Buy anything cool lately?

Recently acquired a new Lionel reefer off of eBay alongside three tins (One WP, two 3" Post Cereal 1950's). I just ordered a set of more tins today but will likely arrive later in the week. The reefer is the Lionel NYRX Reefer from the Jersey Central Yard Boss set, and the small tins are all vintage Post Cereal 3" tins from the 1950's.

These are tins above are the ones I just ordered but have not shipped yet. I will still get a dupe Southern, but that will be handed off to a close family member.

Picked up a few more trucks at a reasonable price from Diecast Direct. Pics...........Paul 2

Just received mine yesterday.  Now I need the free time to add a special detail.  Hopefully will get the time within next couple of weeks.  Plus have another special car to work on to complete my George H Bush funeral train.

Ron

I recently stumbled into a good deal on a Lionel 6-18058 #773, Century Club NYC Hudson and a six-pack of streamline passenger cars, and ran them last night at the Fredericksburg Agricultural Fair on the Rappahannock Model Railroaders modular layout.

I'm usually more of a switcher or "small O-Gauge" kind of guy, but this thing is definitely "cool" and it's been on my wish list for years!

She's a beauty Rich. Enjoy.

One of my favorite steamers of all time.

I got some cars that will really set the time period on my layout. 

I have been looking for these for a long time. Non sports cars but common and recognizable vehicles of the time I am trying to show. 

SilverLake, that yellow and brown Country Squire station wagon looks like the car my parents had in 1970. I passed my Pennsylvania driver's license test with it on the first try.

Yes, I remember those Country Squires, and that model looks just the part.  I passed my Pennsylvania test in 1972 in Dad's '69 Ford Galaxy.  It was intimidating having a State Trooper in the passenger seat grading the test.

I swore I would never buy another cheap plastic wind-up train. And then I saw this today for 55 cents...Yes, it works.

Vincent Massi posted:

I swore I would never buy another cheap plastic wind-up train. And then I saw this today for 55 cents...Yes, it works.

In the infamous words of the foaming mobs..."Videos please!"    

Big Jim posted:

Vincent Massi posted:

I swore I would never buy another cheap plastic wind-up train. And then I saw this today for 55 cents...Yes, it works.

In the infamous words of the foaming mobs..."Videos please!"    

Whatever happens next, I'm blaming it all on Big Jim:

Bummer, Vincent. I just see a black screen in Mozilla. There's sound but no pix.  Great looking train toy 'though -- it reminds me of a hamster in a cage :-).

TRRR

Vincent,
Cool! You got a DEAL!!!   

Looks great on Chrome!!  Reminds me of the hamsters in their wheels that out older daughter had when she was growing up.

Tom, I have found that Google Chrome will show more videos on various sites than either Microsoft Edge or Mozilla Firefox.

Picked up a few things at Nick Smith’s, Henning’s, a local Flea market and the Hamburg train meet this past Sunday. Am trying to get almost all my loops to command and DCS- have a 4 stage plan lol. Unfortunately, Hamburg, where I was planning to get a TMCC diesel, didn’t have what I was looking for. I have a lead though. Anyway enjoy:

Nick Smith’s:

Conrail passenger car, spotlight car, and some figures and other accessories(not shown) 

Henning’s:

CSX tanker- was really happy they still had this- but Chessie System fan and have come around to CSX.

Another Conrail. PS-2 covered hopper in in the old Weaver box. CSX And Conrail are two roadnames which Id like a TMCC diesel for.

Found a “newer” 135 watt PH-1. My Powermaster is the original. I prefer the brick over the adapter cable & transformer set-up but can using that again as I expand.

Flea Market & Hamburg:

From Hamburg, love the railking structures.

just a bag of plasticville figures

Lionelville Esso gas station figures in the light blue, 4 diecast figures on the right.

these are really neat, were included in that big bag I bought. Anyone know who made them?

Picked up the 250 Z(been on my radar) at Hamburg for a good deal with warranty and the Flyer 22020 at a Flea Market(can’t ever have too much power). This adapter cable actually came from an LHS as i wanted an extra. My dad an I visited the Reading train museum after Hamburg which was really cool.

The little red shack by the crossing gate ended up making a PERFECT guard shack. Will repaint it to more appropriate colors.

Weaver stock car from the Danville PA Iron Heritage Festival. I just liked the car, didn’t realize the story behind it.

Finally, figures in action:

Hunter protecting his property.

Refugees being documented to enter the democratic part of my layout from the dictatorship on the other side.

hoping that I’ll be able to post a TMCC diesel later today!

StevefromPA posted:

 

...these are really neat, were included in that big bag I bought. Anyone know who made them?

 

Judging by the uniforms and "pop-eyes", I would guess Merten...

Mark in Oregon 

@Strummer spot on! Never heard of Merten. Really like the make of their figures, going to have to look into their o- or near o-scale figures. Thank you for your help!

StevefromPa, those are wonderful photos of a wonderful lay-out.  But I must courteously object to one of them.

Among the many Americans retired in Mexico, almost 100% of us love the US. We fled the high prices and costly medical care, but we do not regard the US as a dictatorship.

Vincent Massi posted:

StevefromPa, those are wonderful photos of a wonderful lay-out.  But I must courteously object to one of them.

 

Among the many Americans retired in Mexico, almost 100% of us love the US. We fled the high prices and costly medical care, but we do not regard the US as a dictatorship.

Oh God no! I in no way shape or form am saying that. I see where the confusion lies because theres a U.S. flag on the “dictator-side”. There’s an international zone within that dictatorship, has similar status that combines an embassy, the U.N. Building, and an enclave. See the white Jeep? It’s a United Nations Jeep. 

The dictatorship side(I need to give it a name) is made up of Nazi soldiers(made by Corgi), civil war soldiers(from hobby lobby, they make a good militia and even out the sides) and finally a unit of what Typical communist looked like in their dress uniforms(unsure of nationality but they have blue dress uniforms).

main point- The dictator side isn’t any particular country and is a combo of the worst of the worst. The other side isn’t perfect but is helping, as an international, people who are in need.

main point- the Flag of the U.S. is NOT associated with the bad guys

Okay!

StevefromPA posted:

Picked up a few things at Nick Smith’s, Henning’s, a local Flea market and the Hamburg train meet this past Sunday.

 

Weaver stock car from the Danville PA Iron Heritage Festival. I just liked the car, didn’t realize the story behind it.

 

I was at the Hamburg meet Sunday. I was surprised at all the empty tables, good prices and dealers I delt with were willing to deal. I picked up a very nice pw Lionel 2559 at a reasonable price.

Danville "Iron Heritage Festival" celebrating it's heritage of their several foundries yrs ago, and also the first iron rail was manufactured there.

I just picked this PRR Flat with a LHG tank on in from eBay. First purchase in a while.

This came UPS a couple of days ago

Trussman posted:

StevefromPA posted:

Picked up a few things at Nick Smith’s, Henning’s, a local Flea market and the Hamburg train meet this past Sunday.

 

Weaver stock car from the Danville PA Iron Heritage Festival. I just liked the car, didn’t realize the story behind it.

 

 

I was at the Hamburg meet Sunday. I was surprised at all the empty tables, good prices and dealers I delt with were willing to deal. I picked up a very nice pw Lionel 2559 at a reasonable price.

Danville "Iron Heritage Festival" celebrating it's heritage of their several foundries yrs ago, and also the first iron rail was manufactured there.

@Trussman I thiuhht it was you who also said they’d be at Hamburg! Anyway, nice find on the 2559! If this was a couple months ago, I would’ve been buying like crazy for parts,rolling stock, etc... considering how unbelievably low the prices were. But like, I said, I wanted a TMCC diesel in particular few of which were there.

also, looked into the Iron Hertiage Festival a bit an got the history. It’s really cool, but not in expected in the state of PA, that a company like Weaver, with its PA origins, would commemorate that. My stock car has “256/300” etched in the bottom. Not that I care, it’s a war car I bought for $10 and is interesting to compare to my Atlas O-Scale stock car

A local store got a shipment of cheap plastic battery-powered HO trains. Each set includes a steam locomotive coal car, and two other cars, along with tracks. Price is $6.

 I found one with two gondolas. A regular HO loco can actually push them around the track. So now they're hauling material for my (still unbuilt) Coca Cola bottle cap manufacturing and repair facility.

Atlas 11k Tank cars. Gorgeous.

Went to Gryzboski’s today. What a great store and great service. Had one thing in mind and got it so Mission successful. Got some other things as well:

Got these Lionelville structures. The UPS store is used and modified(that lamp isn’t supposed to be there) but I think it looks fine. The ranch house I bought new 

Next, the accessories. Bought a starter set loop of FasTrack- which I don’t use(I use O-27 tubular, O-31 tubular, and Realtrax 31 inch radius) that said, the start Loop is perfect if I integrate FasTrack at sometime OR require a larger radius curve. Bottom left is a Porsche Cayenne 1/43 scale, some signs(all diecast), a tubular crossing, bag of figures, and a K-line SWAT Team to add to my current police and black-ops force.

Finally...my first TMCC engine!! Lionel Amtrak Dash-9 Cab numbed 510.

Love this guy- truth is, however, I’m actually afraid to run it.  I’ve read and read and read articles, manuals, magazines, forum posts, etc...  but I’ve never run a TMCC engine before. Regardless- I’m pretty confident I’ll figure it out. 

StevefromPA posted:

Trussman posted:

StevefromPA posted:

Picked up a few things at Nick Smith’s, Henning’s, a local Flea market and the Hamburg train meet this past Sunday.

 

Weaver stock car from the Danville PA Iron Heritage Festival. I just liked the car, didn’t realize the story behind it.

 

 

I was at the Hamburg meet Sunday. I was surprised at all the empty tables, good prices and dealers I delt with were willing to deal. I picked up a very nice pw Lionel 2559 at a reasonable price.

Danville "Iron Heritage Festival" celebrating it's heritage of their several foundries yrs ago, and also the first iron rail was manufactured there.

@Trussman I thiuhht it was you who also said they’d be at Hamburg! Anyway, nice find on the 2559! If this was a couple months ago, I would’ve been buying like crazy for parts,rolling stock, etc... considering how unbelievably low the prices were. But like, I said, I wanted a TMCC diesel in particular few of which were there.

also, looked into the Iron Hertiage Festival a bit an got the history. It’s really cool, but not in expected in the state of PA, that a company like Weaver, with its PA origins, would commemorate that. My stock car has “256/300” etched in the bottom. Not that I care, it’s a war car I bought for $10 and is interesting to compare to my Atlas O-Scale stock car

Weaver's  is approx. 5 miles south of Danville Pa. They've made several limited editions of railroad cars commemorating several business and events in the area.

Here she is.... ONLY 1 of three factory painted in the first run and only 1 of 1 done in three rail!

Bought handmade wall art from a local artist 

Maybe it isn't really supposed to be in this thread, but a very nice Craftsman scrolling saber saw I got at a resale shop in Zeeland Mi. for $4 that's like new is pretty cool.  I have used it and it truly is much superior to the modern plastic one I have that's supposedly a Craftsman tool.  This thing has trigger controlled speed and its weight makes cutting so much easier and smoother.  I have a thing for well made tools that are a pleasure to work with.  

Should have explained more about this at first.  I am putting Williams E7 motors & trucks and later, Tru-Blast Plus into a Railking SD9 dummy.  This requires making a new chassis.  I picked up a sheet of 12 ga. mild steel at Menards and had put off cutting out the chassis because the saber saw I had was an el cheapo Craftsman from this century. When the wife & I went resale shop shopping last month, lo and behold there was this jewel of a saw just waiting for me to take it home.  It really did a nice job cutting out the piece for my chassis and some of the detail work on the holes.  I knew I had squirreled away the old style blades for a reason.

prrhorseshoecurve posted:

Here she is.... ONLY 1 of three factory painted in the first run and only 1 of 1 done in three rail!

If more diesels looked that sharp, they would sell more diesels.

some new/ old patio lighting... from the 70's, a Model 220F (appears to be all original) and 220J (with some replacement parts).  both in great shape & together picked up at ½ the cost of a brand new one.

got some new mantles and a can of fuel today so i'll see how they work this evening.  flashbacks to camping with the family as a kid.

Nice lanterns.  I pulled my dad’s Coleman lantern and stove out of his basement.  I hadn’t used them in decades!

I bet it still works Mark. Coleman made (makes) great stuff.

lumenosity...!

... only needed a few drops of oil for the pump.

I have one of those and this Aladdin for when the power goes out.

Silver Lake posted:

I got some cars that will really set the time period on my layout. 

I have been looking for these for a long time. Non sports cars but common and recognizable vehicles of the time I am trying to show. 

Ah, very nice. Who’s the maker ?

The two latest additions to my roster...

First from the good folks at the Nassau Lionel Operating Engineers (NLOE) - their latest LIRR offering - a really nice car with crisp graphics.

I recently learned that the O&W actually had a branch that passed through Northeast PA, a bit north of where I live... so I just had to get something from the O&W. Picked up this bobber from Grzyboski’s - I was very surprised at how heavy this little car is due to the die cast truck.