Another Standard gauge Project

Here is another view of my #2 trolley project running on my shop layout. I already found a nice bell for it in my parts box and  I also have a bag of sitting people. 

I'm needing some help since I struck out at York. What I need help with is finding a silver center dome for my 515 standard gauge tank car and a pair of silver # badges for my standard gauge 512 gondola car. Does anyone out there have these items for sale? If so please let me know. The parts dealers in the Orange Hall came up empty, for the second time. I would like to get these two cars checked off my To Fix List.

BTW you need a motorman and NOT an engineer for your trolley. GOOD LUCK with your project! :-)

George Tebolt seems to have the plates.

Larry

Is the dome bigger than the one on the O 815 and 2815?

Maybe check if MTH offers it as a piece part for the Lionel Corp tinplate stuff. Also, keep a lookout on ebay..

Dennis Holler posted:

Is the dome bigger than the one on the O 815 and 2815?

Maybe check if MTH offers it as a piece part for the Lionel Corp tinplate stuff. Also, keep a lookout on ebay..

Thanks for getting back to me. I'm not sure about the O size. MTH at York did not have anything I needed. I miss T Bolt ! I will have to check him out on line.  These two project cars are taking forever or so it seems. 😄

great project

Finally, I got one of my project cars done !! The 520 searchlight car is all put back together and in good working order.  Still waiting to find the parts for my 512 and 515. Since I will be missing the Allentown First Frost show this weekend I will have to wait a little longer to look for parts.

By the way here is a view of the 520 searchlight car soon after I bought it.

One more for the evening. I bought this laser cut wood bridge kit at York this fall in the Blue Hall. It was a total impulse buy, LOL.  An easy kit to assemble and I think it looks pretty awesome. 

JohnnieWalker posted:

One more for the evening. I bought this laser cut wood bridge kit at York this fall in the Blue Hall. It was a total impulse buy, LOL.  An easy kit to assemble and I think it looks pretty awesome. 

Do you know who the manufacturer is?

GwrChurchward posted:

JohnnieWalker posted:

One more for the evening. I bought this laser cut wood bridge kit at York this fall in the Blue Hall. It was a total impulse buy, LOL.  An easy kit to assemble and I think it looks pretty awesome. 

Do you know who the manufacturer is?

Thanks for the like.  All I know is that I bought it from a great guy and the instructions say Harris Hobby House on it. No # or address.  I believe his table was in the last row of the Blue Hall at York. The row furthest from Silver Hall. He also had another design as well but this one caught my eye. I hope this helps you. 

TrainLarry posted:

George Tebolt seems to have the plates.

Larry

I just emailed George to find out if he still carries the nickel plates. Fingers crossed that he has them. As for the center nickel dome for my 515 tank car, no one has it. That project car is going to take longer than I expected. Thanks for reminding me of Tebolt.

Here's yet another standard gauge project. It may not seem like a big deal to some but I've been searching  the train shows for a full year to find  nickel  #512 plates for my gondola car.  It was crazy !! Having parts dealers saying that they had them but just didn't bring them to the show, catch them next time.  They had plenty of brass plates though. Haha  Finally I looked up George Tebolt and found them, ordered them and got them. Boy do I miss seeing George at York. Anyway my nickel #512 gondola car is fixed and checked off the  To Fix List.

#512 gondola car

Another project that has been in the works for a few years. Fixing up a set of Baby State Cars that I got at an auction a few years back. I'm still wondering why I bought them. LOL!! They were painted with a brush and missing parts but at the time I didn't have any passenger cars so I thought what the heck. So I took them apart and sandblasted them and primed  and finish coated them. I also added plexiglass and Willams window inserts to add a little interest to the cars. I also had to add new light fixtures to the cars as well. So much for a quick and cheap project.

looking good!

Some of my projects may seem very small, but when you have a lot of them , each one that gets checked off the list is a major relief.  The 155 Freight Station is now complete. One more 155 Freight Station to work on and then onto another 512 gondola project. My list is actually getting smaller, for now. LOL! For this project the last thing to do was to put the name plates on. When I got it,it had a piece of wood between the base and the base cover. It was a piece of one by material cut to the size of the base cover and screwed in place. This raised the platform up 3/4 of an inch, and it was  painted an odd color. I believe this was done because the three posts are broken at the bottoms and the previous owner had his own idea of fixing the problem. They were also rigged with a piece of coat hanger as well. The whole thing was a bit wobbly to say the least. I removed that piece of wood and added m y own, all hidden from view. All secured and no wobble . It seems to be all original except for the repainting of the base, and now the name plates. This project is now CHECKED OFF

nicely done Johnnie!