Buy anything cool lately?

I recently purchased this Lionel Atlantic Coast Line ABA and six passenger cars from a forum member. Very very happy with this set.

Mail Man  dropped these off the other day been searching for that green Weaver Reading for a long  time 

Looks great, Lee!  I have one of the boxcar red Weaver Reading cars.  One of the few Weaver cars I own.  The Green one is a classic, as far as this Western Pennsylvania fallen flag railfan is concerned!

Mark Boyce posted:

Looks great, Lee!  I have one of the boxcar red Weaver Reading cars.  One of the few Weaver cars I own.  The Green one is a classic, as far as this Western Pennsylvania fallen flag railfan is concerned!

Thanks Mark. I’m with you all the way on that I may live in the Ozarks Foot Hills but I’m Eastern Fallen Flags all the way  

Got this one last week. This is one of my favorite Lionel line “Standard O” I’ve been trying to get this for awhile now finally caught a break on eBay and got it 

I just picked up a Leagcy Tuscan K4.

The color is great, Denny!

Since I can’t make the hike to York this week, I substituted a visit to my favorite train store (aka Grzyboski’s) yesterday to pick up a few items I ordered...

First up, a Lionel D&H caboose... I have to admit, I am pretty impressed by the sharp details of the add-on railings, grab irons, etc. Although it has, what looks to me to be a smoking chimney pipe, there is no smoke - a plus for me as I never use smoke!!! AND, it has the “hidden” coupler release - no thumbtacks.

Second is an MTH Schnabel Flatcar... this thing is a beast - while it will probably be a shelf queen (it is WAY too big for everyday running), I’ve always wanted one, and this is a New York Central version (and Joe Grzyboski is looking down and shouting “I told you you were a New York Central guy”!!!).

Finally, I got one of the much maligned Pennsy J1-a (#6434). Personally, I find it to be a really nice engine. Some very nice added detail, the various switches (Run/Prg, Smoke, etc.) are easily accessible on the top of the engine, the lit doghouse and antenna on the tender... and this is one heavy engine!!! As for the whistle, having never heard a J1-a and being as far from a rivet counter as you can possibly get, I like it. It has that haunting whistle in the night sound that is definitely different. 

And if you ever had any doubt that I wasn’t a rivet counter...

Excellent, Paul!!  I always liked seeing Grzyboski’s at the Monroeville Greenberg shows.  They had great prices and I almost always found something I wanted.  And I’m pretty picky

I've been searching for cheap small necklace chains for my layout that would be close to scale tow chains. Tuesday we stopped at a local flea market, walking around I noticed one seller had several necklaces for $1. each. I bought three. When I got them home I set them in "gun bluing" liquid. Two of the three turned flat black but the third just stayed gold (hmmmm).

First pic is the chains before placed in the gun bluing liquid. Following pix after placed in gun bluing liquid and used on the back of a tow truck and hanging on a barrel.

Excellent looking chains and scenes!!

Trussman, that's a brilliant idea that I would never have thought of.

Went over to Menards today and picked this up 

Received a sheet (8 X 11.5) of custom decals from Switch Line Decals for my Great Northern Empire Builder project; specifically, the F-3 locomotives.  Christine Braden did the artwork and SLD did an excellent job of matching the dulux gold of the vintage Champ passenger car decals I have had for 20+ years.

The models of the GN EB in O scale have all used a distinctly yellow color for the letters and stripes.  The prototype in the mid-50's used dulux gold.  I have the Champ diesel and passenger car decals in dulux gold but they lacked striping.  Microscale's set used the yellow; not the dulux gold.  Hence, Christine did the locomotive decals in dulux gold and sent it to SLD to print.

These decals are another item off the "To Do" list for this project.

Meanwhile, I closely examined the latest primer coat on the six cars for the train for additional flaws; identified them; and, will work to eliminate them later tonight and tomorrow.

lee drennen posted:

Went over to Menards today and picked this up 

Going alittle fast there aren't you young man! LOL

mike g. posted:

lee drennen posted:

Went over to Menards today and picked this up 

Going alittle fast there aren't you young man! LOL

I’ll slow her down POPs that 202 was hyper today I guess because I haven’t ran him for a long time

LOL I haven't been called POP's since the kids moved out! LOL

Just picked up two gondolas from my local Menards. One of which is a potential collectors item! NH gondola labeled as HN that was mentioned in a previous post.  It was the last one that they had. Should I keep it sealed? I may be able to retire now! 8-)  

Jeff

Postwarman posted:

Just picked up two gondolas from my local Menards. One of which is a potential collectors item! NH gondola labeled as HN that was mentioned in a previous post.  It was the last one that they had. Should I keep it sealed? I may be able to retire now! 8-)  

Jeff

Cool find Jeff I didn’t see any at mine today they look great 

Thanks Lee, 

  Just kidding about the collectability but who knows..... these are decent cars but I hate to say, I wish that they had a little better quality trucks. The CSX gondola's couplers won't stay closed but I've got some tiny black zip ties. I realize for the price they are a pretty good buy.

Jeff