Buy anything cool lately?

Berkshirelover726 posted:

I went to a show in Newark, DE today and ended up getting a 312 AF passenger set. It runs great and has the smoke in tender feature. Its my first really nice AF steam engine. I also bought a 30B 300 watt transformer. Not a bad day. Not much O gauge stuff there today but still a good day with my dad and uncle. Hope everyone is having a great weekend!

This video showing Postwar AF trains running on a layout in a winter scene is what I'm planning to build next year in the mud room of my house. Very pleased my wife gave me the green light to do so. 

Then, I'll have two layouts: current O Gauge layout in basement, and new AF layout above it in mud room.

That will be model train heaven for me.

LOL, Arnold 

Arnold, 

My fiancee let me set up the Flyer layout last year for Christmas and then said just keep it up. I then had a loop of super O on the floor in the living room. I'd set it up on raceday and run trains then pack everything thing up. Then one day I just moved everything onto the floor in the enclosed porch. I left it down and she never said anything so I've been running O gauge out there. She wants to clean out the other two bays of the garage so we can build a permanent O/S layout. This is why I'm marrying her...LOL.

Dad and I started building the layout at his house (the place I used to live according to him. lol) in 2000. If you see a sceniced layout from me that is most likely that one. At 29 I've been very lucky to have lots of places to run trains. 

Can't wait to see your Flyer layout this winter.

-Cody 

Berkshirelover726 posted:

Arnold, 

My fiancee let me set up the Flyer layout last year for Christmas and then said just keep it up. I then had a loop of super O on the floor in the living room. I'd set it up on raceday and run trains then pack everything thing up. Then one day I just moved everything onto the floor in the enclosed porch. I left it down and she never said anything so I've been running O gauge out there. She wants to clean out the other two bays of the garage so we can build a permanent O/S layout. This is why I'm marrying her...LOL.

Dad and I started building the layout at his house (the place I used to live according to him. lol) in 2000. If you see a sceniced layout from me that is most likely that one. At 29 I've been very lucky to have lots of places to run trains. 

Can't wait to see your Flyer layout this winter.

-Cody 

Hi Cody,

My Postwar AF layout will happen in the Spring of 2020, after the first bulk trash pick up in the town where I live. When that happens, I can get rid of a lot of stuff for free that currently clutters the mud room of my house (between the main living area and the garage) where the AF layout will be.

Two recent developments made this new AF layout possible.

First, I found my Postwar AF trains, track and accessories that I thought I had either given away or thrown out. It was in boxes in the cluttered mud room. What a thrill it was to find those boxes.

Secondly, the future AF layout was the result of a negotiation between my wife and I that made us both happy. She got my commitment to make the 2nd family room free of my guitars, guitar related equipment, microphone and general mess so it would be pleasant to use as a reading room. I sacrificed one Saturday to remove that stuff and make that 2nd family room pleasant for her, which is now complete. The mud room was not important to her so she was fine with my turning it into a 2nd train room.

I share the above so others may consider similar negotiations with their spouses to make more room for their trains. Arnold

About 2 months ago, I bought this Postwar B&O box car from my LHS. Love the look of it:

Arnold

Picked up this nice postwar tank car at an estate sale. The Gulf tank cars are a favorite of mine.

I've found it is not easy to find New Haven or NY Central cabooses. I don't think they made them Postwar, which seems weird to me because those Northeastern railroads are very popular IMO.

So, this scrounger paid a few bucks for a change for these cabooses (about $20 each) at my LHS. The 1st is Williams and the other 2 are MTH:

Arnold

I bought this TCA duplex roomette yesterday.  It will join several other TCA aluminum passenger cars to be repainted/decorated as a Great Northern Empire Builder train.

Other built-for-TCA donors for this project are diner, RPO, full dome, observation, and combo cars.

Arnold D. Cribari posted:

I've found it is not easy to find New Haven or NY Central cabooses. I don't think they made them Postwar, which seems weird to me because those Northeastern railroads are very popular IMO. ...

Arnold

Arnold,

I love these two purchases.  Great paint on the New Haven and what an interesting small cupola with side lantern on the second NYC. Great prices, too!  Enjoy running them.

Tomlinson Run Railroad

A cool cookie snack for any train room. Detroit & Mackinac Railway Cookies.

Wow • On sale: 2 for $5.00 and save 75¢ 

All model railroaders like cookies & milk.

Gary

That is cool indeed, Gary!!! 

Picked up another building for my layout from a club member.

Picked this up at a local hobby shop. Got it for $15

Khayden93 posted:

Picked this up at a local hobby shop. Got it for $15

Man, that looks like one fascinating book! It can be purchased online, along with volume 1, but it is not available online for free. (I tried, though).

I'm not qualified to discuss the accuracy of his prices, but elsewhere on this forum, they have been criticized: https://ogrforum.ogaugerr.com/...l-trains-price-guide

Vincent Massi posted:

Khayden93 posted:

Picked this up at a local hobby shop. Got it for $15

Man, that looks like one fascinating book! It can be purchased online, along with volume 1, but it is not available online for free. (I tried, though).

I'm not qualified to discuss the accuracy of his prices, but elsewhere on this forum, they have been criticized: https://ogrforum.ogaugerr.com/...l-trains-price-guide

It was definitely worth it

Pingman posted:

I bought this TCA duplex roomette yesterday.  It will join several other TCA aluminum passenger cars to be repainted/decorated as a Great Northern Empire Builder train.

Other built-for-TCA donors for this project are diner, RPO, full dome, observation, and combo cars.

 

These cars are great for repaint projects. They can be had for short money as well. I used several of these TCA cars to create the red/silver 1947-1951 Golden State on my layout. 

The latest offering from Menards ended up on my layout. Since I have a German Shepard this was a no brainer, plus the free AT&SF box truck was icing on the cake.

Lou1985 posted:

Pingman posted:

I bought this TCA duplex roomette yesterday.  It will join several other TCA aluminum passenger cars to be repainted/decorated as a Great Northern Empire Builder train.

Other built-for-TCA donors for this project are diner, RPO, full dome, observation, and combo cars.

 

These cars are great for repaint projects. They can be had for short money as well. I used several of these TCA cars to create the red/silver 1947-1951 Golden State on my layout. 

Their availability "for short money" is what got my attention.  And it's been this way for many years, and there doesn't appear to be any shortage of them.

Pingman posted:

Lou1985 posted:

Pingman posted:

I bought this TCA duplex roomette yesterday.  It will join several other TCA aluminum passenger cars to be repainted/decorated as a Great Northern Empire Builder train.

Other built-for-TCA donors for this project are diner, RPO, full dome, observation, and combo cars.

 

These cars are great for repaint projects. They can be had for short money as well. I used several of these TCA cars to create the red/silver 1947-1951 Golden State on my layout. 

Their availability "for short money" is what got my attention.  And it's been this way for many years, and there doesn't appear to be any shortage of them.

Was just checking Evilbay.  Prices all over the place.  Some absolutely ridiculous.  

Dan, you are so right.  Heck, the seller I bought from sold me the pictured duplex car for less than $40, BUT this same seller has the Skytop lounge observation, combo and the Full Dome cars listed for between $90 and $200.

Dan Padova posted:

 

 

 

 

Was just checking Evilbay.  Prices all over the place.  Some absolutely ridiculous.  

eBay is so useless..