Got this new old stock Weaver coal car and scavenged a coal load from another Weaver car at the hobby shop that they agree to sell with it. Also got these new old stock MTH high tension tower set because it was only $30. I'm trying to figure out where they'll go, but I have a national power and light building already so I'll incorporate them somehow.
@coach joe posted:You posted the GP30 on another thread, maybe Front End Friday, and I was wondering what replicant was posing as Dennis Holler.
Heh heh heh, I get a little squirrely on occasion!!!
I realized I had WWII vintage flatcar loads, both US and German as well as current military vehicles on flatcars. Other than a P-38 and P=40 above my layout, I had no rolling stock specific to the WWII Pacific Theater. I found this model of a Japanese Medium Tank (I assembled) and while searching for that, I also found this M29 Weasel amphibious vehicle (3D printed. I mostly just painted it). Never knew the M29 existed.
If you're interested in seeing my collection, here's a YouTube video. Three loops, 65 locos and rolling stock.
@Leroof posted:Guttersnipe, thx for reply. I believe that the majority of available nautical models is plentiful in H.O. Scale. I have only made two full scale barges (one cement, one work barge) A full scale rail float, one small steam trawler, most of which typically involve the range of postwar periods in deep water harbor scenes. There are several fine 1/48. Scale paddle boats kits available. They wouldn’t fit my chosen era well.
Of interest to note that before true tug boats made their appearances, paddle boats did all the towing and pushing and were a force to reckon with!
above, a bit off topic but I will enjoy building my cool acquisition and will post progress.
It is true that most of the watercraft are in HO scale, When I was spending most of my time in that scale I did a version of the SS Catalina. and even eighty scale feet and being actually a very small ship, it is still almost an actual four feet long. I don't know too many people that can afford that much space on their pikes, One is pretty much limited to Coastal Steamers
@ToledoEd posted:I realized I had WWII vintage flatcar loads, both US and German as well as current military vehicles on flatcars. Other than a P-38 and P=40 above my layout, I had no rolling stock specific to the WWII Pacific Theater. I found this model of a Japanese Medium Tank (I assembled) and while searching for that, I also found this M29 Weasel amphibious vehicle (3D printed. I mostly just painted it). Never knew the M29 existed.
If you're interested in seeing my collection, here's a YouTube video. Three loops, 65 locos and rolling stock.
Fantastic Production, coupled (railroad term) super music selection. got me to thinking of an old but true story, and I plan to name Names to Justify those that were there. A fellow Model Railroader and musician, Tommy Dial was on his way home on leave from somewhere on the west coast, to La Puente, when he saw three Century 415's working together, he had to stop to watch, as at the time Bill Crain, and Perect Scale minatures had just put out a model of the C415's and we belonged to the club at bill's Shop. the crew spotted him in his uniform and stopped to thank him for his service and found out where he was going. Tommy got a Cab ride all the way to the yard in La Puente. In a parallel piece, we have been talking about boats and ships,the only adition I could suggest would be perhaps a torpedo boat about two and a half feet long, or a LCT about a foot long. If I had the time I'd build it for you
@ToledoEd posted:I realized I had WWII vintage flatcar loads, both US and German as well as current military vehicles on flatcars. Other than a P-38 and P=40 above my layout, I had no rolling stock specific to the WWII Pacific Theater. I found this model of a Japanese Medium Tank (I assembled) and while searching for that, I also found this M29 Weasel amphibious vehicle (3D printed. I mostly just painted it). Never knew the M29 existed.
If you're interested in seeing my collection, here's a YouTube video. Three loops, 65 locos and rolling stock.
That is a first class collection Ed. You have some beautiful stuff. Love the new Space Force set, and the presidential Locos, I'd be remiss if I didn't say I love all the US and Foreign military equipment'...
I picked up this beautiful Weaver Canadian Pacific G5a from the Big E train show in Springfield this afternoon, and it runs great on TMCC with 4 chuffs per rev and fan smoke. Really nice example of Weaver's late steam offerings, and a good price sealed the deal for me.
It's a bit of a mystery though, as I have no idea why #1229 would be lettered in the "Ohio Central" lettering. Furthering the mystery, the plaque on the bottom of the engine states "03 of 04" and says this is a 2 rail model, which it obviously is not. I believe G5 #1293 was the only G5 locomotive painted in the "Ohio Central" lettering, which may relate to this engine somehow. As far as I know #1293 ran on the Cuyahoga Valley tourist line up in Ohio, hence the lettering. I can't find any other images of this exact model online. If someone has any answers about this please let me know.
Purchased these Lionel pw f3's 2333 Santa Fe which I added a 2343C B-unit, also 2333 NYC had a 2344C B-unit.
As I usually do w/Lionel pw engines, tear them completely apart, go over the wiring, cleaned, greased and oiled each unit. Each set was in very good condition, so they only needed little maintenance. The Santa Fe's are the early ones produced in 1949 w/rubber stamped lettering. NYC's needed the front coupler rebuilt.
I now have all 5 pw Santa Fe F3 sets and all 3 pw NYC F3 sets.
Guttersnipe, thanks for the kind remarks. Great story. I've been looking for a "Navy" addition, in fact a PT Boat, (but not sure if a 1/48 scale model would fit), although I do have a TBF Avenger on a flatcar to Honor George H. W. Bush, but why I didn't include it in the video escapes me. Thank you so much for the offer to build a model. That's a very touching offer in an of itself.
Quarter Gauger48, thanks for always following my posts and commenting. It is greatly appreciated.
Thanks guys and be well!
I’ve got several built and unbuilt 1/48 Hellcats, TBF’s and a few others snd always been tempted to use a few to model them being transported on flatcars. I’m just curious how common those planes on flats really was? I think I have seen prototype photos so I get that it happened. Just a curiosity more than anything.
@Dennis Holler posted:I’ve got several built and unbuilt 1/48 Hellcats, TBF’s and a few others snd always been tempted to use a few to model them being transported on flatcars. I’m just curious how common those planes on flats really was? I think I have seen prototype photos so I get that it happened. Just a curiosity more than anything.
Dennis, yes the TBF was transported by flatcar from the manufacturing plant to the Naval Air Station. Here's what I did. My layout restricts the car to the outer loop, and even then it's iffy. Go Navy!
In my early stages in the hobby, not quite grasping scale, gauge, and selective compression I purchased a 1:48 Huey model kit and Hellcat, F4F I believe, with the folding wings to use as flat car loads on the Lionel flatcars from my youth because the airplane and crane that originally sat on them were lost to time. imagine my surprise upon completing the Huey, it was huge in comparison to the flat car. The Hellcat was a better fit, however it was still too big form the Styrofoam tunnel sitting over the track on one corner of the layout.
Just purchased 4 Lionel Halloween Twilight Passenger cars to go behind my Lionel Transylvania Mikado. Here's a video of the three..just waiting for my observation car to arrive.
@ToledoEd posted:Dennis, yes the TBF was transported by flatcar from the manufacturing plant to the Naval Air Station. Here's what I did. My layout restricts the car to the outer loop, and even then it's iffy. Go Navy!
Proudest moment of my live was at the Swallow the Anchor ceremony, for my son CMC son in law, But one of the many things I remember was when he left the Vertical lift Carriers for the, as he called it, the tail hook Navy
@Dennis Holler posted:I’ve got several built and unbuilt 1/48 Hellcats, TBF’s and a few others snd always been tempted to use a few to model them being transported on flatcars. I’m just curious how common those planes on flats really was? I think I have seen prototype photos so I get that it happened. Just a curiosity more than anything.
Looks great, but I believe they were transported in cradle on their bellies, But the sentiment is still fantastic
@ToledoEd posted:Guttersnipe, thanks for the kind remarks. Great story. I've been looking for a "Navy" addition, in fact a PT Boat, (but not sure if a 1/48 scale model would fit), although I do have a TBF Avenger on a flatcar to Honor George H. W. Bush, but why I didn't include it in the video escapes me. Thank you so much for the offer to build a model. That's a very touching offer in an of itself.
Quarter Gauger48, thanks for always following my posts and commenting. It is greatly appreciated.
Thanks guys and be well!
Did a quick study. in 1/48 it would measure out to about twenty-six inches by seven. The haul would be the hard part, but there was a Guy in San Diego that would carve any haul you wanted. How can I encourage you to go for it
@coach joe posted:In my early stages in the hobby, not quite grasping scale, gauge, and selective compression I purchased a 1:48 Huey model kit and Hellcat, F4F I believe, with the folding wings to use as flat car loads on the Lionel flatcars from my youth because the airplane and crane that originally sat on them were lost to time. imagine my surprise upon completing the Huey, it was huge in comparison to the flat car. The Hellcat was a better fit, however it was still too big form the Styrofoam tunnel sitting over the track on one corner of the layout.
That was why I hung my 1/76 planes in my HO days
I haven't posted in OGR for a long time, been busy as heck. There's something wrong with that, I'm retired!!!
Anyway, I've been looking at the Menards O Scale Rocket Diner since it came out, so I pulled the trigger and ordered one. Since I live in Silicon Valley, CA, I had to order it, so it shipped from somewhere east of Chicago I imagine. I've ordered other Menards buildings before and they have made to my door reasonably intact. The O Scale Rocket Diner showed up on my front porch today, and I must admit, Menards did a great job packaging it! Here it is still in the tray:
For $111.00 it's pretty darn nice and everything works. I won't be using the smoke unit, it uses water mist and I don't want to subject my Fastrack to that as it can rust. Okay, time to install it, posting that in the "What did you do on your layout today?" thread.
A bit of a birthday present to myself this month, as I hardly ever purchase new trains. Nearly everything I get is of the "pre-loved" variety, but I couldn't pass on a little piece of Pacific Northwest History. This is Northern Pacific #1372 which ran passenger excursions out of Seattle to Snoqualmie in the final years of Steam. I always need a caboose to match and found this interesting piece for the RailKing lineup. It's listed as a "work caboose" but near as I can tell these were never made (or at least documented). Still, it was too cool to pass up so my Ten Wheeler can haul around freight with the Washington mountains in the background.
Made a review of this engine recently on my YouTube channel as well so if you want to see it running or more details of it, you can find it on "Dadified".
@Dadified posted:A bit of a birthday present to myself this month, as I hardly ever purchase new trains. Nearly everything I get is of the "pre-loved" variety, but I couldn't pass on a little piece of Pacific Northwest History. This is Northern Pacific #1372 which ran passenger excursions out of Seattle to Snoqualmie in the final years of Steam. I always need a caboose to match and found this interesting piece for the RailKing lineup. It's listed as a "work caboose" but near as I can tell these were never made (or at least documented). Still, it was too cool to pass up so my Ten Wheeler can haul around freight with the Washington mountains in the background.
Made a review of this engine recently on my YouTube channel as well so if you want to see it running or more details of it, you can find it on "Dadified".
Nice pick-up and very nice camera work!
My son and I went to the Big E show in West Springfield on Saturday and picked up this LOTS convention car from 2013, number 58508 Union Pacific maxi stack car with Western Pacific containers, also pipe load for one of our PS4 flatcars from Load Man in Better Living Center.
I recently picked up this small switcher... Seaboard Centipede.
This is my first and only MTH locomotive. I'm hoping to get my hands on a DCS Remote Commander to run it as I don't plan (or have the room) to get any other MTH engines.
@The Judge posted:My son and I went to the Big E show in West Springfield on Saturday and picked up this LOTS convention car from 2013, number 58508 Union Pacific maxi stack car with Western Pacific containers, also pipe load for one of our PS4 flatcars.
from Load Man in Better Living Center.
Believe it or not I actually saw a WP boxcar in the Colton Yards about ten years ago. five years later an actual caboose
Got this fabulous Adams EMC E3 locomotive! Just need one or two more parts! Lmao!!!
@Dennis Holler Dennis, Offhand, the Johnny Cash song, "One Piece at a Time" comes to mind. 
Hope all is well.
Tom
@coach joe posted:Nice pick-up and very nice camera work!
My Compliments to the boss
@WesternPacific2217 posted:I haven't posted in OGR for a long time, been busy as heck. There's something wrong with that, I'm retired!!!
Anyway, I've been looking at the Menards O Scale Rocket Diner since it came out, so I pulled the trigger and ordered one. Since I live in Silicon Valley, CA, I had to order it, so it shipped from somewhere east of Chicago I imagine. I've ordered other Menards buildings before and they have made to my door reasonably intact. The O Scale Rocket Diner showed up on my front porch today, and I must admit, Menards did a great job packaging it! Here it is still in the tray:
For $111.00 it's pretty darn nice and everything works. I won't be using the smoke unit, it uses water mist and I don't want to subject my Fastrack to that as it can rust. Okay, time to install it, posting that in the "What did you do on your layout today?" thread.
Menards do great work, If I wasn't so ingrained in my geological setting, I'd be a Menards, disciple
Pulled the trigger and spent the Trainworld gift certificate I got for Christmas. 
LIRR Legacy A5 0-4-0 #175
Bob
@mike g. posted:Great looking engine Bob, When are you going to expand the train room and layout?
The CEO has not approved the land acquisition application as of yet Mike......
I first bought these K-Line NP F-7s on Christmas Day 2022 when I received an Ebay alert to a new listing; sold them on OGR's For Sale/Trade forum Christmas week 2023 because I hadn't used them; and, in response to a WTB posting here Christmas-time 2024, and purely by accident, bought back the same set I'd sold a year earlier from my buyer in anticipation of pulling a 10 car NCL in February.
I didn’t really buy this Reading Crusader (30-1152-1), my brother gave it to me ! He bought it in 2011, used,I guess, and never ran it. Along the way the rear coupler came off. It also will need a battery & some TLC. For now it’s going back on the shelf as I have a layout to build !
Rich
I picked up this Atlas X29 boxcar recently. I have been wanting a variation of the X29 boxcar with the Youngstown doors for a while for the sake of variety.
Well, I just received from my HobbyShop a few cars that were ordered in early 2024 or late 2023, Why it takes so long to receive our orders is beyond my imagination, but it’s nice to get them. Happy Railroading Everyone 
@leapinlarry posted:Well, I just received from my HobbyShop a few cars that were ordered in early 2024 or late 2023, Why it takes so long to receive our orders is beyond my imagination, but it’s nice to get them. Happy Railroading Everyone
Looks like some nice stuff there Larry! I bet it won't take long to get on the layout!
At it again.. super hard to find Blumm 17/64 ths PRR M1 4-8-2 missing tender and an Icken 0-8-0 switcher!!
If you zoom on the 0-8-0 firebox wrapper, you can clearly see Icken!! Both locos are tough to find!
@Dennis Holler posted:At it again.. super hard to find Blumm 17/64 ths PRR M1 4-8-2 missing tender and an Icken 0-8-0 switcher!!
If you zoom on the 0-8-0 firebox wrapper, you can clearly see Icken!! Both locos are tough to find!
It do look like a diamond in the (very) ruff, But when you are done It IS going to be great
I just got the Burlington Northern flatbeds from Menards and went immediately to work to add the 3D printed parts that I got at the last train show in Puyallup. I think this is almost a closer simulation than the K Line version that I also have. I still need to paint and make/apply decals for the parts attached to the flatbed. Thoughts?
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