Buy anything cool lately?

@StevefromPA posted:

Got a TON, IMO, of cool stuff from the 2-3 weeks prior to York until now!!

but for this post, I’ll just give pics of my pre-York “big buys” and what came in the mail today

Pre- York Diesels:

FINALLY- first o scale Legacy Conrail Diesel! SD40 Savings Bonds Scheme. CR is my fav RR

another FINALLY- Norfolk & Southern Legacy SD60m.

This & the CR SD40 are such “key” additions for me because of their RR’s large geographical & the eras each encompasses. The CR covers the 80s and early 90s, east coast & Midwest. NS can cover to present day and can be seen almost anywhere

Another  “key” addition- Legacy Santa Fe SD40 in blue/yellow freight scheme. Got it for almost  half off since it was a store display model & has a partially broken window. But it functions great!

Why is this a key addition? First, I have plenty of western RS- especially Santa Fe. Before this loco, I had an ATSF GP35 Kodachrome and ATSF GP35 with BNSF stamp, and while I love those locos- neither is your “normal” regularly seen Santa Fe freight puller with six axles

Wanred to include this as well even though it’s not a loco- Atlas A&B TTX/SP Gunderson twin stacks. I’ve always loved the look of these intermodal well cars and while only 2 isn’t prototypical, I’m very happy to have these to run with intermodal & auto train rolling stock

As for today’s Friday deliveries:

2 Lionel CSX boxcars.

love the bottom one( it’s Lionscale) Wish I would’ve looked more into the“ big blue” prior to buying, issues with prototypicality. Regardless, the Lionscale boxcar is a nice addition to my modern and I love that it has safety stripes

And two hoppers from Atlas- LV PS4227 low side and UP 40’  air slide.

Bought the LV to add variety to late 60s and 1970s Eastern consists, should look nice w/ Penn Central & other fallen flags led by a CR loco. The UP essentially for the same reasons except west coast and 60s/70s.

more to come!(hopefully soon!)

steve

Let me appraise this reply posting of your's Steve................WOW.

Got 6 Woodland Scenics engineer figures off eBay. Tried to stage some of them having an "engineer's conference" on my layout between two locomotives after getting the idea from WesternPacific Scott. Only he's much better at it than I am.

Great buys everyone and @StevefromPA, wow, you have some really neat new trains, and @Yellowstone Special those are nice engineer figures. I just opened my new MKT Bunk car with sounds and it’s really cool. Happy Railroading Everyone

Just picked this up from trainz. Ever since I got my weaver baggage car I wanted to grab one of these to go with it.

@Yellowstone Special posted:

Got 6 Woodland Scenics engineer figures off eBay. Tried to stage some of them having an "engineer's conference" on my layout between two locomotives after getting the idea from WesternPacific Scott. Only he's much better at it than I am.

Thanks Vern for the comment! You'll have a blast with the WS engineer figures. I have a trick when placing the figures for photos, I use tacky wax  to hold them in place. It's easy to clean off too. :-)

Hey, good to know, Scott and thank you for the tip. 👍

When I saw the nearly complete set of Golden Gate Depot B&O Columbian cars show up for sale on Trainz, I knew this was a once-in-a-lifetime chance to get them to pair with my F3s and future 3rd Rail EMC EAs.  Unfortunately, somebody snagged the starlight dome before I could!  Buddy, if you're reading this, I'll be happy to make a sweet deal with you!!

https://ogrforum.com/...7#161912596526702127
Way cool Don, great find!

Bought some auto racks

@Brooklyn Corey posted:

Bought some auto racks

Very nice! Taller than I thought they were.

Pennsyfan- thanks for your comment on my Deere display.

Don

@Yellowstone Special posted:

Very nice! Taller than I thought they were.

Thanks! Yes, they’re very big.

A new glass case (ikea special)! Added the LED light strip for effect!

@Catonsville Central Railway, Wow, that’s a beautiful set of B&O passenger cars made by Golden Gate Depot, and I would like to know their length, if aluminum/brass and what curve radius they require, they are top of the line. I just purchased a like new Lionel 18 inch aluminum set of B&O cars and will be looking for the 2 car add on pack, but will be running the Heavyweight StationSounds diner with my set. I post pictures tomorrow, they are still in their original boxes. I will pull  them with Lionel’s TMCC version of the B&O F 3’s. Powered A, powered B, dummy A. @@Biscuitag97, that’s a nice IKEA train cabinet, and some really nice trains inside. Did the cabinet come with the glass shelves? What size is the cabinet. Great buys everyone…

@leapinlarry posted:

@Catonsville Central Railway, Wow, that’s a beautiful set of B&O passenger cars made by Golden Gate Depot, and I would like to know their length, if aluminum/brass and what curve radius they require, they are top of the line.

Thanks!  Yes, they're really a sight to behold.  The cars are each a full 21" in length.  They negotiate O-72 without much problem, but I wouldn't want to go lower than that.  Construction is aluminum with plastic end caps and brass detail pieces.

Beautiful F3s!  Those are actually the same F3 units from Lionel that I will be using with these cars until I can get the 3rd Rail EMC EA set later this summer or fall.

Woody, thank you for the quick response. I would love to run 21 inch scale cars on my layout, and my minimum radius is 072, going to 0120, they just dwarf my layout. The 18 inch aluminum cars just fit my layout well. I think that GGD will be offering 18 inch scale cars sometime in the future. I place pictures of my cars tomorrow. I sure am impressed with your B&O set. They are awesome. Happy Railroading Everyone

@Dallas Joseph thanks! Certified appraiser doing work for the forum? Ha. Again,  thank you very much for your comments. And, like I said- more to come!

@leapinlarry thank you for your comments! Just curious, do you use the sounds and feel it makes a better experience? I have an old PRR VISIONLINE stock car that does sounds via the remote & max/min switch. That said, I don’t run any stock cars and the coupler is SUPER long. Just wonder what it’d be like to 1.) have a sound car that fits with the rest of the train and 2.) use the sound car to see if it adds to the experience/compliments other things going on with the train or layout

@Don McErlean Great story and definitely cool! That boxcar is almost like an unknown progenitor of trains & John Deere! ( Considering Lionel’s line of John Deere product) But that’s not what matters- what matter is you got a cool, unique item- the whole package. Not just the boxcar, which has really cool graphics, but the nicely  finished wood, the plaque,  and mounting track is cool in an of itself! I lIke when such large companies like John Deere decide to make/use a train for gifts to employees for special events. It’s a different kind of special run. The early/mid-90s must’ve been big for trains as gifts to employees. Modern Marx made a boxcar for GE  RailCar Services in 1993(?). There as one by K-Line that I wish I would’ve purchased  when I got back into the hobby a couple of years ago. In the mid-90s(I think 95), PP&L signed a deal with K-line to have K-line produce sets for PPL employees. Pictures below((sorry for the quality)

The set included an mp15 switcher, crane car, work caboose, gondola with containers(which I actually have), flat with transformers load, and bulkhead flat with wire reels. Neat looking set especially if you’re a PA person. Anyway, the set proved to be quite popular and K-line recognized that fact so they began to produce & sell the sets at retail. However,once PPL heard of this situation they weren’t happy.  K-line’s action overstepped the terms of Its agreement with PP&L as the later never gave K-line a  a license to reproduce its name for profit, it was only  to produce a select number for PPL. Thus, they weren’t out very for general resale for very long. Just thought I’d share another K-line. Company exclusive type item story

Ok, here are the pictures of my Lionel 18” B&O aluminum passenger cars, set of 4, and my 18” Lionel B&O Heavyweight StationSounds diner which will be in the consist. As far as I’ve seen real passenger trains, there are mixed cars from different years, and I feel good about this set up. They are not GGD, however there fine for my size layout. 17 by 36. Happy Railroading Everyone

@leapinlarry posted:

Ok, here are the pictures of my Lionel 18” B&O aluminum passenger cars, set of 4, and my 18” Lionel B&O Heavyweight StationSounds diner which will be in the consist. As far as I’ve seen real passenger trains, there are mixed cars from different years, and I feel good about this set up. They are not GGD, however there fine for my size layout. 17 by 36. Happy Railroading Everyone

Larry, those are some really nice passenger cars, what a great looking looking train. If you can find time, do a video at/or around track level with the B&O train crawling by, so we can get a good look at it in motion. :-) Plus, it would be nice to hear the dining car sounds. No pressure! ;-)

Really nice looking, Larry!  They stopped passenger service on the B&O where I grew up when I was pretty little.

i got this Atlas Unicorn from Mr. Larry Linebeck. Thank you sir!

Geno

Larry beautiful cars will make a great train.

Don

WOW! Looks like everyone's wallets are a bit lighter around here.

Not to worry....I'm holding up my end of the deal. I just ordered a couple of the new RMT ore cars in LIRR from Trainworld. Should arrive later this summer. I seem to be heading down the proverbial slippery slope with ore cars. I have 1 LIRR already, just bought 2 of the Menards PRR cars, and now these RMT's. I plan to do custom sand loads in all of them since the only real mining that ever took place on Lawn-guy-land was sand mining......

Bob

https://ogrforum.com/...9#161912596569833189

What he said!

Bob,

Remnants of sand mining on Cape May.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news...41bfc47f9f9e6e0630dd

@pennsyfan posted:

Bob,

Remnants of sand mining on Cape May.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news...41bfc47f9f9e6e0630dd

yea- I saw that story the other day on Accu-Weather's site. Pretty cool. We had a huge mine on the north shore that's is now a golf course. The mine produced tons of sand that was used to build much of Manhattan's iconic skyline including the Empire State Building.

Long Island is one giant sandbar courtesy of the glaciers from the last ice age, also how Long Island Sound was formed.

"The mine produced tons of sand that was used to build much of Manhattan's iconic skyline including the Empire State Building.", courtesy of Colonial Sand & Stone.  There's still a little piece of equipment up there in Port Washington that was made into a monument or memorial.

@coach joe posted:

"The mine produced tons of sand that was used to build much of Manhattan's iconic skyline including the Empire State Building.", courtesy of Colonial Sand & Stone.  There's still a little piece of equipment up there in Port Washington that was made into a monument or memorial.

Right along the 2nd hole of the executive course......👍👍🏌️‍♂️🏌️‍♂️😂😂

The remnants of the tunnel and conveyor to the harbor were preserved.

Larry, those are some great looking cars!

Bob, my wallet is empty, but sad to say no new train stuff! LOL

Picked up this Railking reefer today from Mainline Hobby in Blue Ridge Summit PA. I happened past the shop when dropping my son in law  and his brother off on the Appalachian Trail, and after hiking a short distance along with them. Not a paint scheme I would have considered had I not seen it in person. I assume this is a fantasy scheme based on a fruit label. If there is any authenticity to this paint scheme, or if reefers were ever painted this elaborately; I would appreciate your thoughts. I think it an attractive car either way. Thanks, Jeff

That's a great looking car.  Now I'm not a scale modeler that requires prototypical equipment so I would run a fantasy scheme that looked that good without hesitation.

I just received the Morton Salt and the Army medical and freight caboose from MTH  via Stockyard E.xpress . Did not open yet.

Coach Joe, I am from Long Island and I never knew the story of LI Sand being so crucial for construction in the city.  I have the LIRR on my little layout, and now grasp the importance of the sand hoppers, and the memorial is beyond beautiful, it is striking.  Obliviously rather recently created, and be that as it may, to see the Twin Towers preserved is memorable by itself.  Thanks for sharing.

Ordered this from Pats Trains   It’s in the works.

@StevefromPA :  Thanks for your comment on my John Deere display.  I also liked the posting of the PP&L K-line sets, never had seen those before, neat stuff.  @RSJB18 and @coach joe :  I lived in the Long Island area for many years (in my youth) and never knew the story of the "Long Island sand" - a fascinating piece of history and the monument is really neat.  Thanks for posting.  @jeffrey O'Brien :  Neat refer, I expect that the livery comes from a fruit label, the Florida fruit companies were famous for their elaborate labels.  But prototype or not, its a neat looking car.  

Great finds everyone.  Thanks for a great thread!

Best Wishes

Don

Nothing better then coming home after a long day working to a box of trains. After last weeks box of all PRR I changed it up for this order.

Huge shout out to @EricTrainMan for pointing out the awesome atlas reefer.
I do feel bad with what I will be doing with the baggage car.

Hi Nate.

@DMASSO posted:

Hi Nate.

Hey Don,

Been awhile since I’ve last seen you, hope all is well.

Aok Nate.