Buy anything cool lately?

@Strap Hanger posted:

I picked up another MTH premier wood sided reefer to go along with my Nathans one.  These are so good, I may start collecting a few more.  This Genco Olive Oil one was really well done and a nice offering by Roundhouse South down here in Florida.  Nice job - Love the “Importati Da Corleone, Sicilia Italia”

I think I see an olive oil factory/warehouse scratch build in my future!

I should have my Genco reefer sometime this week.  When I first saw these Genco reefers advertised, I thought they were being issued by the owner of Genco Trains of White Plains, NY. (long ago closed.) 

I have been looking for an MTH DCS Wi-Fi unit as mine had been acting up / not working.  @MrMuffin'sTrains had an auction on one that was new and in the box.  I "won" it, and look forward to getting it.  

John

Another Train Master showed up at my door in one of my favorite paint schemes.  Even my wife said it was “pretty”.  It’s a Custom Trains version & needs some work but I am glad to have it in the lineup.

@trestleking
Listen to your wife!

”Even my wife said it was “pretty”.”

Several years ago I found this floor toy. I saved the shell and picked up a Beep chassis on the cheap. The reverse was shot and the owner elected to dump it rather than pay to fix it. I was thinking that it would be a great attention getter at the train races in Howard Beach NY . I thought it was fast.  Not so when I put it in the race. It’s been packed away since. Well last week along came a PRR Beep shell, so I will repurpose  the chassis once again.

@jbmccormick posted:

I have been looking for an MTH DCS Wi-Fi unit as mine had been acting up / not working.  @MrMuffin'sTrains had an auction on one that was new and in the box.  I "won" it, and look forward to getting it.  

John

Congratulations!  I was going to bid on it but when I saw there was someone else (you?)  who was also bidding, I decided to pass.  I have 2 remotes that work but would like to eventually have the option of using my phone -- and as a back-up in case my remotes break or die.  Happy railroading

His alternate mode is a train so I think this counts. But I picked up this 3rd party (Hasbro/Takara were uninvolved) Transformer (the "alien robot that turns into a car" kind not the "makes the train go" kind) based on an alt history comic where the Transformers woke up in the industrial revolution. Bumblebee took on the form of a tank engine in that comic and this figure was originally intended to be a replication of his train mode, but the makers decided "Well, we need to get at least 4 different figures out of the mold, let's make a Thomas!" So this figure's vehicle mode is... Thomas the Tank Engine. He can also sort of fit on O gauge tracks if you squeeze the wheels in so technically he's an O gauge train!

I'm still debating if I should give him a more "Transformery" name like Sudrian or just go with the obvious one of "Op-Thomas Prime" for him. "Sudrian" being the term given to people who live on Sodor.

Just got this Williams by Bachmann F7 A-A powered and dummy set. It was listed at Trainz as Like New and I was delighted to find that it apparently was never run. It has a true blast horn and bell. The horn of course is not up to modern standards but it's good enough for me. I plan to get a horn-bell button so I can hear the bell. I saw the post by Gunrunner John showing how to make one, but I don't know if I want to try that right now, so I'll attempt to find one of the K-Line ones.

I didn't have any other Lackawanna rolling stock so I got the MTH below. This Phoebe Snow box car is also a placeholder and reminder that I want to eventually get a Phoebe Snow passenger set that would look great with the F7s.

Then to round it out I got this Lackawanna caboose, my first K-Line acquisition. It has working marker lights, opening doors, separate grab irons, and a nice mesh roof walk, and it was very affordable. On its first run I thought the interior lights and smoke unit were broken, even though the marker lights were lit. (I did have the "TMCC / Conv" switch set to "Conv" and the smoke switch was on.) Then I took the powered loco off the track and turned my 1033 transformer up to the max -much higher than I ever use- and I could finally see the interior lights and the smoke unit produced a little wisp of smoke. I put the powered loco back on and still got the wisp of smoke but if I ran it fast enough to see the lights it would probably get airborne. I'm not going to attempt to change to LEDs right or rewire anything now so I'll just make do. And I've read the thread about K-line smoke units melting shells, so I'm going to leave the smoke unit off anyway. The car is beautiful the way it is. A big thank you to whoever owned these pieces (maybe someone here) and took such great care of them!

John

Oh my I can’t believe my luck!  First I found this set of Lionel Blue Comet by MTH at the GTA train show in Puyallup, WA.

Then I was talking with a friend who runs g scale at the show and said a neighbor gave him some post war o scale and I could have it!  I thought we’ll this was going to have one or two pieces that would be ok.  Was I wrong!  I haven’t gone through all three boxes yet but the first one revealed the following.

That’s a post war Santa Fe! I opened the battery compartment to see how bad it was but I found 0 corrosion!  This was the best find of the year!  I can’t wait to see what else is in the other two boxes. ( I peaked and saw an oil rig already!). I will share more as I open the boxes tomorrow!  Too late tonight.  I gotta try and sleep. I feel like a kid on Christmas Eve. Gonna have to force myself to sleep.

@OhB1 That's an unreal score! Keep us updated...and Id say you owe your friend something nice 😃

Finally bought something cool that I've been looking quite awhile for . 🤓

Thank you Mr. Broskowitz where ever you are........thank you and may you indeed rest in peace. 🙏

@IRON HORSE posted:

Congratulations!  I was going to bid on it but when I saw there was someone else (you?)  who was also bidding, I decided to pass.  I have 2 remotes that work but would like to eventually have the option of using my phone -- and as a back-up in case my remotes break or die.  Happy railroading

Iron Horse, THANK YOU for letting me get this.  Because of limitations of the handhelds (primarily range issues), I sold my handhelds.  When my WIU began to periodically fail, I began to worry.  I was able to get the device to work from time to time but that time became farther and farther between.  I literally was plugging the WIU in and see if it would boot up, typically taking anywhere from 30 to 45 minutes to get it to work.  In November, I basically gave up as the device was not booting up on my plug and unplug process, and sent the device to Steve and Jeff.  They got back to me and thought it was a defective radio board of which MTH was not committal to supplying in the future.    

Again, thank you for letting me win this.

John

A $35 bargain from the Greenberg's Great Train & Toy Show in Richmond. 

1954-1957 Lionel 6462-25 painted green gondola in the original box with N in second panel and two lines of data. 

@Tim Ring posted:

A $35 bargain from the Greenberg's Great Train & Toy Show in Richmond.

1954-1957 Lionel 6462-25 painted green gondola in the original box with N in second panel and two lines of data.

Is that a less common variation? I know that green gondolas are fairly scarce but I don't know about marking variations. I do have a green 6462 with those same markings. I got mine out of a junk box for $5.

I picked up this 6014 Wix boxcar. It’s one of the rarer 6014s. I got it at a reduced price because of the dirt and smudges. I took a chance that I could clean it up.

Here’s the same car after a warm bath in clear laundry soap. I followed up with a drop of Dawn directly on a tooth brush for the more stubborn stains.

Now I can add it to my 6014 collection.

@pennsyfan posted:

I picked up this 6014 Wix boxcar. It’s one of the rarer 6014s. I got it at a reduced price because of the dirt and smudges. I took a chance that I could clean it up.

Here’s the same car after a warm bath in clear laundry soap. I followed up with a drop of Dawn directly on a tooth brush for the more stubborn stains.

Now I can add it to my 6014 collection.

That came out beautiful - good job

@Lionelski

“That came out beautiful - good job”

Thanks John

Bob, are the 6014s the smaller double door boxcars with non opening doors?  If so Andy, aka Silver Lake also collects them.  He's moving more into scale two rail operations but I believe he still collects those DD boxcars.

I got these pieces following my Rs11 for Christmas

@coach joe posted:

Bob, are the 6014s the smaller double door boxcars with non opening doors?  If so Andy, aka Silver Lake also collects them.  He's moving more into scale two rail operations but I believe he still collects those DD boxcars.

Yes Joe, those are the ones. Actually there are a few different numbers; but they are all non opening double doors.

@RixTrack posted:

I got these pieces following my Rs11 for Christmas

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Picked up another Williams steamer:

In the coming months it will receive JWA Chuff Generator, JWA Super Chuffer, and fan driven smoke unit. I will most likely add DCC to this one as well.

I ordered a dozen passenger car lighting kits from @Rod Stewart . Cause I need more projects......

I also was in Nassau Hobby this afternoon to pick up a MTH refer pre-order. Just so happens that a LIRR boxcar followed me home too. I'll post pix when I get them on the layout.

Bob

@RSJB18 posted:

I ordered a dozen passenger car lighting kits from @Rod Stewart . Cause I need more projects......

I also was in Nassau Hobby this afternoon to pick up a MTH refer pre-order. Just so happens that a LIRR boxcar followed me home too. I'll post pix when I get them on the layout.

Bob

Don’t you just hate when that happens Bob? It doesn’t make sense to waste time and gas taking it back to the hobby shop. Plus, other things would be sure to follow you home.

Jay

@pennsyfan- Great find...I am a collector of the "O-27" type small boxcars.  The Wix car, as you say is one of the more rare, and yours looks terrific.  Here is most of my collection pictured below: I especially like the ones that Lionel did for special customers so that they might have a unique train set.  Such things as "Toy's R Us", Macy's, Tru-Value Hardware, Sears, and others.  

I would consider this one of the more rare ones that I have (I don't have a "Wix") its the Chun King , Orient Express.  This was the unique part of set X-150 in 1956.  After years of looking I finally found this one at a train show in Austin, Tx in August of 2022.

The Wix boxcar carrying number 6014 - 150 was a component of set DX 837 only offered in 1959.  Although not really known positively, it is suspected that the Wix car was commissioned by the WIX Corporation of Gastonia, North Carolina.  Now to give you something more to look for, the component box with the proper "-150" suffix is considered even more rare than the car!.

Best Wishes

Don

Yes, but not to be 'officially' revealed until $$$ are on their way...

I unpacked the two new cars last night. Both have local importance for us Lawn-guy-landers......

First is a custom run for Nassau Hobby by MTH. Two Cousins Fish market was about 10 minutes from where I grew up. I used to go there with my mother all the time for seafood. Couldn't pass it up when they announced it last year.

And while they were pulling out my order, this Lionel car wound up in my hands.

Thanks to @Charlienassau for the great custom runs. Keep up the good work.

Bob

@RSJB18 posted:

Two Cousins Fish market was about 10 minutes from where I grew up. I used to go there with my mother all the time for seafood. Couldn't pass it up when they announced it last year.

Bob

I’m wondering if they are the same cousins that have Cousins Lobster Trucks. I believe they offer franchises. We had a food truck at the community clubhouse last summer. The lobster roll was good.

K-Line K764 -1451

@FrankRazz posted:

I should have my Genco reefer sometime this week.  When I first saw these Genco reefers advertised, I thought they were being issued by the owner of Genco Trains of White Plains, NY. (long ago closed.)

Wow - Genco - that’s someone I haven’t thought about in a long time. I bought many items from him at local shows. Frank - did he have an actual hobby shop?

@iguanaman3 posted:

Is that a less common variation? I know that green gondolas are fairly scarce but I don't know about marking variations. I do have a green 6462 with those same markings. I got mine out of a junk box for $5.

There are two variations of the painted green 6462-25:

Attached are great photos from today's Stout Auction:

@Tim Ring

”There are two variations of the painted green 6462-25”

Per my Doyle book; they are both rated a 3 rarity with the same price scale.

$15-22-32

@RSJB18 posted:

I unpacked the two new cars last night. Both have local importance for us Lawn-guy-landers......

First is a custom run for Nassau Hobby by MTH. Two Cousins Fish market was about 10 minutes from where I grew up. I used to go there with my mother all the time for seafood. Couldn't pass it up when they announced it last year.

Thanks to @Charlienassau for the great custom runs. Keep up the good work.

Bob

Perhaps the imported catches were shipped in this lobster vat car  

I went online to Nassau Hobby to see if they had any of those Two Cousins Fish Market Lobster cars in stock.  I was able to add one 1 my cart and complete my purchase.  The #1969 car was sold out but I got the #255 car.  I would not have known about these special run Fish Market cars if it wasn't for your post. Thank you for posting!

@th55 posted:

I went online to Nassau Hobby to see if they had any of those Two Cousins Fish Market Lobster cars in stock.  I was able to add one 1 my cart and complete my purchase.  The #1969 car was sold out but I got the #255 car.  I would not have known about these special run Fish Market cars if it wasn't for your post. Thank you for posting!

happy to help. It's a sharp car.

A pneumatic conveying system to fill the sand tower from the centerflow hopper car. I sent Alan Graziano some pics on what it looks like along with dimensions and he put his outstanding talent to work as usual. I added the 2 product line mounts when I installed it today.

Gene

@Mark V. Spadaro posted:

Wow - Genco - that’s someone I haven’t thought about in a long time. I bought many items from him at local shows. Frank - did he have an actual hobby shop?

Yes, he opened his store in White Plains.  On opening day, he had a store sign raising cermony just like they did with Genco Oil in the movie The Godfather.

I’m going to the Amherst show this weekend, but had to warm up a little bit on my haggling. One of our dealers from work was selling some trains for a friend. Was able to pick these up for a steal.
Believe it our not I was going to pass on this PRR diner car. Offered a really really low price seeing how I was on the fence. Well as you can see…Picked these two up to fill in some more modern stuff.

Another project car to go with the same one I got at York.

All in all let’s just say it was a good warm up for the show.

Nabbed me one of the MTH C-16 docksiders. I bought one of these back in 2020 but after a mishap at a show in 2021 where it not only threw a siderod but knocked a wheel out of alignment my original engine was down for the count. I kept the shell in case I ever got another, and well, now I have a second. I'm definitely intending to keep the New Jersey Central shell it came with just so I have options but the Baltimore and Ohio shell is the primary shell for this engine as far as I'm concerned. I love these little tank engines and am glad to have a working one back in my collection.

As I mentioned, I also got the Genco custom run car. I paired it with a few figures I recently acquired, than put it on a shelf coupled to a worthy partner.