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Indeed. My "new" American Flyer #300 arrived today:

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Dunno exactly what year this was made; guessing late '40's(?)

This is my first "300"; I took it apart, cleaned everything and installed a new set of brushes. Took a screwdriver, 1/4" wrench and about 45 minutes. 

Runs beautifully; smooth (takes very little voltage, as it has no smoke unit) and very quiet (no "choo choo" effect). These old things never cease to impress me.

Mark in Oregon

PS: I see I've got to adjust that valve gear!  EDIT: Done!

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Lionel Ready To Play track, to expand the Polar Express set my daughter just bought her daughter at Costco.

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My son-in-law and granddaughter have been having a blast playing with this train set, trying out different floor layouts. This, in turn, has rekindled the flame I carry for trains, and has me looking for ways to take what I'd kept of the old O Gauge out of the storage bins. So, yeah, in terms of coolness this is way up there for my involvement in the hobby.

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Lionel Ready To Play track, to expand the Polar Express set my daughter just bought her daughter at Costco.

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My son-in-law and granddaughter have been having a blast playing with this train set, trying out different floor layouts. This, in turn, has rekindled the flame I carry for trains, and has me looking for ways to take what I'd kept of the old O Gauge out of the storage bins. So, yeah, in terms of coolness this is way up there for my involvement in the hobby.

Take note which side is female and which side is male on the track pins. Other mfgs use a nearly identical track, but the pins are reversed. I used to pick whole sets up for $10-15 at yardsales all the time and found out the hard way they differed "slightly". (I just made mounting plates for under the ties and cut off the pins and receptacle, aligning the rails for transistion between the two track types.  I actually like the Nu-brite trains a little better. (lionel scientific is bigger and sits a tad higher too; but they work together ok. I also used them with electrified Lionel G , though a coupler swap was needed )

Why are these toys cool? I left mine outside in Michigan, snow, ice,& sun for years and they still work .....after you dump the water out of the battery compartment    I'd also get a few years out of the batteries; also left outside. Track (and trains somewhat) do get brittle in the sun, but it took about 5 years.

Purchased this shell and frame from Kansas Pete.
Both pieces are in very good condition except for the paint.
Pete thought it was a 150 and once I received it I measured it and it is longer than the 150’s.

Removed some of the paint where the labels usually are and it turns out to be a 152.

I do not have any 152’s just enough parts to have some fun with this and get it running.
Plus I think I have a #4 motor for it

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I had the chance to bid and win the auction Hot Water had for his train collection.   Sorry to see Hot Water getting out of the hobby as he had really nice motive power and rolling stock which was all weathered.

Arriving Tuesday will be my new 3rdrail J3a super hudson with a selkirk front end.  Weathered and converted to kadee by Hot Water.

Mark Boyce posted:
paul 2 posted:

Scored another Weaver wood chip hopper on the BAY and bought a non train related item. A Tee shirt commerating the Turkey drop on WKRP. A great oldies TV series. Pics..............Paul

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Nice car and shirt, Paul.  I could count the number of times I watched WKRP on one hand, but I saw that episode!  LOL

I watched that episode and laughed until my sides hurt.Which is very hard to do when your a kid.The part that had me rolling on the bed was"OH MY GOD THERE THERE COUNTER ATTACKING!!!!"

paul 2 posted:

Paul, nice additions. Where did you get the Wilkes-Barre milling company car............Paul2

Paul 2;

There are actually two of them (94924, 94925) - I only posted a pic of one. I picked them up from Grzyboski’s a couple of weeks ago, but they are no longer on his website. Nicholas Smith (my second favorite place to give money) still shows them as available.

P.S. Since there is a Paul, and you’re Paul 2, does that make me Paul 3???

Apples55 posted:
paul 2 posted:

Paul, nice additions. Where did you get the Wilkes-Barre milling company car............Paul2

Paul 2;

There are actually two of them (94924, 94925) - I only posted a pic of one. I picked them up from Grzyboski’s a couple of weeks ago, but they are no longer on his website. Nicholas Smith (my second favorite place to give money) still shows them as available.

P.S. Since there is a Paul, and you’re Paul 2, does that make me Paul 3???

Paul 3, LOL

It's finally here! I bought this on eBay for a great deal last Monday and it finally arrived! Seller broke off one of the steps and the front orange cable broke off during shipping, both were fixed without too many swear words and with a bit of glue. Of course the engine works perfectly on my home layout. But I will have to take it to my local club to give it a proper shakedown, hopefully this weekend!IMG_20181210_182743

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