What are you looking for now?

"Low cost" Amtrak F-40, or Dash 8 or 9 with sound and smoke; Amtrak cab control car.

Joe S

Trying to decide what I want to do for my sons 1st Christmas. And yes I know that's almost a year away still....

K-Line WP 6464 size boxcar with a white feather. Apparently it is the rarest.

Being away from the hobby for 20+ years the list is long let alone my learning curve.  Being back in it for just over a year I now have a somewhat manageable list of a few items.  

In the top 5 if not at the top, is Lionel (Brand K Line) 6-22674 Milw Rd 21” passenger car 2 pack.  Milw Rd in the UP colors

I discovered this set a few months back and was able to pick up the other three other cars in the last few months. 

PAUL ROMANO posted:

So, after your last great O scale find what are you looking for now?

I'm looking for this funny guy named Paul to run some trains at the club

A K Line Reddi Kilowatt boxcar at a fair price. My ego is still bruised 'cause I passed up a few as time went by....but then there is  April York!   At one point Paul Johnson had a few at his old store in Thurmont, Md.  Rats!!!!

Ignoring my "it'd be really cool to own one of those" list, the stuff that's been on my bugging me list would be to complete a couple sets.

Looking for a K-Line PRR 15" baggage car from the Broadway Limited Set.  Been finding inconsistencies between what's packaged in the Broadway Limited vs. the Brunswick Limited boxes on the secondhand market, but regardless I'm looking for the tuscan colored one.

Looking for a Lionel 2534 Silver Bluff pullman.  The ones for sale often seem to be either mint in box or in pieces.  I don't mind a project, but I'm just looking for a runner so I don't want to spend the cost of a mint one on buying replacement parts.  At this point, thinking of getting another Silver Cloud and swapping out the nameplates

As part of a collection I bought off a friend I ended up with a set of 15" streamlined C&O cars.  He was using the early 1990s Lionel T-1 Chessie Steam Special to pull it, which is pretty large compared to the traditional stuff I usually run.  I really like the color scheme on the cars so I want to find a suitable replacement.  K-Line made an F series ABA in the same color scheme, but the one or two I've seen come up for sale went for big bucks.

Of course currently it's hard to justify any purchases as all my trains are currently in storage awaiting the planned move this summer to a house with the perfect sized basement for that railroad empire...

...so I suppose at the top of my "looking for" list is that house! 

I'm casually considering a one of Lionels 50th anniversary J3a hudsons.

I've become disenchanted with the new stuff.

I would Love to add an original  Lionel Standard gauge Blue comet to my small collection, but the prices are in the stratosphere, so i just suffer in silence, lol......

I have been away from the hobby for five years. I am looking for the scarce 3 rail MTH German jumbo engine. I guess I will have to look at auctions.

Weaver 3-rail Boston and Maine P-4 Pacific.

That'll do it. Done and done. 

Any MTH Premier Missouri Pacific cab unit in PS3.  They haven't made one so it's a short search!  I guess there's always the next catalog. 

An accurate set of ACL passenger cars, finding it is kinda like finding a Unicorn.

Honestly, what I want most is a Hellgate bridge. Problem is, once I spend all that money on it, I have to find a place to put it. That likely means tearing down the layout, at least partially, and I just don’t have the courage to do it, yet.

A set of the new Lionel Blue Comet passenger cars from a set break up, I have the Lionchief plus engine but don't want the regular Lionchief one that is in the set.

Paul

MikeH posted:

Any MTH Missouri Pacific cab unit in PS3.  They haven't made one so it's a short search!  I guess there's always the next catalog. 

They have a UP heritage one in the Imperial line. Also, you could get an older one and have GGG upgrade it for you.

George

K-Line 767-1052 Foreman's Car road number 195369.

Downtown Deco kit for Palace Hotel and Card Room - Four Story kit.

Weaver U2123 B A R boxcar with railroad logos in white band to right of door.

All are in the Want to Buy Forum.

John

RickO posted:

I'm casually considering a one of Lionels 50th anniversary J3a hudsons.

I've become disenchanted with the new stuff.

I was actually helping a buddy whose selling his father’s collection.  He had the 50th anniversary set for sale at show last weekend He brought out that Hudson from that set and it is absolutely beautifully detailed. Grey boiler, no marker lights, so many details, etc.  It’s definitely one of the nicest Hudson’s I’ve seen and was not aware of it til this weekend 

Looking for a K-Line Crabby Matt’s diner. Tough to find.

For the first time since I got back into running and accumulating PW Lionels (1983) I am looking for absolutely nothing.

The last Lionel piece I wanted (a nice 2379 Denver & Rio Grande F3) was purchased at the Allentown Spring Thaw meet, and my American Flyer display and layout are at capacity.

Still looking forward to York for the comradery and learning experiences, however.  Hmmm, I do still have money in my train purchasing bank...…..

Subway cars on a ttx flat.  Saw what I wanted a Greenberg last Saturday, circled back 10 minutes later, gone.  

Any locomotive, train car, structure or scenic item that I don't already have, that makes my model railroad have more features of The Put.

I recently added 2 terrific locomotives (Lionel TMCC 10 wheeler NY Central steam engine and MTH Railking Proto 3 NY Central RS-3 Diesel) that are O Gauge models of what ran on The Put. Here are photos of them:

After many years of purchasing whatever caught my eye, which I'm still vulnerable to, it's nice having a more specific purpose and goal.

I have seen in real train photos a light colored 44 tonner center cab diesel switcher that ran on the Put. A modern O Gauge model (with front and back electrocouplers) of that switcher is something that would interest me, especially if it was a LionChief Plus 2.0 or a Railking Proto 3. Arnold

The most elusive item for me is a 3 rail O tubular rerailing track section.

My brothers and I vividly remember a 3 rail O tubular rerailing track section on Dad's layout in the '50s.  It was similar the 2 rail below.

To complete my conversion to K-Line supersnap track for my 9 by 12 layout I am lacking 6 042 curved sections. I have been able to find 18 but need the additional 6. I am using 6 tubular lionel 042 curves.

JohnF

Well, I've been musing about the red and black F3, but not at such a high cost. I pretend I could buy a couple of cheap F3s and play around trying to paint them but the stripe...no can do. So I just look a pictures of them 

My, pre-orders!

Tom

More down the road as opposed to now, but the K-Line Ford Dealer Showroom.

AtlasO REA 53’6” Wood Express Reefer in pre-1953 paint scheme.  I know one is out there somewhere.

Besides pre-orders that'll arrive in due course, MTH 30-67874 VistaDome passenger car to complete the set. The dealer listing on the MTH website is incorrect and, for an item only 3 years old, I'm surprised to be stymied. C'est la vie!

- The Other Guy

PAUL ROMANO posted:

So, after your last great O scale find what are you looking for now?

Time.

Lou N

I'm looking for conformation from Scott over at Sunset Models that the Milwaukee Road Quill has enough orders to start production. 

Some cheap G scale track. Need to put together a small garden railway this spring. It's amazing how expensive G scale track has become.

I don't need anything.  Ha!

An MTH die cast Milwaukee BiPolar to 2-rail.  These things are going for cheap, but I am waiting for one with dead circuit boards, stripped gears, etc., to fall in to my arms.  Then the plan is to scratch-build a Skytop lounge in brass and aluminum.

TN posted:

My, pre-orders! 

Tom

 

 

 

LOL Tom

Looking for some custom switch machine covers ? Any ideas ?

I looking for a lot of money to pay off my new car!!    $$$$$$$$$$$

Susan Deats posted:

The most elusive item for me is a 3 rail O tubular rerailing track section.

My brothers and I vividly remember a 3 rail O tubular rerailing track section on Dad's layout in the '50s.  It was similar the 2 rail below.

Have you considered fabricating one using soft wood or plastic stock? John