Just in from Mr. Muffin's and Stockyard Express.  My new MTH Premier Union Pacific F7 ABBA from the MTH 2020 Volume 1 Catalog.  Model #'s:

20-21361-1, 20-21361-3, 20-21362-3, 20-21362-1

Bought this a while ago so it's not exactly "cool lately" but finally got it out of the box in honor of the 4th!

Lionel MPC GP-9 BAR Spirit of '76 with matching caboose.

Does 2 rail count? 

Both old Athearn, wood and metal, very nice detailing and robust as heck.

Am a fan of the Intermountain cars, but their plastic details are just too fragile, so I'm sticking with this "old school" stuff.  

Mark in Oregon

Ebay score!

I've been scoring well on the bay.  I got a very clean #3462 milk can chunker.  Four is more fun than three.

  I had to have a MARX switch tower.

I was going after a Post War revolving light tower.  I just fell in serious like with this one.

Bill

Just purchased this Lionel Legacy NYC L2-A Mohawk yesterday brand new and never run!

Just returned from a mission to retrieve my latest order from the semi-local toy train store.

Two things, wish it was painted desert sand (will take care of that) and that the TOW package was in the transport position in stead at ready.

Gee going out today under the Cobid-19 conditions is like planning  and executing a mission.  Went to Barnes & Noble, then the Mall, then train shop and finally lunch!  At least did not have to step off at Oh-Dark-Thirty.

Ron

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Must say nice flat car, especially for a RK.

Picked up a nice postwar Lionel 1567w set at an estate sale. Just some surface corrosion, oiled it up and runs great!

Got a pair of Lionel hot metal cars. These things are heavy (diecast metal body and trucks). Awesome 👍 flickering effect inside!!! 

Video:

I picked up this beautiful, near-mint, MTH Blue Comet (1998 version) and a set of 7 matching cars. I have always wanted a scale Blue Comet since I was very small, it is one of my "bucket list" engines.

She is being upgraded to PS3 as I write this.

@franktrain posted:

Picked up a nice postwar Lionel 1567w set at an estate sale. Just some surface corrosion, oiled it up and runs great!

That kind of stuff (fun) just makes my day!!!!!

George

 

 

@GeoPeg posted:

 

That made my day also. I was like a kid on Christmas. I have to get the horse car working for my Grandson, we are gonna have fun. 

Well, finally received my MTH George Bush funeral car and soon I’ll be setting up a similar George Bush funeral train, not exactly like the real one, but similar. That’s going to happen in the next few days. I hope everyone is staying safe, staying healthy, praying continually. Happy Railroading     Thanks to Mr. Muffins, his last car...... the stress????

@leapinlarry posted:

Well, finally received my MTH George Bush funeral car and soon I’ll be setting up a similar George Bush funeral train, not exactly like the real one, but similar. That’s going to happen in the next few days. I hope everyone is staying safe, staying healthy, praying continually. Happy Railroading     Thanks to Mr. Muffins, his last car...... the stress????

Larry, now you need to add the Navy Seal ( it was actual) standing post at the head of Bush's casket.

Ron

Thank you Ron, I’d love to do that, where can I find the figure or things I need. Thank you for the great idea. Happy Railroading 

Larry, Ron, The Bush funeral cars are great!  I did not know about the Navy Seal standing next to the casket.  What a great addition.  I would like to get a Bush funeral train, but with building a layout there are so many other things to buy.  I guess the engine and cars can be something to be on the lookout for in the years to come. 

@Mark Boyce posted:

Larry, Ron, The Bush funeral cars are great!  I did not know about the Navy Seal standing next to the casket.  What a great addition.  I would like to get a Bush funeral train, but with building a layout there are so many other things to buy.  I guess the engine and cars can be something to be on the lookout for in the years to come. 

Yes I found a picture showing that in fact standing post in dress blues was a Navy Seal.  You can mkae out his rank, years service and the Seal warfare badge.

Ron

Thank you Mark, I’m building a poor mans version of the George Bush train, an UP Lionel 7 car aluminum passenger car set bought over the last 2 years, the funeral car and a couple of others, to be pulled by 4 powered diesels. It’s going to be nice but not exactly like the real one. I need t find the Navy Seal figure. Happy Railroading 

@leapinlarry posted:

Thank you Ron, I’d love to do that, where can I find the figure or things I need. Thank you for the great idea. Happy Railroading 

Larry in 2004 MTH offered a set of military figures (30-11065) that included a seaman with his sea bag attached to his right leg.  Could not find this set locally but the full dome NS car I have lower level was populated with these figures.  So I extracted the figure out.  Was going to cut off the sea bag but that would have been a real pain.  Plus determined that would help stabilize the figure.  Painted the bag a dark medium grey so it would disappear into the shadows.  Unfortunately do not have steady enough of a hand to paint the Sailor's rank, service hashes, or warfare badge on.

Some pics.

Was lucky in that the UP passenger set I have has two dome cars plus two or three of the cars are lettered with prototypical correct names.  Then picked up a set of heavy weighs so I would have a heavy weight tail end observation car.

Also conjured up a front end power car somewhat similar.

Larry, forgot to add I believe Arttista has the same sailor figure.

Ron

@leapinlarry posted:

Thank you Mark, I’m building a poor mans version of the George Bush train, an UP Lionel 7 car aluminum passenger car set bought over the last 2 years, the funeral car and a couple of others, to be pulled by 4 powered diesels. It’s going to be nice but not exactly like the real one. I need t find the Navy Seal figure. Happy Railroading 

Larry, A poor man's set is my kind of set!!  

@PRRronbh and @leapinlarry very nice Bush 41 trains! One of the only presidential trains I like- very unique and fantastic paint scheme, not so much political as it is patriotic, and a perfect blend of unique painted diesel and cars combined with classic UP livery cars. Love the sailor add-on and am happy you mentioned that MTH made that set! Never knew about it!

I haven’t posted in awhile or bought much lately, but what I’ve acquired have been things on my list. Also, Got into a Real K-Line kick ! Pardon the Layout mess- still working on it!

K-line Red Cross Heavyweight 15” Passenger Set. Came in Original set box and never run.  Cars work like brand new!

K-line Amtrak F40PH K2403-0353. TMCC, Railsounds, Cruise Control(version 4.0). Phase 3 livery. At first had some trouble with it running as it’d heat up but it seems to have subsided. Looks great with a lot of my Amtrak passenger cars but primarily runs a K-Line 15” Amtrak Horizon consist. Only problem is that it won’t play nice and lash-up with other engines. Regardless,  Extremely happy with this one!

Last but not least! some buildings:

Postwar American Flyer “Baggage Smasher” station(sans bagggage smasher figure) works great! Originally thought I might try and sell it but have grown to like it- even my dad mentioned it when he saw it on my layout lol.

Lionel diesel sanding Tower and Rail/Truck Transfer Depot

I got a set of MTH Strasburg wood-sided passenger cars today. They are pretty nice.  Here’s the parlor car.

@rplst8 very cool wood-sided car! Can’t remember which magazine from the last couple years I was recently going through and those caught my eye. As a lover of passenger cars in general im a big fan of the style of those wood-sideds

steve from PA - Some of the best/nicest cars that I have are K-line.  Passenger cars & reefers have great detail.  Haven't done much or bought anything in last 6 months, but the bug is biting me again.

@decoynh totally agree! I know that the passenger cars are held in high regard on this forum and just from the few of them that I own by K-line I can certainly see why! In December I found a great deal and ordered 8 of their catalogs from 2002-2009(4 are K-line by Lionel). If that was their “golden age”, I found that during that time they had such an awesome variety of unique and quality looking rolling stock.  I know there’s the K-line legacy site but the catalogs were a great resource that revealed some extra details, mostly smaller features but also a few major features not on the Legacy site(ex. Cruise control).

On another note, Regarding their engines-I know that the cruise function causes a lot of headaches but the 4.0 works great. The F40PH is my first K-line with TMCC and my first TMCC engine equipped with the higher speed step control feature( my other Lionel engines don’t have odyssey). Even though I’ll probably have Cruise M installed due to the risk of the cruise board going bad, I really, really enjoy how it runs and am impressed with the features of my K-line engine!

Been a while since I purchased any Postwar so got this little guy on the Bay. Excellent plus condition with box, runs great.

@Bill T love the small motorized units- especially the ones that are named for different branches of the Armed Forces! Your #41 happens to be the only one that I have and I really enjoy it as well. Neat runner, fun to watch the sucker move! Nice get and enjoy!

This nearly new RailKing Santa Fe F3. Soon to be transformed. Stay tuned...

Found this on ebay for $45. Had to grab it to see how it looked with the AFT train. I know they never had semi-trailers on them. I will be removing the trailer and the supports and adding concession stands and looking for the blazer and the forklift. Might have to kitbash the forklift. The brake wheel is wrong as well. I think the real ones were also longer. 

Picked these postwar Lionel up at a garage sale, the Wabash's are early Lionel 2333s and run great. Paint job is not perfect but I like it. The 51 has one slight crack in window strut on one side but it there. Runs very noisy and will need a good lubrication when I get a chance.

After cleanup, Follow the Flag!

Rare to find any trains at garage sales but this was a lot of fun. 

I went with a Christmas in July sale at @MrMuffin'sTrains.  I bought two new Premier MTH SD70s NYC and SP.  I also bought a Conrail SD80.  Somehow I had three Conrail caboose and no locomotives.

Just awaiting the shipping notifications.

John

Just got this jewel.  1950 773 and 2426W.  It's just about perfect.  Barely run.  I like it a lot.  Don't often see in this condition.

Last Christmas my Lionel Polar Railroad GP7 lost it's sounds, and the front headlight went out. It still runs for now, so it is a servicable "mute". With no repair options close by, I pulled the trigger on it's replacement. Hopefully, there will be a meet at York where I can drop the GP7 off with Gunrunner John.

In the meanwhile, I purchased this (MTH 20-5511-1) for a repaint project. This is the future (tongue in cheek) "Bi-Polar Railroad E12". IMHO Lionel missed the boat in not using the "Bi-Polar" moniker on their Legacy Polar Express Bi-Polar.

It will be the same basic paint scheme as seen below with the PE Blue replacing the Orange. IMHO this is going to be a great looking engine for pulling my Polar Railroad scale freight consist.

My apologies in advance to the Milwaukee Road fans for the repaint. 

Atlas O 3009920 - 1/48th Scale Quarter-Ton Military Vehicle - Jeep

Just ordered four from McMuffins.

These came in last Friday, I saw these in the MTH catalog and was not drawn, but with my love of the B&O and MTH on the way out, I figured I could not go wrong.  Well as always MTH has blow me away and I now have 7 matching passenger cars on order.  Please forgive this E-8 pulling freight. 

Been on a bit of a tear lately. Inbound I have...

My 3rd MPC era set has followed me home. I'm not sure how a tinplate guy becomes a MPC guy but I think the wild colors are doing it.

I was able to trade for this set. All still boxed up and never ran until I brought it home.

On a side note. I really dig those old boxes they used in the 70s and 80s with actual pictures and all the odd fast facts. 

RamberDon: I have the same set, although mine has seen some run time, before I bought it. It's a great set, I grew up in the MPC era, and I agree those boxes are cool.

Rusty

@Diverging Clear posted:

RamberDon: I have the same set, although mine has seen some run time, before I bought it. It's a great set, I grew up in the MPC era, and I agree those boxes are cool.

Rusty

I'm trying to limit myself on how much I get. But I have a feeling I'm going to be having a half tinplate and half MPC collection at some point.