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Yep - over the past few months I have been selling of some Lionel and MTH P1 stuff that Ididn't run and used the funds to add to my Lionmaster roster. I now have the UP SD90, and one each of all the steam engines including the legacy whistle version of the Big boy and 2 legacy versions of the challenger - UP and Rio Grande.

 

Over her in the UK large curves are not so easy in our small houses with no basements so I am well pleased. This was all done with the help of some forumites and you know where online.

 

I wish there was a Lionmaster Allegheny to buy or a Q2 as mentioned on another post!!

 

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Hadn't seen this thread in awhile and yes, these are pretty cool. I was able to obtain the beautiful MTH PS 3.0 Premiere Texas Special F3 set painted in the un-prototypical scheme of the postwar Lionel 2245's. Somehow, I much prefer the red and white to the correct scheme...

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Just bought this K-Line scale B unit with smoke. You don't often find smoking B units. I'll either repaint this to go with our GM&O F3s or eventually pick up some matching PRR F units.

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I finally got a Lionel 264 forklift platform!  Got a good deal on an original in good working order, just need to pick up a car to go with it.  I'm not picky so i might pick up a repro.  I've wanted one of these since the first time i saw one in action.  It's such a cool little accessory, and it always seems to work cleanly (as opposed to any coal based accessory).  eagerly waiting for it to be delivered!

We just picked up this nice (cool) K-Line PRR F7 B unit with smoke. It has great detail including two sets of air hoses at each end, an extra pair of short-shank couplers and some of the nicest diaphragms I've seen..

I might repaint it to run with these Atlas F3's sometime down the line!

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I nabbed this 2-truck Legacy Shay off eBay for $380, runs and looks great.  It's a smokin' fool, I was surprised how much smoke this sucker produces.  The slow speed is great, have to look twice to see if it's moving.  I think this has beat the Genset as my slow speed champ!

 

This will look great with a string of my IDR log cars behind it.

 

 

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Originally Posted by gunrunnerjohn:

I nabbed this 2-truck Legacy Shay off eBay for $380, runs and looks great.  It's a smokin' fool, I was surprised how much smoke this sucker produces.  The slow speed is great, have to look twice to see if it's moving.  I think this has beat the Genset as my slow speed champ!

 

This will look great with a string of my IDR log cars behind it.

 

 

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That is a super looking Shay, John!  I guess we will have to rewrite the legend of Paul Bunyon.  He started using the iron horse instead of the blue ox!

That's awesome, John! It looks amazing, so many cool details!!!
 
Originally Posted by gunrunnerjohn:

I nabbed this 2-truck Legacy Shay off eBay for $380, runs and looks great.  It's a smokin' fool, I was surprised how much smoke this sucker produces.  The slow speed is great, have to look twice to see if it's moving.  I think this has beat the Genset as my slow speed champ!

 

This will look great with a string of my IDR log cars behind it.

 

 

Lionel Legacy 2-Truck Shay

 

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Originally Posted by Kelunaboy:

Always on the lookout for a deal with free shipping, I ordered this Williams Christmas Special train set from Amazon.com, used like new - $107.04 shipped.  From their Warehouse returns store, there were 3 left.

 

 

 

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THANKS!!!! I got one too.....mine was $104 for some reason......and Amazon owed me $95 on a credit I had........$9 out of pocket!!!! A deal!!!!!  Watch for the track on the OGR for sale when I get it!!

BigBoy4014, congrats on your latest purchase.  I've bought some items (trains, Harley stuff, etc.) and made, face-to-face, with the seller, low ball offers and said, to the seller, I hoped they would decline the offer because I didn't need the item, it was purely an impulse offer, and, the seller would, more often than not, accept the offer.  Believe me, this was no ploy on my part; but that's how I accumulated a lot of stuff I'm now planning to sell--not all of it, but most of it.

Thx Pingman... I know exactly what you mean. Over the last couple of years, I had bought an easy 10-12 locos from eBay just because they were smoking steam and diesel deals, pun intended...
 
 
Originally Posted by Pingman:

BigBoy4014, congrats on your latest purchase.  I've bought some items (trains, Harley stuff, etc.) and made, fact-to-face, with the seller, low ball offers and said I hoped they would decline the offer because I didn't need the item, it was purely an impulse offer, and, the seller would, more often than not, accept the offer.  Believe me, this was no ploy on my part; but that's how I accumulated a lot of stuff I'm now planning to sell--not all of it, but most of it.

 

Attended a show in Cheshire, CT yesterday (thanks DMASSO for the info).  When I heard "train show at a high school" I assumed it would be a couple of guys with layouts; didn't expect it would be a big show complete with dealers.  Wish I had brought more cash, but I guess that kept me from over spending   Lots of S scale and smaller, but some good o-gauge stuff.  saw some very nice layouts as well. 

 

Anyway, picked up a postwar banjo signal in the original box from a kind older gentleman.  I had been looking for a reasonably priced one for a while.  When I got it home I tested it and it wouldn't move, so after finding the parts diagram, I saw it was missing the rubber gasket that sits between the motor and the cap which I should have remembered from a similar experience with my searchlight car.  Anyway, should be a simple part order and the guy who sold it to me did throw in 2 switch lanterns I needed, so I wasn't upset about it.  Spent the afternoon cleaning up and testing some 022 switches and UCS track I got in a lot off ebay.  Still buying for that non existant layout!

Originally Posted by BigBoy4014:

Did not mean to buy it, so I placed an extremely low ebay offer, long and behold it got accepted...So now I "have" to pay for it. It was 50% off street price...I wanted to share my happiness with you...Cheers!

 

MTH 20-3273-1 Z-6 NP Challenger

 

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Great score!  I love Challengers.  This one I'd gladly add to my fleet, and I'm a UP steam only  guy!  Just something about the Z-6!

Well, only related to trains because of some of the things I make with it.

MY new Solidoodle Press 3D printer.

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Now, It's a lot less cash than most 3D printers but don't run screaming to the bank.

This brand new design still has few bugs but I'm working through them.

And No, My only association with Solidoodle is as a consumer.

I have made a pair of Pallets and a Picnic table in O scale.

Several other things will follow.

I have models of several people, some will be resized to match up, some won't.

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Two weeks ago, I purchased an Ameritowne 823 Pat and Jean's Jewelry kit.  The kit went together great.  No issues.  Today, I bought two more Ameritowne kits--the 442 Acme Machine Co. and Homestead Furniture kits from my LHS.  I'm looking forward to building these and putting them on my small rural themed layout, which I haven't started yet.

 

    In the past, I've purchased other Ameritowne kits in the 300 series-the City Hall and Real Estate office.  I have also built at least one each of the 500 series kits.  All have gone together very well.

Not model related, but the model train show in Monroe, WA over last weekend was well worth the trip. I found a 1944-dated D&H lantern that was in incredible shape, where someone had punched a hole in the bottom for an electric light. I wanted to do that with a lantern but wouldn’t drill a hole myself, so I got this one really cheap (just over $40 for the lantern and a red globe from another vendor who had mostly lantern stuff). I only need to find a flame-shaped bulb either as battery powered or wired. Heck, I could easily get a burner and use it normally if I wanted to.

I also found a neat EMD unit truck plate set for next to nothing, some good books (including a WW2 Jeep book for $15 that normally retails for about 50 when you can find it), a book on railfanning Stevens and Stampeded Passes (ironic as the Stevens pass line was right across the highway from the venue) DVDs (one vendor had them for $2 each) and some detail items. I haven’t seen that much good stuff at a show in years, it was a good run. Could have bought a lot more stuff if I didn't fear the wrath of my wife!  For example, a guy had what was a pretty decent price on a complete GN semaphore blade, but it was too much for my wallet and I have no room to hang it anyway.

I also hit all the major hobby shops in Seattle on the way home and found some magazines and random items.

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