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Adult Polo Shirt.

Adult ball cap & Childs railroad hat.

Gary 🚂

Another addition to the postwar roster......

Picked up a couple of BEEP shells from Ken Jr at Trainland today.

Delighted to find these Superliners used at my LHS. Price was right, grabbed them.  Probably my last purchase for the warm months since I’m spending hobby money currently for G scale Garden Trains.

Everyone, great finds, RSJB18Bob, Beep Beep, cool find, Gandydancer, cool crane car, cool layout, Happy Railroading Everyone

I just bought a MTH Chessie 70-ton 3 bay hopper today!

Just got a brass/wood EJ&E boxcar.  Might be a Walthers or Athearn kit.

It's a 2 rail car but it will make its way to the workbench for 3 rail conversion.

Here is my latest cool purchase.... after restoration + refurbishment.

An American Flyer Burlington Zephyr 9900 with Sand Cast Aluminum shells, now all nicely buffed out.

The headlight is currently not correct, but it works for me.  I have not figured out how to get a correct replacement headlight lens yet.  Any ideas?

Just received my latest purchase, a late Williams NYC Mikado.  Looks great and runs great too!

Rolland

Stopped at a great little train store called "Trains and Tracks" in the Milford area on Rt. 101A on my Saturday trip to southern NH and saw this Person Supply scale MEC box car. It is made by Atlas and the box says it was "custom decorated" for Person Supply in Oregon. Looks great, nice detail and "had to have it" !

I recently spotted the Lionel Postwar 1805 USMC Land-Sea and Air set in an auction just 90 minutes from my house.  There was only one small picture with the listing so I was not totally sure of the condition, but I won it with a bid of just $330.  The set turned out to be in mostly excellent condition with just a broken blade on the original USMC helicopter and missing insert and accessories on the 6824 Rescue Caboose.  All of the steps on the 45 Mobile Launcher are intact and the original man, control panel and missiles are there.  The submarine is original down to the clear panel on the bottom and the aged rubber band inside and is missing only the periscope, also easily replaced.  Needless to say, I am very pleased with my find.

Purchased a couple of Lionel Limited Edition Series cars from my Local Hobby Shop "Whistle Stop Trains", in Portland Oregon.

The really cool story for me is there actually is a LHS just 30 mins away!

It's a nice store stocked with a little bit of everything, and run by friendly people.

Since retail restrictions have eased up, I have been visiting once a week to see what's new, yesterday I purchased two cars, paints,
and a copy of  "Model Railroading with John Allen, by Linn Westcott".

The book is great and I've not seen the Limited Edition Series before.  Picked up this nice O27 green British Columbia Railway tank car and PRR boxcar.
Cars have sprung die-cast trucks and have "BLT 1-81 Lionel".  My first thought was to use the trucks for a project, but perhaps they are too nice to scavenge.

@Kelunaboy posted:

Purchased a couple of Lionel Limited Edition Series cars from my Local Hobby Shop "Whistle Stop Trains", in Portland Oregon.

The really cool story for me is there actually is a LHS just 30 mins away!

First, congrats on having a LHS in the neighborhood - it is becoming so rare. The tank car is an MPC era car from the Maple Leaf Limited set. I still have the set and that car is still one of my favorites - love the bright color and the graphics. And British Columbia Railway isn’t a common road name. In my opinion, it would be a shame to scrounge the trucks and lose the body. As for the PRR box car, is it by any chance a 9441??? If so, it came from the same set. While I wouldn’t do it, the thought of scrounging the trucks from it doesn’t upset me as much - the PRR Merchandise Service is a much more common paint scheme. Hope you enjoy them in either case.

Thanks for the information Paul, the PRR boxcar is numbered 9441, so it looks like a set breakup.  The crane car and maybe the hopper were also on the shelf.  

After seeing the cars up close, it’s doubtful I will scavenge parts.  It’s something I tell myself I’ll do as justification for buying, and then just keep the item instead.  

Just returned from MY LHS- Trainland in Lynbrook with this!

Great deal on this WbB too!

PS- It's only 15 minutes away from my house. Yea- Us Lawn-guy-land guys are spoiled.

Bob

Looks good Bob, You know your going to run out of room! LOL

@mike g. posted:

Looks good Bob, You know your going to run out of room! LOL

I'm way past out of room Mike. Hasn't slowed me down tho 😂😂

@RSJB18 posted:

Just returned from MY LHS- Trainland in Lynbrook with this!

Great deal on this WbB too!

PS- It's only 15 minutes away from my house. Yea- Us Lawn-guy-land guys are spoiled.

Bob

Looks nice Bob, can’t go wrong with the Standard Railroad of the World (after all, it did have a Lawn-guy-land presence). Unfortunately, I note it is conventional only... you’re backsliding, Bob

As for the 15 minutes from the house line, I hope you hit Hamptons traffic - in BOTH directions!!!

@Tom S posted:

I recently spotted the Lionel Postwar 1805 USMC Land-Sea and Air set in an auction just 90 minutes from my house.  There was only one small picture with the listing so I was not totally sure of the condition, but I won it with a bid of just $330.  The set turned out to be in mostly excellent condition with just a broken blade on the original USMC helicopter and missing insert and accessories on the 6824 Rescue Caboose.  All of the steps on the 45 Mobile Launcher are intact and the original man, control panel and missiles are there.  The submarine is original down to the clear panel on the bottom and the aged rubber band inside and is missing only the periscope, also easily replaced.  Needless to say, I am very pleased with my find.

Very well done! To find one of these engines with all the steps and the cars in the condition you describe is a steal for the price you paid. Well done indeed!

Awesome buys fellows, Third Rail, Bill T, wow, that’s a beautiful EJ&E box car, and it’s great to see you recovering well from your recent heart issue, You are in our prayers here in Tennessee. I’m glad to see so many 44 toners on many layouts. I have a picture of my friends Dr. Jack Fishers..... Happy Railroading Everyone

Yes...I know it might be just a little bit premature...but had to have it...MTH Railking Operating “CHRISTMAS” Hand Car from Mr. Muffin’s! 🚂🎄😉😺

I had the day off and went to Portland today, to see trains and hit the hobby shops.
Didn't get a truckload but got some neat stuff.

@p51 posted:

I had the day off and went to Portland today, to see trains and hit the hobby shops.
Didn't get a truckload but got some neat stuff.

Looks like you hit Whistle Stop! Hope you head a great day!

Did someone post a Scranton trolley earlier? I tried to get back to it but; can’t  find it.

Thanks

Bob;

The LCCA just announced one for members - the convention this year was supposed to be in Scranton.

Thanks Paul, my daughter and her family are in Scranton. I thought it would be a nice addition to my layout.

It.has been on the market for a while but it's new to me. The Lionel Southern Train Master #6302. I like the new crew talk and the ability to change the horn and bell sounds with the Legacy remote. I am also happy to say it did not have any issues out of the box.

@NS1975 posted:

It.has been on the market for a while but it's new to me. The Lionel Southern Trainmaster #6302. I like the new crew talk and the ability to change the horn and bell sounds with the Legacy remote. I am also happy to say it did not have any issues out of the box.

Very good looking, but!  Southern's Train Masters had a lower pilot deck for crew safety.

Ron

@pdxtrains posted:

Looks like you hit Whistle Stop! Hope you head a great day!

Yep, I hit there, Hobby Smith and Tammies. Bought something at each.

NS Caboose, lighted with smoke unit. Found on eBay.

I've been looking for these MTH Frisco E8's (20-20855-1 & 20-20856-4) for a couple years.  Finally found them at a dealer NOS with a full passenger consist (5-car set: 20-65296, 2-car: 20-66296, and RPO: 20-68296).

Picked up a remote commander from a forum member.

Received my Legacy 4-6-0 locomotive this week. She runs and smokes great!

Got an MTH Q Type El Subway Set delivered this week. Upgraded the battery and added passengers, not as fancy as the other subway sets but its still nice.

I bought four Lionel Vision Line reefers sets. Two Union Pacific PFE Reefer sets (six cars total) and two Santa Fe Reefer sets (six cars total) and a Lionel Silver PFE Reefer set (three cars) with an additional Lionel Silver PFE Reefer, a Lionel Union Pacific Wide Vision Cupola Caboose with camera and a Lionel Legacy Command Control system.

We went a little crazy this month on a buying spree. My son picked up the CNW /CMO  4-6-0 ten wheeler from a club member. Has TMCC but the smoke unit is a goner,  needs replacement.

Then I bought this Santa Fe burro crane. I have an idea to take the cab and boom off , mount them on a 3 inch cylinder & turn it into a pillar crane for my coil yard.

I don't know,  she runs great , just a bit sparky and you can hear the gears really grind. Maybe a cleaning and lube job will keep her  together.

Then for no reason my son bought for me this NKP 2-6-6-2 mallet.  He said "just because ". I have a great family.

Hope you like them. 

Wow, Bill!  You brought up your son right! 😉

I finally got a Lionel #192 Control Tower!  It just arrived today and looks better than the pictures showed.  Needs some cleaning, but that is normal.  The only issue is the anemometer.  The 3 nubs that stick out are broken off, but that and the weathervane are original.  The roof does not have a bulb burn/bulge in it.  No broken/cracked railings or missing parts.  Everything looks really good.  For 125.00 I am very happy!

I also found a #148 dwarf signal to add to my collection.  That should be here tomorrow.

I will post pics once I have them cleaned up.

Next will be a #115 City Station.  Hopefully in the next few months.

I've been adding to my train collection over the last year or so.  I started years ago with a TMCC Pennsy S-1.  Over the last year I have been lucky online to locate the Lionel TMCC versions of the Dreyfuss Hudson, Pioneer Zephyr and UP M10000 at good prices.  Last week my largest purchase to date arrived:

Twice as much as any of my other purchases, but worth every penny.  I like these older TMCC locomotives.  They are far more budget friendly for me and do everything I need them to do.  Now all I need is a layout...

I agree, I don’t have a problem with TMCC engines.  I hope you get a layout to run them on soon.