Picked up a Lionel 6-18722 Percy from the late 90's brand new from eBay.
Last week I purchased an MTH Premier CSX AC44CW PS3. I wasn't able to run it until today but finally she made her way out of the box and onto the mainline. She is beautiful if I do say so myself but while I was admiring her beauty, I noticed that one of the crew figures made his way from the future:
He is wearing a VISOR like Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge in Star Trek: The Next Generation! Lmao
Sorry, maybe I need to turn the smoke volume down on these MTH engines lol I might be going crazy but for some reason I found this hilarious!
Live Long & Prosper and Happy Model Railroading Friends!
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I just recently picked up another of the Lionel Legacy Pilot series engines. My latest one is the EM-1 2-8-8-4 pilot Legacy.
Thanks;
idea-thinker
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Oversized Self-Healing Shop Mat
I purchased this Selfing Healing Shop Mat at Michaels, Commerce Township. Michigan. I used a 40% off regular price store coupon. Final price $19.79 • Ask the cashier at checkout to scan Michael’s in store coupon.
The mat is 18 x 24 inches.
Wait there is more ………….. ! Great snack for any Train Room. Unsalted roasted peanuts
Gary
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trainroomgary posted:Oversized Self-Healing Shop Mat
I purchased this Selfing Healing Shop Mat at Michaels, Commerce Township. Michigan. I used a 40% off regular price store coupon. Final price $19.79 • Ask the cashier at checkout to scan Michael’s in store coupon.
The mat is 18 x 24 inches.
Wait there is more ………….. ! Great snack for any Train Room. Unsalted roasted peanuts
Gary
I would have to have salted peanuts.😁
I just picked up the newly released MTH Railking R-62 Subway set 30-20509-1 and the add on cars from Just Trains in Newark Delaware. Very sharp looking set.
trainroomgary posted:Oversized Self-Healing Shop Mat
I purchased this Selfing Healing Shop Mat at Michaels, Commerce Township. Michigan. I used a 40% off regular price store coupon. Final price $19.79 • Ask the cashier at checkout to scan Michael’s in store coupon.
The mat is 18 x 24 inches.
Wait there is more ………….. ! Great snack for any Train Room. Unsalted roasted peanuts
Gary
Gary, did you put your nuts on the Internet?
Get it tomorrow - a "new" ride, an 04 Chevy Blazer with relatively low miles. The best thing is there is no body rust.
jim pastorius posted:Get it tomorrow - a "new" ride, an 04 Chevy Blazer with relatively low miles. The best thing is there is no body rust.
Both our vehicles are ‘04. No body rust is a big deal! Congratulations
Just got it yesterday 
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Picked up a pair of D&H passenger coaches. Needed something to pull behind my new D&H GP-9. Love the paint scheme on the D&H.
Bob
RSJB18 posted:Picked up a pair of D&H passenger coaches. Needed something to pull behind my new D&H GP-9. Love the paint scheme on the D&H.
Bob
Bob, I really like the D&H colors and the more I see them the more I think I will be looking for an engine and passenger set..........
Bob, nice buy. The D&H, especially that paint scheme is one of my favorites........Paul
Well my last locomotive want, to complete things I wanted as a kid in the 90's, was a Lionel Warhorse Santa Fe hudson. Later, as I got back into the hobby several years ago after college/grad school, I discovered that MTH made a model of an actual Santa Fe 3460 class hudson. Lionel's model was just a NYC J1E scale hudson with Santa Fe paint. So I ended up changing my want to the MTH 3460 class model. I've been casually looking for one for about a month or so here but no one wanted to part with one. I did some looking around and found a model of 3463 with PS2 at a great price, about half of what it cost new, with 2 hours of run time. My eventual plan is to build an REA Express/Santa Fe express boxcar train or a Fast Mail express train for it to pull.
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Lou, That is certainly a very nice choice!!
That is indeed a beauty!!
Mark Boyce posted:Lou, That is certainly a very nice choice!!
Thanks. It runs beautifully and smokes great.
It may sound strange but this was actually the last locomotive I planned on buying. I had a set goal when I got back into the hobby after grad school to build a layout and acquire specific equipment that fit the Santa Fe/Southern Pacific in the 1948-1954 time frame. I've got everything I set out to acquire now:
ABBA Santa Fe F3s and a Super Chief consist
ABBA Santa Fe F3s and a El Capitan consist
AA Santa Fe PAs and a Chief consist
GS4 Southern Pacific and a Golden State consist (currently working on repainting/letter cars for)
ABBA Santa Fe F3s and an SFRD unit train
GP9/GP7 Santa Fe and a boxcar train
AS616 Southern Pacific and a freight train
3460 class Santa Fe Hudson and a fast mail express train (eventually I'll be buying rolling stock for it)
So from here on out it'll just be tinkering with things around the layout and scenery. Which is fine, as that's the cheap stuff 
Very disciplined buying!!
Nice Lee!
Put my new (to me) D&H GP9 on the layout and gave it a spin. One smooth running engine.
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I just got this Lionel WM Boxcar off of eBay. This nicely decorated car features a die-cast frame and trucks.
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Bob, I like those colors on the D&H diesels, but that is a paint pattern I didn't know they used! Looks great!
Dave, Looks great! This is an MTH, but how about the paint scheme?
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Nice Bob, what a nice looking engine! Its always nice to new to you stuff! LOL
Dave, nice box car! You can never have to many of them! LOL
Mark Boyce posted:Bob, I like those colors on the D&H diesels, but that is a paint pattern I didn't know they used! Looks great!
Dave, Looks great! This is an MTH, but how about the paint scheme?
One like this sold before I could bid on it. So I went for the Lionel version. Both are nice looking cars!
Yours is great, Dave!!!
I scored this in the OGR For-Sale forum, something to pull my military train.
Lionel 6-11299 Legacy C&O USRA 2-6-6-2 Mallet
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Wow, John!! Very nice indeed!
It looks like new, and everything works. 
I did have to fix the flickering firebox, it was coming apart, but that was just bending the prongs to hold the lens in place. Hardest part of the repair is taking the boiler shell off, but this one is easier than many. While I was in there I looked in side the smoke unit, it didn't look like it was ever used!
Sounds like a great deal! I put in fluid and turn on smoke to see it works then turn it off. The only other time I turn it on is to verify it works before I sell it. I just had to replace a dead smoke unit fan in an MTH engine before selling it last month.
Mark, I'm the Super-Chuffer man, if it ain't got smoke, it ain't a decent locomotive! 
Yes indeed! I know you are! The smoke messes with my wife’s asthma, so my house is a No Smoking facility! LOL
Gunrunner, that’s a really nice looking Steamer. Congratulations. That should pull a really long Coal train.
Mike and Mark- Thanks. I have a pair of D&H passenger coaches due to arrive this week to pull behind this beauty. It's a Williams engine BTW.
GRJ- Beautiful loco. I have a Rivarossi Mallet in HO that is one of my favorites.
Bob
Last night I ordered the latest issue of OGR to see Norm C's layout. He is a master of layout building. I haven't been able to find OGR for sale anywhere so I might subscribe.
Haven’t bought anything yet, but on my way to the Stockyard Expresses’s open house. I’ve never left empty handed there!
A stage coach for the western town part of my layout. Did a bit of altering it to make it smaller and will eventually paint it. That is where I am at on my layout at present.
Watch up for a hold up, Jim!! Got someone to ride shotgun?
