raising4daughters posted:Dan, good topic. I think this one could go many pages.
In my layout rebuild 80% done, I have set up the PW merchandise car, milk car, generator car, cattle car, and coaling station. Just found out my crane cannot be completely repaired without getting parts that are no longer available from Lionel, so I've got to scrounge. The crane and coaling stations were my favorite of my grandfather's when I was a kid, so I bought a TMCC 1.0 gantry crane from the LHS that gave me the bad news on my PW crane. Summary - gotta have a crane.
I also have a PW gateman and 3 semaphores triggered by insulated tracks. At the advice of another here on the forum, I'm going to change the gateman to be triggered manually by a push-button switch.
I also have the PW operating freight station.
Running out of space, but looking forward to reading what others have to say. I'm not planning any scenery, just track, trains, and accessories, and if I can add one or two, I'll do it.
I have a 282 post-war Gantry Crane that someone reworked the controller on. While the reworked controller is easy to work, the crane is one noisy sob.
On the subject of the Gateman, I was lucky enough to find the K-Line version. It's to scale and operates great.
