Buy anything cool lately?

I bought these 4 Weaver 20" Aluminum Great American Circus passenger cars to add to my varnish.

Lot of cool stuff

 Mark like the GP38

Csam The PA is nice

Bruce The German Warbonnet now that's cool.

He is mine Atlas CB&Q/C&S SD 40. Here its on its first run mu to my Legacy GP35. Having some issues but working through it. Ok Cool for me.

suzukovich posted:

Lot of cool stuff

 Mark like the GP38

Csam The PA is nice

Bruce The German Warbonnet now that's cool.

He is mine Atlas CB&Q/C&S SD 40. Here its on its first run mu to my Legacy GP35. Having some issues but working through it. Ok Cool for me. 

Thank you!  They CB&Q units are very nice!

Picked these miniature signs off of the O Gauge Forum.
Primarily looking at the round Lionel sign that has a ¾” diameter.

Will be using this as a drum head on read of a Lionel Prewar Standard gauge #36 passenger car.
In the process of painting the car in the Lionel orange and blue paint scheme.

RonH posted:

Picked these miniature signs off of the O Gauge Forum.
Primarily looking at the round Lionel sign that has a ¾” diameter.

Will be using this as a drum head on read of a Lionel Prewar Standard gauge #36 passenger car.
In the process of painting the car in the Lionel orange and blue paint scheme.

Ah Ron, They look good at your house.  Looking forward to seeing the finished product.

Today was a good day for getting things. This morning USPS brought my Atlas Niacet four car set from MrMuffins. After lunch it was a trip to Menards to pick up my station. While doing that I picked up a couple of die cast flat bed trucks. All in all it was a great day................Pics.........Paul

Moonson posted:

Mark Boyce, That sure looks like a handsome little village peeking over your new engine and caboose. May we see more? It sure looks interesting.

FrankM.

Frank,

Sorry for the wait!  Some folks expect me to do a bunch of other things besides trains!!!  I know, it is hard to believe!!  

This village is on a temporary 4' 4" x 8' table.  I am going to convert it to a Christmas theme after Thanksgiving, then we will see what happens.  I hope to start building a new layout in a 12 x 12 room our last daughter to be married vacated last month.  I'll be posting a topic on the new layout planning soon, after I get some more thoughts in writing and a preliminary SCARM diagram ready.

So here is what we have now.

As can be seen, I kept things pretty basic, as it was intended to be temporary.  On my new layout, I plan to make detailed scenery like I did on my HO and N scale layouts before I got too busy with the daughters and finishing my college degree.

I might as well post a photo of the daughters and their husbands who are so generously giving me back some space for trains.    The older daughter and her husband are in the center, and the younger daughter and her husband were married two years ago.  Incidentally, the young men are related.  The younger is the the older's nephew!  That information brings on some puzzled looks!!  

Mark Boyce posted:

Moonson posted:

Mark Boyce, That sure looks like a handsome little village peeking over your new engine and caboose. May we see more? It sure looks interesting.

FrankM.

Frank,

Sorry for the wait!  Some folks expect me to do a bunch of other things besides trains!!!  I know, it is hard to believe!!  

This village is on a temporary 4' 4" x 8' table.  I am going to convert it to a Christmas theme after Thanksgiving, then we will see what happens.  I hope to start building a new layout in a 12 x 12 room our last daughter to be married vacated last month.  I'll be posting a topic on the new layout planning soon, after I get some more thoughts in writing and a preliminary SCARM diagram ready.

So here is what we have now.

As can be seen, I kept things pretty basic, as it was intended to be temporary.  On my new layout, I plan to make detailed scenery like I did on my HO and N scale layouts before I got too busy with the daughters and finishing my college degree.

I might as well post a photo of the daughters and their husbands who are so generously giving me back some space for trains.    The older daughter and her husband are in the center, and the younger daughter and her husband were married two years ago.  Incidentally, the young men are related.  The younger is the the older's nephew!  That information brings on some puzzled looks!!  

Mark it looks great even if its temporary.  As for the daughter thing. My youngest daughter who just started HS informed me that she has a new boyfriend. I needed to hear that like I need another hole in my head. Of course you have been through this. I am still learning how to deal with it.

Mark-it looks like Chicora !!

suzukovich posted:

Mark Boyce posted:

 

Mark it looks great even if its temporary.  As for the daughter thing. My youngest daughter who just started HS informed me that she has a new boyfriend. I needed to hear that like I need another hole in my head. Of course you have been through this. I am still learning how to deal with it.

jim pastorius posted:

Mark-it looks like Chicora !!

Suzukovich,

I understand!  Heidi met Brian at church and youth group and they started dating when she was 16.  She finally married him 9 years later!!!  Holly and Dustin were friends at church and youth group since they were Junior High.  It wasn't until college that they started dating!

Jim,

Thank you!  I just tried to make it look like any Western Pennsylvania or West Virginia town.

Mark,

Nice picture of your daughters. You should be very proud. I have one of theos confusing relationship things too. My wife's brother is married to my first cousin. My cousin is my sister in law. I think that makes my kids and their kids both first and second cousins ? ? ? ? ? ?  I get a headache when I try to figure it out. 

Pat,

Thank you for the comments on our younger generation!  

That is great about your family.  Our older daughter is now our younger daughter's aunt.  Our younger daughter's mother-in law is our older daughter's sister-in-law!  I haven't even thought about what their children's relationships would be.

 The best thing is, they are now giving me space for a layout in a house that is best suited for a couple, not a family of four!!  :-)

Lionel 18064 Mohawk from 1997, the PWC Texas Special AB F3's Still sealed, 18018 Southern Crescent Mikado, and the Lionel Remake of the 840 Power Station from the early 2000's.

Mark Boyce posted:

Bruce,

That set certainly is interesting!  I never saw anything like it before.

Different enough to grab this SF foamers attention, Mark.  The artwork on the box was almost worth the price of admission by itself.  It should look right at home along side my Warbonnet GG1. 

Bruce

Adriatic posted:

Sort of Zephyr meets Sharknose meets Lil Joe meets Super Chief meets Rubber Baby Buggy Bumpers. ....but yea, I'd run it

All of the above!  I have yet to run it but will report back with performance tests....don't expect much.  BTW, it's O gauge, but that's as much as I know about it. There is much more room in the box than the engine, track and controller take up.  Still, the engine was just so darn weird that I couldn't resist taking it home.

Bruce

Mark Boyce posted:

Moonson posted:

Mark Boyce, That sure looks like a handsome little village peeking over your new engine and caboose. May we see more? It sure looks interesting.

FrankM.

Frank,

Sorry for the wait!  Some folks expect me to do a bunch of other things besides trains!!!  I know, it is hard to believe!!  

This village is on a temporary 4' 4" x 8' table.  I am going to convert it to a Christmas theme after Thanksgiving, then we will see what happens.  I hope to start building a new layout in a 12 x 12 room our last daughter to be married vacated last month.  I'll be posting a topic on the new layout planning soon, after I get some more thoughts in writing and a preliminary SCARM diagram ready.

So here is what we have now.

As can be seen, I kept things pretty basic, as it was intended to be temporary.  On my new layout, I plan to make detailed scenery like I did on my HO and N scale layouts before I got too busy with the daughters and finishing my college degree.

I might as well post a photo of the daughters and their husbands who are so generously giving me back some space for trains.    The older daughter and her husband are in the center, and the younger daughter and her husband were married two years ago.  Incidentally, the young men are related.  The younger is the the older's nephew!  That information brings on some puzzled looks!!  

Well what a happy bunch!!If they beam any brighter I might go blind.

I won an auction for a Weaver SD 40-2 in ATSF merger paint.  I wanted a SD40-2 because of its distinctive long porches, and it seems like a lot of members are very happy  with the Weaver model.  Now since my only other Santa Fe engine is a williams Blue Goose J I'll have to do something about the livery on the SD 40-2.  Maybe a fantasy Alaska RR scheme, or remove the road name and re-lettering as a lease unit.  When done it'll be another post for the Show us your custom paint scheme thread. Pictures to follow upon arrival.

I have a Weaver SD-40-2 in Conrail....very nice...post a pic when you get it.

I am selling off some of my duplicate Atlas O CZ cars and replacing them with this GGD Slumbercoach.

IT still makes an impressive train even though Amtrak never had a "heritage" CZ train before.

This just in from ModelTrainStuff:  MTH 33-6245 "Madison" Diner PRR #4489 and three Arttista figures.  I've been looking for just a diner (i.e., sold without a sleeper) and finally found one! 

Here are Chef Chuck Wagon and Roxie the Rollerskating Waitress posing for a publicity shot for the TRR's proposed dining train excursion -- "R-Five Bistro" Roxie's Rolling RR Restaurant.  The TRR's publicity director got up 'way too early before work, so the photos are of the usual blurry quality that the all-volunteer railroad is known for.  Unfortunately, Chef and Roxie were photo bombed by drunken Dave, an obnoxious onlooker, attracted by the smell of Chef's signature burger and fries. The final blurred shot was taken just moments before Dave got a tray full of food dropped on his head.

PR day at the TRR: Note the kitchen and pantry on the left-hand side.

Note the table and chairs on the right-hand side. This is a 50-seater.

Uh, Dave, ... not a good idea ... Dave?

Publicity Office, Tomlinson Run Railroad

P.S. -- I've been saving security envelopes with various repeating patterns inside and will experiment with laying some "carpet" once I have time to open the car up.