother for my ES44 and SD70.  He’ll put in alot of work one day.

Ted I knew I liked you from all the work you have done on your layout and shared with the rest of us. But man I really like you knowing your sporting BNSF! Way to go! 

mike g. posted:

Ted I knew I liked you from all the work you have done on your layout and shared with the rest of us. But man I really like you knowing your sporting BNSF! Way to go! 

  BNSF   

Well not so much bought as made, some uncommon 1002 gondolas

picked up the last billboard at menards today, and my gondola order came in!  thing is sweet!

I just purchased the Woodland Scenics H&H Feed Mill.  I didn't know it existed until yesterday when I found an ad for it in the Dec. 2016 issue of the other 3-rail publication that I had intended to set aside until December 2016 and then forgot about!  I've been so happy with my other Woodland Scenics B&R structures that as soon as I saw this I had to have it.  I'll post my own images when I have it in place on my layout.  In the meantime here's the stock image that did it for me.  I think all the "plumbing" on the roof is so neat.

I probably will replace the orange-ish LED visible in the image with something whiter; the stock LED looks to me like high-pressure sodium which I don't think existed in the 1950s.  Having made this purchase, I'll be parting with my MTH feed store and possibly my MTH granary.   My small town can't support two feed mills.  Stay tuned.

Ted, is that Toyspecialists loco? 

Chris, Love the Atlantic. I agree. They're nice little engines. Mine is the first scale steam engines I bought.

Matt Makens posted:

Ted, is that Toyspecialists loco? 

Toyspecialist(whoever they are), didn’t get it, I did.  Thx Fredstrains!  Neat little diecast engine.  As you know, this type model is special.  

Jagrick posted:

Well not so much bought as made, some uncommon 1002 gondolas

Gonna build that disappearing train layout now?

jim

funny you should mention thatI was very happy with the way they turned out especially the lettering sharpness

Bought these at the 2017 Lansing Model Railroad Club show last weekend. I didn’t know the SP Mint Car existed until I came across it on Amazon. I’m a big SP daylight fan so I immediately jumped on it. Similar situation for the MTH GE Evolution caboose but i bought it off of a MTH dealer. I can’t wait to try out the D&H RS-11 when I get home with a train layout to run it on! 

I have the UP Genset and I love it. Its such a cool loco

Pat Kn posted:

Chris, Love the Atlantic. I agree. They're nice little engines. Mine is the first scale steam engines I bought.

I also agree.  Although the 4-4-2 design ( all roads ) popularity in the past was enormous, they have been eclipsed by the late steam giants so popular today.  Time was that this wheel arrangement was the go to for first class passenger service.  It's fortunate that the PRR's foresight in design and propensity for using smaller steam MU'ed helped keep the E6 alive until the end of steam.

Lionel's first scale E6 was also my first scale purchase.  It's now upgraded with an ERR, CCM.  I'm always on the lookout for a more recent version in Legacy.

Bruce

Thanks to a fellow forum member found this MTH two-car add-on set 20-6665.  

The prize here is the "Pittsburgh."  This combined with my original five-car set MTH 20-6565 assembles a realist prototypical B&O "The Columbian" consist.

This is some of the stuff I got at the Boeing model train show in Kent this morning.

The trees were very impressively made, and I got a good deal on those. I would have bought more if they had any more summer trees. As for the ticket dater, it has dates that go into the 1940s, which is something I've been looking for, for many years. Normally these ticket daters sell for at least a hundred bucks, I got an absolute screaming deal on this one.

Now I need to figure out how to get a ink ribbon for it...

D134

Mansfield show was a bust for me but on the way home I stopped in Menard's to get these that came in. Three sets of wiring for the buildings. Pic Paul

I bought the couplers for these 3rd Rail units

 Makes the gap much much much much much better

PRRronbh posted:

Thanks to a fellow forum member found this MTH two-car add-on set 20-6665.  

The prize here is the "Pittsburgh."  This combined with my original five-car set MTH 20-6565 assembles a realist prototypical B&O "The Columbian" consist.

These are certainly handsome Ron. Looking at the product locator  on MTH site they are shown with dark trucks. Is the silver from the factory? I like it. My K-Line 15" cars have silver which looks really nice.

Also, does the 5 car set have the illustrated vista dome car?  How about some photos of the whole train please?

Just picked up these two MTH Hoppers from my LHS. They are a pre-order from the 2017 v1 catalog. I'm pretty happy with these. They look nicer in person then they did in the catalog. 

Jagrick posted:

Well not so much bought as made, some uncommon 1002 gondolas

Well that is one thing you can do with all those extra 1002 gondolas!

Pat, The hoppers look great!  I have an older Pilsbury one that a Forum member threw in to complete a trade!  Very nice.

Ever have that "I can't believe I ate the whoooooole thing" feeling?

I didn't even go in to this year's Allentown First Frost expecting to take home another locomotive.

But I went "loaded for bear" and came home with this monster, my first PS3 steamer

---PCJ

Hey Mark, what do you think about these hoppers

Photos courtesy of the internet

c.sam posted:

PRRronbh posted:

Thanks to a fellow forum member found this MTH two-car add-on set 20-6665.  

 

The prize here is the "Pittsburgh."  This combined with my original five-car set MTH 20-6565 assembles a realist prototypical B&O "The Columbian" consist.

These are certainly handsome Ron. Looking at the product locator  on MTH site they are shown with dark trucks. Is the silver from the factory? I like it. My K-Line 15" cars have silver which looks really nice.

Also, does the 5 car set have the illustrated vista dome car?  How about some photos of the whole train please?

Sam good observation, BUT!

B&O's "The Columbian" is a very special consist to eastern railroading.  Which I will hit on when I post Friday or Saturday.

But in this case MTH made these sets (the 5-car and 2-car add-on) prototypically correct.  As stated "The Columbian" is special to the B&O and eastern railroading.

"The Columbian" inaugurated May, 1949.  The two complete consist built by Pullman-Standard had silver (aluminum)  painted trucks and a gold bottom stripe.  Have gleamed this from pictures in my small (only 12-volumes) library.  A picture of the "Pittsburgh" included this in-part in the caption "... the trucks are no longer in silver (aluminum) , still ... ." 

MTH also made the dome correct, low profile with flat glass window (no distortion).

Unfortunately have no trackage.  That dream has most probably vanished.  Was intending to lay some track on the hardwood (hardwood central) this Tuesday when the lady of the house was at the hair dresser.  But my lead Oncologist has scheduled me to meet (consult) with another new Specialist (number 6 on team) tomorrow.

I picked up a Hudson #773 while in Allentown for the First Frost meet.

At yesterday's Trainfest Show in Milwaukee (West Allis), WI, I picked up my 27" indexed turntable from Steve (seated) at his Ross Custom Switches booth. He even helped me load it into my car trunk before the show got rollin'. That's super service.

The demo model shown below is his 33" largest size. A really slick, heavy-duty design. Can't wait to get mine installed and "dialed in".

Tom

Navy Yard Switcher.  I picked up a Navy Yard Switcher at the Allentown Train Meet, yesterday.  I also picked up a Post-War celebration Navy submarine on flat car and a Lionel Wind Turbine.  

Here's a short video of the switcher on the test track after i lubricated the gears and oiled the armature.  

One question I have is lubrication of the worm gear at the lower end of the armature shaft.  I suspect removal of the brush plate is required to do so.

https://youtu.be/3HPFliZ5IOA