Went to my first train show of the season yesterday spent a total of $21. Got the Marx CP for $20 will be repainted for a project and the High Speed Trains sign was $1 thought it was cool though not sure who made it not markings on it.
@Southern4501 posted:Yes sir. The box is to the left. I will snap a photo of the flap for ya.
LOL, I didn’t look close enough I thought that was another freight car.
@paulp575 posted:@Scrambler81 - What is the SKU for that awesome looking boxcar?
Sorry for the delay, I work odd hours.
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@Scrambler81- OK the Hobby Shop logo is a good memory, but you missed the most beautiful thing on the car. USS New Jersey, BB-62 an Iowa Class Battleship. At 887 ft long and 45,000 tons she would outweigh most locomotives for sure. She earned more combat battle stars for combat actions than the other three completed Iowa class ships. She also provided gunfire support for action in Vietnam. She certainly makes me proud of my home state. Go Navy Beat Army!!
Don
@Khayden93 - the "High Speed Trains" sign is also by Marx, it is the #314 Crossing Sign.
Don
@Scrambler81 posted:Sorry for the delay, I work odd hours.
@Scrambler81 - Thanks. I found one at Grzyboski Train Store! I love the graphics.
Purchased another Lionel 15" aluminum UP offset dome car, 6-19121, from Trainz' website which was described as "like new." Close inspection showed spider web-like cracks throughout the yellow paint:
This paint defect is common for this particular car.
A brief exchange of emails with Trainz customer care (which must have shift work since they sent me an email at 1:07AM!) resulted in the refund of a portion of the purchase price. So all is good.
Also, Lionel's parts sale turned $800 into $400; THANK YOU, LIONEL!
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@RixTrack posted:I got this. Slowly building a PRSL set.
Anything with an animal gets extra attention. four legged people are the best kind
@RixTrack posted:I got this. Slowly building a PRSL set.
It’s a great car, I picked it up along with a Western Electric boxcar also PRSL. Sand cars are on the way.
@pennsyfan posted:It’s a great car, I picked it up along with a Western Electric boxcar also PRSL. Sand cars are on the way.
I just realized when I got the call from Berwyn's; that’s the new one that you have. There was a scale one in Tuscan released a few months ago.
@pennsyfan- Great Jet Powered RDC. Its hard to believe that NYC actually built and tested a car like this. Given the poor experience in the steam fleet with steam turbines, I don't know what they expected but I can almost guarantee they didn't get it. Those turbojets would have been voracious on fuel at anything but near full power. In addition they needed the speed of flight compressing the atmosphere to even get that good. Mounted on a 50-60 mph railcar would not have been ideal at all.
But its a cool model and a neat addition to the toy train world.
Don
@Don McErlean posted:@pennsyfan- Great Jet Powered RDC. Its hard to believe that NYC actually built and tested a car like this. Given the poor experience in the steam fleet with steam turbines, I don't know what they expected but I can almost guarantee they didn't get it. Those turbojets would have been voracious on fuel at anything but near full power. In addition they needed the speed of flight compressing the atmosphere to even get that good. Mounted on a 50-60 mph railcar would not have been ideal at all.
But its a cool model and a neat addition to the toy train world.
Don
and the jet-wash blew passengers off of the platforms......
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@RixTrack - Thanks. Found it; it's a special order for one of MTH's dealers.
Ordered.
@RixTrack posted:I got this. Slowly building a PRSL set.
Now, I want to make it very clear up front, I am NOT trying to be one of those pesky bad influences you meet here abouts but… Forum sponsor Berwyn’s Trains (who did your car) also did another run of PRSL boxcars which came out earlier this year (though I believe they were Premier).
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@Apples55 posted:Now, I want to make it very clear up front, I am NOT trying to be one of those pesky bad influences you meet here abouts but… Forum sponsor Berwyn’s Trains (who did your car) also did another run of PRSL boxcars which came out earlier this year (though I believe they were Premier).
@Apples55 - Okay; another Berwyn's special order? Do you have the SKU? I found it on their website, but it's out of stock. Maybe I can get luck and find it online somewhere.
@RixTrack posted:I got this. Slowly building a PRSL set.
Nice, Did anyone notice the one pictured is road number "78" ? The one already delivered is road number "45". I'm waiting for the 33 and third one to be produced next ...
@paulp575 posted:@Apples55 - Okay; another Berwyn's special order? Do you have the SKU? I found it on their website, but it's out of stock. Maybe I can get luck and find it online somewhere.
Just checked the old emails on my iPad and found this info on the 2 cars. They were ordered in April 2022 and delivered a year later…
| Product |
| MTH Premier 40' Double Sheathed Box Car - RCA - 20-99334, Car No. 7833 |
| MTH Premier 40' Double Sheathed Box Car - RCA - 20-99335, Car No. 7845 |
@Apples55 posted:Just checked the old emails on my iPad and found this info on the 2 cars. They were ordered in April 2022 and delivered a year later…
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Product MTH Premier 40' Double Sheathed Box Car - RCA - 20-99334, Car No. 7833 MTH Premier 40' Double Sheathed Box Car - RCA - 20-99335, Car No. 7845
@Apples55 - Thanks. Tried a Google search without success so created a "Saved search" on the bay and will just wait and see if one ever shows up.
Bought two items at auction that arrived Monday. Neither had boxes.
First up is a 10 car set of the MTH Illinois Central City of Miami passenger train. It originally came as a 5 car set with engine. Posted a video of this running. Of note are the diaphragms with the added coupling ends. They separate on the 072 curves but are pretty close on straights. I especially like the extended couplers which are missing the button un-coupler but use the plate style between the truck wheels.
2nd up is what I think are 3rd generation K-Line F units - Milwaukee Road. Of note are the added side mirrors, classification lights and windshield wipers. But what I really like is the closed pilot on the lead A unit. The purchase came with 2 B units. The lead pilot is fixed since it does not have a coupler. The following a Unit has a movable pilot but with similar details - cut bars and MU cable.
For reference here is an earlier K-Line version which came out as an A-B-A set - all powered.
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This just in from EBay. If anyone is still looking; search M&G Hobbies instead of the K number. I found several items with M&G in the listing.
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We saw this car earlier; but I just got mine. 
I also just got word that the PRSL sand cars that I have on order will arrive in October.
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@RixTrack posted:I got this. Slowly building a PRSL set.
I hope that you slso got the Miller Engineering [forum sponsor] sign to go with that boxcar!
@ScoutingDad thanks for the photos; they look great.
Do you have a photo of the City of Miami observation car to post? I believe it had an unusual paint design at one time, but I'm not sure.
Great trains!
@Pingman - posted on Tail End Tuesday Miami Observation
Thanks, @ScoutingDad; that's a heckuva paint design.
They're in!
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They look awesome, please shoot a video if you can.
Another Hudson some how showed up on my layout... This time I found a great local deal on the K-Line 5344 Hudson. This one is conventional with signal sounds. . Gave her a detailing, serviced the engine , and rebuilt the smoke unit. Very nicely detailed, quiet running loco. 
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I've been looking for one of these for 2 years. Finally found one in great condition at TRAINZ.COM. It's a Lionmaster version; which I'm limited to because my layout has 054 curve.
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@Junior posted:I've been looking for one of these for 2 years. Finally found one in great condition at TRAINZ.COM. It's a Lionmaster version; which I'm limited to because my layout has 054 curve.
Hey Junior, nice find! I have one of these too from the 2008 catalog #4006, still runs great. These may be LionMaster, but they have Legacy Command which is awesome. It's great for us folks with smaller layouts and tighter curves. Enjoy!
Thanks! I'm very happy with it. It runs great. I'm hooked on Whistle Steam. IMHO it's one of the most creative features Lionel came out with.
@Donnie Kennedy posted:Another Hudson some how showed up on my layout... This time I found a great local deal on the K-Line 5344 Hudson. This one is conventional with signal sounds. . Gave her a detailing, serviced the engine , and rebuilt the smoke unit. Very nicely detailed, quiet running loco.
Local sale you say? Some guys have all the luck. So when does that beauty make it's way to Harmon Yards for the "Stump Puller" upgrade?
So here's my latest haul.
The Alaska RFR baggage car is a custom paint that I won on eBay. I've got the MTH RK Alaska RR passenger set that came with 3 full length vista domes, I added some regular vista domes when I won three more ARR Full dome bodies and put them on ATSF chassis and swapped the roofs. I figured even though the baggage is from another era I can see one hanging around longer than other passenger cars.
What I couldn't tell from the eBay ad is that this car only had one coupler, as luck would have it, a return trip to NY coincided with the first train show of the season in Lindenhurst. I was able to pick up the same dummy coupler as the other end and this NYC FDNY Fire Response Unit from the same vendor. The sound system has been removed so I planned on installing generator or pump but the doors are glued shut so I added some weight for better tracking and buttoned it up.
I found this Centerline track cleaning car in the last row of the show. It was priced at $40. I seem to remember these going for much more than that maybe even $100. The vendor was talking to another person while I was contemplating what to offer him. I guess he sensed my interest and said $20 takes it so it came home with me.
On the way to the exit I passed a vendor with many sets for sale, but nestled amongst the sets he had some MTH NYC Sub way entrances. I stopped to look and he said he had Times Square and Yankee Stadium. These usually fetch close to retail on the secondary market so I asked how much, $10. Having grown up in the North Bronx and having spent many days on the 4 and the D I had to have a Yankee Stadium entrance. The last Yankee Stadium entrance he had.
Missing from the photo is a pair of 6-wheel Madison car trucks. I'm turning a separate sale whistling tender that has donated it's whistle to a starter set 4-4-2 into an auxiliary water tender for my RK N&W Y6b. Trying to improve my home grown tender I thought of adding ^-Wheel trucks in place of the 4-wheel version. I came across a pair of Walthers Commonwealth trucks that matched the trucks on the tender, however general consensus thought the trucks looked too big and I even had some recommendations to buy the RK commonwealth trucks from MTH. I wasn't thrilled about spending another $50 for trucks for a leftover scratchbuild but when I saw the Madison trucks for$6 each I figured I'd give them a shot.
All in all a pretty good day at the show!
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@coach joe posted:Local sale you say? Some guys have all the luck. So when does that beauty make it's way to Harmon Yards for the "Stump Puller" upgrade?
It was a great find. It was on eBay for local pickup only. Made an offer and she agreed. A really awesome person to meet too. As far as a trip to Harmon yards, for now I like her how she is. Just between you and I , I'm secretly trying to learn what I can from Pat. I really enjoy doing my own work. It'll take decades to get to these guys level of expertise. But, I do love learning.
And great hauls for you as well! Take care.
That's for sure!
