Buy anything cool lately?

@PRRick posted:

Not picture worthy cool, but I finally got a CAB1 with a 135 watt brick and a PM-1. I now can run my conventional locomotives via the CAB1 and it works great!

Here is a video my my late pap's 226e (on page 226 of this thread no less!) growling along via remote control. I realize that this is way old technology but it's a blast and so simple to use! Glad I got this.

Got a quite a few new trains, accessories, diecast vehicles and o/s scale figures(soldiers) over the last 2 weeks.

First up, my favorite Christmas present from my mom that arrived late, On30 Dept 56 Village Street Car

Unfortunately My MTH Proto 2 3 volt Amtrak F59PHI Surfliner’s microprocessor board fried the other week. Was really looking forward to putting it in a lash-up with this:

MTH RK Proto 2 Amtrak F40PH Phase IV

Phase IV Next to K-line Amtrak Phase III

My intermodal binge continues: New in this picture- Left to Right: The two 20’  containers(Lykes & APL) M-line 48’ SP container(love stacking it on the smaller container!) and an early Atlas O 3 front runner with 45’ Xtra Lease Pines Trailer  

Lionel PS-4 CN&W flat with CN&W PUPs

from an open house this weekend, picked up a Minitoys footbridge with box, plasticville accessories, and paint for $10!! Bridge is In great shape! As you can see, my consists barely make it under but there’s enough clearance on above and on both sides.

Plasticville pool, slide, swing set

I found these O gauge Flyer beauties today at a local train store, the owner said he just got them from the original owner's son. Sadly he couldn't find the Potomac engine but he is going to keep looking. The pullman box is missing but the cars are in great  shape. Also he had 5 freight cars with 4 of them in the original AF boxes too!

Picked up a few of these Atlas Trinity hoppers for a steal off the internet.  Honestly some of the finest O scale pieces ever made, in my personal opinion.

I purchased 4 new tanks to use as flat car loads. I am 75% done with two (see pictures below).

Greg

Had to get these: MTH PREMIER American Freedom Train Alco Pa’s 1948 and 1949.  Talk about a beautiful set of engines! Now I understand why they’re a hit with nearly every age of model railroader. I can’t recall anyone that’s ever said they don’t like the Alco PA LOL

I know that the American freedom train didn’t have originally two locomotives. It was just a single PA unit number 1776, but I thought that it was a fitting tribute that MTH did by numbering both of the units for the years that the American freedom train ran.

You guys know me if it’s red white and blue I got to have it LOL

The PFA sequence on this model is absolutely awesome and I kind of got a little emotional when I heard it being the patriot that I am.

Either way still an awesome set of engines!

Got these from a hobby shop north of here today

Less than 20 bucks for both!

I always wanted an SD40-2, so a couple of years ago I pulled the trigger on a Weaver SF Kodachrome model. I don't model SF at all so it's bound for a repaint, Alaska RR even though they never ran an SD40-2, It had the top step corner cracked off so I've been trying to figure out how to repair it before the re-paint when along comes a new unpainted body shell on eBay.

These Lionel Standard O showed up the other day. Yes I know there newer than my Layout theme but I have some plans to work them in and keep there markings

Got these at pretty good prices:

MTH Premier Union Pacific Rapid Discharge Hopper w/ Rock Load Road #27653

MTH Premier Union Pacific Rapid Discharge Hopper w/ Rock Load Road #106995

MTH Premier Southern Pacific Ps-2 Hopper Car Road #402297

@Drewski1992 posted:

Had to get these: MTH PREMIER American Freedom Train Alco Pa’s 1948 and 1949.  Talk about a beautiful set of engines! Now I understand why they’re a hit with nearly every age of model railroader. I can’t recall anyone that’s ever said they don’t like the Elko PA LOL

Great addition. I'm a huge fan of both Freedom Trains. Only got to see the 1970s one, but I have photos my Dad took of the 40s version, on a Tennessee stop.

If I modelled 3 rail, I'd have to recreate the 70s version...

@p51 posted:

Great addition. I'm a huge fan of both Freedom Trains. Only got to see the 1970s one, but I have photos my Dad took of the 40s version, on a Tennessee stop.

If I modelled 3 rail, I'd have to recreate the 70s version...

I'm sure you do realize there were TWO American Freedom Trains (AFTs) during 19780:

1974 - Preamble Express - This was the train set up to examine and pro[pose a route for the actual AFT.

1975-1976 - American Freedom Train - This is the "real" thing.

Currently I'm collecting all the AFT rolling stock from Lionel. So far 13 and looks like two 2-car packs coming this year.

@Jon Edwards love me some tin! Nice Prewar Flyer buys! All look in great shape with very clean/nick free enamel! Also really cool that the majority of the brass journals are intact and thetrucks are consistently gray(as one would expect in a set)-the tanker’s are black but it looks like they were painted over, and you got the boxes!! In terms of Prewar American made, I like those gray Flyer trucks. The yellow boxcar was one of the items in my first purchase of Prewar trains and thus also my first AF o gauge. Love the size of that one. Great stuff all around!

@Catonsville Central Railway as someone who was only just bitten a few months ago by the quality of Atlas trains, while I don’t have any Trinity hoppers, I don’t doubt your opinion of your wonderfully detailed Atlas rolling stock being the  ”...finest O scale pieces ever made...”! I love the Center Flow hoppers to begin with, throw in that Atlas detail and you have a nice haul right there!

@Trainbros89 fantastic work on those tanks! As someone who enjoys incorporating a military theme on my own layout, that’s awesome stuff. 2 quick questions- Do you repaint all of your tanks? And What types of tanks do you buy? I’m big into diecast 1/43-1/50 army vehicles but don’t mind/wouldn’t mind trying my hand at something I can really customize(besides minor paint changes and decals)

@StevefromPA posted:

@Jon Edwards love me some tin! Nice Prewar Flyer buys! All look in great shape with very clean/nick free enamel! Also really cool that the majority of the brass journals are intact and thetrucks are consistently gray(as one would expect in a set)-the tanker’s are black but it looks like they were painted over, and you got the boxes!! In terms of Prewar American made, I like those gray Flyer trucks. The yellow boxcar was one of the items in my first purchase of Prewar trains and thus also my first AF o gauge. Love the size of that one. Great stuff all around!

@Catonsville Central Railway as someone who was only just bitten a few months ago by the quality of Atlas trains, while I don’t have any Trinity hoppers, I don’t doubt your opinion of your wonderfully detailed Atlas rolling stock being the  ”...finest O scale pieces ever made...”! I love the Center Flow hoppers to begin with, throw in that Atlas detail and you have a nice haul right there!

@Trainbros89 fantastic work on those tanks! As someone who enjoys incorporating a military theme on my own layout, that’s awesome stuff. 2 quick questions- Do you repaint all of your tanks? And What types of tanks do you buy? I’m big into diecast 1/43-1/50 army vehicles but don’t mind/wouldn’t mind trying my hand at something I can really customize(besides minor paint changes and decals)

Hey Steve,

I appreciate the kind words! 99% of the tanks/vehicles I own are painted by me ( the only one that was painted from the manufacture was the mark iv tank). The manufactures of the models include: Tamiya, Bandai and Gaso.Line. If you have any questions/would like to know more about the models, feel free to contact me: email is in my profile.

regards

@p51 posted:

Great addition. I'm a huge fan of both Freedom Trains. Only got to see the 1970s one, but I have photos my Dad took of the 40s version, on a Tennessee stop.

If I modelled 3 rail, I'd have to recreate the 70s version...

That makes perfect sense that you’d want to model the one you saw Lee. I had gotten these because I didn’t have any diesel locomotives that were representing the 1930 1940 era of railroading. I had every other era but this one.  So I felt it was time that I get something to represent that time period.  

Now all I have to do is find me a good steam locomotive😎

I found this excellent book from CP that discusses the inspiration and history behind the Canadian Pacific military units that are meant to honor both the Canadian and United States armed forces.

Big haul this last week or two. Four new Friendship PS-1 boxcars and one NYC wood-sided Wi-Fi coupala-cam caboose by Lionel.

@Drewski1992 posted:

Had to get these: MTH PREMIER American Freedom Train Alco Pa’s 1948 and 1949.  Talk about a beautiful set of engines! Now I understand why they’re a hit with nearly every age of model railroader. I can’t recall anyone that’s ever said they don’t like the Alco PA LOL

I know that the American freedom train didn’t have originally two locomotives. It was just a single PA unit number 1776, but I thought that it was a fitting tribute that MTH did by numbering both of the units for the years that the American freedom train ran.

You guys know me if it’s red white and blue I got to have it LOL

The PFA sequence on this model is absolutely awesome and I kind of got a little emotional when I heard it being the patriot that I am.

Either way still an awesome set of engines!

Any chance to get a video of the PFA sequence.

Whooo Hoo! I just took delivery of these "hard to find" items:

I wasn't aware the 10th Anniversary billboard had a Gold Plated finish! Outstanding!

I got my Toy Story trains I preordered from Mario's Trains. Good prices good service.