Buy anything cool lately?

Lionel Southern sound box car. I'm pretty impressed with it.

I bought this fire tower kit. It's actually S scale but whatever. It looks very realistic. It's based off a circa 1930s 80 foot Aermotor. Looks just like ones in my area. The ladders/stairs could be more accurate but it's still nice. I bought it from Twin Whistle.

Picked up an REA van to sit behind Union Station, a 48 Ford pickup to get some beer from the brewery, and a 50 Chevrolet semi to deliver to the feed supply warehouse. 

I recently received my BTO Lionel Legacy Union Pacific #1111 "Powered By Our People" SD70AH. The paint scheme is very impressive and includes lots of details. It has prototypical lighting behind the number boards, so as to prevent matching the intensity of the headlights. Looks great paired up with Union Pacific 1943.

I purchased a Lionel SF F3 set ABBA from a member here, motored A&B unites and dummy A&B units and a bunch of spline and  container cars. I only have the SF set pictured here ABA. Well for starters as you can see I never would have fit the ABBA on my countertop! LOL And second, I actually forgot I purchased the extra B unit, Oops! I always wanted the SF F3 set to compliment my Postwar NYC F3 set which has a postwar modified dual motor B unit. So while not postwar, not even close, at last I have both sets.

Bought a CAB-1L to augment my CAB-2

The other day, I saw this listed on the White Pass website. They were on sale, so I figured they wouldn't have them for very much longer. This is the unit that ran E T & W N C locomotive numbers 10 and 14 during World War II. I'm not too keen on the digital camouflage on the back, but it's a nice hat which should wear pretty well in warm weather.

Given my interest in military railroads, it was a must have...

Being the lover of Hudson's that I am it was inevitable that eventually I would buy Lionel's version (777) at some point.  Well one came up on Ebay for $250 plus shipping that I could not pass up.  It arrived today and looks like it has never been run!  After pre maintenance checks and lubrication I put it on the track for break in running. 

Here is a picture of my oldest grandson running it.  The whistle is indeed as great as i have been told!

Rolland

You truly got a great engine for $250.00 I think it’s the best pullmor motored hudson ever made. 

Just got the 4-car MTH Madison passenger car set! I had the starter set with 3 of these cars and the 2-8-0 (PS-2), but had to sell it about 10 years ago...

I figured these would be a good fit for the atlas O industrial rail 4-4-2 I have. Well, these cars are a bit bigger (and heavier) than I remember... they’re a bit too much for the Atlantic to handle... guess I’ll have to start thinking about a K4 or GG1...

Bought a Atlas Jersey Central coach & a combine car for my future CNJ short train to be pulled by one of the CNJ Alcos I have.  Cars are really well done with nice detail.  Thks Mr Muffin !

Just got this billboard from Menards. Will look great on my layout once I complete getting everything in place.

Got this 2-pack of Lionel Frisco 86' Hi-cube Boxcars from Nassau Hobby's, so far they perform great. Yes I know Frisco doesn't exist anymore, but I think these still look great behind any modern loco in my collection. The scheme really stands out from all the rest of the rolling stock that I have, and well, the fact that they are so much bigger than almost every scale piece of rolling stock that has ever been made.

I am most likely not gonna get anymore of these cars, since they already take up a ton of space in my storage room. I was considering getting 2 Lionel scale Autoracks, but after seeing how much space these take up. I don't think I will be buying those any time soon. Don't get me wrong, I still really like these cars, I just can't buy anymore as of right now.

My New MTH Extended Vision Caboose.  

Paultrainguy, The Western Maryland extended vision caboose looks great!!   I have the same caboose on order from Sidetrack Hobbies!  

Be still my heart...these are absolutely gorgeous!

Tom

Those are some nice looking PA's!  The D&H is one of my favorite paint schemes.

I do quite a bit of modeling on the coffee table in the LR, so at the same time my wife watches TV, and I listen... The problem is the table is low and after bending over for a period of time it kills my back.  My wife found this rising desk at "Gromet".  It is 24" X 27", rises 3, 6, 10, and 14 inches.  It is the perfect heights for scratch building.  Plenty of room for tools and equipment.  a 18" X 22" cutting mat fits perfect with room to spare.  Great for taking photos of your models as well, very easy to get the perfect eye level shots that look realistic like the magazine ads... $85.00 and free shipping..

The 3 inch position'.

The 10 inch position, and there is one more at 14 inches...  Very solid and weighs 27 pounds.  The mechanism button on the right side/top, works very well.  This is a great product, and makes my building of structures and projects much more comfortable for me to accomplish'....   

Yes! This amazing R12 LEXINGTON 5 train! Keeping my 7 Train World's Fair set company. I love how the LEX set is announcement rich, and the diversion to the 2 express stops is really cool.  (Zach, you sound great!) Now for some decals and passengers!

I finally added a shay to my O gauge collection in the form of the Lionel Legacy variation of the Western Maryland #6. Not too bad of a model considering the tooling is older than I am...