Buy anything cool lately?

lee drennen posted:

Mark Boyce posted:

They look great, Lee!  Especially the WM one!!

Mark 

I knew you would like that one I was thinking of you when I won it on sleezbay been trying to get that on for awhile 

You did well being patient, Grasshopper!

Two weeks ago I went to the Hamburg Pa. train meet. Didn't find anything I was looking for. Then I noticed this MTH proto 1 GG1.  After a little price talking, I just couldn't walk away and leave it .

Much enjoy seeing all the new acquisitions.   Here is a new one from me.  I bought this 1915 706  from a fellow TCA person who was slimming down.   It runs just as smoothly as a new one. 

Yesterday @MrMuffin'sTrains blast included a picture of some Scenic Express MTH Premier special run cars to go with the tanks and ambulances.  2 items, both PUP, one medical supplies and one ordinance.  The folks there were great to talk to, and look forward to the valentines present for my son.

John

I got this Thursday finally got some pics of it this morning. This is my second Weaver engine and I like it. I will have a manifest behind it soon and I’ll post it

John, Very nice story to read !! My Dad and Grandfather gave me my first Lionel set many decades ago,  but I have never forgotten how special was that day . I still have my childhood set and run it from time to time.  

Never-run MTH 20-3021-1 Big Boy from a local train shop. A dream come true for me.

Have an HO BLI Paragon 3 Rolling Thunder UP E9 coming tomorrow from FDT. Hopefully I will have my mains up and running by then so it can get pressed into service.

Picked up a real piece of junk K4.  It is more or less ( a lot less) Scale Craft, such as frame drivers, cylinders siderods etc.  At least part of the boiler is also SC, but when they cobbled the front half they did not taper and chose to butch the steamchest pipes instead.  Surprisingly, it does have the SC casting used at the joint where the belpair starts though.  Tender is just cobbled.  I like it though...

Definitely a project Get's me back up to three since I am sending one of my other K4's to Daniel in France.

That looks pretty rough Dennis. Perfect project for you.

Are you done with the flood clean up?

Dennis Holler posted:

Picked up a real piece of junk K4.  I like it though...

Definitely a project  

Dennis, where do you find these gems?!?!?!? Seriously, maybe it's just a photographic artifact, but the rear end of that engine appears to be almost dragging the ground! Have you checked the trunk for any dead bodies?

George

RSJB18 posted:

That looks pretty rough Dennis. Perfect project for you.

Are you done with the flood clean up?

 Cleanup yes Ithink... didn’t lose anything really cept the carpet. So we’ll have to figure out how we want to go about the follow-up, complete remodel or partial etc. I guess that is a good thing, the decor if you will was probably 40 years old and so we eventually would have gotten around to this point anyway just not so soon lol. I don’t wish it on anyone for sure and  I continue to feel lucky!

George.  😁 can’t help it, I am a sucker for certain junk. It’s pretty solid and actually ran when I gave her some juice.

Dennis Holler posted:

George.  😁 can’t help it, I am a sucker for certain junk. It’s pretty solid and actually ran when I gave her some juice.

 

She does have some pretty bones 

I got this speaker for a dummy.

That speaker fits nicely.  What are you using to generate the sounds?

coach joe posted:

That speaker fits nicely.  What are you using to generate the sounds?

I searched Es44ac notch 8, and played it on YouTube. This was done on my phone which is connected via Bluetooth to the speaker.

Thanks Logan.  I had a feeling it was something along those lines.  How far away will the speaker pick up the audio from your phone?

NS6770Fan posted:

I love me some HO trains.

I recently pick up 3 brass freight cars. First one was a pregnant whale car by US Hobbies

Next was a U S Hobbies 40' Dbl-Dome Tank Car made in Japan

and the last one is my favorite. A Max Gray Heavy duty 16 wheel fish belly flat car

This K-Line by Lionel Milwaukee Road 21" Aluminum car arrived today from Trainz Auctions.  Another one to convert to LED lighting.  It should go well with the 18" cars that I have.

Larry

Bought these LIONEL SF ABA F units, set 6-11711, during the Stout Auction today:

 I placed what I believed was a low ball bid; but, won.  Don't know if I'll keep them or let them go.

Before this post, there were exactly 6666 replies! 

Well after lurking for the last year, I finally purchased a crane to put on the layout!  NZG 788 Liebherr 1300 crawler crane.  Probably won't have it for two weeks, but I'm excited.  It should help finish the grain silos...

My first O-gauge lokey without an electro-mechanical E-unit!  LOL

But in all fairness, I bought this K-Line engine (and train set)  because it was partially built from old Marx tooling. 

Got my MTH green NYC E8s from Pat's this week.  Long-time wish list item.  

Received big box from North Lima Train Works containing SF and UP shells plus interiors for each.  These are a sample:

(Click on a photo to enlarge)

I got me one of these boxcars!   Liked it so much I have another on the way!   

Jim 

YEP! Never out of the boxes. Original tape was still sealed.

I purchased this nice 1950(?) Lionel 2175W set yesterday.  A friend keeps building his collection of postwar F3’s and I couldn’t be left out...  I’m looking forward to getting a nice package in the mail in the near future.

Got these pigs today in the mail hope to get them on the layout by the weekend 

They look great, Lee!

Just got some Lionel and K-Line Pennsylvania Railroad freight cars a few days ago!

That K-Line is nice stuff

A couple of more from my NLTW order this week:

Got this today in the mail been looking for that right crane I like for the layout for team track  operations. I’m going to disassemble the crane and strip the paint off and repaint it like the real ones somewhere white and red most of them was construction yellow.

Lee, that is a really sharp looking crane.  Yes, painted the way you plan will look even better!

Mark Boyce posted:

Lee, that is a really sharp looking crane.  Yes, painted the way you plan will look even better!

Mark. I figured it would get rid of the toyish look thanks for the compliment

Im more of an NS guy, but secretly CSX is pretty cool too.  ;-) 

Lionels CSX F40PH and business train are awesome!