getting tired of the "bay", I actually listed some trains on craigslist today
beardog posted:Anyone else notice that the "bay" pulled another if it ain't broke, fix it today?
Tried to do my regular search that I do three or four times a day, it is sooooo
effed up I gave up
About a week ago worked hard to create a search. It has been so long thought it must be me.
Ron
Lionel Union Pacific Excursion 21” Passenger Set + Stationsounds Diner. WOW
Went to pick up some Ross switches I had ordered at my LHS (Legacy Station) along with some grass cover and ended up coming home with this:
Credit to the wife, I was on the fence about it but she said she could see the joy in my face and encouraged me to get it. I LOVE it! Probably one of my favorite locomotives in the roster!!!
Matt, Your wife has excellent taste! That’s e great choice!
I picked up the following: Athearn Genesis SD70ah UP 1943, Walthers mainline NS ES44ac, and a Walthers Mainline SD60m. The ES44 is arrive tomorrow so no pics yet. 
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beardog posted:Anyone else notice that the "bay" pulled another if it ain't broke, fix it today?
Tried to do my regular search that I do three or four times a day, it is sooooo
effed up I gave up
Make sure there are no filters on the search. One of my usual searches is "Lionel Legacy" and it has some weird filter that currently shows no results. When you reset the filters it shows 400+ results.
Two years ago, I bought a string of Atlas Trainman 60' NYC passenger cars for my smallish layout. They look and run great, and I was eagerly awaiting the release of a NYC observation car to complete the consist.
Finally, in summer of last year, Atlas actually announced that the NYC observation car was being produced, And in July of 2017, I pre-ordered one.
Last night, much to my surprise, I received an email that they were shipping! I made my payment at once. So although I've bought something cool, as the thread title specifies, I haven't actually received it yet.
Apparently there aren't any photos of the NYC observation yet, so here's the online illustration of it:
I'll post a photo when it arrives.
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I was hoping to show you video of the Joustra Silver Arrow streamliner that I
bought several days ago. Unfortunately not as it is laying on my table in pieces.
It would light and the motor would turn, but it would not move. Finally after
it was apart I found that the pinion was loose on the shaft. I took it off to knurl
the shaft a bit. While it was off I tried the motor by itself, lots of noise and
really hot and smoking. I took the motor apart, a can motor, lots of fun.
Found a small nut inside, maybe 2-56 that was jamming the armature. I put
the motor back together and tried running it again. Still very hot and lots of
smoke so I think it is toast. No markings on the motor anywhere and as the
train came from france it could be anything.
Oh oh, John!! My high school French circa 1970-72 probably wouldn't be of any assistance. 
well, my circa 63-63 Latin certainly does not help, but google has
a very good translator.
Weathered 4-12-2 UP from Lionel. Got it from the bay with some siderod linkage bent and a little scrape of paint missing. The steam whistle smoke fan seems like its marginal but I have come to expect that on those tiny smoke fan motors.
I made a deal this past weekend with @leapinlarry to buy his Lionel 6-11334 Southern Crescent! Can't wait to add it next to my USRA Legacy Southern engine I bought a month ago!
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I almost forgot my birthday was Sunday...YAY! Anyway, my wife bought me a few items. Some coca-cola crates w/bottles for a coke plant I plan on building, a new Central of GA smoking caboose, a nice scrap load for my PW gondola, and a TWTrainworx Truss bridge kit (hasn't arrived yet).
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roll_the_dice posted:I made a deal this past weekend with @leapinlarry to buy his Lionel 6-11334 Southern Crescent! Can't wait to add it next to my USRA Legacy Southern engine I bought a month ago!
You did the right thing. I bought a NYC S1 electric from Leapin' Larry last year, and I can't speak highly enough of the experience. He is an outstanding seller.
Balshis posted:roll_the_dice posted:I made a deal this past weekend with @leapinlarry to buy his Lionel 6-11334 Southern Crescent! Can't wait to add it next to my USRA Legacy Southern engine I bought a month ago!
You did the right thing. I bought a NYC S1 electric from Leapin' Larry last year, and I can't speak highly enough of the experience. He is an outstanding seller.
Larry, that’s quite a compliment Balshis have you!! What do you have that you can sell me?? LOL
Balshis posted:roll_the_dice posted:I made a deal this past weekend with @leapinlarry to buy his Lionel 6-11334 Southern Crescent! Can't wait to add it next to my USRA Legacy Southern engine I bought a month ago!
You did the right thing. I bought a NYC S1 electric from Leapin' Larry last year, and I can't speak highly enough of the experience. He is an outstanding seller.
I agree....Larry is outstanding and is willing to work with you also. I have had 5 or 6 purchases with people on the board and all have been good! There are some good people on this board for sure...that is why this is the greatest hobby ever!
Okay, I didn't buy stuff as such but all the following showed up yesterday in the mailbox at the same time:
- NMRA magazine (oddly late)
- Micro Mark catalog
- Model Railroader
- Trains magazine
- The ET&WNC historical society newsletter
- My check for the article in the current Narrow Gauge and Short Line Gazette (perfect timing, as there's a model train show nearby this comin weekend)
- Some paperwork from a gent who wants my help and contributions to a book project (can't more than that at this point but it is model train related)
All in one day!
I can't imagine that happening again.
I received a AF tinplate Zephyr that I ordered a few days ago. Large box by FEDEX. Inside was a much smaller
tattered old box, not OB, old box. There was about 4-6 inches of empty space around this box so it could
just rattle around in the big box. Jammed inside the smaller box were the zephyr set, track, trans, a small
station, an extra motor, and a couple of signals. All packed together metal to metal with a scrap of bubble
wrap to kinda keep it from moving around. Some people are just stupid.
Most folks package trains for shipment quite well. Then there are a few who you really have to wonder about! That is a shame!
