Buy anything cool lately?

I think you could do better that 800, but may take some patience, right place, right time.   I hope you find a great deal on one!

not... just... yet! keeping an eye on three Std Gauge pieces going off evilBay auction today...

I bought this Weaver CP Jubilee and I think it looks good with my MTH Railking N&W passenger set (very unprototypical of course):

Regards

Fred

I just picked these up at my LHS. A MTH pre-order.

Today I picked up the Lionel 6-7301 Norfolk and Western cattle car from 1982. 

Another Big Score at Hamburg PA train show this past Sunday.....

A Raiking Sw1 w/Ps3 for under two bills!

Compared next to a Lionel Postwar Nw2

SteamBoy posted:

Today I picked up the Lionel 6-7301 Norfolk and Western cattle car from 1982. 

Nice pick up!! Been looking for one myself!!

prrhorseshoecurve posted:

Another Big Score at Hamburg PA train show this past Sunday.....

A Raiking Sw1 w/Ps3 for under two bills!

Compared next to a Lionel Postwar Nw2

Very nice indeed, and nice price as well!

Got me some BIG DOGS. For a good price! Paid for them yesterday, so they are mine...

TWO T-Reproductions 444 roundhouse sections. 

CAREY,

Good purchase

By the way, what does the blue, buck-toothed emoji signify?

Carey TeaRose posted:

Got me some BIG DOGS. For a good price! Paid for them yesterday, so they are mine...

TWO T-Reproductions 444 roundhouse sections. 

 

great purchase!

Carey, they come in a funny shaped box

New Lionel BNSF 66' gondola arrived yesterday! Very impressed, now I just need to decide what type of load to place in it!

prrhorseshoecurve posted:

Another Big Score at Hamburg PA train show this past Sunday.....

A Raiking Sw1 w/Ps3 for under two bills!

 

Compared next to a Lionel Postwar Nw2

Nice paint on the Lionel NW-2 - now I'll have to do one! These are such nice running engines - how do the two compare as to smoothness and pulling power?

gandydancer1950 posted:

Carey TeaRose posted:

Got me some BIG DOGS. For a good price! Paid for them yesterday, so they are mine...

TWO T-Reproductions 444 roundhouse sections. 

 

great purchase!

Time to put that extension on the house!

A family of four could live in those big dogs!  It's amazing how much space those things require along with turntable and spoke tracks.  Tinplate is impressive!  Enjoy and best of luck wth the addition. LOL.

MTH Citi-Rail ES44AC Diesel, item 20-20738-1, cab number 1328.

Picture to follow.

I picked up several items over the last weekend. I bought a Marx 666 engine. This little runs great and is my first Marx engine. I also bought the Girard whistle station.  Also a box of Lionel O Gauge track (Used in the photo), about 40 pieces for $5.00 and it cleaned up real easy. These items were purchased at the Sharpsburg Train show on Saturday. The second photo has several items purchased at a local flea market on Sunday. The 2 Hafner cars are my first. The Lionel items are all plastic probably from the MPC era. Just too cheap to pass up.

jpc posted:

CAREY,

Good purchase

By the way, what does the blue, buck-toothed emoji signify?

Big giant toothy smile....whatever the reason. She has good reason to use use it if you ask me.....Careful; use can be contagious

I ordered these which came in Monday but didn't get them till today. Pic....................Paul

Nice trio, Paul!  I got one, and think it's great!

I bought these 3 silver bridges at the last 2 train shows I was at.

There are no markings on them. One seller told me that they were made in the 1940's by a gentleman in PA. He claimed that the guy made bigger bridges in addition. The last 2 I bought were stilled wrapped in the original wrapping paper.

Nice !!

Today I was in Wal Mart  looking at the books & magazine section and found some three sizes of boxes with colored pencils. The largest size ,36, really has a lot of various colors. I bought a box just to draw with then started thinking they could be really useful for buildings and scenery on your layout.

This afternoon ahead of schedule I got my buildings flats from Angiestracksideflats. This is my second purchase from them. I am very happy with them. Pic.............Paul

Cant to see where you put them Paul!

A couple of purchases from ebay2 of these. I run NYC GN and Chessie in addition to others so these will go good on my lionel ttx spines, maxi-stacks and TOFC.  Also scoredto go along with the threes car K-line NASA rocket stage flats and the NASA intermodal with ISO containers.

Adriatic posted:

You choose well imo, and I like LV a lot, but I like electrics more.

Curious: Can't get that motor to spin?  Gears missing? No drive frame to mount to?

Sorry I didn't catch your last comment right away.  Motor turns and there were only the wheels and some Al gears for some axles. I'll either put a spur gear motor in it or have to build a motor frame to fit it.

Dennis Holler posted:

Adriatic posted:

You choose well imo, and I like LV a lot, but I like electrics more.

Curious: Can't get that motor to spin?  Gears missing? No drive frame to mount to?

Sorry I didn't catch your last comment right away.  Motor turns and there were only the wheels and some Al gears for some axles. I'll either put a spur gear motor in it or have to build a motor frame to fit it.

Don't sweat it. If it was r-e-a-l-l-y  important then I'd hound you relentlessly

Besides, you've been entertaining the heck out of me lately. Thats plenty 

I bought two MTH flatbeds.  One is the CSX safety train flatbed which came with  a 20 ft. container and tank container shown with 2 of tank containers from the 60 ft. flatbed in the second photo.   The other is the 60 ft.  flatbed which came with 3 tank containers which is in the first photo with the safety train containers.

I think MTH should have used their 60 ft. flatbed for the CSX Safety Train.  What do you think?

PSAP2010 posted:

I bought two MTH flatbeds.  One is the CSX safety train flatbed which came with  a 20 ft. container and tank container shown with 2 of tank containers from the 60 ft. flatbed in the second photo.   The other is the 60 ft.  flatbed which came with 3 tank containers which is in the first photo with the safety train containers.

I think MTH should have used their 60 ft. flatbed for the CSX Safety Train.  What do you think?

    To be honest, to me it looks kinda empty in the center. But I have no clue what would be more correct outside of "what was best & available in the yard vs load size".

And besides if YOU like it, then that's what's best IMO.

Some used double tubular track made by Alan Middleton in Australia.  Designed to be compatible with Hornby but close to Lionel sizing, so hopefully it will join to Lionel - maybe with some transition pins.  A previous post has a link to a YouTube video of people using this track as one oval track inside another.  I got 10 x 28 inch lengths, so I think I'll have some fun with it!

I was at a railroad photography event just south of Seattle today. At the event, I saw a stack of cards for nearby Hobby Shop that I had no idea existed, near Seatac Airport (and only a,couple of blocks from the event). So, on the lunch break, I went over there. I'm really glad I did, because it was one of those old-school hobby shops that has a lot of railroad collectible stuff, and things in almost every scale. I think anybody who ever walked in the place would be able to find something that would suit them.

I bought several older magazines, and this neat shirt that is a fundraiser to get locomotive over to a restored Depot in the Cascades, which the locomotive actually served on this side of the mountains on the Milwaukee Road.

They also had several scenery products, so I bought a set of logs for loads, and some decently made scale trees.

Nice Find Lee! Was the hobby shop West Seattle Trains?

mike g. posted:

Nice Find Lee! Was the hobby shop West Seattle Trains?

No, it was this one in downtown Burien: http://www.electrictrainshop.com

I almost bought this On30 conversion locomotive, but decided against is as I didn't need another diesel on my layout, and whoever built this glued the Atlas HO running gear to the shell. This means I'd practically have to destroy the body to be able to add DCC and lighting, which is lacking. Such a shame, as whoever built it, they did a great job.

Picked up this re-paint from e-bay for a good price now I've got to figure out what it really is.

If one goes back to the beginning of this fun to view thread, there have been some amazing purchases....Recently, while going through some of the OGR FORUM Sponsors web sites, looking through the Grand Central LTD site, good used trains, I found this Locomotive, S-1 electric....I really like these small heavy engines. They were nice folks to deal with, fair, great packers, reasonable pricing.

Been wanting one since it was released10 years ago, and today, I got one! MTH Premier "Chessie Show Train" set with the gold GP40 and several cars.

p51 posted:

mike g. posted:

Nice Find Lee! Was the hobby shop West Seattle Trains?

No, it was this one in downtown Burien: http://www.electrictrainshop.com

Hi Lee, I forgot they change there name it used to be west seattle electric trains shop!

leapinlarry posted:

If one goes back to the beginning of this fun to view thread, there have been some amazing purchases....Recently, while going through some of the OGR FORUM Sponsors web sites, looking through the Grand Central Station site, good used trains, I found this Locomotive, S-1 electric....I really like these small heavy engines. They were nice folks to deal with, fair, great packers, reasonable pricing.

Couple of time I came across the S1. Really nice little engine.  Maybe some day. Nice buy.