Buy anything cool lately?

The Neil Young Signature Series, Trail Blazer 2 pack arrived today.  Pretty middle of the road quality for a pair retailing at $400.  I prefer my old K-Line FOM, 15" cars with smooth sides and sans serif lettering.  They forgot privacy glazing in the coach bathroom to the left...that half oval thing is the toilet lid in the up position.

The station sounds diner isn't much to write home about either.  The gold striping on the raised edges of the fluting is odd looking.  Some blemishes in the aluminum could not be hidden by the black paint on the roofs.  The green tint windows is great!...on an aquarium car!

Here's the K-Line RPO from their FOM set.  I suppose the inconsistent look of smooth and fluted could be explained away as prototypical.   Thus ends my one and only experience with pre-order.  Gotta take the bad with the good I suppose.

Bruce

Doug, that's fricken sweet. I had my grubby little hands on an 8 car El Capitan set but we mistakenly got 2 rail. My heart was heave shipping it back but good things come to those who wait

Hi Ken--they're the same magazine:

March 22, 2015 12:03 PM

At York I picked up a Lionel N&W 611 and 6 passenger cars, from 1981, $425.00 for the lot! Only two of the cars had boxes, but the set, after some lubrication, and adjusting the smoke lever for the piston, runs like a top! This set had almost no run time, and even though I am a Pennsy guy, I have always admired this set, and got it Friday afternoon. Also picked up some smoke and items for layout scenery. All in all a wonderful York! 

Recently a friend picked up a 1689E Lionel Vanderbilt for me and I pick it up Thursday. It will be a nice addition to my stable of fine engines.

I just scored a brand new 5 car set of Weaver Santa Fe Aluminum 20" passenger cars on the Bay for $96.57!

Not a big loss, a huge gain. My uncle and i were both buying a set but now we are splitting a set so its all good. Ive only got to trow in half.

I scored some original stock certificates from the RR I model. It never occurred to me I'd ever find anything like this. The ET&WNC one is from 1887 and is currently in a frame on the wall of my layout room:

A little steeplecab........

New to OGR, please be nice to me! Also, first post here.

Just bought my first Ives! (Hope the image works)

Also still working on a Railroad Room in my yard. If this interests anyone, I'll start some kind of construction thread to show progress. (With pics of course)

This is the subfloor, completed. I have gotten farther than this, but my camera's batteries went dead!

welcome to a great place Ron. Love Ives. Now go get some new batteries and snap away!

Well for those who plan to order a case of Boxcars from Menard's, the box weights 11.5 lbs and overall they were great. They are going to one of the clubs I belong to after we got approval to start adding better looking cars. Then the rocket and helicopter flat. Nice job Menard's!

Here's a video of the Premier PS1 B&O E8 A-B-A pulling 7 streamline cars all new in box I posted photos of a couple of days ago.

I recently got this nice traditional /conventional Lionel GG1. I know it is not fresh of the truck but was waiting for the right time. I do like the gold stripe It stands out in a field of black. 

I have gotten much more interested in the Penn Central RR in the last few years. I blame this mostly on picking up the Penn Central Power books from Morning Sun. 

These aren't my pictures but it shows the prototype and how the wash rack only hit the sides not the nose curves.Now if I can track down some passenger cars.

This 260E loco & tender arrived this morning from Pats Trains.

Steve

Wow! That's gorgeous. Congrats!

Not bought but just completed building.  "Junior",  a much smaller version of the dynamic-test-stand built in 06.

This is Senior!  A MTH PRR S1 on test.  Big enough for my Big Boy and any AA units including my Centipedes.

JR. with infamous Atlas Southern GP-35 with sound issues.

JR. with somewhat new to me MTH B&O (PS-1) GP-9.  First time under power since purchase.  To be out graded to PS-2 once I find the donor PS-2 GP-7 bought some time ago.

Ron

We set up 2 of our club layouts at a train show at Port Jervis, NY Saturday and while there I picked up these 3 Railking cars.

A 23780 American flyer Gabe the Lamplighter missing the shed roof and a spring but at $4.00 I didn't hesitate to pull out four greenbacks.

Some added weight for my 1668 to haul around. Not bad for $35.00 for the both.

(They are #2642 and #2643)

Oh, here's my 1668. Also just recently purchased incredibly for $30.00 from an estate liquidation. It runs smoother than my other loco's.

Great looking train. Very nice. Reminds me I've got to break out my Red Comet soon.

Ron I hate to tell you that you were hornswaggled on those cars...and perhaps the locomotive as well. I'll swing by and give you your money back.....

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Ron I hate to tell you that you were hornswaggled on those cars...and perhaps the locomotive as well. I'll swing by and give you your money back.....

Hornswaggled?? How is that possible? Those cars sell for no less than $50.00 each on Fleabay.

And the 1668 actually runs better than my other loco's. Somebody took really good care  of the engine. It's dirt-free inside. 

Many of the members on another site agree that I got good prices, since they also bought from him. 

Where do you get your info on this? Oh, I'm not angry or anything like that, just aghast. 

Aghast at the fact that everyone that bought trains from him got ripped off.

Knowing some of the people there, I would say that it's next to impossible to accomplish.

Earlier today, I ordered a MTH ES44ac Cancer Awareness + matching caboose (set) from my local LHS.

Cool, with pink running lights...

Ron, my post was purely in jest. You made a great deal, and I'm completely envious!

You cant hornswaggle a pirate

I got in two of the models of the Russian knockoff of the Ford Model A school buses....

that I now have to figure out how I am going to power them, with reverse, etc. to run on three rail.  They were not in the "Ford" and "Chevy" catalogs this time, either.  My

previous attempt with something not quite this small using HO components, on a brass railbus, was not successful, but it was large enough to cram something else, O gauge,  in.

Brought home my Lionel 1689E that a friend found and looks and runs good but does need the usual cleaning and lube job. Then as a bonus I stumbled on a Lionel 221 on the floor of an antique shop-literally. It is the dark gray, 1946 vintage, runs, needs cleaned and lubed also plus 3  2430-2431 cars in decent shape except the roofs need painted a bit. Also found a lead draft horse model, the same as the two  I had for years until 1985 when they were lost in our house fire. Had never seen one that was affordable-this was $5. So more toys and a good day except I am running out of room.

Jim I'll "store" that 221 and 2430 cars for ya...you know...just till you get more room....

Your generous offer is noted and possibly be used IF I buy about 100 engines at next week's Greenberg show.  Somehow I will make room for them. I already have a black 1947 221 but the new one looks better.

Just took delivery of this new in the box, never used beauty courtesy of a fine forum gentleman who happened upon this at a garage or estate sale and listed on the buy/sell//trade board. Just awesome!! The Mi-Jack container lift really makes the intermodal yard come alive even as a static display. I bought this hoping that eventually Lionel will offer a new version in command that is a little more robust mechanically. In the meantime this is still very cool.

I always liked the look of the black 221 with the nickel tires. onna these days I'll have to get around to finding one.

Saw these at Aaron's on my way to Cleveland a few weeks ago; decided to pull the trigger. As a fan of the NYC and especially their green paint who's future layout will be mostly coal & power on the industrial side I couldn't resist.

Steamer, my apologies! I didn't read that post in the context of a great gag!

You got me good! I owe you one.

RonthePirate

My most resent buys have been two things. One is an engine and one is a box car. 
The locomotive is an MTH Railking Amtrak F59PHI with Proto Sound 2.0, and the box car is the MTH Premier Line Southern Railway 200,000th Pullman Standard Box car. 
As for stuff on the way, I've just bought an MTH SD70ACe, Union Pacific 4141 George H.W. Bush, which has not arrived yet, but should be here soon. 
I'm also planning on buying some Lionel Vision Line locomotives from a friend of mine. The Norfolk Southern Genset, and the 700E Hudson. 
All of these, both ones I have and what I'm planning on getting, can be seen on my youtube channel. 

well...if you truly mean that...send me that 2642 and 2643...... (JK!!)

Been busy i guess... picked up this POS 63 Falcon for fun.. been weldiing floors in for  a couple of weeks a few minutes at a time lol

Williams Brass K4 just picked up off EBAY on a $75 buy it now with a bad reverse board.  Big score!