Buy anything cool lately?

Quarter Gauger 48, cool tower, is it made from an Gilbert Erector Set? So cool. Thanks for posting.

Gandydancer, Cool #313 Bascule bridge, with the boxes, one of my favorite of all time Lionel accessories.  Just wondering if the floor base was included? I’ve had those bridges both the one your picturing and the new Lionel release from years back. If you did not get the metal floor base, I have one that you may have. As much as I love this bridge, it didn’t allow my scale cars to go through it. I wish Lionel would make a new one, command controlled with the scale measurements that would allow us to operate Intermodal cars and GG1,s with a pantograph up. Congratulations, very nice. Happy Railroading Everyone

@leapinlarry posted:

Quarter Gauger 48, cool tower, is it made from an Gilbert Erector Set? So cool. Thanks for posting.

Yes it is Larry'..You would think it would be clumsy, but it is not. That was a concern I had.  To me it appears to be O scale.  It sizes up exactly to the O scale smaller tower on my layout'..

@Quarter Gauger 48 posted:

I purchased this radio tower from "Whistle Stop Train Service and Repair" Rocky Point, NY.  Joe, advertised them on the "for sale or Trade thread. They are custom made and very well constructed.  Four beacon lights, 33 1/2 inches tall. The electrical hook  up connection is excellent. The lights can run on AC or DC 9 -14 volts. If you need a broadcast tower completely prototype and in scale, this is the one.  The base is 3" X 5"..

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Ted, this is cool.  I hope we see the station soon....WKRP. You need to include the whole crew, Dr. Johnny Fever, Venus Flytrap, and of course, Les Nessman with the news, and Arthur Carlson "As God is my witness, I thought Turkeys could fly!" No one should attempt to model Jennifer Marlowe.      

@ToledoEd posted:

Ted, this is cool.  I hope we see the station soon....WKRP. You need to include the whole crew, Dr. Johnny Fever, Venus Flytrap, and of course, Les Nessman with the news, and Arthur Carlson "As God is my witness, I thought Turkeys could fly!" No one should attempt to model Jennifer Marlowe.      

Ed, The winter construction modeling schedule has yet again been added to and adjusted do to recent required projects..... do to popular demand'.....😁

@ToledoEd posted:

Ted, this is cool.  I hope we see the station soon....WKRP. You need to include the whole crew, Dr. Johnny Fever, Venus Flytrap, and of course, Les Nessman with the news, and Arthur Carlson "As God is my witness, I thought Turkeys could fly!" No one should attempt to model Jennifer Marlowe.      

Don't forget about Andy Travis, Bailey Quarters, and Herb Tarlek.

Came home from our toy train road trip with this original AF 4637 bell ringer electric engine, expertly repainted by Dave C. Purchased from Dave Corbett in Wisconsin.

These are the FIVE original AF Wide Gauge freight cars I chose to go with my original AF 4637. All also from Dave Corbett. I did NOT take the 4010 tank car - at this time.

Last Saturday my son and his wife also my daughter and her boyfriend  has a belated birthday party for me. Previously my kids gave me my presents on my birthday. After dinner I was surprised when my son brought another gift from him and my daughter-inlaw. Lionel 81256 personalized message birthday box car.

@Kent Locomotive Works posted:

Don't forget about Andy Travis, Bailey Quarters, and Herb Tarlek.

Ahhh...yes, how could I forget!  D'oh!! 

@Carey TeaRose posted:

These are the FIVE original AF Wide Gauge freight cars I chose to go with my original AF 4637. All also from Dave Corbett. I did NOT take the 4010 tank car - at this time.

Love the Tinplate! Great wide gauge AF pick-ups, seem to be in quite good condition. In O gauge,  the large(longer/heavier)  version of the green Gondola(sand car?) and yellow Box Car were my first Prewar/o gauge American Flyer purchases.  I’ve seen a few of the tankers lately in o gauge and was very close to buying one as I haven’t usually seen them. I like the look very much

Got some neat boxes on my front porch this week!

MTH Railking Amtrak F59PHI Surfliner paint scheme with proto 2. Was worried that this one may be iffy as I don’t have experience with proto 2, 3 volt boards and it hadn’t been used in a while, per the seller. But it started up and all functions work just fine!

Have run it with some phase 3 Horizons(15” by k-line) but like it with these Lionel 18 inchers

Posed next to an NJT premier genesis

Hoping to acquire a combo of surfliners and some superliners to run with it

Second- K-line 15” aluminum CSX passenger cars. Love these K-lines(have the Amtrak Horizon 15 inchers too) likely my last purchase of modern passenger cars below 18 inches. Headed up by a Legacy sd60

While the sizes are different and not prototypical- I’m happy to have a diesel to lash-up with my NJ transit

finally- my Amtrak Command control engines(and the Njt genesis), chronologically from left to right. Unfortunately, there’s very limited cross compatibility in terms of lashing up

K-line F40ph with TMCC Rs and cruise- phase 3

MTH Aem-7 dummy

Lionel TMCC Dash 9

MTH proto 3 NJ transit

MTH proto 2 Amtrak F59phi

Lionel HHP-8(set version)

On our recent Wisconsin road trip, I bought several original early AF accessories from NWL. I was blown away with these- many of these I had never seen before, in my limited Tinplate world knowledge. I had no idea these AF pieces were so BIG in real life, compared to other accessories for tinplate layouts that I already knew about.

Here are some pics of most of them in situ on my layouts: the CROSS CROSSINGS sign, 4032 crossing gate, a medium large semaphore, the DANGER RR signal with a repro top section, and one of two blue lamps.

Carey TeaRose, Standard gauge Tinplate is so unique, size, colors, shapes, and the great memories of years gone by. As we now see MTH Trains leaving the Standard gauge scene, re-issues of the original trains if yesteryear  and neat accessories may go away to. Your standard gauge layout is really nice, it sets the stage for the season around the corner, Christmas. I use standard gauge accessories in conjunction with my O Gauge layout. This is such a fun hobby, and you add a lot to our OGR Forum.  Thank you very much. Happy Railroading Everyone

Cary Tea Rose, thanks for sharing your layout and newly acquired things of joy.

i noticed in the Sixth photo with the blue double lamp post, there is a wedding scene. The back ground contains the cathedral with organ pipes. Would you share with me who manufactured this piece of tin?
thank you

leroof.

Good morning Everyone, I meant to include a picture of this new accessory earlier as it just arrived in time to get it wired in for Christmas, I love that time of year and wish All an early Happy Holidays.  One thing for sure, our train rooms are simply fun places to remember those times We shared with our favorite family members. Way back in the 1950’s.  Those were the beginnings of where we are Today. Happy Railroading Everyone

Not sure why I got this 152.  Maybe I felt sorry for it.  I’m not planning to restore it, other than clean, lube and rewire so it runs.  But I might look for another 150 series that’s in better shape to keep it company.

A couple weeks ago, I stopped at Stockyard Express originally to pick up some of their custom cars with the Sears trailers.... walked out with those, a caboose, and a Railking Western Maryland RS-3.

Now yesterday and today: went to the Painesville Railroad Museum for their garage sale/train show. Picked up some freight cars from a fellow friend part of the module group I'm a part of. Then stopped by the local Menards and walked out with more freight cars.

Nathan,

You can't go wrong with the Railking Western Maryland RS-3.  I have two.  Not the latest release, but older PS2 releases; one in Fireball and the other in Speedletter.   How was the Painesville sale/show overall as far as number of vendors and number of attendees? 

@Mark Boyce posted:

Nathan,

You can't go wrong with the Railking Western Maryland RS-3.  I have two.  Not the latest release, but older PS2 releases; one in Fireball and the other in Speedletter.   How was the Painesville sale/show overall as far as number of vendors and number of attendees?

Overall it was decent. Only one CSX mixed freight passed while there, about a dozen vendors, around 30-40 attendees. Was originally going there to find some postwar Lionel cars for a family member but didn't have the ones he's looking for. I almost walked out with a MPC General locomotive model kit and a replica number plate, but wasn't able to. Couple fellow members of the module group I'm a part of were there.