Buy anything cool lately?

In the spirit of the day...

Jon,I'd go for the 18 year

It's what was left locally other than their rail pour. This was my go-to, but it's no longer available in the USA...

Mill City posted:

In the spirit of the day...

Nice choice, Jon. Sláinte mhaith!!!

Will be sippin' some Midleton a bit later.

Remember, the prohibition against draining and driving applies to O-Gauge trains too!!!

As a fan of golf in N. Ireland (e.g. Royal County Down, Royal Portrush, et al.) and Irish whiskey, fairness compels me to mention Bushmills, home of the oldest distillery on the isle.  Served "neat," it's terrific.

By far the smoothest I've enjoyed. Goes down easy, even at bill per...

I have been a member of the forum for approx. one year, and I will admit that I am "a little slow on the uptake".  But I have just figured out that Mill City is brilliant...your last two posts have impressed me for the rest of 2016.

"May the road rise to meet you..."

lionel89 posted:

I bought this decorative piece at a yard sale today. It’s made of plaster, very heavy, and very detailed. I think it will make a great tunnel portal after I level off the bottom.

Ok that's cool. 

May the wind be always at your back

Apples55 posted:

Nice choice, Jon. Sláinte mhaith!!!

Will be sippin' some Midleton a bit later.

Remember, the prohibition against draining and driving applies to O-Gauge trains too!!!

Cheers back. And not to fear, no hand on the throttle tonight. Remember, please be responsible and enjoy fine whiskies "neat."

Mill City posted:

Apples55 posted:

Nice choice, Jon. Sláinte mhaith!!!

Will be sippin' some Midleton a bit later.

Remember, the prohibition against draining and driving applies to O-Gauge trains too!!!

Cheers back. And not to fear, no hand on the throttle tonight. Remember, please be responsible and enjoy fine whiskies "neat."

Jon; 

It's neat or hit the street!!! And I would suggest:

http://thewhiskeyjug.com/irish...ville-barton-review/

I picked up MTH Premium 2.0 Zepher what a great train. 

paul 2 posted:

My favorite person in the whole world dropped off a package of goodies. These are from the last Catalog. 5 more auto racks, a wood chip hopper from a set, now I have two  and two unloading/loading ramps. A few pics. I did not take them out of the boxes..........Paul

Paul,

Could you you tell me the lengthy and height of the two smaller auto racks? Could you send me some pics of them out of the box? My layout is only O42, and I've really wanted some of those and was wondering if they'd work for me.

thanks, 

Chris

The auto racks in the top picture are the same size as the 3 in the bottom picture. He just had to zoom out on the top picture to show his wood chip hopper and ramps.

The auto racks measure out to 2' over the coupler faces and can be run on a curve as tight as 54" diameter. I run the Chessie auto rack and Atlas 89' flat cars on mostly 81" diameter curves and a couple 72" diameter curves. They look OK on the wider curve but not so much on the smaller.

I think 42" diameter curves are too small for the Lionel 89' cars.

Chris, Catnip is right. When you get into scale cars the wider the radius the better. I don't have any small curves. Mine are 0-89 and 0-96 and there is still a bit of overhang on those. When they say the smallest curve they can run on that is, in my opinion too tight of a curve. If you want car carriers I would suggest either the Lionel ones that are not scale or MTH car carriers which are shorter then Lionel's' but should be okay on 0-42 curves. There was a topic on here that showed the scale Lionel auto rack on different curves..............Paul  

Went to the Dalton Ohio show today. I found another Marx light tower and another Weaver wood chip hopper. I already had the brown Pennsy wood chip hopper. Pics of the buys...........Paul

Been looking for one of these for a while  finely found one on the bay

No pictures but I went back in time today and purchased a gondola,tank car,box car and caboose to go with my 2037 to complete the set. Lately I got the old boy out and ran conventional but it looked too lonely all by itself so I went out and bought some company for her.

Got these today in the mail.

Gonna paint and partially assemble the yellow Piper J-3 Cub, and put it in the junkyard. The white Piper Super Cub PA18, after painting and assembly, I'll suspend it from ceiling over the layout to give it the appearance that it's flying over the town. 

!!!  You don't scrap a J3. 

Received these two 60' cars yesterday . Perfect fit to the matching caboose and the Legacy pair of Dash 9's I have. The CSX train is growing.

Larry

Couldn't resist adding this Alvin F. Staufer book to the library.  Page after page of non -posed photography of pre- Penn Central locos.  It appears I'll need to look for volume 1.

Bruce

Picked up a few things, Burlington Reefers :  Atlas( from a forum member ) Lionel, MTH .Lionel NP Reefer and an Atlas NP Way Car. I also added to my CB&Q roster MTH GP9. Ok cool for me.

Woodland Scenics Ethyl Gas station at the Greenberg Show in Wilmington, MA.  Detail is the key on Woodland Scenics built up buildings.  I have 6 and counting.  I won't be getting the Theater though.  I was disappointed....not enough DETAIL.

Waiting for this little gem to arrive. Putting together set 1503W. With this I now have all the cars, just need the important loco & tender.

Gone Fishing / Went to the train room and got a six pack of the home town favorite from a Lionel Boxcar.  Vernors Ginger-ale. Stop by at my local brick and mortar tackle shop, to purchase my 2016 fishing license for all fish species.  The Michigan Department of Natural Resources publishes a new Fishing Guide each year. The book must be paid for by all the advertising. The book is heavy on advertising.  They also put out and email newsletter. The OGR Adman would like all the advertising. 

The All Species License cost $26.00 for a Michigan resident. This maybe of interest to you guys & gals who like to take a break from trains. I several spots where I can watch trains and catch fish. This is the best time of year to fish because the weeds are low or gone.

I love those old boxes, they rip open so much easier

brwebster posted:

Couldn't resist adding this Alvin F. Staufer book to the library.  Page after page of non -posed photography of pre- Penn Central locos.  It appears I'll need to look for volume 1.

Bruce

You also need Pennsy Power III.  This volume covers more than just engines!

Ron

Thanks for the heads up, Ron.  I often wonder if anyone could memorize all there is to know about the P. Co. ?

Bruce

Hmm, I guess I'm not too cool. I touted just above about the little "gem" I'm waiting on. Well what do I find buried at the bottom of a bin under my layout tonight????

Can't have too many cabeese/cabooses, right? 

Rick K. posted:

Just received the MTH Railking Imperial Challenger (30-1542-1) from a fellow Forum member, a great engine.

Regards, Rick

very nice; is that an around the wall layout?  What are the dimensions?

With RMT finding items in their warehouse and cleaning out inventory, I picked up two Beeps. The first one is a second number (#7006) to go with my Pennsy Beep (#7009). The second was the long lost Army Beep. RMT has had these on order for 3 years. I have a Navy, Air Force and USMC Beep but was missing the Army. I saw this pop up as a one only found warehouse item and jumped on it.

Roman posted:

Hmm, I guess I'm not too cool. I touted just above about the little "gem" I'm waiting on. Well what do I find buried at the bottom of a bin under my layout tonight????

Can't have too many cabeese/cabooses, right? 

Roman,

You are quite right about that!  I have a couple of those, and a few more postwar cabooses plus a few nice newer once as well.  More of them than locomotives!  You can always have a caboose track to show them off.

suzukovich posted:

Picked up a few things, Burlington Reefers :  Atlas( from a forum member ) Lionel, MTH .Lionel NP Reefer and an Atlas NP Way Car. I also added to my CB&Q roster MTH GP9. Ok cool for me.

suzukovich, you are pretty snappy with videos. It looks like you cropped the videos to show only the cars you are commenting on. What software do you use? 

Guess I am an ALCO-Haulic. I picked up these NKP RS-11's at a recent show here in Wheaton.

I LOVE THE RS-11's!!!

Matt Makens posted:

I LOVE THE RS-11's!!!

I have one other one. A Norfolk and Western. Like that one. Runs, Long Hood forward and has an awesome horn. My first Legacy Locomotives.

Scott Smith

Scott

Sometimes we all need one of those IRS buildings on fire placed on our layouts.

Larry

Well I ordered this on Sunday. It went out on Monday and I got it on Tuesday. I just got around to posting it today. Got it from Mario's Trains at a nice price and they had a deal shipping was only 10 dollars. Great people. I'll be using this on my basement layout under construction. Still in the box ................Paul