Buy anything cool lately?

This was droped off by the UPS man yesterday. I also got 2 UPS Package Trucks

This really impressed me.....so I bought it.  Pecos River Brass ATSF 50' boxcar painted for MoW yet the former paint scheme "ghosts" thru.  It was always fun for me to see a cut of outfit cars in the consist of a road switcher.

I bought some Pecos River 50 ft box cars recently......VERY nice cars. Too bad they don't make them any longer.

A couple of Hornby prewar Metropolitan type coaches followed me home from Cal-Stewart today.

 

Steve

 

 

Rob,

 

I have all of the SF 50' boxcars and would like to find this. Were there extras?

 

Eric

Really nice building, Scot.

 

I think the next time we're in Orange visiting the in laws, I'm following you to a train show. You come up with some great finds Steve.

For SD40-2, it was purchased from "them who shall not be named" if you know what I mean. So, it was the only one.

In all fairness, the seller has a real hobby shop, yet also conducts internet auctions.

 

P.S. I like "Papa" Eastman's reply about items "following him home".  I intend to plagiarize that one.

Those Hornby cars are really neat. I picked up, in a rade for some Lionel junk I had, 3 Lionel lithographed freight cars and a caboose from 1941-42 They went with the 1684 engine I bought last weekend-which runs like a charm. This is the first transition pieces I have acquired except for two passenger cars. It is amazing how nice some of these old trains, that are in good, run. shape. I have several.

Picked this Dorfan 51 up today at Cal-Stewart. Very nice casting. Now to see if I can get it to run.

 

Steve

 

 

I just paypal'd an Ebay seller for two of these 1/43 trucks. We completed the sale privately, and he only had this stock photo, but he claims NIB. I'll see next week. Lol. Very good price.

 

They are Mercedes-Benz, but ..... I think they fit my modeling era, I do "ESSO," and I think they look so cool.

 

 

Couldn't resist Charlie Ro's 'Flyer sale last weekend and picked up this sweet "S" 2-8-8-2. Runs like a Swiss watch...

Another Cal-Stewart pick up. Needs a little work, but runs well.

 

Steve

 

 

I'm waiting for this guy to arrive.  It's an early 1930's Scalecraft PRR K-4.  No traction tires, no command control, no can motors... just good old heavy metal doorstop material.  Yes, I am planning on repainting and detailing it, but it should be a good engine.

 

 

I like it !!

Dennis, that's from the thirties?!?!? That is so cool! I didn't know they had trains that detailed then.

Yes, I ordered this Santa, along with a helper elf, from Scenic Express. He's one of the best looking Santas I've ever seen this size, so I adjusted him to fit into this truck cab for my re-crafting, last Saturday night, of the Lionel layout @ FAO Schwarz, in NYC. He's driving, with an elf accompanying him, transporting a big load of presents on their way to happy homes everywhere.

FrankM.

Thanks Jim and Keith!

 

Yes, there were a few companies that produced trains like this.  Scalecraft, Lobaugh, Walthers, are but a few of the more well known manufactures.  Keep in mind there were mostly sold as kits, but there were a lot of neat trains.  I suspect is was at least partially the success of these scale detailed loco's that pushed Lionel to create the 700E and the B6 switcher.  Really neat trains.  Here is another shot of another Scalecraft K4 that I picked up several years ago in kit form along with a new Lionel Legacy K-4 for comparison.

 

 

I wouldn't call any of these "cool" but they will be used to make an AA with six passenger cars Great Northern Empire Builder train using postwar Lionel engines and newer smooth-sided passenger cars:

 

1.  Two Lionel F3 A unit cabs--purchased from OGR forumite Martin H.  Ironically, they were repaints in GN EB livery, but they'll be stripped and redone along with the other pieces.  I already had the A unit frames, motors, etc.

 

2.  Illinois Central diner and observation cars.

 

3.  TCA full dome car.  Lionel made the GN EB full dome, but I did not want to have to match the Lionel colors; beside, Lionel doesn't continue striping across  the vestibule or other end of the car.  Also, Lionel makes it simple to shoot the dome since the dome framework separates easily from the clear plastic "windows."

 

I already had a NYC duplex car; NYC coach; and, NYC combo car.

 

I'll post some pictures as I go along. 

 

And yes, I'd love to be able to do an ABA and 9 or more car consist; but, I simply don't have the room.  AA's with six cars satisfies my eye.