Buy anything cool lately?

A pair of MTH Premier EMD DDA40X locomotives (one powered, one unpowered) From a fellow Forum member.

The C45ACCTE in the foreground is from m current collection, and is welcoming its new stablemates aboard.  The difference in size is quite apparent.  

The Centenniels are so long in fact that they can't negotiate our kitchen layout, due to the proximity of the scenery to the track in the curves.

Even more incentive to start the basement layout!

Rick

Those are awesome, I'm not a diesel guy but I'd own those in a heartbeat!  Always liked the MTH Premier EMD DDA40X!

Does this count?

It only took 31 pages but somebody finally put something literally cool up. OOOH-RA!!!

Rick, I love the UP double diesels. thats a great addition to any UP collection

my Dad did, this was in the mailbox this morning!

For me it is the long wanted Hi-Nose GP-30's that Lionel made for us.

The 2601 Southern reside here at the NCTM.  The N&W 522 was visiting the NCTM during the HS Heritage Event a few years back.

Ron

I don't think it rates Matt's OOOH-RA, but I just picked up my first LionChief Plus locomotive, the Phila & Reading Camelback.  I wanted to have one to get some first hand experience, and this is the first scale steamer I've seen in the LC+ line.

Initial impression is it's not bad for the priced point.  It has very good smoke, nice detailing, and excellent speed control and low speed performance.  The remote is simple, just the thing to introduce kids to command operation.

John, every post on here is worthy of a OOOH-RA!!!

MTH U.P. SD70Ace #8445, PS2 and a MTH BNSF SD70Ace #9378, PS3. Nice engines.

Yep, 17" long with the tender, near as I can see, that's a true 1:48 scale size, or very close to it.

Unless it was COD, that's a pleasant surprise!

Bruce

nope...no COD!! just thought I'd like it.

My first winter project for the up coming train season.

Gary - Cheers from The Detroit and Mackinac Railway

Been buying Weaver wood chip hoppers. Bought a bunch of wood chip loads from Don Kane. They sure add to the look of the cars. A couple of pics........Paul

Check out this packaging statement from MTH / RailKing

"THIS CAR SUBJECT TO ROLL-OVER THROUGH

CURVES AT EXCESSIVE SPEEDS

PLEASE USE CAUTION"

First time I ever saw this in a RailKing Package....

See Photo below, click on photo to enlarge. 

• Cheers from The Detroit and Mackinac Railway

Just bought a lot of 40 OGR back issues.  Got some reading to do...

I bought a williams SP F-7 B-unit on ebay and it came in saturday. I noticed it had pick-up rollers and thought it odd, Till I ran it! The unit has a sound board which has Prime Mover sounds and a air horn(I think) I was very Impressed. It also matches the SP F-7's I bought from ebay a while ago, with concurrent Numbers on the units. Looks very cool pulling my Post war Streamlined Lionel 2500 Passenger cars.

I just received this Williams by Bachmann F3 AA set in B&O livery.  I am going to use it to pull my set of K-Line heavyweights as a railfan train with two B&O cars, a Lackawanna Pullman and a TCA Special observation car.

Just won this little bugger on the bay, Lionel 665. Not too shabby for less than $120 landed! should be here in the cities by the end of the week. Great thread guys! I always enjoy seeing forum members new acquisitions!

got a box of Marx needing some TLC from a forum member. Thanks Gene.

Marx M10000 at the Clayton New York Train Fair

over the weekend.

what a beaut!!!

Locomotive and 5 passenger cars.

Government Mandated Roll Over Safety warnings for O Scale cars. Now we know why MTH canceled new offerings. All those lawsuits from O scale people. 

Playing catch up. Some real cool things posted

Videos show both newly assigned CB&Q GP7 and U28C(C&S) arriving at the Winteron yards for the first time. 

Picked up a few things. this weekend in Venice Fl

MTH Premier CB&Q GP7( Rare find at a Florida Train show)

1/24 scale 1950 Chevy Belar

Walt Disney's Rail Road Story

Late last month a Lionel CB&Q(C&S) U28C PHII Cant remember if posted Been a long month for me. Arrived in dead lined status. Rebuilt and now runs smooth as silk.

This hurt my train budget but bought a 2014 Town and Country due to wife's van being totaled. Driving in Tampa is like driving in a third world country. Even the makers of Cracker Jack had some standards.

Bought some nice stuff recently.

K-Line- 18 inch- 6 car Heavyweight set + a Lackawanna Express car added

K-Line- 18 inch- Lackawanna "Tobyhanna" Pullman Sleeper.

K-Line -18 inch- Pullman Sleeper "Night Route"

The Red Car by Don Stanford was written in 1954. It was bought by me from the Scholastic Book Services sale in my elementary school. I don't have it anymore but the memory of this nice book has always stayed with me.

So as I have been filling in my collection of 1950's cars on my layout it came to me what I was missing.

I found a Matchbox Models of Yesteryear Red MG TC, like the book is about. It makes me smile to think of the book and now to see one on my layout. Azgary

Bought this for my truck. That's s lot of trains I'm not gonna get

LS-1? LS-X architecture for sure. Always loved the tall skinny intake ports.

I bought 3 MTHRR Club cars off eBay for a very good price. They arrived Friday. We went to Long Island on Saturday and I stopped at Trainland and picked up a Railking RS-1 and a  mobil home. The lake is a work in progress. Right now it looks more like a parking lot than a lake.

Here's a few I bought recently. A book I had as a child ( Tim and his Trains ) graphics of Lionel trains but the name is never mentioned. Had a copy when I was a little.

Just picked up this boxed set.

NYC Empire State Express (1975) all in obs and set box very nice set lightly run if at all.

My WBB Texas SP (yeah) rip- roarn just like the West. They pull my 6 aluminum passenger cars with no problems.

Long live the ( Frisco )!

Sure did, a Lionel 158 and 150 from eBay. Both run and need some TLC. These are the type I like to repaint as the 158 was repainted the 150 paint is poor condition. Picked up all the hardware, both need collectors and the 158 needs one non-gear wheel (flange chipped).

See attached:

My first 1/43 scale vehicle in probably 20 years...

I want a real one badly. My favourite truck.

(edit: and probably the only Chrysler product I'd ever own...)

The least cool thing recently was an old primer brown Atlas ore car that had seen better days.  It had previously been 3 railed with a pair of postwar trucks that left it 4 scale feet higher than normal.

Spent a stupid amount of time and money getting it to look like this.  No attempt was made to replicate anything resembling a prototype.  Even worked in set of HO decals to finish off the project.

Bruce

The newest purchase just arrived on the doorstep today And without hesitation I was on my way up to the attic. I have enjoyed my quest to find these weaver flats with Canadian road names. Here is a pic................Paul

Hey guys. I have a pic here for SteamWolf if some one would make sure he gets a peak. He said the other day he always wanted a Dodge Power Wagon; I believe a 1948 model. Well Yesterday I was in Branson, Mo. and right on 76 strip was the truck of his dreams; advertising Shorty Smalls Restaurant. Did I buy some cool stuff and today too. Don't have pics yet but I will post some later.

Just got them today. Atlas Trainman's West Central PS 4750. Have two.