Buy anything cool lately?

A Regular Dr. Pepper.

On the 3R train front, a PW Lionel 611.  Not the J.  The 1957 "NW2" switcher.  In Jersey Central.  Everything in running order.  Body good shape.  Cost a little more than two new Menards boxcars.  At a dealer at a TCA meet in Houston TX.

I put the NW2 in quotes because the trucks on the switcher makes it look like cross between a NW2 ahnd the 1970's MP15DC.

I took the shell off, and did oil the engine.  The truck/motor combo looks like the one MPC would use later in their first GP and F3 units.  Or am I seeing things.

Buy anything cool lately? Yes

Picked this up yesterday by RailKing. Detroit Fire Department Boxcar. Being from Detroit, this was a must buy.  A sidebar note; when I was 3 years old a Detroit Fireman came to our house and safe my life.

Gary

Picked up this K-line Plymouth from forum member @L.I.TRAIN. Now my new Menards box car has proper power to move it

RSJB18 posted:

Picked up this K-line Plymouth from forum member @L.I.TRAIN. Now my new Menards box car has proper power to move it

That is the coolest switcher.  I have always admired NH paint schemes.  Winning combo with the Menards car.   

Dominic, a Dr Pepper is cool indeed.  I have a Jersey Central 621 NW2.  It is the only PW diesel I have, so I am no expert on what the 611 should look like.

Gary, sharp car!

Bob, The Plymouth is great looking!  

Jetsey Central 611 I got Saturday.  Actually, it was in the back of the dealer display.  The orange and blue called out to be in a new home.

But did the CNJ ever had any of their switchets in this livery?  Even if not EMD?  Too bad if they did not.

Also got a gey 6419 light grey boom tender.

I bought a diesel train set today that will be a mainstay in my "Knights of Atlantis" lay-out.

Lionel 1939 Pacemaker Set, 2 coach add on set and the Station/Train Sounds Diner Car

I just received this postwar Lionel 54 ballast tamper which works great. It did not come with any trip mechanism, so I improvised with a quick solution of using a popsicle stick wedged between the adjustment housing and the IR housing of the Lionel 153-IR activation unit. You can see what I am referring to on the right side of the photo. I have to rig up something similar for the other side of the track further down.

Hmmmm; these arrived late last week in one shipping box. Wonder what they could be? Maybe a matched set?

paulp575 posted:

Hmmmm; these arrived late last week in one shipping box. Wonder what they could be? Maybe a matched set?

Well look at that! Been wanting these for quite a while.

paulp575,

Woah!  Promontory Point, 1869!  Really sharp looking!!

Today, my friend Owen Fox, from Nashville, Tennessee  came to my home with his new Lionel Legacy & Blue Tooth NC&St.L Mountain Steam Locomotive. It ran superbly and is simply beautiful. I hope everyone is having a good week. 

My little man has been saving every penny family gave him for Christmas, birthdays, etc. ever since his 8th birthday in 2018...he finally broke the bank and purchased the Tri Rail he's been wanting for the past 2 years...he's quite excited!  He got some construction equipment for Christmas...you can see that he's in full swing digging out the future quarry.  He also bought a few cars so the workers who don't use Tri Rail can get to work.

Larry, That is a great looking locomotive Owen has.  Yes, I'm having a good week, and seeing Owen's happy face made my week a bit better!!

Canes RR, Congratulations to your son for buying a fine looking set and for learning the same lesson my dad had me learn over 50 years ago.  I had to save money for I don't know how long to buy my first train when I was about 12.

Thank you Mark, Owen and I have been friends for over 40 years and his train room is nice, he just happened to have this engine in his car and I asked him if we could check it out. He was glad we did, it’s a good looking Steamer. It’s nice that it worked right out of the box. He also has the L&N Mountain Steamer that we will Test next week. Wow, we also ran trains today. I just bought a Walmart lighted building for my train room. It was on sale. Happy Railroading everyone.

leapinlarry posted:

Today, my friend Owen Fox, from Nashville, Tennessee  came to my home with his new Lionel Legacy & Blue Tooth NC&St.L Mountain Steam Locomotive. It ran superbly and is simply beautiful. I hope everyone is having a good week. 

Nice looking dixie steam locomotive.I come to like the mountain type steamers.I have 4 of them.Mine are MTH railking and they pull very well.