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Went to the Firelands train show in Mansfield Ohio today. Got there in the early afternoon. Walking through I spotted this PC ore hopper, which I didn't have, for 10 dollars. No box for it. I stopped at Brummy's and got a bag of aged cinders for the freight yard in the basement. Then the wife and I stopped at nice restaurant in the Mansfield area before heading back home. So all around it was a good day. Pics of my buys..................Paul

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Today, , I was at the final day of the American freedom Train reunion in Portland. In the gift shop of the enginehouse that houses 4449, 700, a, ALCO PA among other treasures, I bought this NKP 190 pin for the PA that was sitting outside.

But best of all, from someone at the reunion, I got this keychain and pin, which were given to people who worked on the train from 1975-76. I also got my copy of, "All Aboard America" singed by Doyle McCormack (whom I have met a few times over the years) and Ross Rowland himself, the guy who got the Freedom Train out on the high iron in the 70s. I saw the train in my hometown in Florida a week before I turned 7, and I have never forgotten any tiny detail of the experience.

I met several people who worked on the train and had some very interesting discussions, having got many things I had always wondered about answered...


Check out some of the photos from the reunion I uploaded here at this link

The biggest reason I went was that I'd long ago promised myself that if I could meet Ross in person, I was going to thank him for a very special memory of my childhood. And I fulfilled that promise this afternoon.

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Lee,

I too have fond memories of that famous train back in '76.  I had just graduated from college, and missed suing the train in my home state of Western Pennsylvania.  I started working in Richmond, Virginia in July, and soon after it made a stop in Richmond.  While I didn't meet anyone special, I saw every bit of the train and locomotive.  Your mementos you just got are great!!!

When I recently bought my last postwar Trainmaster, a Virginian road name, I thought that I had all the Trainmasters I needed. Well you know how that thought works out. I just received another great postwar trainmaster in the Lackawanna road name. This one looks to be all original with original instruction sheet and in excellent condition, even the horn works! 

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I was at Charlie Ro's this morning dropping off a ZW-C for repairs.  I picked up the MTH Premier CONRAIL 65' Mail Boxcar.  It's almost as long as a passenger car.  I've not seen one of these b4.  Lots of extra detail including added metal grab irons & ladders.  I also picked up a Bachman SceneScapes asst. to get the blue "outhouse" for a construction site, and a couple 40" straights.  When I got home there was a FED-X package from Mario's Trains.  In the box were 2 MTH RK Husky Stacks.  The CSX has an ETD on the back end.  Free shipping from Mario's on Web orders.  PS I like the RK Husky stacks better than the Premier. It's certainly not price anymore.

 

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I just got this today, came form WickedWanda at Tony's Train Town. Brand new Lionel JLC GG1, never run, no box for a great price. I got it on her lets make a deal post. Hit her up and get it going. Shes clearancing out that store and it looks like they got some good stuff and at great prices too.

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Picked up up my GS-4 and Vision Line SF reefers from Grzyboski's today...

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The engine is beautiful - there are no white walls, but it appears that the "rims" are a lighter shade of gray and there are white stars at the center of the drivers. There is some incredible and delicate applied detail on both the GS-4 and the reefers - I would be very careful around small hands (probably big ones too!!!). I don't use smoke (except in very rare cases) so I can't comment on how that feature works. I definitely prefer the whistle to the horn, but the horn is interesting.

And finally, on the way to pick these up, I had to hit Hallmark and get the special gold 773 ornament.

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 Last week I decided to bid on an auction that had a low starting bid on both sets of the Canadian National Budd cars, 6-18506 & 6-18512. Both sets are new, never ran, the non power set was still factory sealed. When the auction ended, nobody else bid on the sets. With S&H the price for both sets was about  what one set sells for. I already have a complete set of four Canadian Nation Budd cars, so I'll pass the bargain on to a friend who is new into model railroading.

 

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