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Just received an Atlas N&W m.o.w. flat car with pipe load from Beth at Public Delivery Track today.  That car is fantastic, and just what I was looking for!  Just ordered 2 more!

Thanks for the mention.....beth

@Brian DeFazio posted:

Just received an Atlas N&W m.o.w. flat car with pipe load from Beth at Public Delivery Track today.  That car is fantastic, and just what I was looking for!  Just ordered 2 more!

@Beth Marshall

So are either one of you going to show us a picture??

@pennsyfan posted:

@Beth Marshall

So are either one of you going to show us a picture??

I haven't had a chance to take a pic yet.  The atlas stock photo would be a copyright issue so I can't post that either.

Love finding cars that are local to me.

I bought a very lightly used PRR double sheathed boxcar from a fellow OGR member, and a NIB 1994 Employee Christmas car on eBay.  Looking at Greenberg’s guide the Christmas car may be worth more than the $35 I paid for it, but who knows.

Over 2 years ago I pre-ordered two Atlas ps-4427 cars from @MrMuffin'sTrains.  When I got the notification they arrived, I really could not remember ordering them.  They arrived on Saturday, and are gorgeous.  Videos to follow.  I also picked up a custom run GP-35 Milwaukee Road.  That arrived yesterday and I am excited to get it on the tracks.  Expect a video to follow.

John

@jeffrey O'Brien 082418 posted:

I liked this Vessel #1 J.I.S. screwdriver so much, at $6.99 with free shipping (amazon), I purchased a spare.

This is actually a very good reminder a lot of us May or May NOT know that most of the Pacific Rim (Asian) Producers use JIS (Japanese Industrial Standard) Screws NOT Phillips. The Angle of the Cross Slots is VERY different and if you run into one that was torqued down hard a Phillips Driver will strip and round out the slots.

@Trainwreck nate posted:

Love finding cars that are local to me.

Makes me hungry. Thanks for your service!

@Jeffrey O’Brien 082418

@Yendor

Thanks for the information. I wasn’t aware.

Well my last acquisition especially since MTH screwed up the A&P Company refer.

And I know some here will call this a fantasy engine.  But I call it the fable of what should have, could have, and WOULD have happened if F.A. Sciberling did not get his hooks so deep into the Akron, Canton & Youngstown RR.

The ACY was chartered in 1907 to connect Akron to Youngstown (my hometown) in the day second only to Pittsburgh in steel production and Mogadore to Canton (Timken and Hover).  The ACY became most famous for where it did not go to namely Youngstown and Canton.  

Sciberling actions were to improve things for his company product Goodyear Tires.  Sciberling's ACY would offer better service and lower cost access to Goodyear's Adena district coal mines.  Also better routing of Goodyear tire to Detroit.  Now according to a chart in Morning Sun's book on the ACY the average yearly carloads for years 1947-1963 of tires and tubes was about 9000.  But the Line stone and Dolomite, and Soft Coal from National Lime and Stone in Carey was 23000.  Connecting to Youngstown would have been a straight 138 miles.

So if that straight route to the Youngstown existed combined with ACY's like of FM power would have spooned  the use of Train Masters.

I have a NE style caboose to properly letter for the ACY and ten Akron, Canton & Youngstown 2-bay hoppers.  I need to properly paint the loads for "Lime Stone" and "Dolomite."

Ron

These popped up in the something else you may like category.
The motorbike and baby stroller caught my eye.

I took my daughter out to lunch yesterday. While we’re waiting she hands me a package.
I opened it and thought just what I need another penlight.

Then she takes it and demonstrates

It telescopes 22” and the head ring is magnetized. Great for finding and picking up those screws.
The moral of the story; never look a gift flashlight in the eye.

This is the first time in years that I got home from a train show with two full large bags. Albeit, one bag was preordered METCA exclusives. An EMD SW8 Demonstrater and 2 Blue Coal boxcars.

When I was walking around I spotted a NJT switcher on GRZYBOWSKI’s close out table. I made an offer to the young man. He said he would have to ask his uncle. While he was gone I noticed a Navy switcher. When he came back I sent him away with a combination offer.

Then one of my buddies picked up a ‘55 Pontiac Starchief for me.

Then as I was leaving a PRR express reefer caught my on on the METCA table. It wasn’t a METCA product. A customer left it for sale. When he bought it he didn’t realize that it had been modified to scale trucks and couplers. The tag said make an offer. So I did.

A good day!

Very nice, The three in a consist would be fantastic.   the Pontiac is quite interesting, I picked up A 57 Pontiac Bonneville convertible at the Costa Mesa show six weeks ago, but I also burnup my 78 Chevy pick on the way home.  I would have posted a picture of the Pontiac in Front of teh scratch Built Gas station built for my layout, but I haven't figured out how.

Just picked this up from a used book store, been wanting it for a while:

My MTH-by-Atlas Scale Test Car arrived Thursday (shout out to Mr. Muffin's Trains).

I've looked at these for some time and finally decided to buy one in CNW livery. I opted for the one with scale wheels, hence the later arrival. It was well packaged and included prototype information.

I couldn't resist opening it up. There are two screws along the car center line that hold the chassis in place. The side frames are screwed to the chassis. Note the axles are NOT sprung, but then the car is so short and it's likely use means that isn't a problem. Besides, this is a MOW item as opposed to something running along a mainline under normal circumstances.

I may replace the Atlas couplers with Kadee 743's at some point.

The Atlas couplers were at the right height according to my Kadee height gauge.

The hand rail on top is plastic and flexible so it should remain in pretty good shape over time without fear of breaking. I figure I'll build a scale house and track to sit it on.

I think Atlas has done well with the MTH tooling. I also bought a pair of CNW ACF 3-bay Center Flow Hoppers with scale wheels. More on them later.

A few things from the Edison, NJ show today. All new. Two with broken pieces but should be fixable with super glue…

Great buys everyone! @pennsyfan I had no idea there was blue coal boxcars! I’ll be adding them to my wanted list! @GregK great buys! I’ve been thinking about attending that show. Thanks for sharing everyone!

@Richizzle07 posted:

Great buys everyone! @pennsyfan I had no idea there was blue coal boxcars! I’ll be adding them to my wanted list! @GregK great buys! I’ve been thinking about attending that show. Thanks for sharing everyone!

I wouldn’t travel too far for it but if you are within an hour or two it’s worth the trip. They run it 2-3 times a year.

Got this one a few months ago. An eBay find. An AC4400W in Proto-3 w/scale wheels. Sounds and runs great.

I can't believe I'm up to five BNSF locomotives when at one time I was the self-appointed Information Minister of the Isle of Denial. I think it was unavoidable when one of the AGHR Kids (grandson of one of the founding members) ended up working for BNSF. He's a conductor and passed his engineer's tests. Ironically, he works the Needles Subdivision and his trains run right past his parents' house.

I just picked up a Lionel NYC C Liner.  I was fortunate that Nassau Hobbies still had one in stock since I didn't pre-order.  From never having a C Liner to now having two, LIRR (exclusive to Trainland) and now the NYC.

@Lionelski posted:

I had a great York,

Here is part of my haul:

American Flyer #22093 350 Watt "pancake" transformer, totally refurbished. It is the only one I saw in 2 days of bandit meets and 2 days at the Fairgrounds:

I guess I'm on an American Flyer transformer binge. At a local show today I bought this 250 W beauty, #12B;

I use the big boy, the 350 Watt'er, to power my simple American Flyer loop in "The Alcove"  (see: Two layouts in an unexpected space (warrenvillerailroad.com)

Overkill?

I bought a switching layout today from @ChessieMD. Everything but the trains, freight cars and the electronics.

Charlie

Charlie, I can't tell from your pictures but what's the track plan like?  Any of the well know switching puzzles or something more free form.  Looks amazing either way.

It's free form.

Charlie I didn't realize the Chessie roads ran through the desert.

It will probably be renamed.

Some recent eBay purchases.

When I first re-entered the hobby in early to mid 90s I was gifted a few pieces of GN rolling stock, when I came across a pre-owned Lionel 6-8601 GN Atlantic in a LHS It followed me home.  The tender had a piece chipped off piece and for almost 30 years I've been trying to figure out the best way to repair it.  Well a new shell will fit the bill.

Years ago I won several auctions for MTH parts and shells.  I believe I have enough pieces to cobble together a crane, now I have the base for it.  A coat of some satin black on this streamlined coach roof and the NYC Vista Dome that never existed due to low overhead clearances will be the coach it was always intended to be.

Them 4-4-2's have that problem they like to follow people home

@coach joe posted:

Some recent eBay purchases.

When I first re-entered the hobby in early to mid 90s I was gifted a few pieces of GN rolling stock, when I came across a pre-owned Lionel 6-8601 GN Atlantic in a LHS It followed me home.  The tender had a piece chipped off piece and for almost 30 years I've been trying to figure out the best way to repair it.  Well a new shell will fit the bill.

Years ago I won several auctions for MTH parts and shells.  I believe I have enough pieces to cobble together a crane, now I have the base for it.  A coat of some satin black on this streamlined coach roof and the NYC Vista Dome that never existed due to low overhead clearances will be the coach it was always intended to be.

Wow, look at you, Mr fixit. Now that the 30 year old problem is off your plate you’ll be looking for something to do. I could fill the gap for you!

Bob my ToDo list is 2 pages long and the only one of those 3 projects that is on the list is the vista dome roof replacement.  It also doesn't include "Build A Layout".  So I don't think I need to be looking for anything else.  But I'm sure something will find me.

I just accepted delivery on a model of Amtrak's #406 from one of those "MTH production sample" auctions. I was pretty excited about the auction because it went for really cheap due to its lack of motors/electronics. As it turns out, I actually wanted a dummy in the first place. #406 is an NPCU although it still looks like an active F40PH. It will bring up the markers for my eastbound Downeaster. I have the Lionel version for the westbound (NPCU leads).

I have a few models that are represented by both companies and I was especially impressed by how close the Lionel and MTH models are. You know something is off when an MTH model is wildly different from a Lionel model and vice versa. In this case, the main difference is the fuel tank placement but that's prototypical for these road numbers.

My only gripe is that this model doesn't have an air conditioning unit. I guess that wasn't part of MTH's tooling at the time (I know there are some MTH F40's with an A/C out there). I have an SD40 AC unit that I'll glue on. It's missing strobes too. I'm thinking about buying some AEM-7 strobes for $6, but I don't know if I'm ready for that kind of wiring project yet. So far I'm lighting up the markers with some random electronics I looted from a baggage car -that was easy. I'll swap the engineer figure eventually.

My Trainmaster binge continues…I picked up a gutted chassis to match with my Lackawanna shell & “poof” a new dummy appears.   I am hopeful for a large layout space in the next house to put these TM’s to good use !

Rich in SD for awhile longer

Received this Legacy B&M 4-6-0 steam engine and tender which, believe it or not, was a gift from a client I did some work for. It fits in well with my other NE road names.

New roofs for my NYC vista domes.

A steel unloading bin from 1947.  Lionel ordered them for the initial run of 3459 dump cars.  Found they were too heavy and switched to aluminum dumps.  They were repuposed as #160 unloding bins.

It was in a lot of lionel parts.

The Airbrush I bought 20’ yrs ago. I ended up buying this compressor kit believing I would have everything I need. I tried to save shipping time buy traveling 3 hrs round trip. Luck of the Irish.

Looks to me you have everything you need, as long as you paint in an open space or Us water base paints.  I personally prefer a compressor with a tank, using that for small jobs should be adequate, Wouldn't use it to fill tires or run impact tools,

@cpowell posted:

I bought a switching layout today from @ChessieMD. Everything but the trains, freight cars and the electronics.

Charlie

A beautiful layout. Who says you can't do O gauge in a small space. A backdrop of the inner harbor and a little less "desert" and you're good to go!

@coach joe- better be careful mentioning the layout issue. Paul will be after you now too!

@trestleking- Nice TM. So where will "back east" be?

@CharmCityAirLine- Nice Amtrak locos.

Bob

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