Buy anything cool lately?

Matt,

   I remember saw them with freshly repainted with Zito yellow. Here the example of C&NW caboose with freshly repainted with Zito yellow:

Well I haven't bought anything cool yet but I will.

The Lionel 6-18064 #3005 NYC 4-8-2 Mohawk from the late 1990's and TMCC equipped.

I just hope it doesn't have any motherboard or TMCC Chip problems or anything like that. 

Dear guy who bought the Lionel UP Geroge Bush SD70ace from Nicholas Smith and returned it all broken with no sound and a messed up radiator cover that you modified to the point where it wouldn't stay on, you also broke the coupler pin lift bar off and forgot to put the Legacy module back in the box. That was a crappy thing to do and is pretty dishonest. 

Just got a Lionel Pub Table and a matching stool for the Train Room. Don't know if these qualify as cool purchases, but the table holds beer glasses while running trains.  

Crappy would be the word I would have used. I can't believe someone actually did that and returned it for a refund? 

I hope this guy didn't get his money refunded.

That is pretty bright. I'll check them out in natural sunlight Saturday, but they almost glowed florescent at the club. Doesn't matter in the final analysis since they're going to get "dusted" in a couple of weeks. Thanks for the photo. Did you order a pair?

Yes, I did. Pair of C&NW and 4 of Rock Island (2 will get patch with C&NW).

Here is other picture of freshly repaint Zito yellow locomotives at Gladbrook, Iowa on old Chicago Great Western track.

The zito is pretty bright and that "zito" looks much better than some ive seen

Matt,

   With Weaver closing it's doors for ever, I decided to made a deal on another NIB Weaver Masonic Train.  It will be sipped up from Florida in the next week or so.  I will now be able to run a Double Header Masonic Train with twice as much rolling stock, a way cool addition to the Christmas layout.

Bill thanks much for arranging this for me.

PCRR/Dave

I like that idea.   I think I'm going to steal it and get another pair of Rock Islands to patch. So I take it the yellow is more-or-less right, then?

 

Originally Posted by CGWforever:

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Yes, I did. Pair of C&NW and 4 of Rock Island (2 will get patch with C&NW).

I will check my pictures and post of 1:1 Rock Island hopper with C&NW patched and post this.

  "Zito" actually came from man's last name. His name is James A. Zito, he was Senior Vice President of Operations of Chicago and North Western Transportation Company. He died last March 28, 2015.

    His idea was to improve "safety" by brighter yellow paint on locomotives, freight cars, cabooses and MoW trucks. Zito yellow look good when freshly painted but it didn't stay long and it quickly become faded under sun, C&NW switched back to stagecoach yellow.

I wondered about the name Zito, if it was a person's name.  We know some Zitos in the Butler area.

These came in today.

ran up to the local antique shop to pick up the Wife's layaway, and found these. I already have two Vs, but this one has red lettering, my other two have black. (Is there a reason for the black or red lettering?)got the box in nice shape, and three different sets of instructions for $28. And another Baby Ruth missing it's trucks.

Bought me a Lionel Dockside switcher.  Have been looking for one with a Santa Fe roadname and one popped up on EBay at a nice price.  Anxiously awaiting its arrival in the mail.

Got this Dorfan outfit last week. It was already repainted and has the nice repro Carlton McKinney decals. The orange is way off, but it's done too well to repaint. It was a non runner, only had wheels. I have done my Williams motor mod to it and it now runs and lights very nicely.

Steve

This is what I picked up in the last month.

1st are two Premier GP30s. CB&Q was from a forum member and the GN BSB scheme from the bay.

2nd. pick up two more Lionel PS4 TOFCs C&O and on the third try finally CNW.

3rd: 2 CB&Q reefers. first one a Red Caboose CB&Q Woodside reefer. Definitely like this one better verses the K Line version. The second one is another Lionel CB&Q Steelside. I will need to change the road number eventually.  

4th: Picked up 2 CTA Corgi PCCs one for my display case and one that I will power when I can find a kit.

 5th: NP rolling stock reference book

 6th: another CB&Q book. great reference

7th: The Best for last. Steam to Diesels. The author worked for NP and photos were taken by him through out his time at NP. Great read and reference. the other on The Revolutionary Diesel. The EMC FT. This is a must in my opinion as a reference on the FT as it covers the entire production and disposition , Roads that owned them and the mods that where done. Unless some one can turn Hot Water into a reference book, this is the next best thing. Funny thing as NP version has giving me an idea for a kit bash project since no one has done a correct version.

Suz,

   I like the Street Cars a bunch!  Real nice pair.

PCRR/Dave

Thanks. Funny thing is my other addiction which started when I was stationed in Germany, is collecting 1/43 scale European although mainly German trucks, Fire trucks and busses. Just picked up but still waiting for them to arrive a 1952 Krupp Dasher Spedition and a MAN Aral Tanker. The same seller also had a Corgi CTA  GMC new look from the early sixties that I also purchased and is very hard to find.

Went to the Greenburg show in Monroeville Pa. today with a couple of friends. First time for me but I enjoyed the show. I was able to find two Weaver Canadian Pacific flat cars with trailers for a real good price...........Paul

This one came in this week. Pure fantasy, but any winery called Red Caboose gets some points in my book.

I guess Go Texas huh? 

MTH 1ST SCL CABOOSE............

I got these 3 Atlas Big O/Master Rolling Stock items last week as I'm attempting to put together a Seaboard Coast Line/Family Lines System consist behind my 2 MTH SCL SD45s that I preordered.

The 11,000 gallon Gulf Oil tank car may be a little too retro for an SCL train in the '70s and '80s but I had to get it. This is probably my favorite piece of rolling stock that I own. Stunning details and colors as one would expect from any Atlas O product.

The 55 ton fishbelly hopper from Atlas feels like it weighs about 55 tons with its solid, die cast construction. That will be part of my Chessie unit coal train which already has 15 Trainman 70 ton 3-bay hoppers.

The WM pulpwood flat car will be part of another Chessie train consisting of mixed freight (box cars, covered hoppers, gondolas and tank cars).

Lastly, I picked up this MTH Proto-Sound 3 Chessie SD50 recently from a local hobby shop in Zelienople, PA. Together with another Proto-Sound 3 Chessie SD50 (C&O #8570) they look and sound amazing.

Just finished the Link book, now to find time for the W&LE one. 

 Now you need these....

SIRT one question. Is there a reason you don't use kadees?

1. I don't look or notice them when trains are in operation.

2. To much trouble, cost and time to convert 500 + cars and engines.

Took me several years to convert all my HO, now they just sit on shelves collecting dust.

Knowing what I know now, should have went 2 rail from the beginning.

Too late to turn back now this late in life.

S.

SIRT,

Awesome craftsmanship, as usual! Just amazing! There are a few others here who perform some outstanding weathering and detailing to their trains and layouts. After seeing some really crummy efforts at weathering by many in this hobby I appreciate the work of people like you who can turn it into an art form. 

A few more pictures of rolling stock that I acquired over the last couple of months to build my SCL consist...I have multiple road #s for some of these railroad cars with more due to arrive this week (11,000 gallon tank cars) and in the Fall when Atlas delivers their ACF 70 ton covered hoppers (ACL), 3-bay cylindrical hoppers (SBD) and PS-2 3-bay hoppers (L&N)...

I forgot that I also have 2 MTH 50' waffle-sided SCL box cars preordered that should be arriving late Summer. So far, I have just one (SBD).

I'd like to get one more SCL pulpwood flat car. Lots of paper mills in the SE!

I think the only thing missing is an SAL box car. Lookin' for Atlas Item #8881...

I bought this

To go n the shelf behind this

Wanted to use my Skytop Obs car but the shelf isnt long enough

Looks much more complete

Looks nice, who's BB? and is that an S2 4-8-4? can't see it well.

Milwaukee Road S3 261, my hometown steamer. That's the vision line big boy

Just curious, Matt, but why  post this here? What are the odds that guy is a forum member or will visit this forum and read this?  A small percentage of all O scale 3-rail owners visit this forum and odds are that a much smaller percentage of those are forum members. Or, do you know his identity and don't want to mention it in this post? If so, you could email him your comments.