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Leapinlarry,

Thanks for sharing the photos of the Fake News stand.  That is on my radar.  I also appreciate your thoughts on replacing your old new stand because I considered picking one up instead of the new Fake News and making it a Fake News stand  -- but there clearly is a huge difference and the new one is nicely done.  Is the guy that moves to scale or is he oversized like some of the postwar Lionel accessories?   Merry Christmas!

Hi Iron Horse, the new Fake News newsstand is nice, however the figures are about the same size just different colors. I’ll try to operate it soon to see if it’s quiet or louder. I like the colors a lot. Thank you.

@StevefromPA posted:

@Trussman I love the scenery on your layout. Great use of the plasticville pedestrian bridge- they also look great.

The transition between your roads and grass is great. Love your vehicles and the tunnel with truck. I have 3 questions for you:

1.) How is the plasticville pedestrian bridge in terms of clearance? I had to stop using my old Marx bridge because it was too short.

2.) in the middle picture- did you make the picnic bench and guardrails for the road? If not, would you mind sharing the name of manufacturer?

again- looks great!

Thanks Steve for the compliment.

At the moment I don't know the clearance of the pedestrian bridge, I'll get to you about it.

I made the picnic table out of bass wood.

I don't remember where I got the guardrail, but I know it came from an old HO slotcar race set.

I have to do some detailing to hide the seam that's approx. 1-2" below the top level. It's so I can remove sections of the top of the layout incase of a derailment. I have a 3' lg mountain where the track enters the mountain then drops down, loops under the layout and exits the other end of the mountain.  A 9' train completely disappears in a 3' mountain.

I actually did buy some great things.  I discovered K-Line, conventional steamers.   I bought three and all were BRAND NEW.  Here are pictures of two of them.  The third one is a semi-scale Chicago-Alton  that is stuck somewhere in the blackhole of the USPS.  The two shown run beautifully with only a bell and whistle for sound.  They are very quiet runners.  I appreciate the lack of noise when they run around the track   Both are rated to operate on O-31 but I am currently running them on O-42.  

The C&O is listed as 1/58 scale and comes in at 27.5", a bit smaller than BigBoys.  The NYC 5344 is scale and measures 24.5".  I have one other scale loco.  It's a Lionel AC6000 Santa Fe and I think it's somewhere about 17" long.  (that is a guess as I sit here, typing).  My largest curve is O-54 and it is my shelf layout around the top of the train room.

Bob Severin, great to see you back on the forum, Question, is your Kline Hudson a TMCC Version? It’s a great looking model. Great finds. Congratulations and Merry Christmas to you.

Hi Larry, and thanks.  No, it isn't TMCC, strictly conventional. that is what I run.  I went through a period of MTH DCS, but gave up on it.  Then I went to Lionel LionChief Plus, and sold all that equipment off.  I'm back to conventional only.   I think the Chicago-Alton may be TMCC, but I'll run it conventional.  In fact, I've taken to turning the sounds off on all my locomotives.   When the grandkids come over, It get too noisy and my nerves aren't holding up to it anymore.  Less sound is fine with me, less noise.  

I picked up a couple of speedboats to replace some of the boats that came with the Lionel Boat Loader Car. The new boats have some great detailing and kind of look like a Riva (a custom built Italian speedboat).

This disappeared into the USPS black hole for 3 weeks but arrived Christmas Eve. Needs a board (I have a PS32 board for it) both MUX boards (have those as well) and a motor ( I have a roller bearing 9434 Pittman for it). Otherwise mint. I've wanted one since I've seen 227 in Minnesota a few years ago. I'll get it going soon enough.

Very cool, it looks gigantic!  How long is it?

Beauty Eh!

Loving on the DMIR.... She is a Beast! (Big Boy Sister?) Grandpa worked in the roundhouse at Proctor and loved the Engines. he held a HUGE wrench, standing in front of one...... must have been a "Whistle Fine Tune wrench".... Thanks for the share! don't see many.... Did'nt we meet in St Paul at the DEPOT when the BigBoy stopped?

Actually, the DM&IR Yellowstones had higher tractive effort than the Big Boys. Interesting fact (this is from the latest MTH HO catalog), the DM&IR locos had such massive fireboxes that Alco promoted these monsters by hosting a meeting for 12 people inside the firebox of the first of the DM&IR Yellowstones! These things were massive.

I hope they got out before it was fired up.

Iron Horse, take a look at these pictures of both newsstands side by side. Both men are similar in size, colors and decorations are different. The answer is, they are oversize, not scale figures, but it’s a cool accessory. I like the toy look with my semi-scale type layout, it’s all for fun.

Didn't make it for Christmas but this arrived today. I found a sister to the one I had on the "B". A good price but unfortunately no box. Now I have two State of Maine box cars with potatoes on the side and two different car numbers. Pic.  Paul 2

@paul 2 posted:

Didn't make it for Christmas but this arrived today. I found a sister to the one I had on the "B". A good price but unfortunately no box. Now I have two State of Maine box cars with potatoes on the side and two different car numbers. Pic.  Paul 2

Nice Paul. I have two BAR SoM cars but they both say Products across the bottom. So now the hunt continues.

Bob

@RSJB18 posted:

Nice Paul. I have two BAR SoM cars but they both say Products across the bottom. So now the hunt continues.

Bob

Mine says Products also.  It is a K-Line BAR.

Scored a nice buy today....746 N&W "J" and tender, "J" , 6805 Atomic Energy Disposal Car & 6557 Smoking caboose.....$550

@gandydancer1950 posted:

Scored a nice buy today....746 N&W "J" and tender, "J" , 6805 Atomic Energy Disposal Car & 6557 Smoking caboose.....$550

Really nice. You did great 👍

A guy made a short run of these so of course I had to buy one!

Wow, I had forgotten how neatly Lionel packaged the Century Club 773 Hudson, so it took a half hour just to get this beauty out of the carton. The gentleman from this For Sale forum did a superb packing job, exactly like the factory new. So, I’m a happy camper. Also, hooking up the new Fake News stand it operated very smoothly and quietly, amazing. Also, the 773 Century Club Hudson Tested perfect. All is well here in Tennessee. Happy Railroading Everyone.  Happy New Year to.