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Picked up a couple of nice items at the Pgh.  TCA show today.  Got a Lionel #8 Standard gauge loco with the idea of using the motor in another bigger loco I have but runs nice so will hold off for awhile until the Greenberg Show in Nov. Also bought a Lionel 2046, in nice shape, that runs and smokes nice and that I absolutely didn't need but it "spoke" to me !! Also acquired a Lionel V transformer that needs a cord and might be good for lights and accessories. Attendance seemed a bit light and business a little slow. To cap it off I stopped at the LHS annd picked up some more Standard gauge track and two new magazines. Came home with some goodies and a little $$ in my wallet so it was a good day.

A few recent acquisitions are a set of K-Line UP streamliners that were 'added to' by the previous owner (notable forum member) with extra passengers, LED lighting, and a scale rear coupler on the Obsv. This week we received an older Lionel D&H Alco C420 which I used to check both it and the UP cars out this afternoon. Not an often-seen diesel & a beautiful passenger set!

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  Research says these Williams State sets are over 35 years old.  That's longer than I've known of Standard Gauge and began a modest collection.  See, before O, it was SG that lured me into the toy train addiction.

 

  Over eight feet long, I've yet to figure out where it can be properly displayed.

 

A previous owner installed 2 freshly rebuilt Super Motors with McCoy replacement wheels and postwar E unit into the 408E shell.  While it does run smoothly, I have yet to try pulling all 4 cars.

Cost me enough, but I got the whole car to myself.

 And the requisite parting shot, just for PTC.

Bruce

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Hi Dave, 

Ironically, I have a New Hope & Ivyland R.R. boxcar also by KMT and what's odd is that the number is the same as your boxcar,#800912. The difference is mine is black with yellow sliding doors. Never thought I would see another NH&IRR boxcar around.

Mine came as a gift from a friend and fellow modeler of The Raritan Valley Hi-Railers train group, because he knew that I was a fireman, about 4 years ago, on that railroad, on #40.

It is a consolidation, Baldwin built, in 1925, and a great loco. The gift was primo since it brings back some great memories of working the engine & many other jobs that were needed to be addressed (maintenance). I have the original box and the car is in great shape. Really like yours though.

                        Steam Forever

                             John

 
john,
 thats awesome....id like to see pics of it if you can.....i thought it was odd and i never saw one like it thats why i got it...but its kinda cool that there are other versions of it out there
 
 
 
Originally Posted by John J. Giuliano:

Hi Dave, 

Ironically, I have a New Hope & Ivyland R.R. boxcar also by KMT and what's odd is that the number is the same as your boxcar,#800912. The difference is mine is black with yellow sliding doors. Never thought I would see another NH&IRR boxcar around.

Mine came as a gift from a friend and fellow modeler of The Raritan Valley Hi-Railers train group, because he knew that I was a fireman, about 4 years ago, on that railroad, on #40.

It is a consolidation, Baldwin built, in 1925, and a great loco. The gift was primo since it brings back some great memories of working the engine & many other jobs that were needed to be addressed (maintenance). I have the original box and the car is in great shape. Really like yours though.

                        Steam Forever

                             John

 

LC Albert Hall from a forum member

 

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 An unmanifested surprise arriving at the Winterton Yards  

 

 

 Loaded with Magic Coal and Water GN/CB&Q crews take it for a spin

 

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   Albert Hall sits uncoupled, while the Yard Master figures out what to do with it. Nearest Steam facilities are at the North Pole where the PE sits when not in use.. 

 

 

 

 

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I had a sales table at a model train show on Saturday, and I sold off a lot of excess stuff and I was happy with that.

I also bought some stuff, including a stack of books at $1 each, a locomotive status book from the Milwaukee Road and a few small items...

I was very happy to finally score one of these, a paperweight given out to employees and shippers in the 1920s. The headlights were broken off each end, but I only paid $15 bucks for it!

Originally Posted by Frisco Brakeman:

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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Cool pic... I was away down in the mountains in southwest Alberta after posing that, there's a guy down there with a yard that's got five or six in ok shape just wasting away. Shame.

In addtion to a Hallmark 1936 GMC (I had their 1937 Ford, also newly discovered but already repainted) pickup (I hope Hallmark continues that 

series with some pre-1941 Chevrolets and other pickups...the GMC is a 

surprise, as I have seen few in vintage car shows), I picked up a 1936 Ford

sedan, 1;43ed, by White Box, and saw some Neo, first time I have seen

either at a show.  I also picked up the power chasses for more gas electrics,

also maybe including the McKeen car posted on here....IF that happens.

Originally Posted by Mark Boyce:

Peter Araujo, It looks great!  I'll have to get some cars like that for this!  Yes the Great Northern probably didn't use F3s to pull the Empire Builder, but mine will.  I got an exceptionally sweet deal on this set at the beginning of the month.

 

 

I believe they ran both 3s and 7s on that train, which is what I do as well. Even if they hadn't I think your engines look great!

Originally Posted by Len B:
Originally Posted by Mark Boyce:

Peter Araujo, It looks great!  I'll have to get some cars like that for this!  Yes the Great Northern probably didn't use F3s to pull the Empire Builder, but mine will.  I got an exceptionally sweet deal on this set at the beginning of the month.

 

 

I believe they ran both 3s and 7s on that train, which is what I do as well. Even if they hadn't I think your engines look great!

Thank you Len!!

Mr. Boyce:
Regarding F-Inits on the GN's "Empire Builder"..  Please take note:
 

Empire Builder

1950

E7 diesel passenger locomotives experience overheating problems
in the mountains. They are replaced by an A-B-A set of EMD
F units (F3's and F7's). Great Northern modified these units
into "Passenger F's" with higher gearing for greater speed and
boilers for steam heat.

The

 

1955 edition of the Empire Builderrepresents the zenith of the the train's evolution on the GN.

To pull the heavier consist, GN
now assigns 4 EMD F units (Passenger F's) arranged in A-B-B-A fashion.

Ken Shattock  (KRK)

 
 
 
Originally Posted by Mark Boyce:

Peter Araujo, It looks great!  I'll have to get some cars like that for this!  Yes the Great Northern probably didn't use F3s to pull the Empire Builder, but mine will.  I got an exceptionally sweet deal on this set at the beginning of the month.

 

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Hey Greg--  What you bought at York is NOT what you think.   O-Scale Railroading deals with 1/4" scale 2-rail operations.   OGR mag deals with Rich Melvin, et al.  They are two different magazines !!
 
Ken Shattock  (KRK)
 
 
 
Originally Posted by Greg Houser:
 
 
 
 
 

The entire first year of the OGR magazine - a York find:

 

 

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- Greg

 

Originally Posted by keyrouteken:
Mr. Boyce:
Regarding F-Inits on the GN's "Empire Builder"..  Please take note:
 

Empire Builder

1950

E7 diesel passenger locomotives experience overheating problems
in the mountains. They are replaced by an A-B-A set of EMD
F units (F3's and F7's). Great Northern modified these units
into "Passenger F's" with higher gearing for greater speed and
boilers for steam heat.

The

 

1955 edition of the Empire Builderrepresents the zenith of the the train's evolution on the GN.

To pull the heavier consist, GN
now assigns 4 EMD F units (Passenger F's) arranged in A-B-B-A fashion.

Ken Shattock  (KRK)

 
 
 
Originally Posted by Mark Boyce:

Peter Araujo, It looks great!  I'll have to get some cars like that for this!  Yes the Great Northern probably didn't use F3s to pull the Empire Builder, but mine will.  I got an exceptionally sweet deal on this set at the beginning of the month.

 

 

 

Ken,

That information is super to know!!  I planned to look into it, just for fun sometime, but I should guess someone like you from the Pacific Northwest would chime in.  So the E7s overheated in the mountains!  How about that!  Up to 1955, the year before I was born is just the era I like to model.  My uncle and his family in Federal Way, Washington rode on the Empire Builder before Amtrak and once Amtrak took over.  

Thank you very much!!  

While on cab units, here is another great deal I got this week; and I didn't even have to leave Butler and drive cross state to York to get it.  

 

In addition to the F3 A-B-A set, I purchased a ProtoSound 1 B&O E-8 A-B-A set plus 7 streamline passenger cars all new in box that a fellow had from a large estate sale. He lubed, put in a BCR, and checked out the E8s before putting up for sale. Super price! I may upgrade to PS3, but they run great conventionally.

The only trouble is, now I need a larger layout!! 

 

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