Got this at the recent model train show. 1941 Plymouth pickup. I don't need it but the price was right. I like cycling civilian vehicles through the layout every now and then.
I'll need to dull the finish down and give it some weathering and a 1943 Tennesssee license plate...

For my PW military consist.....

p51 posted:

Got this at the recent model train show. 1941 Plymouth pickup. I don't need it but the price was right. I like cycling civilian vehicles through the layout every now and then.
I'll need to dull the finish down and give it some weathering and a 1943 Tennesssee license plate...

Lee, It is perfect for your layout!  Really nice!!

You got some nice stuff there Lee! I just got rock molds! LOL 

The truck looks great on the layout, but then again I think you could almost put anything on it and it would look great with that layout! LOL

I was able to get one of the NJHR Schaefer reefersat Trainstock 11.  Thanks Ben.  Also got a Lionel WP&Y reefer off of ebay to go along with the 3 pack, switcher and caboose I picked up at York several years ago.

Bought some "raw materials" for a future paint project:  decals for UP streamliner passenger cars and a pair of diesel locomotives.

Mark Boyce posted:

p51 posted:

Got this at the recent model train show. 1941 Plymouth pickup. I don't need it but the price was right. I like cycling civilian vehicles through the layout every now and then.
I'll need to dull the finish down and give it some weathering and a 1943 Tennesssee license plate...

Lee, It is perfect for your layout!  Really nice!!

Thanks, Mark!

I wish it should have been just a little bit older, though, as a 1941 civilian vehicles would have been really rare in that part of Tennessee in 1943. This will get a TN plate, some dullcoat and some very light washes of grime from underneath as it wouldn't be too badly beat up after 2 years (especially since it'd be a company vehicle as no farmer could have afforded this). Heck, maybe I'll make decals for a fictional business for the doors!

Mike, this was really the only thing I bought at the show. I found a stack of "Great Model Railroad" annuals I didn't have, but over at the shop on South Tacoma Way after the show. I thought about some On30 AMS boxcars but like I told you that day, shows can get depressing for me as I just don't need anything now.

Lee, Yes I agree with your scenario that a '41 would be kind of new for a farmer in '43.  Yes a business could have bought a '41.  Great thinking.  Maybe I like it because it reminds me of a '48 Dodge Powerwagon a high school friend on the farm across the road had when we were in our early 20s.  Anyway, I know you will make it look good.

RSJB18 posted:

Just received this D&H RS-3. Gotta get it on the rails tonight.

Bob

 

Out of the box and on the rails- now its official

I really wanted to hold Bob (@RSJB18) and Brian (@briansilvermustang) responsible for this purchase, but the reality is I picked up this pair of D&H U33c’s from Grzyboski’s yesterday... gotta’ stop going there… NOT!!! Haven’t had too much time to test them out yet, but they are really good lookers and run nicely as a “lashup” as Lionel calls it.

Love the D&H.

No amazing purchases like the rest of you but I did get a box of Super O track in great shape. I'm gradually building up the number of my pieces.

Paul, Those D&H U33Cs look great!

My NYC SW7 arrived from @MrMuffin'sTrains today.  Here it is, on Steve's tracks  https://www.youtube.com/watch?...mp;mc_eid=4ca1c18876  .  It arrived this afternoon and I will run it either tomorrow night or sometime on Sunday.  VERY excited, great price $450 including shipping and he checked it out before sending it to me due to concerns I had expressed.

John

John, Look at all that smoke!!  It looks and sounds great!  I would be excited too!!!

The decals for a UP "City of Los Angeles" train arrived today.  These will be used for the locomotives:

And these will be used for the passenger cars: 

Theres a copycat thread out there of this one

Posted this on the other "BACL" thread, but then realized that's a duplicate thread, so I moved it here. 

My first Chinese-built Atlas car:

Slightly finer details then what's on my K-Line die cast hopper, although the "coal" load is, I think, a little nicer on the K-Line.

In any case, there you have it.

Mark in Oregon

Matt, thank you for directing us back to the de facto "Cool" topic!!

Atlas cars look great, Mark!

I just bought another MTH Greyhound bus, this time from a good Forum member.  The last one had Greensburg on the destination board, with Brady's Trains banner on the rear.  I bought it at Brady's in Greensburg, Pennsylvania.  This one has Wheeling on the destination.  An excellent choice to show some competition on the Western Maryland Railway in West Virginia layout.  These need a driver and a very few passengers when I put many more passengers in my passenger cars.  

Mark Boyce posted:

Matt, thank you for directing us back to the de facto "Cool" topic!!

Atlas cars look great, Mark!

I just bought another MTH Greyhound bus, this time from a good Forum member.  The last one had Greensburg on the destination board, with Brady's Trains banner on the rear.  I bought it at Brady's in Greensburg, Pennsylvania.  This one has Wheeling on the destination.  An excellent choice to show some competition on the Western Maryland Railway in West Virginia layout.  These need a driver and a very few passengers when I put many more passengers in my passenger cars.  

 

Mark,

The next time I’m back in Greesburg I’ll have to stop into Brady’s and get the Greensburg bus. It will look good next to my Steeler bus. Come to think of it I bought my Steeler bus there too several Christmas ago.

Dave, I do recall seeing Steelers buses on the shelf when I bought the Greyhound.  Sometimes they take some buses to the Monroeville Greenberg show.

Mark Boyce posted:

Dave, I do recall seeing Steelers buses on the shelf when I bought the Greyhound.  Sometimes they take some buses to the Monroeville Greenberg show.

Mark, Unfortunately I haven’t been to. Monroeville show due to the fact I’m living in NC. The timing just hasn’t been right when I’m in town visiting family. I was in Greensburg at Christmas but couldn’t find the time to stop in Brady’s. My next visit will be in March so I definitely will take the time to stop and pick up a bus. 

Added a Lionel PRR S1 and Postwar B&M GP-9 (#2359) for Christmas a few weeks back! I was lucky enough to find ones on eBay that were in like-new condition and ran perfectly. They definitely took awhile to find though as both are fairly hard to come by

I purchased these reference materials from the Great Northern Railway Historical Society for my GN Empire Builder paint project.  For a novice like myself, they are a terrific resource and very cheap for the information they provide.

"The GN EB Part 4:  1955-1959" is 12 pages of detailed information on the acquisition of the modern, streamlined cars, EB consists by year and season, motive power, the Great Domes that inaugurated this period, and much more; plus period photographs of the train.

The "Decals" monograph includes detailed drawings of decal placement and content, as well as detailed car numbers, names, etc.

As I said above, for a novice like myself, this information is invaluable and cheap for the quality and quantity of information provided-- ~$12.00.

 Got this in the mail yesterday I can’t wait to get the engine for it I will post the engine as soon as it arrives 

Purchases from the Great Scale Model Train Show in Timonium, Md. this past Sunday. MTH Premier Pennsy P5a modified and K line A5 0-4-0 switcher.  Prices too good to pass up!

Bought this little one at the Hamburg, PA show.  Tough to find with paper label numbers.

trumptrain posted:

Purchases from the Great Scale Model Train Show in Timonium, Md. this past Sunday. MTH Premier Pennsy P5a modified and K line A5 0-4-0 switcher.  Prices too good to pass up!

"K-Line"? Really? 

This looks very nice; I thought they just made cheap(er) train-set type stuff...

Mark in Oregon

Mark, later in K-Line made some fantastic engines and even had TMCC  in them.  Keep them in mind!

  K-line item costs were cheaper in comparison maybe. They were changing the game doing it too. 

  I've never actually seen any that I raised an imediate eyebrow of contempt to. Most seemed very nice, the prices to boot often made them a no-brainer for folks too.

  I've ran others, but only own one myself. But it also stayed while the Lionel mpc GG-1 was sold because it didn't look as good, didn't track as good, & didn't run nearly as smooth as the kline. (open frame gg-1s jackrabbit start almost as bad as the prototypes, making them a little quirky to throttle up slowly)

  I have other can motor engines along with PW approximate equals, all the other can motors would get sold first if I decided to downsize. 

I.e. the K-line was impressive. I wasn't expecting that, I bought it for the Broadway Lmtd. cars, which were the only the plastic semi-scale ones... that also impressed me beyond my expectations. (there are also aluminum versions in 1:48)   (my only issue was some car lights wiring rotted inside the insulation.. bad wire supplier there, but a cheap n easy fix anyhow.)

speaking of K-line.....

Couldn't find any real WM loco's with this paint scheme but I like these MP-15's. The caboose has never been opened. The original tape is still sealed. Came with the old K-line horn/ bell control too.

Also received a load of tubular track and some 072 switches from the local D&H enabler Paul  @Apples55.
Thank you again Sir!
These are very nice too.

Bob

They look great, Bob!

yes, I know.......I know....... not very Original..... but Sooo G-Raff-in-KEWL

Salute Gents

The latest in my collection of NYC Subway art paintings... Brooklyn’s Borough Hall is at Joralemon and Court Streets in Downtown Brooklyn. The original tile work appears in the station on the #2 and #3 lines which opened in 1918.

RSJB18 posted:

… the local D&H enabler Paul  @Apples55.

These are very nice too.

Bob

I resemble that remark... 

and Thank You!!!

With the talk about RMT Beefs, on another thread this week, I found a set on Ebay, new in the box.  I had an identical set for awhile and sold it, much to my regret later.   I plan to use these on my upcoming attic layout.  A trial run on my temporary layout raised an issue with O31 curves.  The lead A unit derails as it leaves the curved track.  The trailing A unit pulls the first car behind the loco off the rails.   

I purchased this PRR GG1 Cabin Car from a fellow Forumite. Thanks Brad!

Dan, Beautiful Beeps in the PA Tuscan colors, they look fun to Run...By the way, your layout with the older Lionel accessories are fantastic. Thanks for sharing your interest with us here on the forum.  Also, Trumptrain, that’s a stunning GG1 looks So riveting, and the Pennsylvania Steamer with slope back tender, are great looking models.  And RSJB18, those D&H units are sharp looking, as well as the other items pictured, and Miggy, the Giraff car takes the cake, looks great... All the above post look really good...I recently purchased a CSX Theater Car, however, have no Clue how to make it work. Any advice, or any tutorials would be helpful. Thank you all and Happy Railroading 

Got these in the mail yesterday. I really like these Weaver Models. I never thought I would ever get the collection I have now of them. Early the year Weaver when out of business I was trying to start in O scale it was very hard to get any Weaver stuff without giving a fortune but now I’m so blessed to get them.

They look great, Lee!  Especially the WM one!!

Mark Boyce posted:

They look great, Lee!  Especially the WM one!!

Mark 

I knew you would like that one I was thinking of you when I won it on Sleezbay  been trying to get that one for awhile 

lee drennen posted:

Mark Boyce posted:

They look great, Lee!  Especially the WM one!!

Mark 

I knew you would like that one I was thinking of you when I won it on sleezbay been trying to get that on for awhile 

You did well being patient, Grasshopper!

Two weeks ago I went to the Hamburg Pa. train meet. Didn't find anything I was looking for. Then I noticed this MTH proto 1 GG1.  After a little price talking, I just couldn't walk away and leave it .

Much enjoy seeing all the new acquisitions.   Here is a new one from me.  I bought this 1915 706  from a fellow TCA person who was slimming down.   It runs just as smoothly as a new one. 

Yesterday @MrMuffin'sTrains blast included a picture of some Scenic Express MTH Premier special run cars to go with the tanks and ambulances.  2 items, both PUP, one medical supplies and one ordinance.  The folks there were great to talk to, and look forward to the valentines present for my son.

John

I got this Thursday finally got some pics of it this morning. This is my second Weaver engine and I like it. I will have a manifest behind it soon and I’ll post it

John, Very nice story to read !! My Dad and Grandfather gave me my first Lionel set many decades ago,  but I have never forgotten how special was that day . I still have my childhood set and run it from time to time.  

Never-run MTH 20-3021-1 Big Boy from a local train shop. A dream come true for me.

Have an HO BLI Paragon 3 Rolling Thunder UP E9 coming tomorrow from FDT. Hopefully I will have my mains up and running by then so it can get pressed into service.

Picked up a real piece of junk K4.  It is more or less ( a lot less) Scale Craft, such as frame drivers, cylinders siderods etc.  At least part of the boiler is also SC, but when they cobbled the front half they did not taper and chose to butch the steamchest pipes instead.  Surprisingly, it does have the SC casting used at the joint where the belpair starts though.  Tender is just cobbled.  I like it though...

Definitely a project Get's me back up to three since I am sending one of my other K4's to Daniel in France.

That looks pretty rough Dennis. Perfect project for you.

Are you done with the flood clean up?

Dennis Holler posted:

Picked up a real piece of junk K4.  I like it though...

Definitely a project  

Dennis, where do you find these gems?!?!?!? Seriously, maybe it's just a photographic artifact, but the rear end of that engine appears to be almost dragging the ground! Have you checked the trunk for any dead bodies?

George

RSJB18 posted:

That looks pretty rough Dennis. Perfect project for you.

Are you done with the flood clean up?

 Cleanup yes Ithink... didn’t lose anything really cept the carpet. So we’ll have to figure out how we want to go about the follow-up, complete remodel or partial etc. I guess that is a good thing, the decor if you will was probably 40 years old and so we eventually would have gotten around to this point anyway just not so soon lol. I don’t wish it on anyone for sure and  I continue to feel lucky!

George.  😁 can’t help it, I am a sucker for certain junk. It’s pretty solid and actually ran when I gave her some juice.

Dennis Holler posted:

George.  😁 can’t help it, I am a sucker for certain junk. It’s pretty solid and actually ran when I gave her some juice.

 

She does have some pretty bones 

I got this speaker for a dummy.

That speaker fits nicely.  What are you using to generate the sounds?

coach joe posted:

That speaker fits nicely.  What are you using to generate the sounds?

I searched Es44ac notch 8, and played it on YouTube. This was done on my phone which is connected via Bluetooth to the speaker.

Thanks Logan.  I had a feeling it was something along those lines.  How far away will the speaker pick up the audio from your phone?

NS6770Fan posted:

I love me some HO trains.

I recently pick up 3 brass freight cars. First one was a pregnant whale car by US Hobbies

Next was a U S Hobbies 40' Dbl-Dome Tank Car made in Japan

and the last one is my favorite. A Max Gray Heavy duty 16 wheel fish belly flat car

This K-Line by Lionel Milwaukee Road 21" Aluminum car arrived today from Trainz Auctions.  Another one to convert to LED lighting.  It should go well with the 18" cars that I have.

Larry

Bought these LIONEL SF ABA F units, set 6-11711, during the Stout Auction today:

 I placed what I believed was a low ball bid; but, won.  Don't know if I'll keep them or let them go.

Before this post, there were exactly 6666 replies! 

Well after lurking for the last year, I finally purchased a crane to put on the layout!  NZG 788 Liebherr 1300 crawler crane.  Probably won't have it for two weeks, but I'm excited.  It should help finish the grain silos...

My first O-gauge lokey without an electro-mechanical E-unit!  LOL

But in all fairness, I bought this K-Line engine (and train set)  because it was partially built from old Marx tooling. 

Got my MTH green NYC E8s from Pat's this week.  Long-time wish list item.  

Received big box from North Lima Train Works containing SF and UP shells plus interiors for each.  These are a sample:

(Click on a photo to enlarge)

I got me one of these boxcars!   Liked it so much I have another on the way!   

Jim 

YEP! Never out of the boxes. Original tape was still sealed.

I purchased this nice 1950(?) Lionel 2175W set yesterday.  A friend keeps building his collection of postwar F3’s and I couldn’t be left out...  I’m looking forward to getting a nice package in the mail in the near future.

Got these pigs today in the mail hope to get them on the layout by the weekend 

They look great, Lee!

Just got some Lionel and K-Line Pennsylvania Railroad freight cars a few days ago!

That K-Line is nice stuff

A couple of more from my NLTW order this week:

Got this today in the mail been looking for that right crane I like for the layout for team track  operations. I’m going to disassemble the crane and strip the paint off and repaint it like the real ones somewhere white and red most of them was construction yellow.

Lee, that is a really sharp looking crane.  Yes, painted the way you plan will look even better!

Mark Boyce posted:

Lee, that is a really sharp looking crane.  Yes, painted the way you plan will look even better!

Mark. I figured it would get rid of the toyish look thanks for the compliment

Im more of an NS guy, but secretly CSX is pretty cool too.  ;-) 

Lionels CSX F40PH and business train are awesome!

Picked up these PRR ore cars by RMT for a very good price. RMT does a real nice job on these ore cars. Even though I bought each one seperately I still managed to end up with consecutive road numbers.
The Bethlehem Steel Sparrows Point ore cars are also RMT and I've had those for a while.

I needed to add some music to my trainroom, so I bought a Lionel Radio Station, and now I have Music....It’s a cool blue tooth accessory.....

I landed another Weaver TOFC off the BAY that was on my hard to find bucket list. Pic.......Paul

For my Texas Special 15" "roll my own" project, I purchased, from North Lima Train Works, the LIONEL "Palm Leaf" sleeper shell and interior.  TS operated a number of sleepers; and, I purchased O scale TS decals on eBay for this and some other "new" cars for the consist.

Looks great, Carl!!

Roll my own!!  Now that has a Texas sound to it!  

Pingman posted:

For my Texas Special 15" "roll my own" project, I purchased, from North Lima Train Works, the LIONEL "Palm Leaf" sleeper shell and interior.  TS operated a number of sleepers; and, I purchased O scale TS decals on eBay for this and some other "new" cars for the consist.

As a Texas Special fan myself I approve Best of luck on the project!

A few shots of the interior and shell mated with a glimpse of the decals.  Good news on the eBay sourced decals--they have lots of prototype car names and numbers in the correct font; and, they are sized to fit on the name boards LIONEL used.

Golden Gate Depot's. "Silver Meteor" 6 car set powered with Lionel E8's. 

Added a P40DC (soon to be repainted as Phase IV Heritage unit #184) and a Dash-8 to the fleet. Slow progress but I hope to get where I want to be soon.

Picked up a older model Lionel Kansas City Southern Legacy SD70ACe - #4050. It is from 2008 and I got it off eBay at a reasonable price. I like that it has road number specific Railsounds. 

Got some nice stuff at the train show today

paul 2 posted:

I landed another Weaver TOFC off the BAY that was on my hard to find bucket list. Pic.......Paul

Great score Paul! 

Got this in the mail a couple weeks ago. My Weaver “want list” is slowly shrinking 

Picked up this MTH Railking Santa Fe caboose at my LHS.

Yes.  A very cool piece I picked up today at the Allentown (Pennsylvania) Train Show.  Good price, too.  Lionel 1930s Mickey Mouse Hand Car, with Minnie providing half of the power. 

Bought these from our friends north of the border, the Royal Canadian Mint... really cool. The three coins (app. 1 ounce silver with gold accents) are:

1. 4-4-0 locomotive of the Great Western Railway (GWR)
2. the RS 20 - the first diesel road locomotive manufactured in Canada, and was built in 1949 by Montreal Locomotive Works
3. the General Electric ES44AC locomotive 

Enlarge the pic for a clearer view.

Last year, I signed up for email/newsletters from Mr. Muffins. A week or so ago I received one of their regular emails with some interesting sale items. Got these beauties from USPS today... always wanted something from Maersk as well as some tank containers. Got both in one purchase - thanks Steve (@MrMuffin’sTrains).

Went to a local, small train show yesterday and the only thing I saw that I REALLY wanted was a Lionel 763 but $900 was beyond my budget. Finally picked up a nice 675 at a decent price. Also the seller is going to fix two Standard motors for me. Later we went to some antique shops in New Oxford,  saw some trains but didn't buy anything. There was an Ives Standard gauge set in nice shape with some nice light poles and fencing but too  much $$. Saw a set with a very nice 726  & 3 Madison heavyweights, all with 2625 numbers  and a nice  681 Turbine.

I just picked up two WW2 uniforms from the 746 R.O.B, with a photo album.

I picked up this nicely weathered Forest Gump pickup truck off Ebay. It's 1:43 

CSX Al posted:

I picked up this nicely weathered Forest Gump pickup truck off Ebay. It's 1:43 

Too bad it doesn't run 

I don't know if this counts as cool or not, but here it is.
A lot of Bing Accessories, mostly Gauge 0 I think.
Though the section of track on the side has rails for both Gauge 0 and 1

It will make a nice restoration project.

What is the tall piece centered at the rear, just to the right of the derrick?

After running trains for over an hour last night, I determined there were some items that I "needed."  from @MrMuffin'sTrains:

2 MTH E8 NYC green engines.  AA both powered.

Some misc. Atlas freight cars - can you ever have enough reefers??

a MTH NYC passenger car to go with a set that I have.

I pre-ordered their Lionel NYC limited Hudson.

John

John, That looks like a great order you placed with Mr. Muffin!!!

This sticker was on a boxcar I got the other dat! Think it is cool!!

jim

Adriatic posted:

What is the tall piece centered at the rear, just to the right of the derrick?

I believe it's a destination board, with signs you can raise and lower to tell where you're train is heading. Almost exclusivly german, and I'm ecstatic I got one for such a cheap price.
I believe it is supposed to be mounted on the base centered at the front of the image.
The fence-like object I believe might be a crossing, the crank on the right end of it showing that it was able to be raised and lowered manually, unlike American ones (Notably Marx) that were raised by the weight of a train pushing on a tab under the tracks.
The house with the bell to the right of the Destination board might go with the track at the bottom, and is activated by a tab next to the rail that is pushed down when the trains flanges push it
The strange object to the left of the destination board might be a gas-powered street lantern, missing the lantern part of it. Which would be amazing if that were the case, which I believe it might be.
And the little house in the right corner is just that, a small signal is supposed to go in the hole on the corner of the base.

This will go well with my Bing GNR Locomotive and coach

Cool. I think Ive seen the destination board frame (or similar) used to make up a tell tale. A dest. board hadn't come to mind.

  A lamp would be cooler than a load derrick. I was just looking at acetylene lamps. I never thought about the gas source because of bottled gasses being so common today. The acetylene gas generator is an ingenious little device...drip water on carbide 😏 slick. I would have expected a parrafin, candle, or oil burner though. 

Offseason for most, but it's the only theme we have going on our railroad, so here is the latest engine - Lionel 6-11381- Christmas Conventional Scale 0-4-0 Steam Switcher #12. Auction item from Trainz on Sunday and got it today. Clean, runs as it should, smokes, and good sound.

I prefer to run DCS and Legacy, but I did pick up a Legacy Powermaster to attach to 1 loop so I could run a few conventional items I still have like the Polar Express and Christmas Docksider, and now this switcher. Looks good out in front of a few pieces of scale North Pole Central rolling stock.

I have one of those North Pole Central #12.  It is a real nice looking and running engine

Picked up my last locomotive. I've run out of room on my layout for any more and I don't keep locomotives in boxes or on shelves, so unless I sell one this is it. Anyways it's a MTH Premier Santa Fe 2-10-4 Texas with PS2 3V. I got it pretty much brand new for a little less than half of the MSRP from 14 years ago. Runs great on 072 and 054 curves. It's pretty massive and awesome all at the same time. 

Received the LIONEL 6-11711 Santa Fe F-3 ABA set I purchased in the recent Stout Auction.  Haven't tested them, but did unbox the set and they are beauties and show exceptionally little evidence of use.  They look like they could have been painted yesterday.  I'll have photos up this week-end.  And sell them quickly, I hope here or on the 'Bay.

Backstory:  I made what I thought was a low ball bid on this (and several other items) which ended up "winning."  Super nice set, just not something I want to keep--though it's so nice I'm seriously tempted.  Provided some entertainment interest in the auction.

Lou, The Texas is very massive for sure!  That looks like a great deal to me.  I am the same as you, I like to keep mine out running.

Lou1985 posted:

Picked up my last locomotive. I've run out of room on my layout for any more and I don't keep locomotives in boxes or on shelves, so unless I sell one this is it. Anyways it's a MTH Premier Santa Fe 2-10-4 Texas with PS2 3V. I got it pretty much brand new for a little less than half of the MSRP from 14 years ago. Runs great on 072 and 054 curves. It's pretty massive and awesome all at the same time. 

 

Nice, kind of like to fine one if correct road number for one of the 10 or 12  loaned/leased to the Pennsy during the mid-50's when the eastern roads had a power shortage for all the tonnage they need to move then.

Ron

Added some more PW items I have been looking for.

Jesse   TCA

Picked this one up off eBay last week. Converted it to scale wheels and Kadees yesterday at the club. I missed out on these during the first go-round and have picked up six of the offerings. I have no clue how many there were, but they're interesting conversation pieces.

 Very nice Box Car.  Great find. !!!!!!

Mark Boyce posted:

Lou, The Texas is very massive for sure!  That looks like a great deal to me.  I am the same as you, I like to keep mine out running.

I purposely didn't build shelves/storage space when I built my layout. That way I make sure I really want something before I buy it, otherwise it won't fit. Plus I save money, as I don't have to fill a bunch of empty shelves 😁.

Lou1985 posted:

Mark Boyce posted:

Lou, The Texas is very massive for sure!  That looks like a great deal to me.  I am the same as you, I like to keep mine out running.

I purposely didn't build shelves/storage space when I built my layout. That way I make sure I really want something before I buy it, otherwise it won't fit. Plus I save money, as I don't have to fill a bunch of empty shelves 😁.

I like your thinking 

Mark Boyce posted:

Lou1985 posted:

Mark Boyce posted:

Lou, The Texas is very massive for sure!  That looks like a great deal to me.  I am the same as you, I like to keep mine out running.

I purposely didn't build shelves/storage space when I built my layout. That way I make sure I really want something before I buy it, otherwise it won't fit. Plus I save money, as I don't have to fill a bunch of empty shelves 😁.

I like your thinking 

Thanks. Plus it's nice to know how much stuff I have simply by looking at my layout. I have 9 locomotives. That's plenty. 

I like having enough to enjoy in my spare time. I have an old Ford Thunderbird. I wanted to get another one but realized early on I could have one nice car or two that were ok but never finished. I applied the same philosophy to trains. I can have a few nice pieces or a bunch of stuff that's just ok. The old adage of quality over quantity. 

I think so ..just weasled out of having to cut and splice a couple of shorty RDC,s into a scale length RDC-3 (postal-baggage-combine), a one car train, long desired, by finding a MAC Shops highly elusive kit for an RDC-3 which l will mount on a lengthened shorty chassis.  Of course, this is out of my modeled era, as a modern "gas electric".

At the Greenberg show in NJ on February 9th, I bought a LionMaster Western Pacific 4-6-6-4 Challenger #402. I had them ship it to me from Albany, because as usual I didn't have a car—I got there using the bus from the Port Authority Bus Terminal in NYC.

The Borough Hall station is only about 5 blocks from where I live. Obviously, I've never seen the tile work so clean.

Here's a postcard from the #4/#5 Borough Hall stop showing it when it had just opened:

texastrain posted:

Added some more PW items I have been looking for.

Jesse   TCA

How well do those subs actually work? I remember wanting one as a kid in the mid 90's when Lionel reissued them but I never got one.

Andrew-Porter posted:

The Borough Hall station is only about 5 blocks from where I live. Obviously, I've never seen the tile work so clean.

Here's a postcard from the #4/#5 Borough Hall stop showing it when it had just opened:

Andrew;

I’ve been a fan of the subway tile work for many years. You’re right about the real-life shape they are in. I wish they would clean them and give them appropriate lighting. 

Paul: When they redid my local station, Clark Street, they installed lighting that casts the top of the station walls in shadow, so you can't see the gorgeous mosaics as well as you used to. This stuff:

Andrew-Porter posted:

Paul: When they redid my local station, Clark Street, they installed lighting that casts the top of the station walls in shadow, so you can't see the gorgeous mosaics as well as you used to. This stuff:

Clark Street is another of my favorite tiles (I was born and raised in Brooklyn - we never had a car until I was in High School, so always took the subway when we went downtown or to Manhattan). I can’t understand what the MTA is thinking at times. While they do such a disservice to century old classic tile work, they go and redo stations with rather striking new tiling like 28th Street in Manhattan (where I worked for 34 years)...

Lou,    I wouldn't know about how well they "work".  Never gave a thought to putting a 50 yr old collector quality sub in the water.  Perhaps one of the more recent issued subs, if they work as the Post War do, would be more appropriate to find out.  Have to admit when I look at our pool, the idea of radio controlled ships, and maybe, the Lionel sub, in the pool is interesting.

Jesse 

Picked up these Williams PRR PA-1. I really like the dark green / single stripe scheme even though I'm not sure if the PRR ever painted their PA-1's this way.  Whatever, they look good to me.  Already added LED lighting, cab figures, sound, serial wiring and power for the dummy unit. 

I picked up this little K-Line switcher off e**y. First time ever bidding on an engine. I got the gondola at CoolTrains. It is a Williams Patapsco & Back Rivers.

Charlie

FedEx brought this by on Friday.  Weaver Pennsy M1 4-8-2 with extra long tender.  Spent a few hours cleaning, charging the battery, re-seating boards and plugs and fixing loose brass details.  Looks pretty good now and runs great.  Has QSI sound system on board with working tender coupler.  Lots of fun to run and man is that tender looooonnnnnnggggg!  Will be adding the train phone system components and some other details in the next month or so just to make it that much better.  I am also going to remove the "white wall" tire paint from the drivers, leading truck and trailing truck wheels.  Don't much care for that.

Rolland

Normally I only pick up Norfolk or Navy stuff, but I came across the Conrail employee safety set and really liked it. The one pictured is not the one I purchased, it’s still in transit.

Lots of nice purchases folks.  I got a great price on a new Scale Railking PS3 AS-616 in my favorite colors.  

Mark,  I agree - lots of nice purchases.  Really like your AS 616 Diesel as well. Nice lettering and train line. 

Thank you!!

Lionel 2034 recovered from a local antique mall:

Andrew Porter you need to get together with RailRide.  Patrick lives up in the Bronx and uses public transit to get just about everywhere.  He even made to Trainstock at NJHR with a combo of subway and bus transfers.

I got this Friday from Beth at Public Delivery Track. Another Weaver TOFC. Pic............. Paul

coach joe posted:

Andrew Porter you need to get together with RailRide.  Patrick lives up in the Bronx and uses public transit to get just about everywhere.  He even made to Trainstock at NJHR with a combo of subway and bus transfers.

Gee, just learned how to reply using quoting of your post.

Contacted you off-list asking for an e-dress for "RailRide".

Meanwhile, ever seen trains like these?: 

HEy all! Been awhile- hence the long post. Slipped on black ice at work and had a head injury so it’s been a recovery. I have picked up some nice pieces in the meantime and was able to make it to the Allentown Spring thaw with my dad that last weekend, my first time I could go anywhere with that amount of people, lights, etc...anyway here’s what I’ve ontained in the meantime from the show, friends, and relatives. Post is long but just happy to be back in the board!

The RMT AEC I got somewhere else but I really like AEC pieces. The UN hummer is 1:43 scale, my layout has a humanitarian crises at the moment so it works well. The other figure I’ve shiwn before(k-line SWAT). The guy on the scooter i thought was cool and I liked the metal figure as well(make unknown- says stuff in the bottom and then Africa). Below that is my UN convoy in action with a Corgi 1:50 scale I got from my grandfather back when I was maybe 9 or 10. He might’ve passed 2 years ago but he keeps on giving and I feel I inherited a lot of skills and inspiration for my layout from him!

I losted this on the tinplage forum. Love me some toy soldiers, especially 19th century British soldiers. The Flyer observation car and caboose I got at spring thaw. Obs car 1207 goes with the 1205(also from my grandfather). Flyer caboose was very cheap so got that as well

Picked up these 3 cars for a good deal. Two are 1690 ‘Ives R.R.” Lines, the 1691 in Lionel Lines but they all match and I can change the coupler of the front car as needed to fit with my Ives 3250 electric.

Got mydad’s lionel type v transformer restored. Currently not using it on my layout but it will play a roleonce I expand. 

BElow is my father’s gang car, fixed it up myself and works great. Can’t wait to find use for it on my expansion.

Obtained these MTH Amtrak Railking coaches from a dear friend. They go very well with the AEM-7 I run on my mainline.

Finally, I got 2 I’d these “hedges” from my other grandfather who passed when I was about 2 years older. I saw them in Tom Snyder’s Lionel layout video and was wondering what they were used for? The picture below this one is for reference from said video.