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Originally Posted by Steve "Papa" Eastman:

A few weeks I picked up a Marx freight set with the 8 wheel auto couplers in the box. The box is also a terminal and has the loading dock as well as the instructions and a well worn Timely Table. The only thing missing is one of the milk kegs. I have repro's, but will search for a original to match the other 3.

 

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great find Steve. Hey can you show me those milk kegs? I have three grey milk kegs that have the Marx logo on the inside. Maybe I have what you need.

Originally Posted by Popi:

just purchased two Kline Reading ore cars

and a Lionel CP GP-9 powered unit off the For Sale

forum.

Is this a great place to shop or what.

I could get fat and happy using this computer thing,

(although Im not particular about computers)!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Been running my new Geep with my Canadian grain train at the last two shows. great loco for a great train.

Originally Posted by Popi:

Railblazer set. I have 4-5 of these. I put recitifiers in the locos so I can run them on my ZWs.

Neat little sets.

 

 Very Fun little sets. Bobbers are so cool. Remember to add some weight to the loco and it'll pull extremely well for its size. Out pulls my 4-4-0 PullMor General easy. A few Water Gremlins(sinkers) and this cab forward mod. w/corgi yard plow is pulling a mostly PW die cast work train right now. E&B crane, fish-belly & 2 wire rolls(of solder), a short supply flat (plastic but w/load- brass,steel,&copper bushings/pipe/tacknail-spikes etc., a DL&W 2419work caboose, and a lighted SP caboose. Takes a cast Atlantic to out pull it .

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Most recent purchases include a couple items I've wanted for quite a while, all lionel, all off ebay:

Postwar 282R magnetic gantry crane, came already serviced and rewired with extra long wire split with couplers in the middle.  Works great, and great price at  $90.

Postwar 2531 Silver Dawn observation, needs about $10 in parts, but I paid $20 including shipping, so a steal for me!  Now all I need is the Silver Bluff and i'll have a complete set!

And just for fun, the Harry Potter Hogwarts Express set.  I had read horrible reviews about this set, but I got it for $60 in the box.  When I got it, I was impressed with the weight and details of the engine.  The fasttrack is as noisy as everyone says it is, but at least now I have something to run on the floor of my apartment while all my other trains are back in my parents' basement.

Originally Posted by Lee Willis:

I couldn't resist this very cool NOREV MG-A coupe.  I have about two dozen 1950s British sports cars and this is one of the best.  It will definitely be on the layout.

 

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My father had one of those -- a 1960, complete with the wire wheels. Supposedly, the coupe was somewhat rare. The car was very nice to drive and handled well. He liked it so much he bought my mother a convertible and painted it the same color.

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Lee and AMCDave....well I remember this attracive blonde on campus who showed up

driving a yellow MG A coupe.  Later I talked an old girlfriend out of getting a new MG B

roadster, and into a more sensible 1978 Camaro six cylinder coupe, due to the "Prince of Darkness" electronics.  Ratpak:  I just traded my irreplaceable 5 speed manual Aerostar van, which only got 23 MPG, on a 2015 Subaru six speed manual Forester, which got consistently 30.9 MPG driving all over the Rocky Mountain west last month.

(I never could get it to exceed 30.9...could not get it to turn over into 31 even once)

Originally Posted by Lee Willis:

I couldn't resist this very cool NOREV MG-A coupe.  I have about two dozen 1950s British sports cars and this is one of the best.  It will definitely be on the layout.

 

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That certainly is a beautiful model Lee.  I had a couple of MGA's back in college and almost bought a coupe once. I passed due to the awfully hot weather in New Orleans as the ventilation was poor in the coupes. I did have a factory(?) hardtop for several years that looked just like this when mounted but gave me the option of running as a convertible most of the time.

Originally Posted by wild mary:

A section of my layout will have an Amish farm scene.  I just bought 4 o scale buggy kits to complete the scene.  Now I need to find 4 harnessed horses.

 

Nick, where did you get them? As since I was born and raised in Lancaster County, there has to be a spot I can get them on my layout!

Originally Posted by wild mary:

A section of my layout will have an Amish farm scene.  I just bought 4 o scale buggy kits to complete the scene.  Now I need to find 4 harnessed horses.

 

You can get beautiful horses, correctly harnessed and scaled, for those carriages from my source, if you wish:

Baker's Railroad Shop

Roy Baker, 845-887-4596

 

He knows me as Frank, of Layout Refienments

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Originally Posted by Steamer:
Originally Posted by philo426:

A Beaufighter is one I never did find when I was mass producing WWll models. My trainboard has a steel(actually aluminum) umbrella consisting of my teenage planes. Still need to find a few and pick up a few replacements for ones lost over the years.

I used to be heavily into model airplanes.  Loved it, still miss building them.  Just don't have the time anymore to dedicate to it.

 

My dad still does, at last count he had over 6,000 different kits!

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