Buy anything cool lately?

@Apples55 posted:

Beautiful engine, Donnie. I actually had one on my roster back in the day, but my ex swiped it in the divorce but I still have the caboose that was issued with it. Looks great pulling just about anything (but part of me agrees with Joe - passenger cars would make for a sharp consist!!!).

Oh man. Sorry to hear that. I sold the coke express car. It was too big. Not sure what to get to replace it. The passenger cars are just waaaay too much yellow for my liking. Lol

@Richie C. posted:

Picked up two pieces of rolling stock at the Greenberg's Train Show in Wilmington, MA this past weekend.

The first is an MTH Railking SF ATSF lighted steel caboose with LED warning lights, detailed interior and brakeman.

The second is a Lionel "uncatalogued" welding car in B&M livery. The welder figure at the end of the car rotates from right to left as the car moves and the welding torch flickers from a blue LED light. The side of the tool box reads, " Portsmouth Naval Shipyard est. 1800". Very cool.

A couple of nice pieces Richie.

I've looked for a long time fort that style of Santa Fe caboose from MTH at a decent price.

@Apples55 posted:

Yep… you’ve been hit hard by the command bug. And a NYC to boot. Now we’ve got to work on some O-72 curves. And some articulated steamers

I was a cliff diver in a previous life....🤣🤣🤣🤣

@Dave Ripp. Yes, nice when its plug and play. I have 2 others in D&H and NH roads. Can't wait to run all 3 together.

Bob

@Apples55 posted:

Yep… you’ve been hit hard by the command bug. And a NYC to boot. Now we’ve got to work on some O-72 curves. And some articulated steamers

As "Charter Member No. 1 of The 48 Club" I thinks 72" curves may be out of the question for Bob, but articulated steam ain't.  MTH Railking works well.  I've got a N&W Y6b.

@coach joe posted:

As "Charter Member No. 1 of The 48 Club" I thinks 72" curves may be out of the question for Bob, but articulated steam ain't.  MTH Railking works well.  I've got a N&W Y6b.

Come on, Joe, you’re not helping - what’s the old saying… go BIG or go home

I feel like I am going to confession… fellow Forumites, forgive my weakness, for I have been buying

For almost 6 months (was supposed to be 6 weeks), I have been NY helping my brother after knee surgery (with some complications), but, while I haven’t been near the layout, that hasn’t stopped me from adding to my collection So, without further ado…

First up (and I posted this over on the NH thread) is one of the latest run Lionel Atlantics in New Haven livery. A rather sweet, small steamer from one of my favorite lines. Sharp engine and a nice runner (based on my short time running it).  

Second, we have a special run Lionel SD40-2 done by Grzyboski’s. I’ve been trying to pick up some pieces which run locally in NE Pennsylvania and this will go nicely with the R&N GP30 I picked up last year.

Next up, from the good folks at METCA (if you haven’t checked out their offerings, I would strongly recommend doing so!!!) a Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal flatbed with 2 trailers. I actually bought both they offered, but only had time to set up one. I look forward to running it with my BEDT 0-6-0T and some other METCA Boar’s Head Reefers.

Here is an MTH Long Island MAP cylindrical hopper from Grzyboski’s. I have another LIRR version with a ‘64-‘65 World’s Fair logo, so they will be a smart pair. Of course, many of my old LIRR Commuter colleagues from my working days would take issue with “Travel Easy”

Finally, another MAP cylindrical hopper from Grzyboski’s... I’ve always loved the CP paint scheme.

There are actually a couple of other items, but I didn’t have time to take any pics on my last trip home. I apologize if I have been a bad influence on any of you

@coach joe posted:

As "Charter Member No. 1 of The 48 Club" I thinks 72" curves may be out of the question for Bob, but articulated steam ain't.  MTH Railking works well.  I've got a N&W Y6b.

@Apples55 posted:

Come on, Joe, you’re not helping - what’s the old saying… go BIG or go home

Does this count????? 😁😁

Nice haul Paul. If you spend much more time with your brother you're gonna run out of room......

@RSJB18 posted:

Does this count????? 😁😁

Whoa there Bob… what are you trying to pull here. That definitely looks like a 2-rail interloper - HO??? S??? Me thinks you’re post to the wrong forum

@Apples55 posted:

Whoa there Bob… what are you trying to pull here. That definitely looks like a 2-rail interloper - HO??? S??? Me thinks you’re post to the wrong forum

HO. One of my Rivarossi's from my youth..👍

@RSJB18 posted:

Does this count????? 😁😁

Nice haul Paul. If you spend much more time with your brother you're gonna run out of room......

I’ve actually thought about having some of my purchases sent to my brother’s house, but given his Gomez Addams/Uncle Fester proclivities, it probably isn’t a great idea!!!

@RSJB18 posted:

HO. One of my Rivarossi's from my youth..👍

I picked a couple of those for $25 a piece at Woolco way back when.

I bought a new L84880, Rio Grande PS-4 w/ 40' Trailer from Charles Ro.  Real wood and nice detailing;

@Apples55 posted:

I feel like I am going to confession… fellow Forumites, forgive my weakness, for I have been buying

For almost 6 months (was supposed to be 6 weeks), I have been NY helping my brother after knee surgery (with some complications), but, while I haven’t been near the layout, that hasn’t stopped me from adding to my collection So, without further ado…

First up (and I posted this over on the NH thread) is one of the latest run Lionel Atlantics in New Haven livery. A rather sweet, small steamer from one of my favorite lines. Sharp engine and a nice runner (based on my short time running it).  

Second, we have a special run Lionel SD40-2 done by Grzyboski’s. I’ve been trying to pick up some pieces which run locally in NE Pennsylvania and this will go nicely with the R&N GP30 I picked up last year.

Next up, from the good folks at METCA (if you haven’t checked out their offerings, I would strongly recommend doing so!!!) a Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal flatbed with 2 trailers. I actually bought both they offered, but only had time to set up one. I look forward to running it with my BEDT 0-6-0T and some other METCA Boar’s Head Reefers.

Here is an MTH Long Island MAP cylindrical hopper from Grzyboski’s. I have another LIRR version with a ‘64-‘65 World’s Fair logo, so they will be a smart pair. Of course, many of my old LIRR Commuter colleagues from my working days would take issue with “Travel Easy”

Finally, another MAP cylindrical hopper from Grzyboski’s... I’ve always loved the CP paint scheme.

There are actually a couple of other items, but I didn’t have time to take any pics on my last trip home. I apologize if I have been a bad influence on any of you

Paul, you have been a terrible influence on me! Earlier today I was gloating after successfully resisting making other purchases. Thanks to your post, I now feel my self control waning. LOL.

I need to mentally and figuratively put myself in a straight jacket to keep from buying that New Haven Atlantic and Brooklyn Eastern Disttict flat car.

I'm sure those gorgeous trains cost you a pretty penny, which I can I'll afford, but since you've already splurged, I wish that they bring you long term happiness. LOL, Arnold

I picked up this clock work Hafner set. It looks good. The clock needs doe TLC

Love that CP hopper!!! I just ordered one!

Bob

@Arnold D. Cribari posted:

Paul, you have been a terrible influence on me! Earlier today I was gloating after successfully resisting making other purchases. Thanks to your post, I now feel my self control waning. LOL.

I need to mentally and figuratively put myself in a straight jacket to keep from buying that New Haven Atlantic and Brooklyn Eastern Disttict flat car.

I'm sure those gorgeous trains cost you a pretty penny, which I can I'll afford, but since you've already splurged, I wish that they bring you long term happiness. LOL, Arnold

Paul is a terrible influence. I blame him for all my new York central purchases. 😂

So I went touring Cabin Fever's 11/16 auction, and a couple of things caught my eye. Actually it was three things.

First one was a several-year-old MTH Premier full length Santa Fe vista dome. Full disclosure--I already have the last premier Santa Fe set MTH released before the tooling was sold to Atlas. A full ten-car train (including a full dome), set to be pulled by my ATSF 2903 Northern. So why acquire more cars? A separate project of mine was to build an Amtrak Exhibit Train. I already have the locomotives, but the cars would need to be repaints of existing coaches, sleepers, baggage cars and an Amfleet cafe car for the store, and the Santa Fe passenger cars would be the easiest to redecorate, either for me or (more likely) a professional custom painter like CJB. So rather than buy boxed sets, I was acquiring "surplus" unboxed MTH coaches from York vendor RPO Trains (now known as Uncle Jack's Trains), and over the course of several York shows I came into enough of the ATSF versions that it became feasible to build another ATSF consist beyond the proposed Exhibit Train, hence my interest in that single full-length dome.

The car in question was only the third lot of the auction, and had up to the day of closing, had not received many bids, the top bid being under $40. That is, right up till about 15 or so minutes before auction close when I put in my max bid of $90. Someone else really wanted that car, because I was immediately outbid, jacking up the price to $100. A quick tour of Ebay showed I could find a few examples of similar ATSF dome cars for less than that bid  (once packing, shipping and premium was figured in), so I let that bidder have the car.

I had better luck with the second and third lots, because they didn't look all that impressive. Two lots of six assorted tank cars, "some with missing or loose details". As lots #71 and #72, they were high up in the chain of the 636-lot auction and would also be an early close, not subject to a whole lot of the "bid competition" effect I described in a other recent Cabin Fever thread. No manufacturer or product numbers were given, and they looked  like Weaver tankers, being of two different sizes, and five of them were duplicate roadnames and numbers. The top bids at the time were in the $30-$40 range, so like the ATSF dome, they seemed to have garnered little interest. But something  bothered me about my initial assertion. The trucks didn't look like Weaver roller-bearing trucks --Weaver used solid sintered-iron wheels to the best of my knowledge, and these were hollow on the back face. So I took one of the reporting marks + road number and looked them up in Google Images.

They were K-Line.

And being modern frameless tankers, that meant they were top-of-the-line aluminum K-Line tankers. Earlier in this thread (as in, page 288), I showed photos of a pair of K-Line Citgo aluminum tankers I won in the 8/10 auction, and mentioned that there was another lot that contained three more of these in different road numbers that I lost out on. With that in mind, I put in max bids of $90 on both lots. One lot escalated to $70, the other to $50. No other bids appeared, and I won both Auction close and billing was Wedensday, shipping was billed on Saturday, and shipping commenced on Monday, arriving the next day. All of these cars were unboxed, (meaning lots of bubble wrap and an absolute blizzard of static-charged packing peanuts ), incurring a combined pack & ship fee of around $55 and arrived in a 24x16x12 Uline box cut down to 24x16x10" and weighing 19 pounds according to the UPS label.

So what's in the box? Tankerpalooza! Captions reference the photo above them:

Lacking boxes and thus product numbers, I had to do some research to find out what to call these. First off are these two: K6341-8011 Hooker Chemicals and  K6341-8014 TankTrain.

Next up are these two Santa Fe cars: K6341-1051 and  K6341-1052. The white stripe denotes diesel fuel and the red stripe denoted gasoline. These were part of a set of four that also included a yellow-striped car (k6341-1053) labeled "Car Journal Oil", and a fourth green-striped car (presumably K6341-1054?) whose commodity is unknown since I couldn't find a photo of it outside of an old Walthers page showing the four-pack in low-resolution Supposedly the 4-pac was numbered K6341-1051-1.

(Edit 04/27/23: Worthpoint and Legacy station have clear photos of the green-stripe K6341-1054 (both already sold). Commodity is "Water Only" Also, I have secured the K6341-1053. Still looking for the 1054)

(Edit 10/17/23: I have secured the K6341-1054. Set complete.)

Next are these two Burlington Northern tankers, K90014. A review of one of my old YouTube videos confirms I have one of these already from when they were first issued. Won't be the first duplicates in my collection

Here is K-6333-8015 Archer Daniels Midland. I was going to photograph it next to one of the SP tankers, keeping with the 2-per-photo pattern above, but abandoned that when it turned out that adding one of the larger cars made the pair too long to photograph at the same size, so I just shoved them over to put the shorter car in the center. This car is an in-between size (probably indicated by its being in the K6333 series). It's longer than the previous cars and the tank itself is wider (same width as the long cars pictured below)

next up are three K6334-2031 Southern Pacific 50' tankers. Unfortunately all three are the same road number (I don't know if K-Line ever made these in any other roadnumbers). You probably won't notice that as they roll by in a train, since by the time I get to put these in a video, you'll have long forgotten I mentioned this and won't be looking for it I stacked all three together in one photo to make it clear these were three duplicate cars and not one photo repeated 3x

"We all live in the yellow tanker-ine..." <BRICK>

Above is a K6334-8016 Saftey-Kleen 50' tanker. This one was probably responsible for the listing's designation of "loose/missing details", as its side railings arrived sprung out of the platforms. Fortunately I was able to re-fasten them (they snap into small slots where they join the end platforms). The small stanchions holding them away from the tank body are a bit more mysterious as to how they're fastened (if at all) They're in-place on this photo, but at least one of the SP cars above still have them hanging loose. Two cars are missing one of the top railings and at least half of them had to be shoved back into their mounting holes on the platform, a fiddly task that hasn't really anchored them very securely. Time to get out the calipers and figure out what size of stiff wire can replicate the missing railings (probably easier than finding out if Brasseur has them in their parts list, which for K-Line numbers 1645 items)

Lastly, here's the K6334-8017 Cardox 50' tanker.

It just now occurs to me that I have a metric buttload of tank cars. Between modern frameless ones like these, the older transition era tankers, and all the chrome-plated ones, I'm almost certain to have passed 100 examples by now. That's a whole lotta scale model explodium

One more thing!

It appears that all of these cars came from the same collection. Or maybe just a majority of them. Eight of the twelve cars had these little "inventory number" stickers on the bottom. Could the "TT" indicate "Train Tracker"? I don't know if the application has such a feature, as I've never used or researched it. maybe someone reading my long-winded post will know.

---PCJ (bringing you another post that took two hours to write )

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Was able to get this.

Picked up this beauty from Trainland in Lynbrook, NY yesterday. Exclusive to Trainland. Goodfellow gray scheme, after Long Island Railroad former President Thomas Goodfellow.
Andy

I clicked on one of MTH’s emails; it was for a animated snowman gondola.  I just picked one up from Muffin man. I showed it a few weeks ago. So I clicked on other items. This lighted boxcar showed up. I didn’t get a boxcar in the other group so I clicked “ Find it Locally “. Three shops showed up, none of which I had ever done business with. I went with JR Junction Trains and hobby. I ordered the car at about 1:50PM yesterday from a very pleasant gentleman. He said that he would try and get it out right away; and I should have it early next week. I said that would be great because I wanted to run on the opening of the club layout next weekend. This morning I got a text from FedEx ground that my package was out for delivery. I was really surprised when it was dropped off 23 hours and 20 minutes after I ordered it. Way to go JR Junction Trains and hobby!

i plan on putting the whole set on the layout on Monday. Video to follow.

I've been doing good for the past year not getting much in the way of trains but the 773 bug bit and bit me hard. My layout is all Flyer now so my O gauge is all self queens for now but a 1950 773 and the 1991 Madison reissues made some space to pose! I also did get a set of postwar Madisons but I really wanted a more complete looking train. My 763e isn't the only big Hudson in my house now. The last photo is my collection that keep on display.

@Steamfan77 posted:

Picked up this beauty from Trainland in Lynbrook, NY yesterday. Exclusive to Trainland. Goodfellow gray scheme, after Long Island Railroad former President Thomas Goodfellow.
Andy

I

Nice engine.  just got notified by Trainland that my C liner has shipped from the warehouse.  As soon as it arrives, I'll make the drive to pick it up.  I ordered the one with the white nose.  IMO, I think the gray is a little too light

That’s the Tichy paint scheme Frank. I sold my C-Liner with the Tichy scheme a few months ago. Interesting paint scheme, but I prefer the Goodfellow gray.

Andy

After reading and seeing the posts and pictures, I purchased this from Pat’s trains before they were no longer available. What a beauty! As previously mentioned, the paint job is perfect. Out of the box it works great. No immediate whistle steam. After reading the posts, I’m sure it will eventually work.

Gene

@Genemed posted:

After reading and seeing the posts and pictures, I purchased this from Pat’s trains before they were no longer available. What a beauty! As previously mentioned, the paint job is perfect. Out of the box it works great. No immediate whistle steam. After reading the posts, I’m sure it will eventually work.

Gene

Gotta love that old B&O.  Nice

Got these trailers from a Mr Muffins auction.   They’ll go great in a “rail to road” distribution scene.

@Genemed, Gene, Congratulations on acquiring one of Patrick’s Trains special runs, the Lionel Legacy B&O 2-8-0 consolidation steamer, I love the gloss finish as it looks like it just came out of the paint shops, it’s really cool. Mine really smokes great after it warms up and I love the 5 different bell sounds and whistle sounds… It’s a nice legacy addition and I’m waiting on the B&O Lionel Legacy 0-4-0??? I just purchased a like new 18 inch aluminum B&O StationSounds diner to complete my passenger train. Pictures will follow next week. Also, I just got the 2 pack recently.
@VJandP, wow, beautiful pacific fruit express trailers, nicely made, @RamblerDon, that’s a beautiful 1950 “773”, and beautiful passenger cars, also the American Flyer cattle accessory brings back memories, congratulations, @Steamfan, wow, that’s a beautiful Long Island diesel, great colors, @RailRide, Wow, beautiful tankers, awesome selection, congratulations, last but not least @pennsyfan, that’s a beautiful wind up Hafner tinplate train, those were the days, congratulations. Happy Railroading Everyone

Well guys, I can't even come close to some of the beautiful engines and passenger cars so I will have to stick to a much more humble acquisition.  This was a fun one for me, a pre-war "Banjo" (wig-wag) danger crossing signal.  This was originally advertised as Marx but all my Marx reference material does not show anything that resembles this signal.  However, a 1932 accessories catalog page from American Flyer shows what is nearly this exact signal.  So I have tentatively identified it as the Model 222 Banjo Crossing Danger signal from American Flyer dating to the early 1930's.  The catalog lists it at 7 1/4" tall which matches exactly as does the manual operation and the mast / support structure.  HOWEVER, my 1932 catalog shows it with a black base and my base is red.  So if anyone has any further data on this signal please post it as I would like to confirm its make.

Here is the signal with green mast and red support and base.  By the way, the signal was made both with and without the operating rod from the base.  So this could be correct or it could have a missing rod this is unknown after some 90 years!!

Here is a short video showing it in operation (manually initiated).

Well best of everything to all.  Hope you have a great week.

Best Regards

Don

@leapinlarry posted:

@Genemed, Gene, Congratulations on acquiring one of Patrick’s Trains special runs, the Lionel Legacy B&O 2-8-0 consolidation steamer, I love the gloss finish as it looks like it just came out of the paint shops, it’s really cool. Mine really smokes great after it warms up and I love the 5 different bell sounds and whistle sounds… It’s a nice legacy addition and I’m waiting on the B&O Lionel Legacy 0-4-0??? I just purchased a like new 18 inch aluminum B&O StationSounds diner to complete my passenger train. Pictures will follow next week. Also, I just got the 2 pack recently.
@VJandP, wow, beautiful pacific fruit express trailers, nicely made, @RamblerDon, that’s a beautiful 1950 “773”, and beautiful passenger cars, also the American Flyer cattle accessory brings back memories, congratulations, @Steamfan, wow, that’s a beautiful Long Island diesel, great colors, @RailRide, Wow, beautiful tankers, awesome selection, congratulations, last but not least @pennsyfan, that’s a beautiful wind up Hafner tinplate train, those were the days, congratulations. Happy Railroading Everyone

Thanks Larry, it was your pictures and videos that persuaded my decision. I now have 4 Legacy locomotives and patiently waiting for my base 3 preorder to arrive, hopefully next year sometime. I’m looking forward to the full potential of these locomotives using the base 3. The app and universal remote does okay for now. I started my layout when the 990 was being discontinued, and as we all know it’s almost impossible to get a 990 at the original price.

Gene

@Don McErlean

I can see why someone would think Marx with that base.
Nice find!

Thanks for your comment Bob.

Best wishes

Don

Picked up some locomotives and rolling stock at the Greenberg Train Show over the two days. One of the Golden Pig Trailers is suffering from Zinc Pest but I can live with it since the rest of it is fine, that and I have other trailers suffering from the same thing. I can't thank my friend enough for giving me such a good deal on the locomotives.

Here are the Christmas cars that I posted earlier. I took them over go the clubhouse layout this morning. The carpenters are installing the backdrop for the new section.

@Dallas Joseph posted:

A couple of nice pieces Richie.

I've looked for a long time fort that style of Santa Fe caboose from MTH at a decent price.

Thanks Dallas - been off for a few days for the holiday.

They were both from the same dealer at the show, so I was able to put together a good package deal. I wasn't specifically looking for the SF caboose, but it caught my eye while I was looking over the welding car and it seems like I can never have enough lighted cabooses on the layout.

In fact, I have a BTO Maine Central one on order right now !

Got this at a local hardware store the other day!  

So, I know it's an mpc, but I had to have this car. Growing up, my dad had the Tyco  ho version of this car. As a little guy I remember it racing around the track and was amused by the little dutch lady on the side of the car. It kept my attention for hours as she was chasing imaginary  dirt around the track. And I think it looks right at home with my train master and reefer cars of the mpc era.

Nothing wrong with MPC, Donnie - they had some wonderful, colorful cars. Interesting train… have some Cracker Jacks, wash ‘em down with some Miller (must be at a ball game), clean up the mess with a little Dutch cleanser, and sleep it all off in (what looks like) a bunk car

I got these from a friend today.

A picnic table with food and people and a guy cooking at the grill. I added them to my park.

Also, a MTH Premier Hopper

Hallmark ornaments, a tad small but I think they work.  Being a MOPAR guy I couldn't pass these up.

The '21 Ram and the'70 Challenger are this year's offerings.  My son had a '19 Ram night Edition that looked a lot like this '21.  Dom's Fast and Furious Charger is a left over from last year.  It was the first in a new series "The Car's the Star".  This year's entry is the "48 Ford Deluxe convertible, "Greased Lightning" from, you guessed it, Grease.

Big Piggy is another $5.99 toy rack find.  Three days later and I've already forgotten if it was the supermarket, Lowes or CVS.  I'm going to try and spruce up the interior a little.

@Apples55 posted:

Nothing wrong with MPC, Donnie - they had some wonderful, colorful cars. Interesting train… have some Cracker Jacks, wash ‘em down with some Miller (must be at a ball game), clean up the mess with a little Dutch cleanser, and sleep it all off in (what looks like) a bunk car

Haha 😂. You know how to put things into preceptive Paul. That's exactly how I imagined this line up. Being a Browns fan that's pretty much what you have to do to stay sane. Eat, drink, clean up after yourself , and sleep it off until next year.

For someone who grew up in Chicago, this Atlas reefer that arrived over the weekend is pretty cool. 😎 🍺

I picked up a Lionel Legacy SD70Ace a while ago at the Lionel Warehouse sale.  I had been after this one for a while but could never find one for less than $1500, snapped this one up as soon as I saw it.  I'm finally getting to run it now that I have solved some clearance issues by upgrading to O48 curves.  Gorgeous engine with great sounds!  It is so loud I have to turn it down or it drowns out the rest of my engines on the table.

@Donnie Kennedy posted:

Haha 😂. You know how to put things into preceptive Paul. That's exactly how I imagined this line up. Being a Browns fan that's pretty much what you have to do to stay sane. Eat, drink, clean up after yourself , and sleep it off until next year.

As a legally qualified long suffering Met fan, I feel your pain, Donnie. Unfortunately, they haven’t made any Irish Whiskey reefers I come from a long line of Brooklyn Dodger fans who coined the phrase - and you have to yell this in your best angry/anguished voice -  “wait till next year”.

Great purchase @ArtsModelTrains, nice diesel, I had one ordered at the early order price when they came out, however I let a good friend buy mine. I just couldn’t get that one past my wife, so, I do have the other presidential diesels. I did receive my B&O Lionel 18 inch aluminum StationSounds diner snd it works great. Happy Railroading Everyone

@leapinlarry - beautiful B&0 dinner and station sounds as well !  really beautiful.  I also liked the Presidential Diesels.  We saw the prototype of the George Bush diesel here in Texas as it passed on its trip to the final resting place of Mr. Bush.

Best Wishes and Happy Holidays Larry

Don

May not be lately, but over the past yr, these are some of the postwars I acquired and reconditioned.

11, 1656 switchers w/bell ringing tenders. I now have 14 of these 1656 switchers.

14 extra tenders,

2,  682 turbines, one I cannibalized from parts to make it correct w/correct tenders.

1, early 2020 turbine

@Apples55 posted:

As a legally qualified long suffering Met fan, I feel your pain, Donnie. Unfortunately, they haven’t made any Irish Whiskey reefers I come from a long line of Brooklyn Dodger fans who coined the phrase - and you have to yell this in your best angry/anguished voice -  “wait till next year”.

AND IT'S THROUGH BUCKNER'S LEGS!!!

I'm with you Paul. 😭😭😭😭😭😭

That's why I play with trains...🤣🤣

Bob

Not super exciting but I found this in a local Dollar Tree ( Dollar and  a Quarter Tree these days).

A nice small square that I will put to good use on future projects. It's got standard measurements on the other side.

Bob

Trussman,  I love those postwar engines. Nice work!

@RSJB18 posted:

AND IT'S THROUGH BUCKNER'S LEGS!!!

I'm with you Paul. 😭😭😭😭😭😭

That's why I play with trains...🤣🤣

Bob

All of us Met fans need some train therapy after this year.

Tom

@RSJB18 posted:

AND IT'S THROUGH BUCKNER'S LEGS!!!

I'm with you Paul. 😭😭😭😭😭😭

That's why I play with trains...🤣🤣

Bob

Ahhh… the memories, Bob. 1986 was the first year my family had a Saturday plan to Shea. In the World Series, we had tix for 2 games - one of which was the 7th. The 6th game was Saturday night and we were transfixed watching the game, but I had to go out and pick up the Sunday early editions of The NY Times and Daily News (remember those days???). Things were going badly as the game dragged on, so I finally decided to make a run between innings - ran to the car, turned on the radio, and tried to pay attention to my driving. As I passed the “old man’s bar” on the corner of Ave. M and Coney Island Ave, there were a bunch of people standing outside, looking in the window to see the game on TV. When I got to the train station at Ave. M where the paper stand was (remember those???), there were a ton of people standing outside the nearby bagel store which had a TV - one person would go inside, check the game and come out and tell everyone the latest (between the paper stand and the bagel store was… TrainWorld!!!). Luckily I got home in time to see Mookie’s hit. Our seats for Game 7 were so high up and so far out in the upper deck, I finally saw the legendary water near Shea and you had a better chance of getting a beer from a flight attendant on the next plane over than you did of a vendor finding our seats Had that plan for over 30 years until the 10-game magically morphed into a 20 game plan As the song says… those were the days my friend.

@PRR8976 posted:

All of us Met fans need some train therapy after this year.

Tom

Not me, Tom… I jokingly say I’m a legally qualified, long suffering Met Fan - as kids, Mom & Dad took my brother and I to several Met games that they played at the old Polo Grounds (if nothing else, a good, long subway ride from Flatbush in Brooklyn!!!). Usually, they don’t string us along into the playoffs… they have enough consideration to the fans to fold early so we don’t get our hopes up. This year was a bit of a stretch, but as my Brooklyn (Trolley) Dodger parents would say, “wait till next year”

@Jerry Williams posted:

Trussman,  I love those postwar engines. Nice work!

Thank you Jerry.

I like getting these postwar back in shape for another 60 yrs .

@Apples55 posted:

Ahhh… the memories, Bob. 1986 was the first year my family had a Saturday plan to Shea. In the World Series, we had tix for 2 games - one of which was the 7th. The 6th game was Saturday night and we were transfixed watching the game, but I had to go out and pick up the Sunday early editions of The NY Times and Daily News (remember those days???). Things were going badly as the game dragged on, so I finally decided to make a run between innings - ran to the car, turned on the radio, and tried to pay attention to my driving. As I passed the “old man’s bar” on the corner of Ave. M and Coney Island Ave, there were a bunch of people standing outside, looking in the window to see the game on TV. When I got to the train station at Ave. M where the paper stand was (remember those???), there were a ton of people standing outside the nearby bagel store which had a TV - one person would go inside, check the game and come out and tell everyone the latest (between the paper stand and the bagel store was… TrainWorld!!!). Luckily I got home in time to see Mookie’s hit. Our seats for Game 7 were so high up and so far out in the upper deck, I finally saw the legendary water near Shea and you had a better chance of getting a beer from a flight attendant on the next plane over than you did of a vendor finding our seats Had that plan for over 30 years until the 10-game magically morphed into a 20 game plan As the song says… those were the days my friend.

I was at my future wife's house the night of game 6. We had plans to go out after the game. Her father and I were watching and were both ready to turn the TV off when the come back began. One of the greatest games in WS history IMHO. The Mets Astros marathon in the LCS ranks up there too.

I had a Daily News route....those Sunday papers weighed a ton!

"Meet the Mets" 🤣🤣

@RSJB18 posted:

AND IT'S THROUGH BUCKNER'S LEGS!!!

I'm with you Paul. 😭😭😭😭😭😭

That's why I play with trains...🤣🤣

Bob

I was watching the game in the on campus pub.  The inning before the comeback everyone was so frustrated hot dogs were flying at the big screen projection TV.  Remember those?

Just bought MTH Premier EMD F-3 AA, B. Union Pacific F-3 ABA and Burlington AA, B. Considering purchasing Big Boy and   Challenger from the same collection. Their Northern Pacific F-3 AA, B as well, if they can find it.

Great additions to your collections everyone!!

Last week I received this custom patriotic M&Ms boxcar. I missed out on a similar one over the summer so I contacted the eBay seller and they kindly made me another one.

@Richizzle07 posted:

Last week I received this custom patriotic M&Ms boxcar. I missed out on a similar one over the summer so ......................                                                                        ( I contacted the eBay seller and they kindly made me another one. )

Nice to know there are real people out there Rich.

I blew the rest of my 2022 freight car budget & bought these 2 like-new Atlas EL 50’ boxcars.  Now I just need to get busy & build a layout to run them on !

Rich in SD

@trestleking posted:

I blew the rest of my 2022 freight car budget & bought these 2 like-new Atlas EL 50’ boxcars.  Now I just need to get busy & build a layout to run them on !

Rich in SD

Those are very nice Rich. Atlas makes a nice 50-footer just be careful of the stirrup steps, they break even easier than Weavers. I've gotten very good at repairing the LOL.

@coach joe posted:

I was watching the game in the on campus pub.  The inning before the comeback everyone was so frustrated hot dogs were flying at the big screen projection TV.  Remember those?

I sure do Joe. I used to install Nova-beam projectors for a living.

Hey everyone, I haven’t posted in a while. Here’s a few things I’ve bought.

the k line caboose I just put the LED’s on. This snow globe my wife picked, she loves it!

@RSJB18 posted:

I sure do Joe. I used to install Nova-beam projectors for a living.

Oh… I thought Joe was asking about flying hot dogs

@Brooklyn Corey posted:

Hey everyone, I haven’t posted in a while. Here’s a few things I’ve bought.

Nice haul, Corey, but really… a 1 train on the Brighton line - have they changed the routes THAT much since I moved to the Poconos???

@Apples55 posted:

Oh… I thought Joe was asking about flying hot dogs

Or when pigs fly.......sorry, couldn't resist.

Now returning to your regilularly scheduled programming.

@Apples55 posted:

Nice haul, Corey, but really… a 1 train on the Brighton line - have they changed the routes THAT much since I moved to the Poconos???

Thanks! It’s because the MTA only bought one order of these cars. They were supposed to be for the second ave project. They ran on all different lines before they stopped using them. So no routes didn’t change that much.

Christmas came early ^ now let’s see some TicTok videos 😂😂

Glad you’re over here also Corey!!!

@Richizzle07 posted:

Great additions to your collections everyone!!

Last week I received this custom patriotic M&Ms boxcar. I missed out on a similar one over the summer so I contacted the eBay seller and they kindly made me another one.

That M&M's billboard looks like it was sprayed on using some sort of photo process.  Very nice job and very cool car -- love the hats they're wearing -- most worthy of posting here.  I met a lady from Minnesota a few years ago at a train show and she did the same sort of photo process thing, but I lost her card.  Would you mind sharing the contact of the seller?

Mike

A few more items

Christmas came early!! This popped up on ebay for $150 buy it now and I couldn't pass. It's cosmetically excellent, but missing one tender marker light, one engine marker light doesn't light, and the rear tender truck is attached, but is loose. It runs/pulls great and I couldn't be happier.

@Brooklyn Corey posted:

A few more items

Nice hauls, Cory. Don’t you love the detailing on those Nathan’s boxcars? So glad I was able to get them when they came out. You’re also doing a great job picking up the best subways for your collection.

@Strap Hanger posted:

Nice hauls, Cory. Don’t you love the detailing on those Nathan’s boxcars? So glad I was able to get them when they came out. You’re also doing a great job picking up the best subways for your collection.

Yes the details are nice. I originally ordered one but when I went to trainland to pick it up, I ended up buying the other one! Thanks for the compliment about the subway sets. There will be more videos soon.

@87smokemetalic posted:

Christmas came early ^ now let’s see some TicTok videos 😂😂

Glad you’re over here also Corey!!!

Yes Christmas definitely came early. You’ll really see when I get these other videos done. Thanks for following my TikTok. More videos of me(and the foreman 🐈) coming soon!

As a follow up to my recent post about getting the 773. I saw a good deal to get all 6 of the scale reissue cars from 1991/92 and couldn't pass it up. Now I have freight to pull also!

I bought these for my Birthday.

Odenville Bill

R40 Subway Set

Picked up this Maine Central box car in green livery at the NE Train Expo in Marlborough, Mass this past weekend. I have a lot of MC rolling stock in yellow/orange colors, but this is the first in green.

Interestingly, there are no markings on the car to indicate who is the manufacturer. It's very well done and comes with plastic thumbtack couplers. Its larger than Lionel/traditional; I'd say semi-scale.

My Lionel BTO UP F 3 AA set just arrived at my dealer, so I'll be posting a review on that in the near future.

Got bitten by the Menards bug again...... They ran the free lighted truck promo so I picked up a PRR gondola to go with the

'48 Ford panel truck.

THEN....... Found this MTH SW-1 w/ PS2 on the FS forum. I've been wanting a SW-1 for a long time. This one seemed to fall in my lap. Fits in perfectly with the N/E roads that I run.

Bob

@RSJB18 posted:

Got bitten by the Menards bug again...... They ran the free lighted truck promo so I picked up a PRR gondola to go with the

'48 Ford panel truck.

THEN....... Found this MTH SW-1 w/ PS2 on the FS forum. I've been wanting a SW-1 for a long time. This one seemed to fall in my lap. Fits in perfectly with the N/E roads that I run.

Bob

Great looking SW-1 Bob.

@RamblerDon posted:

As a follow up to my recent post about getting the 773. I saw a good deal to get all 6 of the scale reissue cars from 1991/92 and couldn't pass it up. Now I have freight to pull also!

Nice freight car set.  Were these cars all in a NYC set?

@FrankRazz posted:

Nice freight car set.  Were these cars all in a NTC set?

NTC?

@Richie C. posted:

Picked up this Maine Central box car in green livery at the NE Train Expo in Marlborough, Mass this past weekend. I have a lot of MC rolling stock in yellow/orange colors, but this is the first in green.

Interestingly, there are no markings on the car to indicate who is the manufacturer. It's very well done and comes with plastic thumbtack couplers. Its larger than Lionel/traditional; I'd say semi-scale.

My Lionel BTO UP F 3 AA set just arrived at my dealer, so I'll be posting a review on that in the near future.

Hi Richie,

It's a Frank's Roundhouse car (FRH), made by Frank Rash and his son, Jack, in Wilkes Barre, PA, back in the 80s and 90s. If it came in a box it could have been a generic white box with identification on the end (it's # 41) or a KMT orange, blue, and white box. More information about FRH, photos, and a spreadsheet of FRH's production (well over 100 boxcars/reefers, 21 FM Trainmasters, passenger cars, etc.) are available at:

https://www.robertstrains.com/Frank.htm

FRH also decorated a Maine Central boxcar in orange (FRH # 42).

Regards,

Bob

Illinois Terminal GP7 1605.  This is the GP-7 preserved at the Illinois Railway Museum.

Just got this from Trainworld a few days ago.  I'm looking forward to getting the cars that are on backorder.

Lionel Legacy C Liner 2233311

@bobfett posted:

Hi Richie,

It's a Frank's Roundhouse car (FRH), made by Frank Rash and his son, Jack, in Wilkes Barre, PA, back in the 80s and 90s. If it came in a box it could have been a generic white box with identification on the end (it's # 41) or a KMT orange, blue, and white box. More information about FRH, photos, and a spreadsheet of FRH's production (well over 100 boxcars/reefers, 21 FM Trainmasters, passenger cars, etc.) are available at:

https://www.robertstrains.com/Frank.htm

FRH also decorated a Maine Central boxcar in orange (FRH # 42).

Regards,

Bob

Thanks, Bob - good to know. The seller had two versions - one brand new with a box and a used one with a little road rash with no box, that was cheaper. I opted for the cheaper version and cleaned it up and detailed it after I got it home.

The box was under the new one, so I never got a chance to look at it, but I believe it was a generic white box with printing on the end, as you noted. The only thing that threw me was I think it may have been printed, "Waltham, Mass" on the end.

@RSJB18 posted:

Got bitten by the Menards bug again...... They ran the free lighted truck promo so I picked up a PRR gondola to go with the

'48 Ford panel truck.

THEN....... Found this MTH SW-1 w/ PS2 on the FS forum. I've been wanting a SW-1 for a long time. This one seemed to fall in my lap. Fits in perfectly with the N/E roads that I run.

Bob

" This one seemed to fall in my lap "                                                        Funny how these things happen around this time of year Bob.

(( this year would have been Judys first Christmas without a pup ...................... two bonded  rescues will be coming the week before that big day from Ohio if everything goes well. ))

@Dallas Joseph posted:

" This one seemed to all in my lap "                                                        Funny how these things happen around this time of year Bob.

(( this year would have been Judys first Christmas without a pup ...................... two bonded  rescues will be coming the week before that big day from Ohio if everything goes well. ))

Thanks Dallas. I hope the 'special delivery' arrives as promised.

Bob

@RSJB18 posted:

Thanks Dallas. I hope the 'special delivery' arrives as promised.

Bob

Thanks Bob . Pretty sure they will be making Judy's Christmas much better.

Now I will wait in anticipation for RSJB18 's photo and videos of the new purchases on the layout.

just picked up my Erie hobo car from Lionel...   nicely done.

one of the sound bytes is a copy of dialog on the kitchen car. ("best wiener i've ever tasted")

Just got the mpc southern crescent set  from a forum member. A very nice looking engine that I feel pictures and videos don't do it justice when seen in person. Gave her a little tlc and she's running nice and smooth. Like that it came out in 77 ,the same year I was born

@ScottV posted:

just picked up my Erie hobo car from Lionel...   nicely done.

one of the sound bytes is a copy of dialog on the kitchen car. ("best wiener i've ever tasted")

Nice...but I must ask.........about those chickens???  How is that done?

Thanks

Dave

@PRRick posted:

Christmas came early!! This popped up on ebay for $150 buy it now and I couldn't pass. It's cosmetically excellent, but missing one tender marker light, one engine marker light doesn't light, and the rear tender truck is attached, but is loose. It runs/pulls great and I couldn't be happier.

Wow, @PRRick, you stole that !   Very nice score !

@Soo Line the chickens are a product put out by Viessmann.  I camouflaged the base with the ground cover.

@Jack Texas Special  the colors on that Carolina Aberdeen & Western F9 set are fantastic;  I was in my LHS a couple of days ago and I saw the set on the display shelf - they were having a 20% off sale that day - sold.    The 2 car set was also in stock, so I guess I was just plain lucky that day.

@RSJB18 posted:

THEN....... Found this MTH SW-1 w/ PS2 on the FS forum. I've been wanting a SW-1 for a long time. This one seemed to fall in my lap. Fits in perfectly with the N/E roads that I run.

Bob

Bob, not one to sound out of line, I am just concerned about the number of switchers you have for your layout! If you're not careful I could see the CEO calling all your friends and Family members for an intervention!

I am just pointing this out for your own mental health!

@Dallas Joseph posted:

" This one seemed to fall in my lap "                                                        Funny how these things happen around this time of year Bob.

(( this year would have been Judys first Christmas without a pup ...................... two bonded  rescues will be coming the week before that big day from Ohio if everything goes well. ))

Dallas, what a great heart! It is always nice to bring special joy to the ones you love! And who knows, maybe you will even get something train related for Christmas!

@mike g. posted:

Bob, not one to sound out of line, I am just concerned about the number of switchers you have for your layout! If you're not careful I could see the CEO calling all your friends and Family members for an intervention!

I am just pointing this out for your own mental health!

I think it's too late for that Mike. The trouble is when I build a bigger layout one day I will have to start adding road engines. 👍👍

Besides, I've already been busted for the new accumulation of empty boxes that have mysteriously appeared in my basement. 🤣🤣

Thanks for looking out for a fellow modeler.

Bob

@RSJB18 posted:

I think it's too late for that Mike. The trouble is when I build a bigger layout one day I will have to start adding road engines. 👍👍

Besides, I've already been busted for the new accumulation of empty boxes that have mysteriously appeared in my basement. 🤣🤣

Thanks for looking out for a fellow modeler.

Bob

Sorry I was late!  I have the same problem, but with the train room in the garage, I just bring the stuff home in the car, back into the garage and from there to the train room! LOL

@Donnie Kennedy - I agree with you Donnie, I love my Southern Crescent.  OBTW considerably after the 1977 introduction, Lionel offered a matching diner to go with the set.  I got mine new in 1977 but I was 33 at the time !

@Dallas Joseph - just read about Judy's Christmas present.  I hope those pups bring you both great love and joy.  Merry Christmas.

Don

It looks like the Sante Fe F7’s have arrived at my hobby shop, so, when they get into my man cave, I’ll place pictures…. Wow… Happy Railroading Everyone

I have been looking for months to find a good condition silver and gray 2023 dummy to go with my nearly pristine looking 2023 engine.  Hasn't been easy with something 72 years old. Finally found one  that fit my budget. 

The condition when I opened the package suprised me.   The picture doesn't do it justice.  Wheels show  almost no wear with paint and lettering in excellent condition. 

@ScottV posted:

just picked up my Erie hobo car from Lionel...   nicely done.

one of the sound bytes is a copy of dialog on the kitchen car. ("best wiener i've ever tasted")

What a great fun boxcar and it actually looks good for a Lionel model Scott.               I really like the sound feature.    Does the boxcar need to be on a specific piece of track for the sound feature ?    ( no matter, still a unique car Scott )   Thanks for sharing.

( I was disappointed with Lionel's PE hot chocolate passenger car that I wanted to purchase .  They could keep the silhouetted window figures but I wish I could talk to Lionel about having sound ,  maybe something like the HOT CHOCOLATE song being played. )

I just received this the other day. Nassau Hobbies Exclusive F7's:

@Dallas Joseph  No special track is required. The car is equipped with an ON/OFF switch, MIN/MAX switch, and a volume knob.  On the MAX setting, the car plays hobo harmonica & random dialogs while standing still, or rail sounds clickity-clack / wheel squeal when in motion.  Moving the MIN/MAX switch to MIN silences the hobo sounds. Sample of sounds while in motion in this video clip.

My customized 3482 operating milk can boxcar came today.  I think I want some Icecream now.

To answer the questions I have had, this appears to be a one-off customization.  It is well done, but looking closely it does not appear to be a factory customization.  I tried to contact the seller for more information, but got no reply.   

@VHubbard,

I want one!  How did you get it?

"I want one!  How did you get it?"

Email me and I can get you details. It may be a one off.

My collection is complete - well, at last those pieces of Monopoly rolling stock I'm interested in.

For some reason I don't care about the "street" named boxcars, but love the variety of the "special" spaces rolling stock.

Here goes:

Monopoly Electric Company Hopper (6-26477):

Monopoly 'Water Works' Tank Car (6-26493):

Monopoly Auto Loader (6-26675):

Monopoly® Mint Car (6-29624):

Get Out of Jail Monopoly Mint Car (6-29635):

Monopoly Caboose (6-36646):

Monopoly Luxury Tax Income Tax Mint Car (6-52158):

Monopoly Electric Company Transformer Car (6-52159):

(I have the white tips for the insulators; couldn't get them on right now; will put them on later)

Monopoly Free Parking Flatcar w/2 Autos (6-52184):

Monopoly Chance Gondola with Rich Uncle Pennybags Canisters (6-52185):

Monopoly Aquarium Car (6-81067):

In my opinion no postwar collection is complete without a smoking 736 Berkshire. Finally found a reasonable priced original 3 window I've been looking for. I believe it to be 1953-54 version! Rebuilt the smoke unit for liquid and  gave her some tlc!

@Donnie Kennedy posted:

In my opinion no postwar collection is complete without a smoking 736 Berkshire. Finally found a reasonable priced original 3 window I've been looking for. I believe it to be 1953-54 version! Rebuilt the smoke unit for liquid and  gave her some tlc!

I agree that the Postwar Lionel 736 Berkshire is wonderful; got 4 of them. Then, I got the magnificent 773 and also got hooked on command control including MTH PS2 and 3 steamers running on DCS and a couple of very nice LC+ steamers, so now I hardly ever run my Postwar Berkshires.

Might sell a couple of them down the road. Arnold

@Arnold D. Cribari posted:

I agree that the Postwar Lionel 736 Berkshire is wonderful; got 4 of them. Then, I got the magnificent 773 and also got hooked on command control including MTH PS2 and 3 steamers running on DCS and a couple of very nice LC+ steamers, so now I hardly ever run my Postwar Berkshires.

Might sell a couple of them down the road. Arnold

Maybe one day I'll get a VisionLine steamer that fills the whole house with smoke,  and sell all of my other steamers. LOL, Arnold

@Arnold D. Cribari posted:

Maybe one day I'll get a VisionLine steamer that fills the whole house with smoke,  and sell all of my other steamers. LOL, Arnold

Haha. I couldn't imagine. As much as the 736 and my 681 smoke I only run one at a time. The 773 is on the bucket list of holy grail purchases as I call them. Have 2 young ones we're saving for college and savings accounts. Couldn't justify that or 700e,763e purchase for a decade or so. Lol

Picked up a Timken box car. First K line car I've ever bought. I've always like the looks of them  plus I was surprised it had spring suspension. Also grabbed a 57 T-bird ragtop for my budding classic car dealership!

Talking of “cool”. The Trippy Trolley is real cool, man!

Here's the Trippy Trolley in action....

@ToledoEd posted:

Talking of “cool”. The Trippy Trolley is really cool, man!

Love it, great colors and it is cool as stated.

I picked up 4 more trees to add to the layout.

Picked up the new Atlas Penn Central GP40s,  they are awesome and it appears that Atlas has added some additional details to the MTH originals.  Re-do of MTH box is pretty well done.

For the last 6 months, I’ve been helping my brother after some serious surgery (was supposed to be 6 weeks!!!), so I haven’t been near my layout, but that hasn’t stopped me from buying One of the major benefits to having a relationship with a local train store is great service. In my case, since I’ve only made it home every couple of weekends, so when anything I’ve pre-ordered comes in, or if I see something I’m interested in, Grzyboski’s has held it for me till I get back, saving the cost and damage concerns from shipping. Here are a couple of the items I just picked up… I. Must. Stop. Buying. Trains…

First up, the two C Liners I ordered came in. They are really sharp with some beautiful detail.

I really like the placement of the various switches… the rear of the unit is hinged and easily folds down allowing easy access.

A couple of months before the LIRR C Liner came out, the 21” passenger cars arrived. Due to their length, I only purchased a two-pack, so they will be a short commuter train. The spacing between cars is pretty close, so the rubber vestibules almost touch. And you’ve got to love Dashing Dan!!!

Here’s a short video of my LIRR Scoot!!!

@Apples55 posted:

For the last 6 months, I’ve been helping my brother after some serious surgery (was supposed to be 6 weeks!!!), so I haven’t been near my layout, but that hasn’t stopped me from buying One of the major benefits to having a relationship with a local train store is great service. In my case, since I’ve only made it home every couple of weekends, so when anything I’ve pre-ordered comes in, or if I see something I’m interested in, Grzyboski’s has held it for me till I get back, saving the cost and damage concerns from shipping. Here are a couple of the items I just picked up… I. Must. Stop. Buying. Trains…

First up, the two C Liners I ordered came in. They are really sharp with some beautiful detail.

I really like the placement of the various switches… the rear of the unit is hinged and easily folds down allowing easy access.

A couple of months before the LIRR C Liner came out, the 21” passenger cars arrived. Due to their length, I only purchased a two-pack, so they will be a short commuter train. The spacing between cars is pretty close, so the rubber vestibules almost touch. And you’ve got to love Dashing Dan!!!

Here’s a short video of my LIRR Scoot!!!

Sharp train Paul. Not sure if the LIRR ever used a C liner for a Scoot train but YRRYR!

Bob

PS- I'd do the same if I had the room 🤯

I just acquired a couple of cylindrical hopper cars, at the TCA Meet in Nashville Tennessee yesterday. Happy Railroading Everyone

Another "rolling stock" set purchased.

Since I was raised in Milwaukee and remember seeing a lot of these, decided to see if I could reasonably collect the entire et (minus the loco).

Yup. It's done.

Fallen Flag Series #2 - Milwaukee Road (from 1987 catalog):

Milwaukee Road Box Car (6-19204):

Milwaukee Road 4-Bay Hopper w/Coal Load (6-19302):

Milwaukee Road Gondola w/2 Cable Reels (6-19400):

Milwaukee Road Reefer (6-19500):

Milwaukee Road Stock Car (6-19515; this one was issued in 1990 but never cataloged):

Milwaukee Road Tank Car (6-19600):

Milwaukee Road Porthole Caboose (6-19701; I do have the red marker lights; just didn't want  to install them for the photo session and then not be able to remove them and then they get broken);

More information about the Fallen Flag series here: https://www.trainz.com/pages/t...n-flags-sets-1986-93

Bought a few things this year for the Christmas Layout. All representative of something from my real life.

My favorite Grocery Store, bought from my favorite grocery store.

My Son loves Union Pacific and I wanted us to have a modern-ish low nose loco.

I grew up in West Chicago along the tracks, very close to the CN&W and EJ&E crossing.

CP Veterans non powered from Mr Muffins, it’s Big !!!

@RSJB18 posted:

Sharp train Paul. Not sure if the LIRR ever used a C liner for a Scoot train but YRRYR!

Bob

PS- I'd do the same if I had the room 🤯

Obviously, Bob, an expansion is called for. Declare eminent domain, purchase some some O-72 curves, and I foresee some 21” passenger cars in your future

@Donnie Kennedy posted:

Haha. I couldn't imagine. As much as the 736 and my 681 smoke I only run one at a time. The 773 is on the bucket list of holy grail purchases as I call them. Have 2 young ones we're saving for college and savings accounts. Couldn't justify that or 700e,763e purchase for a decade or so. Lol

Time flies, Donnie, you will have your 773, it's just a matter of time. Also, I find, as we get older, that the years fly by faster than when we were younger.

Now, speaking of the VisionLine steamer, that's a lot of money. Also, I'm unlikely to get one for 2 reasons: I'm committed to 031 curves because of the configuration of my half basement and layout, and Lionel in unlikely to make one that navigates 031 curves. The 2nd reason, of course is the cost.

The VisionLine does seem to be the ultimate of 0 Gauge steamers, with smoke jetting out of so many places like a real steamer.

However, if Lionel happens to make a VisionLine steamer that navigates 031 curves, I will be tempted.

Arnold

@RSJB18 posted:

Sharp train Paul. Not sure if the LIRR ever used a C liner for a Scoot train but YRRYR!

Bob

PS- I'd do the same if I had the room 🤯

No the C-Liners were gone by then (as were diaphragms on passenger cars) but it is a beautiful engine. Road switchers which don't need to be turned or RDCs were Scoot power. I'm trying to stick to LIRR steam era but this engine is very tempting.

When it was originally offered, I passed. I didn't think I was ready for a big fancy train. Since then I bought several, and when this was shown on Eric's Trains I was kicking myself for not ordering. So I put myself on the list for any no sales. They called last week and said they had 1 extra, so I went ahead and got it. It's really nice...Tim