Buy anything cool lately?

Deuce posted:

Also, noticed I have no PRR gondolas. Hmmmm...

Forget the slippery slope... you're in free fall   

Apples55 posted:

Deuce posted:

Also, noticed I have no PRR gondolas. Hmmmm...

Forget the slippery slope... you're in free fall   

I'm just gonna ride it till the wheels fall off. 

arghh, just bought a prewar AF on the bay, Green Diamond streamliner, supposedly running. 

$250 with shipping. Which seems like a lot to this old guy til I see people spending much

more than that on polar express sets? or some lion chief engine. 

To each his own, have fun. 

Hmmmm, Is this the first or second step?

Today: An MTH Premier Heavy Pacific in U.S. Army Transportation Corps livery. The new King (or Queen) of my U.S. Army steam locomotive roster, by far. Hoping MTH will also eventually offer an 0-6-0 or 0-8-0 in that roadname, although I might attempt to re-letter the tender of one of my Alaska RR Premier models.

I already have a good number of U.S. Army diesel power, with more on the way, covering early diesel power to contemporary examples.

I want to be able to alter the eras on my new layout (has an Army logistics installation theme) to a certain extent by changing out the locomotives and rolling stock and not so much the structures or scenery.

Okay, got my Williams brass Crown Edition (what does Crown Edition mean?) PRR T1 duplex 4-4-4-4 #5505  today.  She's a beaut.  With tender it has to be about 30"+ long.  On the bottom a plate says 1 of 500 (or 1 of 600).  Does that mean it's the first or just that its one out of about 500 (600) that were produced?  Also got some second hand weathered Ross track, enough for one 72" loop, two 64" loops, 20'+ straight, uncouplers, bumpers and 5 switches with Z1000 (maybe 30% from new price).  Began framing a second 4'x8' table. 

Took my 5 year old to the "comic book/toy store" and he picked out a Transformer toy (you know, the robot that transforms into vehicles in movies and cartoons).  So I got him the Titans Return, Voyager Class "Sentinal Prime".  Best thing is what it transforms into.

From this...

to this... a space shuttle and a TRAIN!  Too cool and a neat way to link the toys he has to trains.  Whatever it takes right?

I think the Transformer train qualifies as a 2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2.  

I picked up this picture for the train room at a local meet in Mebane NC. Fully framed and matted for only $10.00. Great buy! 

I added some Fairbanks Morse literature tha5 will go nicely with my O scale FM Diesel collection ...

now , if I can only find a H20-44 , or two ...

ncdave posted:

I picked up this picture for the train room at a local meet in Mebane NC. Fully framed and matted for only $10.00. Great buy! 

Great deal, nice picture!

I picked this up from a forum member last week or so...living in Savannah, it was a must have for me!  Love the Tuxedo paint scheme and I can go see the life sized prototype not far away.

RSJB18 posted:

Dashing Dan

Dashing Dottie

I for one need some Dashing Dottie decals. Have you found any?

Had some success at the Toledo Train Show.  Picked up these two cars.  Slightly older versions, but both NIB.  Glad I got there early, crowd was huge for the show.  They also had a few more layouts on display this year.

Ron H,

   Great Framed GG1 Picture!  I love It.

Incredible Deal also.

PCRR/Dave

Hit the mother lode today. Orders from Eastern Depot, Imperial Trains, and eBay all showed up today (4 rolling stock, 1 building). So did my O scale people (son noticed that there was no one on the layout and wanted to know why). Should hopefully have pictures tonight!

pdxtrains posted:

RSJB18 posted:

Dashing Dan

Dashing Dottie

I for one need some Dashing Dottie decals. Have you found any?

I do not have any. Haven't looked either so I don't know what might be available.

Here are the new cars.

Nalco 8000 gallon (MTH Premier)

ACFC Funnel Flow (MTH Premier)

Conrail Extended Bay (MTH Premier)

And my passenger station.

Here is a video of the Conrail Chemical Car Consist in action (before I possibly need to ship the E33 in for repairs). :/

Had to make a run to Sam's Club and while there I picked up two more of the LED shop lights. They had a sale going on. 7.00 dollars off a light. Pic..............Paul

Paul2,

   Thanks for the info, have been waiting for them to go on sale, time to pick up a couple more myself, for the wife's laundry room.

PCRR/Dave

roll_the_dice posted:

I picked this up from a forum member last week or so...living in Savannah, it was a must have for me!  Love the Tuxedo paint scheme and I can go see the life sized prototype not far away.

Nice, another Georgian! I too love the S&A paint scheme. I'm up in Atlanta - I picked up this MTH SD70ACe (despite the not-quite-right lettering and color) and had it on display at my wedding this past June (the wife is from Virginia):

Just got a very nice AF Green Diamond delivered. Much better shape than I expected

for what I paid. I think I will just keep it on the shelf and look at it for awhile. 

@mattrain Always nice to see people from GA.  I am in Atlanta all the time...my kids live in Gwinnett County....Love the SD70ACe.  I might pick one up soon from another member.  Planning my layout now...so can't wait to let these engines run loose.

Received my K-Line Yuengling cars today. The Diner car still has the factory seals on the box. The baggage car was open but I don't  think it has ever been on the track.

Picked up a Lionel Seaboard U30C body shell from forum member Alex which I promptly turned into a dummy unit to run with Chessie consists. 

Ralph, the Seaboard and Chessie units do look sharp together!!!  They brought to mind a discussion on Facebook yesterday among folks from our rural high school back in the late '60s and early '70s.  Then my Wife started playing Chicago's "Color My World" on the piano just as I started to type my message to you.   I feel like I am 18 again!!    Oh no that isn't so...the arthritis has really been giving me fits lately!  

A week or two ago I mentioned that I bought a lot of five AMT aluminum

passenger cars to get two of the ones I needed. I was looking at them setting

on my shelf earlier. The baggage car was particularly dirty and was one of

the ones I did not need. So I decided it could be an experiment car. I was doing

a load of dishes  so in it went. ( I have experimented with the dishwasher

before, really great for track, switches, heat stamped plastic cars, plasticville, really 

bad for Marx tin litho cars, marx rubber stamped cars, american flyer

tin stations.) Anyway, the car survived the dishwasher quite well. I put it back on

the shelf, but then noticed that it was lower on one end than the other. The cause

was not immediately obvious, so out came the screwdriver. (I should not be allowed

screwdrivers). I took the trucks off and still did not notice anything obvious. So then

I started to disassemble the car. Bad Move! There is obviously a sequence that these

things went together and how they should come apart so now I have a body, a frame

and a baggie full of pieces. The culprit was one of the trucks, some one had take

it apart and put it back together with the mounting bracket upside down. Ah well,

all into a box and a project for another time.

Beardog, I seem to always notice the obvious after I have reached the point of no return!!  LOL

Wheel diameter ? 

Now just waiting for the passenger cars

SNOW DAY!!!! about 12" of sierra cement at 8a and it is not supposed to quit til midnight.

Got another Weaver TOFC off Ebay. Came a day early. Pic..........Paul

Matt,

   Just made a nice deal with Mark Boyce here on the OGR, to purchase another 990 Legacy, for a really great price.

PCRR/Dave

Went to the Kirkland train show this morning. Big crowd. Took a half an hour standing in line to get into the show. Was not expecting to find my bucket list stiff but in the one room I came across this. Could not resist buying it. Pic........Paul

I received these in the mail over the last couple of days. I'm not sure of their actual origins, but I believe the caboose might be an old Atlas model, and I think the tank car is a Lionel model converted to 2-rail.

Either way, they cost me very little and already have Kadee's fitted.

The tank car was in blue and lettered for "Union", but I gave it a blast of black from a rattle can and will letter it as soon as I can spare the time.

OK, so "lately" is now relative as I've been super busy with school work, but these are still "cool" to me.  I adore my Atlas Railbox car, but alas the wheels bind on my tight MTH track curves. Hence, I also have the less attractive Lionel version in bright cartoon yellow :-). The two Railbox cars illustrate different paint schemes, which is nice.

At one point I was thinking of taking a Dremel tool to the plastic on the underside of the Atlas car (on the left) that's causing the binding -- as it is slight -- but I haven't the nerve yet.  It seems like too nice a car to risk.  I also think that the Lionel car will be perfect for my first foray into weathering as time allows.  The plastic is actually see-through if held up to the light (!) and needs some road dirt to hide that.

Some more fun stuff below.  When I run out of room for O scale items that I "just gotta have", I turn to N.  The engine in the green box is a sweet little B&M but it has a voltage restriction that requires care when running.  The mini-glue gun is to keep the track in place on my portable Gatorboard "layout", which now has three loops representing Mass., NH, and ME jaunts.  I was disappointed at how clumsy the glue gun was for simple tacking, but with some clean-up, it did the trick.  In time, I'm sure I'll find other projects for it.

Tomlinson Run Railroad

MTH PS3 New York Central 0-8-0  arrived yesterday from Mr. Muffin - laser fast shipping.  However, it's finally a nice day in Chicago so it's now just unboxed awaiting a run later today.  I am excited for it. 

I can across these two items digging through piles of stuff and purchased them.  A 6430 flat and a 356 freight station with red and green luggage carts. I guess the trailers with the Fruehauf stickers are unusual.

Newest acquisition ... Atlas FM Erie Built , from a member here on the board ...she’s a dummy , at this time , so she’ ll be a shelf display as part of my Fairbanks Morse collection ..... she’ll fit right in with my Rivarossi C -Liners , MTH Train Masters and H10-44 , and my Lionel H15-44 ....

now , to find the elusive H20-44 ,,

Why yes, as a matter of fact I have! LOL!

These arrived today. I was able to find a couple of Weaver undecorated trailers..............Paul

Sorry, finger was faster then the brain.............Paul