Buy anything cool lately?

I ordered the 21" Broadway Limited in February, 2016 and the 2 two car sets arrived Tuesday.  Finally unboxed them today. 2 passenger cars and the 2 car Diner set.  They are awesome.  The Station Sounds/Diner car is stunning. 

I just took delivery of three of these which I have been looking for for quite a while.

Bossman284, where'd you get those?

coach joe posted:

Bossman284, where'd you get those?

On the bay.  1/50 scale diecast and plastic. Ship directly from china. Had them in had in about 7 days.  They come in white and orange.  Looks like there are few screws and you can easily access the cab to ad a driver

Kids and grand kids were here for 4 days but I had some nice little things come in the mail. Got my tickets from Menard's for the train show they co-sponsor in Eau Claire Wi. Then my set of Weaver trucks came. Today I went to the Medina Ohio show and pick up a few vehicles then on the way home I swung by Menard's and pick up my Morton Salt trucks and the freebie trucks. Now with the house quiet I can go back to working on the layout. Pics.....Paul

Bossman284 posted:

I just took delivery of three of these which I have been looking for for quite a while.

Bossman284,

Super nice detailing!  Great pics, too.  You'll have to share your plans for these vehicles with us.

Tomlinson Run Railroad

Matt,

   My Special ordered Tin Plate Blue Comet Lighted 2817 Caboose arrived this week!    Put her on the Track with the rest of the consist just lately.  Love the blue/black colors on this particular 817 Type Caboose, she is a beauty.

PCRR/Dave

Yep, complete prewar set 859B at the Lincoln Square Mall show in Urbana IL yesterday.  227 semi scale PRR B6 set with bell ringing tender, gondola, double door PRR auto box car and PRR tinplate caboose.  Just needs a few cosmetic parts replaced.  Runs beautiful once I serviced and replaced some wiring that was rubbish in the tender.  Only the bulb in the caboose was burnt out.  

As the family was in Hamburg, PA for a pony club event we had time to stop at the Reading Railroad Heritage Museum.  It was nice, not overly huge inside but 30 or more cars outside, some in great shape.

So picked up a few souvenirs (PRR mouse pad, Reading T1 coffee cup as I have the scale version and about 10 train magazines that the guys at the shop gave the kids for free).  The Trains Magazine from 1955 has some interesting articles I'll have to read.

So on the mouse pad I see a T1 and a GG1.  What are the rest?

Always wanted one of these, finally bit the bullit, hooked it up, what fun!

Good evening, yesterday I picked up a new MTH Imperial Pennsy K4s. Had the hobby shop put the engine on their shop layout to make sure everything worked before I took the engine home.Removed the engine from the shipping box, added a few drops of oil on the moving items.

Put the engine on the layout,entered it into the DCS remote hit the start up button and the engine performed like a champ.

What a smoker compared to my other PS3 engines.

Here is the K4 passing a freight on a passing siding.

You got a real nice one, Mark!!  It is nice to pick it up at the hobby shop, and have it test run first.  Both Dave at Mercer Junction and Pat at Patricks Trains did that for me and it beats buying mail order, then having to send it back for a minor issue.

Bossman284 posted:

I just took delivery of three of these which I have been looking for for quite a while.

Nice score Bossman! Who makes them and where can we find some? Thanks 

BTP,

  Very cool!

PCRR/Dave

I had a sales table at a model railroad show all this weekend. I sold a bunch of excess stuff and wound up with a few hundred bucks.

This is all I bought at the show, a bunch of books, and an original Pullman blanket (though not in great shape).

Yeah, they're Brit model magazines, but there's always something to learn, regardless what country in which it was printed.

Does anyone have a clue what year the blanket was made? I know the number codes means a year but I couldn't find anything online.

Legacy BN SD60M. I like it a lot. The triclops cab looks tough! Lionel molded in a open window on the engineer side which is cool. 

I just got this NY Yankee Jersey Boxcar to add to my NY Yankee Train. I liked this train when it came out in the Lionel catalog but at $85 MSRP, there was no way I was going to spend that much on a boxcar. National Railroad Worx had a 3 day sale on MLB cars. For $39 plus $11 shipping, I paid what, to me, the car is worth. 

Pat Kn posted:

I just got this NY Yankee Jersey Boxcar to add to my NY Yankee Train. I liked this train when it came out in the Lionel catalog but at $85 MSRP, there was no way I was going to spend that much on a boxcar. National Railroad Worx had a 3 day sale on MLB cars. For $39 plus $11 shipping, I paid what, to me, the car is worth. 

I picked up that same car at the Amherst Railway show this year from Grzyboski's.  $42.  Cool car, but I'm ready to pack it away the way they're playing!!!  😣

Kirk R posted:

 

So on the mouse pad I see a T1 and a GG1.  What are the rest?

Looks like a S2 Turbine in the lower right corner, a K4 Pacific on the upper left, Baldwin Sharknose on the center right and probably an E8 on the lower left (Pennsy didn't have any tuscan F units).

Train Nut, Yea it was a frustrating weekend but be patient. It's early yet.

Went to a comic convention this weekend, and they had Heroclik's for $0.50 a piece. Purchased a whole bunch of Marvel and DC characters. They'll be populating the layout alongside the generic figures. 

Pat Kn posted:

Kirk R posted:

 

So on the mouse pad I see a T1 and a GG1.  What are the rest?

Looks like a S2 Turbine in the lower right corner, a K4 Pacific on the upper left, Baldwin Sharknose on the center right and probably an E8 on the lower left (Pennsy didn't have any tuscan F units).

Train Nut, Yea it was a frustrating weekend but be patient. It's early yet.

Hi Pat,  definitely an E8.  But do not forget  the two sets of ABA FP7's  that were equipped with steam generators and paint Tuscan red with five-stripes.

Ron

For some reason or other I was not able to add any text to my last post.

Although these are not a recent addition at the time I got them, almost 2 years ago, I intended to post pictures of them.  They are 3 MTH RailKing scale FP45s custom painted in Milwaukee Road's Union Pacific livery. 

Larry

Balshis posted:

When I posted a week or so ago about my Atlas Trainman 60' NYC Observation car, I promised photos as soon as it arrived at my door.  Well, here they are:

As you can see, the paint is nicely done.  And although I don't have a scale to weigh it, it's a reasonably heavy car, and has no trouble staying on the track or running through switches.  It's LED-illuminated, like the rest of the 60' series that I already own.

Somewhat to my surprise, it also has an illuminated NYC drumhead on the rear railing:

Although it's a nice touch, I find it rather too bright to be realistic, and I'll probably have to add a resistor to dim it down a bit. 

Unfortunately, the car does not also come with marker lights, so it looks like that'll be a summer project for me.  I know about the Tomar LED marker lights, but can anyone recommend others, just for comparison?

 

Note about Tomar:

We would like to say "Thanks" for your patronage of over 36 years. Tomar Industries and Utah Pacific have been sold to P.F.& S.Railway Supply, Inc. LeRoy, Sharon, Joel & Teresa Prantle are excited to make all the products we have supplied in the same quality we have all these years. You, our customers, have been important to us and we have made every effort to make products that you would be proud to put on your layout.

Don't forget we still have Alexander Scale Models and Stewart Products and can now spend time producing products that have been off the market and on the back burner plus the ones that exist in the line.
Duane & Marie

I recently picked up these 1980's cars from a familiar cable show. I am always on the look out for 1970's/80's vehicles that are normal and not unusual, rare or sports cars. For whatever reason this era is hard to find in diecast for a not ridiculous price. 

It's raining Western Maryland...

These air slide hoppers to go with the F7 A-A  diesels. 

Ralph, The hoppers look great behind the F7s.  Nothing wrong with all Western Maryland!!  

Bought this Atlas RS-3 and a matching Lionel caboose.  Loving it!

Very nice engine. You have the perfect screen name for this thread. 

Pat Kn posted:

Very nice engine. You have the perfect screen name for this thread. 

Unfortunately, the question never stops repeating itself. 

Received my RMT Beep in PRR Green. Cool little diesels......

Looks good with the matching coaches.

RSJB18 posted:

Received my RMT Beep in PRR Green. Cool little diesels......

Looks good with the matching coaches.

Nice Buy Bob! But with the money you spent on that you could have got the CEO projects done! LOL Just Kidding,

mike g. posted:

RSJB18 posted:

Received my RMT Beep in PRR Green. Cool little diesels......

Looks good with the matching coaches.

Nice Buy Bob! But with the money you spent on that you could have got the CEO projects done! LOL Just Kidding,

That was cold, Mike... funny as heck, but cold   

You guys wouldn't believe what I paid for it even if I told you. It was dirt cheap and came with a bonus Lionel hand car.

If the CEO's projects were only this cheap now.......

RSJB18 posted:

You guys wouldn't believe what I paid for it even if I told you. It was dirt cheap and came with a bonus Lionel hand car.

If the CEO's projects were only this cheap now.......

LOL

OK Guys....this is not a automobile forum so the comments about GM, and photos of autos in your driveway, etc. were deleted.  Stay on track in this thread since continued derailments like off topic posts will get the thread closed....

This came in the mail today... I now have a caboose to match each of my engines...

Steaming Jon posted:

This came in the mail today... I now have a caboose to match each of my engines...

I could use one of that model . I have 2 engines still looking for a caboose,1 engine needs passenger cars (MTM breast cancer awareness).

3 packages came by Fed Ex, from retailers,  2 packages by Ebay individuals, lets see what's inside.

Got delivered today very reasonably priced Wiseguy’s Pizza Shop.  Have to get a Miller lighted sign to put on the roof... but what one?  Something whimsical.