Buy anything cool lately?

Bought a 1938 0080w Double O set last week that arrived this Saturday.  Full scale(mini 700e) NYC Hudson with whistle tender, 3 freight cars and the PRR caboose.  The two unique to 1938 cars have to be restored as a past owner resprayed them another color.  I already stripped the hopper and will strip the box car once I find a paint in a rattle can that is close the yellowish cream paint.  Set came with the complete loop of correct 1938 track as well.  The Hudson is high mileage, the pickup rollers have nearly worn thru the arms!  But she runs excellent and that part is available.  AD

Picked up the Menards Lifesavers tanker a few days ago at the local Menards. Certainly stands out in a mixed freight. Menards vendor did a great job in designing and manufacturing this one.

Yes, after all the enablers here and on Fb showed me ideas for a Halloween theme layout- I've been further encouraged- enough so that I pretty much am creating one after all. The weekend I have ordered a few things online that I hope will get here soon enough before Halloween to be worth the bother! Two Lemax Spooky Town buildings, a Dept 56 Halloween wooden backdrop, and even found a few cut off tree branches in the back garden from Hubby Tom's seasonal tree trimming that might make for good Halloween trees. I may even add a small perimeter Standard Gauge loop, have emails out to USA Track regarding that. The table top size has not and will not change though- its still just 4ft x 6 ft.

Hi everyone, well I made my trip to Menards today with the CEO and the mother in law. I was able to get a couple building fronts, the FedEx building, the lumber and hardware shop and some cars. The CEO picked out some stuff for the park she wants me to build on the layout.

The only draw back was there were no churches at Menards, but the mother in law had a surprise for me when we got back to her house. She had one that was the right size and was free!

Photos below, I hope you all enjoy.

I forgot I also got a new water tower! Lol

I tried looking for a reasonably priced Marx 333 in good condition but was striking out. I picked up this like new K-Line 3016 on an impulse buy which uses the 333 mold.  I'm quite happy with it.

Just had this American Models NEW HAVEN set #0054 show up today. I am very pleased with how it looks and runs! I can not wait for the new Pacifics I have on order from them.

Gunny

Not yet, but hoping to get a good price on a Dept 56 Halloween Rickety Railroad Station and then get it delivered in time for Halloween.

Lost out on eBay by a matter of seconds, when I went to buy the 2006 RS.5 NYC E7's. Had already bought the "Breakdown" B Unit. Finally had a buddy help me out and locate an A-A Set with a Powered B Unit. So now I have one **** of a monster E7 A-B-B-A setup. I only collect NYC and prefer RS5 TMCC 1 to Legacy so this was a BIG WIN for my layout!

Today I snagged a Dept 56 Halloween Rickety Railroad Station for my petite Halloween Layout I'm working on. Hoping it will arrive in time!

@Carey TeaRose posted:

Today I snagged a Dept 56 Halloween Rickety Railroad Station for my petite Halloween Layout I'm working on. Hoping it will arrive in time!

I am not much on Halloween stuff, but, that is a neat piece because of the sounds. I had to get one years ago.

Since the pandemic hit, I took a major hiatus from the O gauge world (mostly to keep my finances stable during these troubling times), but I recently came across this Pennsylvania L2s Mikado made by K-Line from a fellow OGR forum member. At $250, I couldn’t pass it up. Very elegant locomotive and exquisitely detailed.

I will be upgrading it to ERR Cruise-M, fan driven smoke, John’s Super Chuffer and Generator, new RailSounds 5 chip, and a few other details in the near future.

Decided to buy some items for a future yard.

@franktrain posted:

Picked up a new UTLX single dome tank car from Menards.

Please excuse me, but would you please tell me if those "reflective" stripes are actually reflective, or if they are just yellow paint?  I'm hoping they are reflective, as that would look neat rolling by the layout lighting with all the room lights turned off.

Thank you!

~Micro

Micro

They are not painted just pieces of tape. Here’s a photo with a flashlight. They do stand out.

I didn't buy them but, a coworker is cleaning out his brother's house. He was an avid collector of many things including books (no trains unfortunately ). Anyway he brought me these books yesterday. The old LIRR book has lot's of great info and photos. It's even signed by the authors.

@franktrain posted:

Micro

They are not painted just pieces of tape. Here’s a photo with a flashlight. They do stand out.

Thank you very much--I really appreciate it!!!!

I didn't have any Amtrak trains, and with the sale that @MrMuffin'sTrains has on Premier diesels, I thought I would get one, I got a P42 Genesis diesel.  Well if you get an engine, you have to get some cars too, right?  OK well one Amtrak engine and 6 amfleet cars on the way.  Expected arrival, tomorrow!!!

John

My latest "BEST OFFER" on ebay purchase has arrived.

A Williams By Bachmann NW2 in Western Pacific paint.

Looks great with my matching Williams Western Pacific N5C caboose I bought on the bay early this year.

Don't know if I am a fan of the diesel sound of this one But the horn and bell are nice.

@Mikado 4501: That is a beautiful steamer for a great price!

Today I picked up one of my White Whales:

I first realized I was a "railfan" when I was very young.  Summer trips in the 70's and 80's usually took us to visit family in Chicago, and my earliest memories of Chicago are almost always full of trains.  There seemed to be trains everywhere...subways, elevated trains, commuter trains of all colors running in and out of Union Station.  Dad and I would sometimes hop on the Aurora Metra line just to go for a ride. I vividly remember the green Burlington Northern E-units pulling the shiny steel cars.  There was something about those locos with their orange and white stripes, watching them go forwards, backwards, fast and slow...yeah I'm pretty sure that's when I really started to "dig" trains.

I've kept an eye out since I got back into trains for anything that would bring me back.  MTH offered several versions of the Metra FP40, which is also memorable with the blue and red, and I even saw they released a blue / red E8 Metra consist, but it's impossible to find for sale anywhere.  Not a big deal (although I'd love to have one) since those did not normally run the Aurora route from what I remember, though I did marvel at them when hanging around Union Station.  But I *really* wanted a green and white BN E-unit.  The ones dad and I would spend hours on the platform in Downers Grove watching. I know MTH made a Railking version, but I've literally never seen one for sale anywhere.

But guess what popped up the MTH auction? 

So I HAD to have them.  I honestly don't care if they're even running, I got plenty of stuff to fix them up.  I even scored one of three unfinished bi-level cab cars that I'm going to do up with Metra Burlington decals.  I missed out on another set of two that someone else wanted more than me, I guess...

So if anyone has any bi-levels they want to sell off, look me up!  I'm putting together the consist that got me into trains!  Then I'll be hopping a ride from Downers Grove to Chicago!

I picked this up on a trade for some repairs I did. Been at the bottom of a box for a while! Lionel Milwaukee Road postwar 2351 from 1957 one year only. Wires needed replacing, E-unit cleaning and some touch up. Horn works also, has a good crack on one nose just super glued to stabilize it. I wonder where it will end up in the next 63 years?

First run.