Bought this Prewar Lionel signal and restored it.
Bought it a while ago but it had to be exchanged due to a damaged truck and broken coupler.
So it's still cool, just a "Johnny Come Lately" now. 
I did the recommended mods to the pick up rollers and wires.
Bob
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@Whirlpool85 posted:Bought this Prewar Lionel signal and restored it.
Looks great. Nice restoration.
Bob
Great finds everyone, I wish I had some new train cars to share with you all, but I am not that lucky. But the wife and I went window shopping in town yeaterday and I picked these up for the layout. Before any of you say but they are just banks, I seen on here where folks have filled the slots in and repainted the top and they look great!
I was thinking hard about getting this one, but it was a little high for me. But I am still thinking about it! LOL
Its just I am not a B&O guy, but I do like the truck!
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@mike g. posted:Great finds everyone, I wish I had some new train cars to share with you all, but I am not that lucky. But the wife and I went window shopping in town yeaterday and I picked these up for the layout. Before any of you say but they are just banks, I seen on here where folks have filled the slots in and repainted the top and they look great!
I was thinking hard about getting this one, but it was a little high for me. But I am still thinking about it! LOL
Its just I am not a B&O guy, but I do like the truck!
I like the Winn-Dixie Mike. The slots can be done. It's an easy patch and paint job.
The B&O looks good too. A 3,000 mile trip to go window shopping might be in order......
Bob
Who cares about the slots, most of us rather watch from the side anyway. Great finds, and if you can figure out a way to rationalize the third one, you won't regret it
I have an Allied Van Lines by ERTL, slot and all, but who cares, the paint and graphics are perfect. I think it goes great with postwar boxcars because the scale is a better fit. Good find, I didn't realize other makes were out there.
Even in the real world who sees the top anyway. good Sheu as Mr.s Sullivan would say
Thanks guys , Chuck there were others there also, I just didn't have the time to search them all!
Haven’t bought anything yet out of this bunch of stuff that was donated to the club. We are going to take the HO engines to a club to run them and decide which ones would be best for the HO part of our layout. We’ll keep two or three and leave the rest for that club along with some rolling stock, etc. Here’s where it gets interesting there’s a AF steam set in a set box that’s falling apart; it does have the label. I brought it home to check it out. I wondering if I could lay the track on my tinplate layout between the O Ga and the Kusan track. I promised myself that I will not reopen the box till I clear some other projects.
@RSJB18 posted:I like the Winn-Dixie Mike. The slots can be done. It's an easy patch and paint job.
Bob
Bob, would you cover it or fill it in?
@pennsyfan posted:Bob, would you cover it or fill it in?
They could be left alone. I have a K-line tank car that is a bank and the slot doesn't bother me. If Mike wanted to fill them in, a little body filler sanded smooth and a repaint would work.
As others have said they can be left alone.
Got any pix of that AF set? Sounds interesting.
Bob
@RSJB18 posted:They could be left alone. I have a K-line tank car that is a bank and the slot doesn't bother me. If Mike wanted to fill them in, a little body filler sanded smooth and a repaint would work.
As others have said they can be left alone.
Got any pix of that AF set? Sounds interesting.
Bob
I’ll take some and post later.
@mike g. posted:Great finds everyone, I wish I had some new train cars to share with you all, but I am not that lucky. But the wife and I went window shopping in town yeaterday and I picked these up for the layout. Before any of you say but they are just banks, I seen on here where folks have filled the slots in and repainted the top and they look great!
I was thinking hard about getting this one, but it was a little high for me. But I am still thinking about it! LOL
Its just I am not a B&O guy, but I do like the truck!
I have a few trailers like this. What I decided to do is get/use some heavy electrical friction tape to cover the tops going from side to side and seal them. So it looks like the tops were repaired with tar paper. And/od paint the applied tape to look like a canvas to repair.
Ron
@pennsyfan posted:I’ll take some and post later.
As promised. The box is severely deteriorated.
The set appears to be L/N 
The inspectors ticket is dated August 1950. The pieces of Daily News in the box were dated January 2, 1952.
There’s a small set transformer, the cord is dried up and it appears to be missing lights.
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This just arrived Saturday - a set of Lionel 13" passenger cars to go with my Lionchief Plus B&O Mikado. It seems that the Mikado wasn't really a passenger engine, but I wanted to have the option. And I never before considered cars with passenger silhouettes until someone posted photos of their cars here and that won me over. These were still in the box, apparently never run.
John
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@John's Trains posted:This just arrived Saturday - a set of Lionel 13" passenger cars to go with my Lionchief Plus B&O Mikado. It seems that the Mikado wasn't really a passenger engine, but I wanted to have the option. And I never before considered cars with passenger silhouettes until someone posted photos of their cars here and that won me over. These were still in the box, apparently never run.
John
Hi John, Those are great looking! I know we got use to detailed interiors but in reality at night if we saw a passenger consist go by for the most part we would not be seeing detail interiors but mostly just silhouettes.
I kind of would like to go back to "silhouettes" that look this good.
Ron
I make a point of strenuously avoiding PS2 5v items. I have had several catastrophic failures. Having said that, it’s a man’s prerogative to change his mind. I was able to get a “whisper away from mint” MTH Railking Erie-Lackawanna RS3, a sentimental favorite, which has not been released in PS3, with 1.1 scale miles, and 27 minutes on the clock. I’m hoping for a long term relationship! Opted for a rechargeable 9v battery instead of BCR.
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@Mark V. Spadaro posted:I make a point of strenuously avoiding PS2 5v items. I have had several catastrophic failures. Having said that, it’s a man’s prerogative to change his mind. I was able to get a “whisper away from mint” MTH Railking Erie-Lackawanna RS3, a sentimental favorite, which has not been released in PS3, with 1.1 scale miles, and 37 minutes on the clock. I’m hoping for a long term relationship! BCR on the way.
That's a beautiful engine in a beautiful paint scheme. I hope it gives you years of trouble-free service.
John
This just in from METCA; I’m going to give it a local name. 
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@Guttersnipe posted:It's a local name here
Yes of course; I should have said I’m going to change the name to be Farmingdale Electric.
I'm joshing, just jealous that I didn't pick it up. Pac electric was the real thing here, My Grampa was a conductor
They are still available.
@pennsyfan posted:They are still available.
METCA sure has some cool stuff on their for sale page.
@John's Trains posted:That's a beautiful engine in a beautiful paint scheme. I hope it gives you years of trouble-free service.
John
Thank you, John. I hope so, too. It’s an oldie. From 2000 Vol. 3. Before MTH issued PS2 with the external charging jack. And really bad FYA.
@Mark V. Spadaro posted:Thank you, John. I hope so, too. It’s an oldie. From 2000 Vol. 3. Before MTH issued PS2 with the external charging jack. And really bad FYA.
I think you will be fine Mark.
I bought these used 10 years ago on my way to a pirates game one Saturday when they we’re playing the Mets.
I stopped off in Monroeville on my way to Pittsburgh at the Greenberg show and picked these up for 100.00 each.
They used to belong to Walt Rapp and still had and still have the names that Walt gave them…one is “kennywood” and the other is “pirates” One unit has 214 hrs and the other is 252 hrs.
keep a good battery in it and it should last a good long time…I hope lol !
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@taycotrains posted:I think you will be fine Mark.
I bought these used 10 years ago on my way to a pirates game one Saturday when they we’re playing the Mets.
I stopped off in Monroeville on my way to Pittsburgh at the Greenberg show and picked these up for 100.00 each.
They used to belong to Walt Rapp and still had and still have the names that Walt gave them…one is “kennywood” and the other is “pirates” One unit has 214 hrs and the other is 252 hrs.
keep a good battery in it and it should last a good long time…I hope lol !
Thanks Bob, that’s encouraging to hear. Do both of yours have the goofy Freight Yard announcements where he says “see you on the flip-flop three times” and you have spontaneous horn blasts that appear to happen for no reason? Or is my sound file corrupted?
@Mark V. Spadaro posted:Thanks Bob, that’s encouraging to hear. Do both of yours have the goofy Freight Yard announcements where he says “see you on the flip-flop three times” and you have spontaneous horn blasts that appear to happen for no reason? Or is my sound file corrupted?
Mark your initial post prompted me to pull my units off the shelf and give them a run to see if they were still “viable” lol.
Both units required batteries because these have not been ran in years.
So after replacing the batteries I gave them both a long run (15 mins) each and tested all the functions and yes both units have the most ridiculous PFAs I have ever heard. I was thinking corruption too but the twin unit did the exact same nonsense.
In short your unit is working as built.
Bob T
Bob - thanks for checking. Really appreciated!
@Mark V. Spadaro posted:Bob - thanks for checking. Really appreciated!
Nice EL unit Mark.
Another line that I should have on my layout. 🤪🤪🤪
Bob it seems like the Voices have returned.
I don't know about you, but in my case, they never leave, what is worse, every now and then I talk back to them. I will say, though, a Challenger, helped me win a lottery the other day 26 66 62
Great buys guys, recently I purchased a pre-owned diesel and caboose, the caboose being new in the box, just because this engine runs through Clarksville Tennessee. RJ Corman, Lionel Legacy. 
Happy Railroading Everyone
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@coach joe posted:Bob it seems like the Voices have returned.
What did you say Joe? I can't hear you over this annoying guy who doesn't shut up......
Heading to Trainland tomorrow to pick up a set of the Lionel Fezziwig's cars for Christmas........
slip slidin' away........
@RSJB18 posted:What did you say Joe? I can't here you over this annoying guy who doesn't shut up......
Heading to Trainland tomorrow to pick up a set of the Lionel Fezziwig's cars for Christmas........
slip slidin' away........
Ok Bob so now you’re stirring the pot. I all but gave up looking for a Fezziwiggs ballroom; but now you’ve got the wheels turning again. What’s a man to do?
Oh man, the voices are coming back strong. I felt the k-line Hudson needed some nice freight to haul. A very helpful forum member sold me his scale k-line bay window caboose. And the fine folks at Trainz sold me my first (but not last) Atlas 40' reefers. Wow, the detail and size. I'm hooked! I love building freight consists. 
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@Donnie Kennedy posted:Oh man, the voices are coming back strong. I felt the k-line Hudson needed some nice freight to haul. A very helpful forum member sold me his scale k-line bay window caboose. And the fine folks at Trainz sold me my first (but not last) Atlas 40' reefers. Wow, the detail and size. I'm hooked! I love building freight consists.
Nice Donnie- careful, billboard reefers are habit forming.
Donnie that's a mighty nice train that went together really quickly. Just like Atlas hit it out of the park with those 40' reefers K-line was scoring with many of their cabooses, bay window, extended vision and if memory serves me they even made a NYC with the bay window stopping just below the windows, kind of like a half bay.
