I just picked up the 40' BAR Sound Boxcar from my LHS, Brentwood Antiques.
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I am very impressed with the detail and add ons. Lately I've had mixed feelings on Lionel, but the build quality on the piece that I have is excellent. I want the Santa Fe now.
Got these 7 cars from a guy in Rehoboth Beach, DE today:
So my Weaver SD 40-2 arrived yesterday
Pretty nice, I need to make a little repair where the front handrail attached to the frame, that little piece snapped off so I need to do something about it. My big issue is I don't run ATSF and need to convert this to some other road. My favorite is Alaska RR but I don't think they rostered any SD 40-2s. So if I go that route since it would be a total fantasy engine I could go with a fantasy scheme to avoid a complete re-paitn. Maybe just repaint the red to blue and have an ARR blue-bonnet. Or just do something with the heralds and road number and make it a lease unit. Decisions, decisions. AMC DAve What do you think?
I LIKE that loco!!! I hated that scheme when it came out....then the merger failed and made it worse. Now time has made it kinda cool. Great looker at any rate!!
Repaint??? I don't know if I could.....but if you are and want a Alaska unit go for it. I'd remove the SF and numbers....soften the paint break lines and prime with #1699 Dupli-color. Then start with the Alaska paint.
I just got mine yesterday and these photos don't do them justice. Way too big to use on a layout, as I guess they're about 1/30 scale or maybe just a bit larger.
From King and Country, an Asian outfit making metal painted toy soldiers. As a Mauldin collector, I simply HAD to get them. I've discussed this with Mauldin Biographer Todd DePastino, and he agreed with my assumption that the family didn't sign off on these at all.
And for those of you wondering why I had to have them, just watch this video, from which you might recognize the talking head guy...
p51 posted:I just got mine yesterday and these photos don't do them justice. Way too big to use on a layout, as I guess they're about 1/30 scale or maybe just a bit larger.
From King and Country, an Asian outfit making metal painted toy soldiers. As a Mauldin collector, I simply HAD to get them. I've discussed this with Mauldin Biographer Todd DePastino, and he agreed with my assumption that the family didn't sign off on these at all.And for those of you wondering why I had to have them, just watch this video, from which you might recognize the talking head guy...
Lee, Great buy and a great time to share them with us. Also loved the video, but then its hard not to with a great buy like Mauldin and a US Marine telling the story!
You sure know how to put a smile on people Thank You for your Service!
Good use for the display case. 
Gilly@N&W posted:A four-fer
My Brother Love N&W CF Caboose, Nathan's Hot Dogs, Yuengling Beer, all sitting on a display base from GunRunnerJohn
Gilly;
As a born and raised Brooklynite, nothing beats Nathan's (but it has to be from the Coney Island location... it just doesn't taste the same from any of the other locations, although I haven't been back there since they were damaged in superstorm Sandy). And having lived in NE Pennsylvania for the last 21 years, I do enjoy the occasional Yuengling - gotta get down to the brewery in Pottsville one of these days. Do you know where the Nathan's car came from???
mike g. posted:p51 posted:I just got mine yesterday and these photos don't do them justice. Way too big to use on a layout, as I guess they're about 1/30 scale or maybe just a bit larger.
From King and Country, an Asian outfit making metal painted toy soldiers. As a Mauldin collector, I simply HAD to get them. I've discussed this with Mauldin Biographer Todd DePastino, and he agreed with my assumption that the family didn't sign off on these at all.And for those of you wondering why I had to have them, just watch this video, from which you might recognize the talking head guy...
Lee, Great buy and a great time to share them with us. Also loved the video, but then its hard not to with a great buy like Mauldin and a US Marine telling the story!
You did notice the other guy on that clip beside Gunny Ermey, right?
p51 posted:mike g. posted:p51 posted:I just got mine yesterday and these photos don't do them justice. Way too big to use on a layout, as I guess they're about 1/30 scale or maybe just a bit larger.
From King and Country, an Asian outfit making metal painted toy soldiers. As a Mauldin collector, I simply HAD to get them. I've discussed this with Mauldin Biographer Todd DePastino, and he agreed with my assumption that the family didn't sign off on these at all.And for those of you wondering why I had to have them, just watch this video, from which you might recognize the talking head guy...
Lee, Great buy and a great time to share them with us. Also loved the video, but then its hard not to with a great buy like Mauldin and a US Marine telling the story!
You did notice the other guy on that clip beside Gunny Ermey, right?
Lee, I did and I was very impressed! I never knew about him! Thanks again!
Went to the Greenberg Show in Monroeville this AM and came home with $$ in my wallet an some nice train items plus a bag of GI stuff for my 1/6 scale M5 Stuart tank. Very happy with what I bought so it was a good show. Picked up a Lionel "General" engine and tender in very good shape and it runs good. Cost only $25, the only flaw is a corner of the cab is broken off but I have the piece to glue on. I have a General but it is really beat up. Also got a Lionel 33 that runs good for $100 which I think was pretty good. Have a better shell but might go with the original in spite of some missing paint. Got a Lionel standard gauge gondola in the 100 series with hook couplers. All this stuff was on my bucket list so I am satisfied. There are more shows but I am running out of spendable dollars so I might hold off for awhile.
Went to the TCA show in Rochester NH today and came home with a new Lionel PS-1 Boxcar with boxes inside for very short money. There were a lot of other local lines available but the cost was close to list or they were beat. Next weekend is the Greenberg show in Wilmington MA.
Lee, it looks you went to Colorado instead of a train show with all those bags of green
I was at the Train show yesterday and there was a dealer there with some really nice military models on train cars and they looked like O gauge. Thought of p51 when I saw them. Didn't see a name on them, they were in clear plastic boxes. Really looked cool but I am not in to the military stuff, mostly because they tend to be expensive.
Matt Makens posted:Lee, it looks you went to Colorado instead of a train show with all those bags of green
I live in WA state, where pot is legal as well. I have zero interest in that, though... but yeah, I thought of that when I took that photo, as well.
jim pastorius posted:I was at the Train show yesterday and there was a dealer there with some really nice military models on train cars and they looked like O gauge. Thought of p51 when I saw them. Didn't see a name on them, they were in clear plastic boxes. Really looked cool but I am not in to the military stuff, mostly because they tend to be expensive.
Did you happen to he at the Puyallup, WA show? There was a vendor there selung just what you described. his stuff was 3 rail and standard gauge, something I have zero need of. however, I bought those Menards trees from the same guy.
I picked this NYC Early Bird boxcar at a local shop a couple of days ago. I don't have a layout right now and can't wait to get into our new house so I can see it running on the rails.
My latest acquisition. A K-Line MP15 PRR Diesel Switcher. Great detail and engine runs great. Not a lot of cash either!
Country Joe posted:I picked this NYC Early Bird boxcar at a local shop a couple of days ago. I don't have a layout right now and can't wait to get into our new house so I can see it running on the rails.
Joe,
Well I guess I do have too many boxcars. I thought I had never seen the Early Bird before. Yet, I was looking through what I have for the new layout and saw I have one also! Now I remember, new old stock. Mine says built in 2005.
All that to say, you made an excellent choice! :-)
Apples55 posted:Gilly@N&W posted:A four-fer
My Brother Love N&W CF Caboose, Nathan's Hot Dogs, Yuengling Beer, all sitting on a display base from GunRunnerJohn
Gilly;
... Do you know where the Nathan's car came from???
No promise that they still have any, but my wife ordered it here
Gilly@N&W posted:Apples55 posted:Gilly@N&W posted:A four-fer
My Brother Love N&W CF Caboose, Nathan's Hot Dogs, Yuengling Beer, all sitting on a display base from GunRunnerJohn
Gilly;
... Do you know where the Nathan's car came from???
No promise that they still have any, but my wife ordered it here
Thanks Gilly. I'll check them out.
On Sunday, I went to a train show in Redford, MI (mainly to help the FMRC display their layout) and I hit the jackpot. I encountered an MTH Premier Amtrak Phase V Genesis (#180) that someone was selling (with four Premier Phase IV Amfleets, but I didn't buy those, because I already have four RailKing Phase IV Amfleets), both for $150. I've been searching for that engine for years (okay, maybe just a couple) and had no luck until now (mainly because only 100 models were produced, uncatalogued) I do own the WBB Amtrak Phase Genesis AA set, but the hue of the blue color is more teal than blue, and it has the emergency strobes on top by the windshield. Plus, the True Blast II sounds only give a really annoyingly loud bell, no engine sounds, and a canned horn that does the grade crossing sequence, nothing else. I'm aware WBB released a newer model with True Blast Plus sounds (they're good, actually), but I still don't like the exterior of their Genesis units. I might sell them.
Complaints aside, I'm very pleased with what I picked up for such a great price for such a rare locomotive. The battery was low when I bought it, so I had to recharge it via letting it sit on my track for a bit.
P.S, does anyone know how to easily swap sounds between MTH ProtoSound 2.0 and 3.0? I want #180 to have the sounds my RailKing Amtrak Phase II Heritage Genesis #66 has as it's a lot more prototypical.
Saudi Railways posted:P.S, does anyone know how to easily swap sounds between MTH ProtoSound 2.0 and 3.0? I want #180 to have the sounds my RailKing Amtrak Phase II Heritage Genesis #66 has as it's a lot more prototypical.
It would be a complete board swap. Are you sure the sound file you seek isn't available in 3V PS/2?
Picked up some cool stuff at the Monroeville Greensberg show yesterday. The Hudson is Kline, the crane is a 282 that works well. The hopper and station are MPC Lionel.
Saudi Railways posted:On Sunday, I went to a train show in Redford, MI (mainly to help the FMRC display their layout) and I hit the jackpot. I encountered an MTH Premier Amtrak Phase V Genesis (#180) that someone was selling (with four Premier Phase IV Amfleets, but I didn't buy those, because I already have four RailKing Phase IV Amfleets), both for $150. I've been searching for that engine for years (okay, maybe just a couple) and had no luck until now (mainly because only 100 models were produced, uncatalogued) I do own the WBB Amtrak Phase Genesis AA set, but the hue of the blue color is more teal than blue, and it has the emergency strobes on top by the windshield. Plus, the True Blast II sounds only give a really annoyingly loud bell, no engine sounds, and a canned horn that does the grade crossing sequence, nothing else. I'm aware WBB released a newer model with True Blast Plus sounds (they're good, actually), but I still don't like the exterior of their Genesis units. I might sell them.
Complaints aside, I'm very pleased with what I picked up for such a great price for such a rare locomotive. The battery was low when I bought it, so I had to recharge it via letting it sit on my track for a bit.
P.S, does anyone know how to easily swap sounds between MTH ProtoSound 2.0 and 3.0? I want #180 to have the sounds my RailKing Amtrak Phase II Heritage Genesis #66 has as it's a lot more prototypical.
I see you are fairly new to the Forum. Welcome!! I hope you take advantage of all the help members can give you, like John did. Please keep asking questions and share what you are doing.
Glad to have you!
Pennsyfan713 posted:Picked up some cool stuff at the Monroeville Greensberg show yesterday. The Hudson is Kline, the crane is a 282 that works well. The hopper and station
Looks like you did quite well. I was there Saturday and got 2 caboose and a N&W J 612 tee shirt. Visiting the layouts and seeing friends is always a highlight for me
p51 posted:Got this stuff at a model train show an hour ago. The hangar is pullman marked. The depot sign is for an old Milwaukee Road station in WA state.
Great finds Lee. Just wondering where was the train show?
Finally found the K-line 18 inch Phoebe Snow 5 pack. Just got the Premier MTH Lackawanna E8's for a potential set in October.
The flat car with switcher is a 16 wheel car.
47' TTX Heavy Duty Flat Car w/SW-1500 Locomotive - Pittsburgh Industrial Railroad Cab No. 2340 Car No. 131033
Roadname: TTX
Product Item Number:
20-98578
Catalog: BZ 2007 Volume 1
Product Line: Premier
http://mthtrains.com/20-98578
The one with the subway car MOW is an 8 wheel car.
Flat Car w/LoV Subway Car (Work Train) - TTX Nos. 940285,940289 subway cars 20261,20266
Roadname: TTX
Product Item Number:
20-98590
Catalog: BZ 2007 Volume 1
Product Line: Premier
http://mthtrains.com/20-98590
Mark Boyce posted:Country Joe posted:I picked this NYC Early Bird boxcar at a local shop a couple of days ago. I don't have a layout right now and can't wait to get into our new house so I can see it running on the rails.
Joe,
Well I guess I do have too many boxcars. I thought I had never seen the Early Bird before. Yet, I was looking through what I have for the new layout and saw I have one also! Now I remember, new old stock. Mine says built in 2005.
All that to say, you made an excellent choice! :-)
Thanks Mark. I looked at mine and is says built in 2003.
If you are modeling and/or just interested in the great trains running the east coast in the late 20's to mid 50's this is a must have.
The most interesting is the article on the C&O "The Chessie."
Ron
last piece I needed to complete the set. Hope to have the layout operational by Sun
mike g. posted:p51 posted:Got this stuff at a model train show an hour ago. The hangar is pullman marked. The depot sign is for an old Milwaukee Road station in WA state.
Great finds Lee. Just wondering where was the train show?
Kent, WA. It was the annual Boeing employee model RR club's sale.
I've only gone to a few of these over the years but each time I've gone, I've seen a bunch of good stuff each time.
Lee, I guess I better chew my Brother in Law rear. He work for Boing and knows I am all about trains, he should have told me. We were right down the street with the grandbabies!
mike g. posted:Lee, I guess I better chew my Brother in Law rear. He work for Boing and knows I am all about trains, he should have told me. We were right down the street with the grandbabies!
Such a shame, it would have been cool to have met you in person.
Oh well...
Last cool thing I bought was the Lionel Vision PFE Refer cars with sound.
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