Buy anything cool lately?

@mattrain Always nice to see people from GA.  I am in Atlanta all the time...my kids live in Gwinnett County....Love the SD70ACe.  I might pick one up soon from another member.  Planning my layout now...so can't wait to let these engines run loose.

Received my K-Line Yuengling cars today. The Diner car still has the factory seals on the box. The baggage car was open but I don't  think it has ever been on the track.

Picked up a Lionel Seaboard U30C body shell from forum member Alex which I promptly turned into a dummy unit to run with Chessie consists. 

Ralph, the Seaboard and Chessie units do look sharp together!!!  They brought to mind a discussion on Facebook yesterday among folks from our rural high school back in the late '60s and early '70s.  Then my Wife started playing Chicago's "Color My World" on the piano just as I started to type my message to you.   I feel like I am 18 again!!    Oh no that isn't so...the arthritis has really been giving me fits lately!  

A week or two ago I mentioned that I bought a lot of five AMT aluminum

passenger cars to get two of the ones I needed. I was looking at them setting

on my shelf earlier. The baggage car was particularly dirty and was one of

the ones I did not need. So I decided it could be an experiment car. I was doing

a load of dishes  so in it went. ( I have experimented with the dishwasher

before, really great for track, switches, heat stamped plastic cars, plasticville, really 

bad for Marx tin litho cars, marx rubber stamped cars, american flyer

tin stations.) Anyway, the car survived the dishwasher quite well. I put it back on

the shelf, but then noticed that it was lower on one end than the other. The cause

was not immediately obvious, so out came the screwdriver. (I should not be allowed

screwdrivers). I took the trucks off and still did not notice anything obvious. So then

I started to disassemble the car. Bad Move! There is obviously a sequence that these

things went together and how they should come apart so now I have a body, a frame

and a baggie full of pieces. The culprit was one of the trucks, some one had take

it apart and put it back together with the mounting bracket upside down. Ah well,

all into a box and a project for another time.

Beardog, I seem to always notice the obvious after I have reached the point of no return!!  LOL

Wheel diameter ? 

Now just waiting for the passenger cars

SNOW DAY!!!! about 12" of sierra cement at 8a and it is not supposed to quit til midnight.

Got another Weaver TOFC off Ebay. Came a day early. Pic..........Paul

Matt,

   Just made a nice deal with Mark Boyce here on the OGR, to purchase another 990 Legacy, for a really great price.

PCRR/Dave

Went to the Kirkland train show this morning. Big crowd. Took a half an hour standing in line to get into the show. Was not expecting to find my bucket list stiff but in the one room I came across this. Could not resist buying it. Pic........Paul

I received these in the mail over the last couple of days. I'm not sure of their actual origins, but I believe the caboose might be an old Atlas model, and I think the tank car is a Lionel model converted to 2-rail.

Either way, they cost me very little and already have Kadee's fitted.

The tank car was in blue and lettered for "Union", but I gave it a blast of black from a rattle can and will letter it as soon as I can spare the time.

OK, so "lately" is now relative as I've been super busy with school work, but these are still "cool" to me.  I adore my Atlas Railbox car, but alas the wheels bind on my tight MTH track curves. Hence, I also have the less attractive Lionel version in bright cartoon yellow :-). The two Railbox cars illustrate different paint schemes, which is nice.

At one point I was thinking of taking a Dremel tool to the plastic on the underside of the Atlas car (on the left) that's causing the binding -- as it is slight -- but I haven't the nerve yet.  It seems like too nice a car to risk.  I also think that the Lionel car will be perfect for my first foray into weathering as time allows.  The plastic is actually see-through if held up to the light (!) and needs some road dirt to hide that.

Some more fun stuff below.  When I run out of room for O scale items that I "just gotta have", I turn to N.  The engine in the green box is a sweet little B&M but it has a voltage restriction that requires care when running.  The mini-glue gun is to keep the track in place on my portable Gatorboard "layout", which now has three loops representing Mass., NH, and ME jaunts.  I was disappointed at how clumsy the glue gun was for simple tacking, but with some clean-up, it did the trick.  In time, I'm sure I'll find other projects for it.

Tomlinson Run Railroad

MTH PS3 New York Central 0-8-0  arrived yesterday from Mr. Muffin - laser fast shipping.  However, it's finally a nice day in Chicago so it's now just unboxed awaiting a run later today.  I am excited for it. 

I can across these two items digging through piles of stuff and purchased them.  A 6430 flat and a 356 freight station with red and green luggage carts. I guess the trailers with the Fruehauf stickers are unusual.

Newest acquisition ... Atlas FM Erie Built , from a member here on the board ...she’s a dummy , at this time , so she’ ll be a shelf display as part of my Fairbanks Morse collection ..... she’ll fit right in with my Rivarossi C -Liners , MTH Train Masters and H10-44 , and my Lionel H15-44 ....

now , to find the elusive H20-44 ,,

Why yes, as a matter of fact I have! LOL!

These arrived today. I was able to find a couple of Weaver undecorated trailers..............Paul

Sorry, finger was faster then the brain.............Paul