NYC Classics

@NYC2UP posted:

Finished the led lighting conversion on the K-Line caboose I covered earlier, above. I put a light coat of Tamiya Clear Orange X-26 paint on all the leds to give the interior a warmer lighting effect closer to old incandescent lighting. A great trick / tip I learned on this forum. Even though I bought a warm white led roll, it was still too harsh for the look I was going for a 1930's caboose. I'm pleased with the outcome.

The Evan Designs all-around pico sized leds work perfect in the marker lamps on the caboose. No caboose mods are needed and they completely light up the lamps.

Tom

K-Line made at least 3 great NYC cabooses all around the same time.

There's a great EV caboose and a Jade Green BW caboose.

Lionel L2a Mohawk 2770

@NYC Fan posted:

Lionel L2a Mohawk 2770

Ah, the magic of steam. Driving past the city, hauling whatever freight the world needs. The New York Central, delivering your everyday needs.

Dang, that almost sounds like a PR ad for them.

Are there more classics out there yet to be posted?

No end of classics to be posted. This arrived yesterday. Everything works and is intact. Awaiting detailing.

Pete

New York Central Steam Switchers.

I love the NYC 7745! I would like to have that one or a modern remake at some point if they ever get it right again. How does it compare to the newer engines and have you upgraded anything on your one?

@Norton posted:

No end of classics to be posted. This arrived yesterday. Everything works and is intact. Awaiting detailing.

Pete

I saw a deleted post yesterday, was curious when. I would see these. I think I ordered the darker ones, can't remember, I'll have to look.

@NYC Fan posted:

New York Central Steam Switchers.

Now that is a ton load of switchers. Good to see New York Central Classics are alive and well. 😁

A city look for a little switcher.

Here are a couple of photos that I find interesting. The West Side Freight Line in Manhattan began at Spuyten Duyvil at the northern tip of the island and terminated at the St. Johns Park Freight Terminal in lower Manhattan. In the days before the Hi-Line, trains ran on the streets between 33rd Street and the SJP freight terminal which was located south of Canal Street. It was on the block bordered by Laight Street and Beech Street on the north and south and Varick Street and Hudson Street on the east and west.  This photo is looking south on Hudson Street from the building on the north west corner of Laight Street. It seems fascinating the way the tracks entered the building and even more interesting is the shrouded 0-6-0T steam switcher, known as a "Dummy Engine" in the foreground. Ten of these locomotives were shrouded to keep them from scaring horses on the street. There were also ten shrouded 0-4-0Ts in the same kind of service.

This photo is form the NY City Historical Society.

Here is a photo taken from just outside the doorway on the lower left side of the above photo looking to the north on Hudson Street with a little 0-6-0T switcher #1902.

This photo (below) was taken by George Grantham and is looking north on 10th Avenue from 25th Street. It shows a shrouded 0-4-0T steam switcher #11 pulling backwards 4 boxcars about to cross 26th Street.  Note the Cowboy on horseback warning traffic and pedestrians of the approaching train. Although the photo is labled across the top "R.R. on 11th Avenue N.Y.C." I've researched the businesses in the photo and this was definitely 10th Avenue. At the upper right, a train is coming across 30th Street and entering a siding in a building between 30th and 29th Streets and between 10th Avenue and 9th Avenue. The main route curved onto 10th Ave at 30th Street and followed 10th Avenue until 10th Avenue and 11th Avenue merged into West Street at Gansevoort Street. It followed West Street along the Hudson River to Canal Street and turned east onto Canal Street to Hudson Street where it curved south to the St. Johns Park Terminal.    

I'm seriously considering turning one of these Lionel 0-6-0T's into one of these "Dummy Engines."

Skip that 0-6-0T looks great on the Hi-Line.

Classic NYC Woodside Merchants Dispatch Reefer Cars.

Here is a Mechants Dispatch picking up bushels of peaches on the Putnam Division.

From the late Joe Schiavone's book, "More of the Old Put."

@NYC Fan posted:

Classic NYC Woodside Merchants Dispatch Reefer Cars.

Skip;

Sharp looking cars. Now, I am not a rivet counter, but something looks odd - from the catalog pics, all three cars have a red stripe on the bottom of the car and identical graphics. Your shots show a Michigan Central car in the center - is that part of the set or just a car you added???

@Apples55 posted:

Skip;

Sharp looking cars. Now, I am not a rivet counter, but something looks odd - from the catalog pics, all three cars have a red stripe on the bottom of the car and identical graphics. Your shots show a Michigan Central car in the center - is that part of the set or just a car you added???

Hi Paul,

There are a mix of about 10 Atlas O, Lionel, Weaver(Crown) and K-Line Merchants Dispatch cars on that train. The Michigan Central car is a K-Line car, 17180 is Atlas O. BTW, the stripe on the cars that have stripes is red white and blue on the bottom.

Nice looking cars, especially altogether in the same consist.....

Peter

@NYC Fan posted:

Hi Paul,

There are a mix of about 10 Atlas O, Lionel, Weaver(Crown) and K-Line Merchants Dispatch cars on that train. The Michigan Central car is a K-Line car, 17180 is Atlas O. BTW, the stripe on the cars that have stripes is red white and blue on the bottom.

Thanks, Skip. I erroneously thought that they were the new Vision set from Lionel (which I am thinking of picking up!!!)

Some more Merchants Dispatch Woodside Reefers.

Skip, very sharp looking train.  Must be an express to hurry the perishables to their destination.

Also, look at the way that smoke is billowing out of Skip's engine. Almost like the real deal. Perhaps the Spirit of the New York Central paid that engine a visit.......

Here is the local collecting a few cars.

Pete

@Norton posted:

Here is the local collecting a few cars.

Pete

Pete,

I''m a big fan of scale sized small locomotives.  I love these moguls. Can you tell me more about them?

I have the Lionel TMCC version.

Hi Skip, the two in the video are TMCC also. Probably the best Lionel made as they are the only ones with Pittmans. 1916 is a former Wabash one relettered. Turns out 1916 was actually a Mogul, not a ten wheeler that Lionel numbered one of those for so I was able to get the 1916 Railsounds board and headlight/taillight and front number plate. The two lobe cam has been replaced with a 4 lobe. That is the only mechanical mod to these engines. Rest of the electronics are original Odyssey. I also have a pair of Legacy ones I relettered for NYC. Both only needed a front rod bushing to operate normally.

The only advantage of the Legacy Moguls is they can be lashed up (avert your eyes Rich) with other Legacy. The TMCC ones only run with other TMCC Moguls.

EDIT the video is of my two Legacy engines.

These are my TMCC pair.

Pete

@Norton posted:

Hi Skip, the two in the video are TMCC also. Probably the best Lionel made as they are the only ones with Pittmans. 1916 is a former Wabash one relettered. Turns out 1916 was actually a Mogul, not a ten wheeler that Lionel numbered one of those for so I was able to get the 1916 Railsounds board and headlight/taillight and front number plate. The two lobe cam has been replaced with a 4 lobe. That is the only mechanical mod to these engines. Rest of the electronics are original Odyssey. I also have a pair of Legacy ones I relettered for NYC. Both only needed a front rod bushing to operate normally.

The only advantage of the Legacy Moguls is they can be lashed up (avert your eyes Rich) with other Legacy. The TMCC ones only run with other TMCC Moguls.

EDIT the video is of my two Legacy engines.

these are my TMCC pair.

Pete

Beautiful Pete!!!! Legacy is a great thing!!!!

I'll be getting 1924 Mogul probably by Friday. I had to Duke it out on eBay with a bid in the last 7 seconds to win it. Got real crazy, but I just got mine in. Be great to see it when it arrives.

@Dave NYC Hudson PRR K4 posted:

Also, look at the way that smoke is billowing out of Skip's engine. Almost like the real deal. Perhaps the Spirit of the New York Central paid that engine a visit.......

Dave and Pete, Here is a little video of the new F12e and MDT reefers.

@NYC Fan posted:

Dave and Pete, Here is a little video of the new F12e and MDT reefers.

Looking great Skip.

Those MDT cars are really smart looking... Just couldn’t pass the new Lionel Vision set.

@Apples55 posted:

Those MDT cars are really smart looking... Just couldn’t pass the new Lionel Vision set.

Paul,

The cars look great! I see you also have the #1232 ten wheeler. Those cars are a perfect match. I may have to invest in a set of those cars. They appear to be steel sided, and with my wood sided cars they would make an interesting consist.

Lionel also made these steel sided MDT cars that you might like.

And I've also added these K-Line cars to the consist.

Is that car above built by Lionel - MDT 13036? I'm familiar with the other one.

The cars in the first video above headed by Mogul 565 are a white MDT made by Atlas and yellow woodsided MDTs are Red Caboose. Just about everyone made MDT reefers in wood and steel representing different eras.

Pete

It looks like it might be made by MTH.

@Randy_B posted:

Is that car above built by Lionel - MDT 13036? I'm familiar with the other one.

My mistake Randy, you are correct. The 13036 car is MTH. The 12322 is Lionel.

Lionel New York Central F-12 Ten-Wheeler #1232

MELGAR

2013 marked the 100th anniversary of the opening of Grand Central Terminal. Some very nice commemorative pieces were offered for sale at the terminal during the celebration. This little replica of the statuary on top of Grand Central Terminal was one of the treasures I bought during my visits.

I'll chip these in -

Cheers,

- Mike

Mike, Thanks for posting these again. Its been a while. Your collection was an inspiration for me and my fleet. Now I just need a place to display them.

Pete

Here's my offering for the NYC Classics - Bing ca. mid to late 1920's

@Mike Casatelli posted:

I'll chip these in -

Cheers,

- Mike

Mike those curved glass shelves are fantastic!!!! And that display case isn’t shabby either. Great presentation.

Thanks for the kind comments guys, especially since I've posted these pix several times before. Pete, @Norton, I have to say I'm flattered. The Depression Modern display is the result of my not having any room for a layout and the fact that I'm not good with clubs. This is about all I could do with my trains. Here are some shots of the seldom seen remainder of the room -

Hudsons

Mohawks, Niagara, Other Steam, and Diseasels

And Rich, @Rich Wiemann, this shot ought to give you a better idea of what the 099 Silica Curve is really like.

That's a GCT bound New Haven train on the lowest level.

Thanks again to you two and to all who added likes to my original post. And by the way, I do give photography lessons on the side. No camera required.

Cheers,

- Mike

@NYC Fan posted:

K-Line made at least 3 great NYC cabooses all around the same time.

There's a great EV caboose and a Jade Green BW caboose.

Did you use a flicker-free power controller or di you simply replace the bulbs?    It looks very nice.

@NYC Fan posted:

2013 marked the 100th anniversary of the opening of Grand Central Terminal. Some very nice commemorative pieces were offered for sale at the terminal during the celebration. This little replica of the statuary on top of Grand Central Terminal was one of the treasures I bought during my visits.

That is beautiful. I know that from listening to the History Channel that the original building Vanderbilt was huge. Thing is I can't remember when the original building was rebuilt to what was refurbished in recent times. Do you know Skip?