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A pair of MTH Premier EMD DDA40X locomotives (one powered, one unpowered) From a fellow Forum member.

 

The C45ACCTE in the foreground is from m current collection, and is welcoming its new stablemates aboard.  The difference in size is quite apparent.  

 

The Centenniels are so long in fact that they can't negotiate our kitchen layout, due to the proximity of the scenery to the track in the curves.

 

Even more incentive to start the basement layout!

 

Rick

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I don't think it rates Matt's OOOH-RA, but I just picked up my first LionChief Plus locomotive, the Phila & Reading Camelback.  I wanted to have one to get some first hand experience, and this is the first scale steamer I've seen in the LC+ line.

 

Initial impression is it's not bad for the priced point.  It has very good smoke, nice detailing, and excellent speed control and low speed performance.  The remote is simple, just the thing to introduce kids to command operation.

 

 

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I bought a williams SP F-7 B-unit on ebay and it came in saturday. I noticed it had pick-up rollers and thought it odd, Till I ran it! The unit has a sound board which has Prime Mover sounds and a air horn(I think) I was very Impressed. It also matches the SP F-7's I bought from ebay a while ago, with concurrent Numbers on the units. Looks very cool pulling my Post war Streamlined Lionel 2500 Passenger cars.

Recently bought an MTH blue 256 with coach set, contemporary with PS2. Original owner said the engine was dead, but I thought from his description it just had a dead battery. I replaced the battery (the original was toast), lubricated the cars and put it all on the track. Started right up and drove off very smoothly. One more off Ken's wanted list!
 
@ TrainRoomGary-- Aha, that's very cute. My Williams Hudson should've come with one of those, I was being Casey Jones one day and I managed to throw it off of a curve. (Thankfully I was running on the carpet at the time, so all I got was a bent handrail and some rather funny pictures.)
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Check out this packaging statement from MTH / RailKing

"THIS CAR SUBJECT TO ROLL-OVER THROUGH

CURVES AT EXCESSIVE SPEEDS

PLEASE USE CAUTION"

First time I ever saw this in a RailKing Package....

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• Cheers from The Detroit and Mackinac Railway

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Government Mandated Roll Over Safety warnings for O Scale cars. Now we know why MTH canceled new offerings. All those lawsuits from O scale people. 

Playing catch up. Some real cool things posted

 

Videos show both newly assigned CB&Q GP7 and U28C(C&S) arriving at the Winteron yards for the first time. 

 

Picked up a few things. this weekend in Venice Fl

 

MTH Premier CB&Q GP7( Rare find at a Florida Train show)

 

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1/24 scale 1950 Chevy Belar

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Late last month a Lionel CB&Q(C&S) U28C PHII Cant remember if posted Been a long month for me. Arrived in dead lined status. Rebuilt and now runs smooth as silk.

 

 

 

This hurt my train budget but bought a 2014 Town and Country due to wife's van being totaled. Driving in Tampa is like driving in a third world country. Even the makers of Cracker Jack had some standards.

 

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The Red Car by Don Stanford was written in 1954. It was bought by me from the Scholastic Book Services sale in my elementary school. I don't have it anymore but the memory of this nice book has always stayed with me.

So as I have been filling in my collection of 1950's cars on my layout it came to me what I was missing.

I found a Matchbox Models of Yesteryear Red MG TC, like the book is about. It makes me smile to think of the book and now to see one on my layout. Azgary

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Here's a few I bought recently. A book I had as a child ( Tim and his Trains ) graphics of Lionel trains but the name is never mentioned. Had a copy when I was a little.

Just picked up this boxed set.

NYC Empire State Express (1975) all in obs and set box very nice set lightly run if at all.

My WBB Texas SP (yeah) rip- roarn just like the West. They pull my 6 aluminum passenger cars with no problems.

Long live the ( Frisco )!

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The least cool thing recently was an old primer brown Atlas ore car that had seen better days.  It had previously been 3 railed with a pair of postwar trucks that left it 4 scale feet higher than normal.

 

Spent a stupid amount of time and money getting it to look like this.  No attempt was made to replicate anything resembling a prototype.  Even worked in set of HO decals to finish off the project.

 

Bruce

Hey guys. I have a pic here for SteamWolf if some one would make sure he gets a peak. He said the other day he always wanted a Dodge Power Wagon; I believe a 1948 model. Well Yesterday I was in Branson, Mo. and right on 76 strip was the truck of his dreams; advertising Shorty Smalls Restaurant. Did I buy some cool stuff and today too. Don't have pics yet but I will post some later.

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