Buy anything cool lately?

New S gauge FlyerChief Polar Express set AND additional baggage car and abandoned toys car. These are beauties with 6 wheel trucks and near scale dimensions. A fantastic rtr starter set, that's vastly superior to Lionel's O gauge PE rtr starter set.

Locomotive is a newly tooled Berkshire with a dramatized pilot as seen in the film. Though an entry level FlyerChief locomotive it has features found in Lionel's O gauge LionChief Plus engines including;       

• User selected operational modes: Conventional AC transformer mode OR FlyerChief™ wireless remote control with AC or DC power
• AF Speed Control -- retain a steady constant speed whether traveling on inclines, declines, or flat terrain
• On/Off switches for sound, smoke, and conventional/remote operation mode
• Locomotive with forward, neutral, and reverse operation
• Die-cast metal locomotive body and die-cast metal frame
• Die cast metal 6-wheel trucks on die-cast metal tender
• Railsounds® RC sound system with steam chuffing while in motion.
• Realistic background sounds, whistle and bell all triggered by remote
• Operating LED headlight
• Directional LED on tender (rear light)
• Operating coupler on rear of tender
• Fan-driven smoke unit
• Powerful maintenance-free motor
• Two traction tires for added 'grip'

 

As the matter of fact I did got 2 of these n one regular one. Should look pretty dang good behind my VL Big Boy

They are nice Ogaugeguy!!

And they already have snow on the car roofs.  What a novel idea.  

Looking mighty good!!

I just bought this one (Atlas O 45' Pines Trailer) on eBay. It's one of four that I won on a recent auction.

 

It's pretty hard to find one, nevermind a case (all 4 road #s), of an item that came out 11 years ago. That's why I didn't pass on these even though I don't have any intermodal equipment on which to place them. So, I'll have to find a couple of 89' 4" flat cars or some Front Runners.

 

These would look great behind my 2 MTH SCL SD45s...

 

I just saw that an hour ago. (I wanted to see if they improved the catalog format. Nope.)

 

 

Just after there was a thread running involving identifying a Marx set from VOL III, the

Greenberg Marx set book, I found an early 3/16 set this morning, 9/26, in a show and

picked it up.  The book identifies it as #25010, with a #391 engine, the wedge tender,

a Pa. brown box car vs. red UP one, the 13079 hopper, and the #2700 vs. 33773 flat,

WITH its timber load, all in played with condition, tilt fork couplers, no original box

(worse luck!), a pair of the red operating Marx switches, a Lionel crossing gate with the attached lighted crossbuck, and a Lionel 110 watt RW transformer.   It has a

crossover with it and Marx track.  I had to spring $25.00 for this.  Did I overpay?

oh you got took ...badly! I'll swing by and give you your money back, and we'l never mention on here again......

Last evening was the opening of a new art gallery in Butler, Pennsylvania.  Our daughter and our other daughter's mother-in-law both are artists, and bought spaces.  While there my wife and daughter told me I needed to buy these small paintings.  They were hand painted originals.

 

Here are some from the last couple of months:

 

This Cross Harbor Round Roof Boxcar from NLOE is very cool:

 

 

 

This Red Baron Tank Car from NETCA is also pretty sharp:

 

 

 

This new MTH Premier Narragansett Beer TOFC is going to be a nice addition to the New England consist.

 

 

 

I also picked up a couple of the METCA S Gauge ILNY Boxcars:

 

 

Thanks for looking.

 

Paul

 

Thanks Ogaugeguy!  You are absolutely right!

Looks like I "bought" a new reply I wasn't really counting on .

  Thank you Ogaugeguy, sorry for "squeaking". The toe step was accidental. I'm good at that . (I'm not really looking to have you send me "paper" as you have graciously offered in the past, but I'll say thank you again, in anticipation of the effort)

  No particular lack of info, missed feature listing, bad photo, or other mistake of that type that I noticed*.

   By "format", I mean its the same viewing app. that I've had "issue" with since day one. Weak zoom control. Like using a telescope through a porthole in a storm.

 *I only browse to get to my "target". Its too small to read the others, and too finicky to zoom, to be tolerable outside of a "target", let alone enjoyable, despite loving the subject.

 That's the short version, and I'm a little fish. If more truly interests you, you are more than welcome to ask me personally by my email too, but rather than bash on things "I" just don't care for, how about sharing your best close up photo of one of those AF's I liked the look of?

Please?

 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

A fellow church member gave me a 2018 PW set out of his attic.  It needs some work, but did come with the whistle tender and a nice set of cars, including a boxcar I've always liked. As you can see from this pic, I have some work ahead.

 

 

 

 

 

Finally (and I mean finally) won a bid on a N&W Weaver brass caboose...

 

Within this 3 rail life, a little 2 rail must fall.  It has been fascinating comparing this old Atlas F3 to their modern product.  Rest assured, the new stuff is a vast improvement.  Check out the razor edge paint separation.  Other than motor, wheels and a few screws, everything else is made of plastic.  It does appear that the truck side frames are identical to the modern equivalent....the former plastic, the latter cast metal.

 

 

Bruce

Finally got a O gauge Tonnerville Trolley to go with my Toonerville Station and figures.

 

Steve

 

 

 

nice score Steve.surprised Marx didn't make that.

I picked up 2 new freight cars at the Greenwich, CT train show on Sunday. I love boxcars and couldn't resist the NYC work caboose.

My Girlfriend & I were at a local "Redux"store (St. Vincent De Paul ) and we donated some item for resale. she found me a Lionel Rico station(missing one freight door on the end of the station. I found some Lionel switches and a Marx train set there on a earlier visit. I have another station in pieces, so replacing the door is not a problem. it was $5.00! Score!!!!

I'm excited about this pair.  Will be pulling electronics out for Bluetooth or RC. 

Finally able to find something to buy because my antique dealer is back from vacation. He just got in a Lionel 3560 search light car in good shape, a little dirty and the light works. Also had an old photo album with a bunch of old B&W photos of steamers- the NKP 227(sister of 765?), the Pere Marquette 1227, some Alco diesels , a Y6 and several C&Os plus others.

Picked up a new (to me) train chasing vehicle...

 

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Well all right Phil! The right color, and the motor is where it belongs!

 

(I'll forgive you the radiator)

 

 

 

 

2015/2016 NJHR Calendar. on sale soon, this year benefiting Autism Speaks

That's great!  I have my 2015 NJHR calendar above my workbench.  I'll be looking for the new one.

Good trip to my LHS today.  Left spending just $90 - came home with:

Hi Mytrains - I like how the NJHR, will be helping Autism Speaks

https://www.autismspeaks.org/

Thank-you

Gary

• Cheers from The Detroit and Mackinac Railway

I have my eyes on a 1689E Lionel Vandy but waiting to see what the TCA show on Sunday offers.

Been wanting to get this one for 3 years, Graham's Trains just happened to have a new one. Fills out my EMD SD70 collection

Just got back 2 days ago from t e week in NYC and a train trip across the country (Metro on the NE corridor to DC, the Capitol Limited, then the Empire Builder).

During the week, we went to Steamtown and Strasburg. Such a great time...

Got a fair amount of swag at the PA stops:

 

Oh, I also bought the camera I took this shot with, it's a new canon 24.2MP SLR! I got it at the main B&H store in Manhattan...

 

It's Friday night.  I picked up something cool.   

 Isn't this is generally supposed to be train related 

Nope, anything cool like Popsicles and snow cones

I have the far one on the right hanging in my room. Mine is on a piece of slate. I never knew there was series of these!

Jordan,

Well how about that!!  I never saw them before at all!

half of a Prewar switcher.....

Hey from here in the south west. Went to Bixby Ok. today to a decent train show. Lots of nice goodies but just more than I wanted to spend. Did pick-up some items though while I was in Tulsa. I had purchased 7 books from a fellow on craigslist and he lived in Broken Arrow; so I met with him this morning and picked them up. Went to Ollie's Train Station Restaurant for lunch; really cool place for train folks.  they have lots of O-gauge and G-gauge trains to look at and 2 operating loops hanging from the ceiling and 1 shelf loop. Went over to Sand Springs to the toy train museum and while I was there I purchased the Texaco Tank car. Ollie's is just off of 244 west, on South West Blvd. The Toy Train Museum is on 126 Main St in Sand Springs. Had a big day. 

i think this is kmt....cool tho