Buy anything cool lately?

just bought this little Marx gem off ebay.

Picked up the new 2017 Lionel Christmas Box Car at Brady's in the Westmoreland Mall this week.

PCRR/Dave

We added the Dome Passenger car to our NS Passenger set.  Only 3 cars to go.....Also picked up a 4 pack of High Top Coal Hoppers for my son's Christmas gift!  Those are in hiding right now. 

That is a great looking car, Thaddeus!!

New Santa & Reindeer Disconnect cars.

Big Jim posted:

New Santa & Reindeer Disconnect cars.

OH man I want some of them!

Some new additions to my layout. Two Weaver Automotive Boxcars. A MTH PRR Crane Car and the Century II PRR Coal Train.

That’s some nice additions, ncdave!  I really like the crane!!

Thanks Mark, now I need to clean some track before I can run it

Right you are Thaddeus!!  You and me both!!  LOL

I don't post but couldn't resist sharing pic's of one of my two new additions. I picked up a K-line Berkshire demonstrator and this Rivarossi 0-8-0 converted to 3 rail AC.

Northern Pacific 4-8-4 w/Railsounds

Over the past month I got started on a new road name for my passenger train collection(Southern Pacific).  I found a brand new Lionel Southern Pacific Shasta Daylight 4 pack and a 2 pack add on 18" passenger car set for $350 at a local show and I just found a new/old stock Weaver E-8 Southern Pacific ABBA set for $275 from a train store. 

Can Can anyone tell me the make of this structure?  BALSA WOOD construction. 

I received my 1st 89' boxcar from Lionel.  I am in love with this boxcar.  As of right now, if I run this car in a freight train, it would be restricted only to my outer curve as that is 054 .

WhatShouldIBuyNext posted:

Can Can anyone tell me the make of this structure?  BALSA WOOD construction. 

It looks like it may have been handmade by Roy Baker, of BakersRailroadShop. Here's my reference point - my own, by Roy...

FrankM

Moonson posted:

WhatShouldIBuyNext posted:

Can Can anyone tell me the make of this structure?  BALSA WOOD construction. 

It looks like it may have been handmade by Roy Baker, of BakersRailroadShop. Here's my reference point - my own, by Roy...

FrankM

Thank you Frank. I think that’s most likely.  I’m happy to have acquired such a well-crafted structure.  Would like to look into getting others but not much info on the web about this shop, just an address.

By the way, stunning layout you have there! 

For I don't know how many years I wanted a Lionel New York Central 2344. No I'm not as old as it is But I wanted one. Two days prior to Christmas I saw one at a variety store. I have done nothing but think about it until today. I now own it. Even better I ran it today and it is everything I dreamed about. First postwar engine I have bought in a very long time, it felt good.

 Maybe if I get time I will add some photos, because this thing is sharp considering I paid next to nothing for if.

Dennis Holler posted:

Picked up a few more prewar cars for projects.  Tank cars for repainting, flat for my army train, pullmans for fixing, and the 2660 & 2657 for cleaning.  They are nice except for the 2660 boom.

nice haul Dennis!

Renovo PRR posted:

Great Haul!

I've had a set of ABA's since I was about 12 (I turned 60 this year). Pulling the aluminum 'Silver' series cars as in the 1950 catalog.  Really like these, especially that 'growling' sound. And they will run forever, as mine as still going strong at over 65 years old.

Jim

WhatShouldIBuyNext posted:

Moonson posted:

WhatShouldIBuyNext posted:

Can Can anyone tell me the make of this structure?  BALSA WOOD construction. 

It looks like it may have been handmade by Roy Baker, of BakersRailroadShop. Here's my reference point - my own, by Roy...

FrankM

Thank you Frank. I think that’s most likely.  I’m happy to have acquired such a well-crafted structure.  Would like to look into getting others but not much info on the web about this shop, just an address.

By the way, stunning layout you have there! 

Thank you for the enthusiastic approval !

If you would like his phone number, it is now: (845)887-0079. He hand-crafts other structures, too.

Have you seen some of his imported figures he has hand-painted, such as these I have?

And yes, even horses and wagons...

FrankM

New here. Been lurking for a few weeks. My wife bought me a LionChief Albert Hall Set about a 10 days before Christmas and I bought the Harry Potter RTR set a few days before that.  Had been looking for the  O gauge "A Christmas Story " RTR set for my wife. Looked for a while.  Could  only find the "G" gauge battery set but I bought one of those a few years ago at Target after Christmas. Have had a lot of fun with it but just recently discovered that they had made an O gauge set so I was sent out by my wife to  find one. Lost out to one on eBay Christmas eve. Some one jumped my bid at the last second and I lost it. Well today I was able to get the last new one on the internet through Amazon. They had one at an outrageous price of $700 but I was able to email the 3rd party seller and make a deal for a more reasonable price. So We have one on the way. In a matter of weeks I went from  only one O Gauges set ,a 1952 Lionel Postwar 2032 Erie ALCO Diesel AA freight set (My first train set) to 3 new sets.  Now I have to hide my debit card for a while and save up for materials for the layout.

I found this MTH Maersk double stack set at a local hobby shop. 

Mike

picked this up a little bit ago at one of our local antique shops for .48 cents....was on the .50 cent table..it was close to closing and all the change I had was the .48 cents. Nice shape missing one end flap.

Christmas was pretty good to T and I. 

MTH 4 car 100 Ton Coke Hopper set

Added the Coach/Diner Car set to our expanding passenger set

My 2018 New Year Resolution:  Try to get through one whole page of “Buy anything Cool Lately”, WITHOUT BEING ON IT!!   

Yes,  have been acquiring some K-Line aluminum cars for an excursion train. Latest are these 21" B&O and New Haven plus an 18" Santa Fe Dome.  Also the NYC RPO and NP Baggage.

Looking for an 18" Baggage & RPO in (preferably) unpainted silver but any line would be OK.

Look what came a week early! Kudos to 
clay's hobbyoutlet on Amazon. 

Went to LHS (Brentwood Antiques) today and picked up  an F-7 PanAm Railways to go with my PanAm passenger cars.  I still haven't fired it up yet, but it looks good, and I'm not a car body diesel fan..   I like the access to the controls through the rear door.  

PanAm operates the section of tracks that the Amtrak Downeaster from Boston to Maine uses in NH.  PanAm runs excursions in Maine in nice weather.

Brentwood Antiques is having a Winter Sale right now with some pretty good buys.  I want to go back for more.  I think the bourbon/rocks is talking now!

Noah posted:

Look what came a week early! Kudos to 
clay's hobbyoutlet on Amazon. 

 

Have the O gauge just like it. Don’ shoot your eye out

TedW posted:

My 2018 New Year Resolution:  Try to get through one whole page of “Buy anything Cool Lately”, WITHOUT BEING ON IT!!   

Yes Ted, I need to be the same way!!  

17F here in Virginia.  I got a hot cup of coffee which was lukewarm in no time and pretty darn cool when I got to work. 

Got this today from a Forum member! Thanks Eric~!

Bill, I know how that goes.  We are a little colder in Pennsylvania, but we missed the snow Erie got 80 miles away

Almost mint Plasticville. Did not have this one, so it goes right on the post Christmas carpet central!

Picked up this beauty to pull my "South Wind" consist, with station sounds diner!

From my LHS:

took the Mrs antiquing and I picked these up. The Tie Ejector chassis may be getting a box cab transplant.

TedW posted:

My 2018 New Year Resolution:  Try to get through one whole page of “Buy anything Cool Lately”, WITHOUT BEING ON IT!!   

Said no one ever Ted.