Buy anything cool lately?

Paul, I've oogled at the door factory in my LHS. It's a beautiful model and I wish we had room for it at the club. I'm sure it will look great on your layout. (I also love the name being a big Jim Morrison and the Doors fan.) 

Order this last week from Beth at Public Delivery Track and it came today. I really did not have much in the line of Bessemer. Now I will add it to the other Weaver flats I have. When I got this and opened it up I did say to myself I miss Weaver. A pic of my purchase...................Paul

Weaver M&St. L boxcar, Lionel standard O Johnson car that's been repainted.  They did a great job.  2812 gondola for my 2810 crane (my two tinplate pieces).  And an AF lighted caboose.

paul 2 posted:

Order this last week from Beth at Public Delivery Track and it came today. I really did not have much in the line of Bessemer. Now I will add it to the other Weaver flats I have. When I got this and opened it up I did say to myself I miss Weaver. A pic of my purchase...................Paul

Always like to see Bessemer!  I hear their trains at the bottom of the hill from my house.

Went to the Concord NH train show yesterday and found a few things.

1)  A baby blue VW convertible.

2) An MTH Premiere SP Tank car to add to my tank train.

3) A 3 story building with a Miller Engineering Coppertone sign on the roof.  I may have smoked the PS.  Have an email in to Miller Engineering for advice.

It was a decent little show and I walked away from a few other bargains that I wish now that I had bought.

paul 2 posted:

Saturday I decided to take a ride out to Stockyard Express in Oberlin Ohio. They were having an open house on Saturday. I didn't think I was going to buy anything but just before leaving I looked through some Woodland Scenic buildings and came across the Morrison Door Factory. The more I looked at it and saw  the detail on it the more I decided I wanted it so that was my purchase for the day. A pic of my buy............Paul

 

 

I bought mine last year at Chas. Ro.  It was followed by 6 other Woodland Scenics buildings during the past year.  My favorite is the Ethyl Gas Station....Lots of detail!  Woodland Scenics has disappointed with the last few releases, esp. the Theater.  It needed additional detail, eg a dumpster with spilled popcorn etc., maybe a few figures.  The built up Atlas Theater was better in mho.

Well I finally decided to 'jump'  into the Legacy world.. Forum sponsor Marios Trains had a sale last week  and I dove in.. I'd been checking prices, and his seemed to be among the best for the Legacy System.. I have had previously good experiences with them.. I have TMCC, so I expect that my wiring won't change much and from what I understand, I can run both together.. Just a steep learning curve for 'an old man'.. lol

One of my favorite paint schemes is the Santa Fe Warbonnet.  This week I pulled the trigger on an A-B FM Erie Built set from MTH in Santa Fe Warbonnet.   I can't wait for it to arrive so I can run The Chief with something other than EMD E's and F's!

Rolland

Direct from Hershey's Chocolate World.  They will be an addition to my Christmas layout

I love the Warbonnet too. I have the Lionel 8100 Series A-B-A Warbonnet from 1991 (6-11711) which is a re-production of the Lionel 1947 Santa Fe F3 Warbonnet. 

Scored a nice one. More pics in photo album forum....

Went picking at a local garage sale and came across a nice collection of postwar for sale. Looks like a 1950 681 set 2167WS with a ZW and a bunch of track. I really like the wood crates that they were stored in. The engine looks to be in good shape but the tender has truck issues and the ZW has some kind of switch installed. Now for the best part, cleaning and repairing to get this 66 year old train back to running the rails again.

franktrain

Slow motion action!

nice find! I like the wooden crates too, we have a few small ones hanging in the kitchen.

Big_Boy_4005 posted:

I'm hesitant to even say this for fear of jinxing an unfinished deal, but over the weekend I found a 16 car set  of Atlas coalveyor hoppers. I've wanted these for quite some time, and WEPX is an excellent fit for my layout motif. Fingers crossed.

It really makes no sense that they aren't using the tooling

Well, I didn't jinx it! I completed the transaction yesterday, and they are on their way.

Got a package yesterday from Miller Engineering.

That sign helps me orient myself when I'm in the Fenway section of Boston.  I think the building that it's on has been sold.  I hope the sign stays, because it's a classic.

Went to Brentwood Antiques (LHS) today and picked up a Miller Beer road sign and the new Pan Am Blue passenger set.  I saw them yesterday and called Richard after I got home to set them aside.

Matt,

The Pan Am cars really look great!  What engine are you going to use to pull them

Mark Boyce posted:

Matt,

The Pan Am cars really look great!  What engine are you going to use to pull them

They do look great, don't they?  But does Pam Am really have passenger cars like this stashed away somewhere in Billerica or are these a fantasy issue?  Maybe something leftover from the B&M, Maine, or prior Guilford lines?  Regardless, it's an attractive set.

Tomlinson Run Railroad

Found this beauty in Maine. Early 30's all original with the original box.

A new A/C unit.