Buy anything cool lately?

@Dallas Joseph posted:

OK Bob.......how many miles from the mason yard ?

3 trips at  $ .85 per mile and the outlandish amount for your hourly rate, comes to what ?

( I was pretty young so I have an excuse .....when I hauled 700 to 800 lbs. of old farmhouse 12"×12" × 4ft foundation stone from my brothers property 60 miles away in my shorty 1992 Dodge Caravan / 3.3 V6..............13 trips.

Maybe it's wisdom 🤔.......but somehow I feel more intelligent now! !???

The yard was a 34 mile round trip

34 x 3 x .85 = $86.70......and according to the CEO, I work for free!
Besides, since all of the bricks had to be moved from the driveway to the back yard, we were able to break up the moving too.

Bob

Wait a minute Fatman...its NOT clockwork!  It says "Powered by a 6 volt or 41/2 volt battery" .  The box also reads" Made in England" so because its marked with the country of origin it was likely produced for export, which was how much of England's toy production in the immediate post war period was used (to generate hard currency at home). I tried "colectrotor" on my Google Search but no joy, not even one hit even an irrelevant one.  The box is very inexpensive cardboard construction hence it was likely a reasonably inexpensive toy when first offered.

Its cool, I like it, sort of an interurban type train.  Good luck finding info on it...please post if you do

Don

Don and Fatman,

I always love a Google search challenge.  By entering “Electrotor” with the quotations and then selecting Images, I found auction site hits selling the motors in British pounds, for 6 volts DC, and specifically for model trains, boats, and other toys supposedly from the 40s and 50s.  Cool find!

Give it a try … although I must say that name doesn’t exactly roll off the tip of the tongue, British accent or no :-). I wondered whether that choice may have affected sales.

Tomlinson Run Railroad

@TomlinsonRunRR- hey neat find, I can see that I messed up when I read the box as colectorotor but I also tried electrorotor and got almost nothing as well.  I did get the era correct, likely 50's early post war. Anyway it was a great find

Don

I don't think you need to worry about your own safety.  While it is not something I would buy, IT IS YOUR cool, enjoy.  I do like the style of the cars, with that I would believe it might be something from the "30's, well worth preservation, anyway.

Looks like we have a pre/early postwar O scale Baldwin(Walthers) GG1. Similar to but not an Alexander GG1.

@Dennis Holler, Wow, that gg1 looks like it was built tough enough to plow right through Berlin and take out the Nazis in one shot. The stuff I learn about from you guys is amazing!

@Don McErlean and @TomlinsonRunRR  My Google-fu is strong LOL ... but occasionally I find things not even google ( or Bing, or DuckDuckGo) doesn't know about 

I concur it was probably a cheapy set marketed by a third party who didn't even see fit to put their name on the box , I have an "inkling" it might be the infancy of the company Nulli Secundus ( Child's & Smith) , who in the early 50's briefly marketed a line of toys powered by electrotor, a rotating plane and helicopter ... perhaps this train set was them dipping their toes into the water ? All conjecture , just a theory ..

From .. https://fineart.hallsgb.com/au...?lot=110045&sd=1

However the Belgian/Dutch collector " Playbird" ( who's linked site is no longer active ) posted on a toy collector forum the only image of a set I could find in over a week of searching ... interestingly his box had the instruction label ( I havent got mine yet but it wasnt shown in the auction listing , so I am presuming it is gone ) ... but infuriatingly , said label has no manufacturer details either

Photo credit to "Playbird"

Googling "Toby" with electrotor gains me nada as well lol

@Donnie Kennedy posted:

@Dennis Holler, Wow, that gg1 looks like it was built tough enough to plow right through Berlin and take out the Nazis in one shot. The stuff I learn about from you guys is amazing!

Definitely no zincpest with Bronze doorstops lol..  They are fun for sure.

@Dennis Holler posted:

Looks like we have a pre/early postwar O scale Baldwin(Walthers) GG1. Similar to but not an Alexander GG1.

What a beast! WOW!

Does it run?

@RSJB18 posted:

What a beast! WOW!

Does it run?

We shall see when it shows up, but I don't anticipate any major issues that cleaning and lube won't solve.

@RSJB18 posted:

The yard was a 34 mile round trip

34 x 3 x .85 = $86.70......and according to the CEO, I work for free!
Besides, since all of the bricks had to be moved from the driveway to the back yard, we were able to break up the moving too.

Bob

Just threw my stone ( with the help of a couple 2× 10s ) off the back of the Caravan onto the end of the gravel driveway.

The CEO says you work for free Bob ?.........that was your choice.

Gotta love this lack of WISDOM we've experienced Bob.

I've added one more Hudson to my fleet. The bottom Hudson is from the Postwar Celebration series. I was shocked to see one at the local train shop split from the rest of the Super O set. Runs great and smokes great. Probably be my go to now to keep some miles off my other Hudsons.

Latest haul from Model Tech Studios

2 canoes, warehouse worker pushing dolly,

buoys, trash cans  

Really like the silver roof walk!

Faced with a smaller train room in our new house, I sprang into action & took advantage of a Mr Muffin sale & snagged this MTH Rdg switcher, in a favorite paint scheme.   The hopper is a used MTH off the bay, appropriate for our new location.

Rich in WV

KofC Boxcar honoring the addition of "under God" to the Pledge of Allegiance (Lionel SKU 2301350).

@paulp575 posted:

KofC Boxcar honoring the addition of "under God" to the Pledge of Allegiance (Lionel SKU 2301350).

Can’t find it using SKU , K OF C or “One Nation Under God”. Where did you get it?

Beautiful, please don't weather it, In fact about five coats of clear varish would be great.

@paulp575 posted:

KofC Boxcar honoring the addition of "under God" to the Pledge of Allegiance (Lionel SKU 2301350).

Really nice Paul.  Lionel hit this one out of the park.

@pennsyfan posted:

Can’t find it using SKU , K OF C or “One Nation Under God”. Where did you get it?

Order it here: https://www.kofc5103.org/

My dad gave me a Southern Pacific Mi Jack for my Birthday

@Big Jim posted:

Order it here: https://www.kofc5103.org/

Yes, they just answered me. I was going to post the same. I ordered one.

Well, the good folks at METCA have done it to me again… wasn’t able to resist one of their recent custom run Lionel H-15-44’s in New Jersey Central livery. While I don’t limit my purchases to a specific time frame or railroad, I have been trying to pick up pieces from any roads that ran in my current neck of the woods in NE Pennsylvania. From what I’ve read, Scranton was the western terminus of the NJC. Again, from what I’ve read, Raymond Lowey had a hand in the design of the H-15-44’s… while it doesn’t live up to the T1 or GG1, there is something interesting about their boxy look. I particularly like the cab windows. Another great job by METCA!!!

Interestingly, the paint scheme closely resembles my brother’s first engine (now under my care!!!) - a post war NJC 621 switcher.

And in an odd coincidence, I was in Scranton on Saturday for dinner, and on the way home, I passed the old CNJ Freight Station. I hope someone is able to restore the building.

AS Toy man said to me when I ent him some pictures wow Wow WOW and holy cow

@Dallas Joseph posted:

Really nice Paul.  Lionel hit this one out of the park.

@paulp575 posted:

KofC Boxcar honoring the addition of "under God" to the Pledge of Allegiance (Lionel SKU 2301350).

Just got it last night. The website now says sold out.

Can I add G purchase to this post?

@Apples55 posted:

Well, the good folks at METCA have done it to me again… wasn’t able to resist one of their recent custom run Lionel H-15-44’s in New Jersey Central livery. While I don’t limit my purchases to a specific time frame or railroad, I have been trying to pick up pieces from any roads that ran in my current neck of the woods in NE Pennsylvania. From what I’ve read, Scranton was the western terminus of the NJC. Again, from what I’ve read, Raymond Lowey had a hand in the design of the H-15-44’s… while it doesn’t live up to the T1 or GG1, there is something interesting about their boxy look. I particularly like the cab windows. Another great job by METCA!!!

No need to justify your purchases to us Paul......you are among friends......🤣🤣😈😈😃

Bob

@RSJB18 posted:

No need to justify your purchases to us Paul......you are among friends......🤣🤣😈😈😃

Bob

🤣🤣🤣... Speak for yourself. Justify away Paul. Think of this as your confessional booth.

My Baldwin/Walthers GG1 finally showed up. Actually I just opened the box. It’s set up for two rail. This one has a bronze shell casting., about 18 pounds lol. Quite the doorstop.

Bet the arrival was kick you know what

@Guttersnipe posted:

Bet the arrival was kick you know what

It was a good thing, I was happy to take ownership of such a fine vintage blob of metal.

@Dennis Holler posted:

My Baldwin/Walthers GG1 finally showed up. Actually I just opened the box. It’s set up for two rail. This one has a bronze shell casting., about 18 pounds lol. Quite the doorstop.

Nice find.

BUT, will it run on O27 curves?

Even though I am an O guy, we also have a G layout at the club.

So I bought a Bachmann Eggliner for fun.

I finally found the SD45 I've been looking for, I had this one before but sold it in 2018. Now I got it again after searching for about 6 months.

@RSJB18 posted:

No need to justify your purchases to us Paul......you are among friends......🤣🤣😈😈😃

Bob

@Donnie Kennedy posted:

🤣🤣🤣... Speak for yourself. Justify away Paul. Think of this as your confessional booth.

Come now, gentlemen… I am not justifying my weakness, nor does it need any justification. I would have thought that, by now, you would have realized that trains are their own justification in and of themselves

And as for the confessional booth, Donnie, having two replaced knees, kneeling for a prolonged period of time is definitely off the table - forgive me fellow forumites for I have bought another train

@Lionelski posted:

Nice find.

BUT, will it run on O27 curves?

Not even close lol. 48” radius yes

I got this 3 car set for $60 from a tier 4 set breakup. They're not scale and the yellow color isn't great. I'm not sure if I'll keep them forever, but they're mine for now 😆

They may not be scale, in a world that doesn't worry about scale curves, the question is how do they look in consist.   They look great in the photo