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On the 3R train front, a PW Lionel 611.  Not the J.  The 1957 "NW2" switcher.  In Jersey Central.  Everything in running order.  Body good shape.  Cost a little more than two new Menards boxcars.  At a dealer at a TCA meet in Houston TX.

I put the NW2 in quotes because the trucks on the switcher makes it look like cross between a NW2 ahnd the 1970's MP15DC.

I took the shell off, and did oil the engine.  The truck/motor combo looks like the one MPC would use later in their first GP and F3 units.  Or am I seeing things.

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I just received this postwar Lionel 54 ballast tamper which works great. It did not come with any trip mechanism, so I improvised with a quick solution of using a popsicle stick wedged between the adjustment housing and the IR housing of the Lionel 153-IR activation unit. You can see what I am referring to on the right side of the photo. I have to rig up something similar for the other side of the track further down.

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My little man has been saving every penny family gave him for Christmas, birthdays, etc. ever since his 8th birthday in 2018...he finally broke the bank and purchased the Tri Rail he's been wanting for the past 2 years...he's quite excited!  He got some construction equipment for Christmas...you can see that he's in full swing digging out the future quarry.  He also bought a few cars so the workers who don't use Tri Rail can get to work.Tri Rail

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Larry, That is a great looking locomotive Owen has.  Yes, I'm having a good week, and seeing Owen's happy face made my week a bit better!!

Canes RR, Congratulations to your son for buying a fine looking set and for learning the same lesson my dad had me learn over 50 years ago.  I had to save money for I don't know how long to buy my first train when I was about 12.

Thank you Mark, Owen and I have been friends for over 40 years and his train room is nice, he just happened to have this engine in his car and I asked him if we could check it out. He was glad we did, it’s a good looking Steamer. It’s nice that it worked right out of the box. He also has the L&N Mountain Steamer that we will Test next week. Wow, we also ran trains today. I just bought a Walmart lighted building for my train room. It was on sale. Happy Railroading everyone.E3B4CFAC-C68A-43A2-BC1A-F67E7C5646722E634F40-C225-4004-9912-89A15399B224

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leapinlarry posted:

Today, my friend Owen Fox, from Nashville, Tennessee  came to my home with his new Lionel Legacy & Blue Tooth NC&St.L Mountain Steam Locomotive. It ran superbly and is simply beautiful. I hope everyone is having a good week. F9E3B9AB-D1A9-4399-B844-23CEDF62B1155DA31949-86AC-444D-9F5F-7EDCC350044D0AD89B80-6234-4C75-8AC4-7561B3606F2128273610-C7E3-44FE-BA61-C20DAACB0EB44A0F15E7-96F5-4924-88C8-98CF864FFF49ABB6B298-7302-4D1E-AEBE-47439663CAA816CDEEB5-7C5F-4F9C-A4DD-1C9D15CBDCE5

Nice looking dixie steam locomotive.I come to like the mountain type steamers.I have 4 of them.Mine are MTH railking and they pull very well.

Well, the end of 2019 was tough on the old wallet... first I had the Lionel PRR J-1a and then the NYC J3a Hudson. Now...

First up, I received the two 3rd Rail PA’s I ordered from the second run - a D&H and a second New Haven...

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The last items weren’t such a big hit since a Grzyboski gift certificate I got for Christmas paid for most of it - in homage to my quasi “lawn-guy-lin” roots, a Lionel C-420 and Dashing Dan caboose...

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Haven’t had time to run them yet - that will be tomorrow’s adventure. I have to find some unused numbers on my Cab2!!! 

I think I’m swearing off engines  

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Apples55 posted:

Well, the end of 2019 was tough on the old wallet... first I had the Lionel PRR J-1a and then the NYC J3a Hudson. Now...

First up, I received the two 3rd Rail PA’s I ordered from the second run - a D&H and a second New Haven...

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The last items weren’t such a big hit since a Grzyboski gift certificate I got for Christmas paid for most of it - in homage to my quasi “lawn-guy-lin” roots, a Lionel C-420 and Dashing Dan caboose...

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Haven’t had time to run them yet - that will be tomorrow’s adventure. I have to find some unused numbers on my Cab2!!! 

I think I’m swearing off engines  

When programming into Cab remote I try to use number on engine. Easier for me to remember that way.😁👍

Joe Gozzo

Nice!  We only have 4 locos right now but a pretty small layout that can only run 2 at a time...I have to rein my little man in...every time we go to Ready to Roll he wants to buy another one...hopefully his latest Tri Rail purchase calms that down for a bit...can't blame him but he needs to get a job 😁

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I'm so jealous! There is so much great stuff coming out right now, but that is one of the sharpest locomotives I've seen in while! Enjoy!!

 

So my Christmas order from North Lima Train Works arrived today (actually a replacement order for the original order lost by FedEx) in the big box.

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 The first part of this LIONEL Union Pacific parts order were the “Chatham” coach; “Clifton” combo car; “Plainfield” vista dome coach; and, large door baggage car shells, along with their respective interiors and frames.  The trucks and couplers were ordered and received when LIONEL had its 50% off sale in November.  (Top to bottom are the "Plainfield," "Clifton," "Chatham," and large door baggage cars.)

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These four UP cars were part of the LIONEL 6-31712 Anniversary set of seven cars and Alco diesels.  I initially bought the three I already had as donors for NP North Cost Limited and Great Northern Empire Builder smooth-sided, 15” aluminum passenger cars, but decided they are too nice to paint and chose, instead, to complete the seven car set and find donor E or F units to repaint to match.

 During the LIONEL sale, I also bought Pullmor motors and F-3 front motor trucks for them.  For some reason, the rear motor trucks were not available or over-priced compared to NLTW’s price, so my NLTW order also included two rear F-3 motor trucks. 

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I feel fortunate to have acquired the motors and trucks at favorable prices since they are replacement components for those same items that were lost in a recent move from GA to VA.  There were a few miscellaneous parts also, but that's all for now.

And, again, props to NLTW for getting to me so quickly these replacements for those lost by FedEx.

 

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Trainlover160 posted:
Apples55 posted:

Well, the end of 2019 was tough on the old wallet... first I had the Lionel PRR J-1a and then the NYC J3a Hudson. Now...

First up, I received the two 3rd Rail PA’s I ordered from the second run - a D&H and a second New Haven...

 

The last items weren’t such a big hit since a Grzyboski gift certificate I got for Christmas paid for most of it - in homage to my quasi “lawn-guy-lin” roots, a Lionel C-420 and Dashing Dan caboose...

 

Haven’t had time to run them yet - that will be tomorrow’s adventure. I have to find some unused numbers on my Cab2!!! 

I think I’m swearing off engines  

When programming into Cab remote I try to use number on engine. Easier for me to remember that way.😁👍

Joe Gozzo

Thanks Joe... I did consider that, but with the number of engines I have, it didn’t seem practical - too many similarly numbered engines. I decided to group my engines by type - steam, electrics, diesels, and “other”. Unfortunately, due to my insatiable appetite for new engines, the groups have been running into one another. I’ve got to sort out what is still available. I really don’t think I want to renumber engines...  

0E64D135-4327-4CBF-A2C7-C98561BB79FFBought this Atlas BNSF PS-4750 covered hopper via eBay a week or so ago.  It arrived, opened up the box and low and behold it’s the 2 rail version.  I thought it was 3 rail.  I reread the listing and could find nothing that said it was either version, but looking again at the picture of the end of the box and sure enough it says 2 rail.  I need to look at the pictures more closely.  I contemplated sending it back but then I remembered that I had read in thread here on the forum that the Kadee couplers will mate with with 3 rail couplers just fine.  Sure enough they do!  So I’m keeping the car.

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Morning everyone, I know they may not be cool to a lot of you. But I went to the local train show yesterday and was able to pick up 9 gondolas and 1 New Haven switcher, along with 4 bottles of Grass for my layout. I got it all for $200 is for me it was a good day!IMG_20200119_064420450IMG_20200119_064425754IMG_20200119_064430276IMG_20200119_064435062IMG_20200119_064439767IMG_20200119_064445095IMG_20200119_064456006IMG_20200119_064456006IMG_20200119_064500968IMG_20200119_064512365IMG_20200119_064545189

In due time all will get Kadee couplers and either a BNSF or BN repaint! Yes Bob including the New Haven Switcher!

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