Buy anything cool lately?

This is the latest acquisition to my locomotive roster. The EBAY man delivered it this morning.

Very nice Jay.

@Strap Hanger- Here is the pipe load I plan to use. I'm guessing a piece of sytrene and some side rails will cover the hardware for the pads. I might add brake wheel stands to give it more detail.

The loading dock looks good from that angle . Nice job on the steps and ramp.

@RSJB18 posted:

Very nice Jay.

@Strap Hanger- Here is the pipe load I plan to use. I'm guessing a piece of sytrene and some side rails will cover the hardware for the pads. I might add brake wheel stands to give it more detail.

That’s going to look really nice and add some more weight to the cleaning pads.  Very nice, Bob. I got a little whimsical and added figures, a water tank, track maintenance parts, etc. and the end of train truck with blinking light.  Are you going to paint it to match one of your road names?  It would look really great painted and decaled in LIRR grey/Orange.

@Strap Hanger posted:

That’s going to look really nice and add some more weight to the cleaning pads.  Very nice, Bob. I got a little whimsical and added figures, a water tank, track maintenance parts, etc. and the end of train truck with blinking light.  Are you going to paint it to match one of your road names?  It would look really great painted and decaled in LIRR grey/Orange.

Probably, PRR was a thought but I like what you did with yours.

I might repaint one of my Plymouths to look like this little bugger.

@RSJB18 posted:

Probably, PRR was a thought but I like what you did with yours.

I might repaint one of my Plymouths to look like this little bugger.

If your going to be doing some repainting you might as well go Orange and black, with a BNSF logo! 😁

@RSJB18 posted:

Probably, PRR was a thought but I like what you did with yours.

I might repaint one of my Plymouths to look like this little bugger.

Going with that LIRR color scheme on a Kline Plymouth and a mta yellow on the track cleaner car will make a perfect pairing (I’d decal the side frame base of the track cleaner with a small LIRR/MTA “M” logo from the 7Os, i might even put a larger one of those on the Plymouth instead of dashing Dan).  I see the start of a cool work/track maintenance  train!

Well, I’ve been hunting for an operating LIRR car for quite a while. After recently seeing some of the mth dump cars on the operating accessory thread (they looked outstanding), i renewed my search and found one of these just now!  -

https://mthtrains.com/30-79589

MPC may not manufacture Lionel trains anymore they're still around pumping out models.

I bought the first car (6-5700 Oppenheimer Casing Co) as a whimsical purchase, but I liked the detail and found that it was a solid car. I was also warned that it may be a “gateway purchase”. And it was. I now have four of the eight Lionel Turn of the Century “weathered” reefers. The 6-5702 National Dairy Despatch reefer arrived today. Only four more to go…

Pre war love! Found this lovely 225e gun metal gray engine, but had not one old style coupler cars to pull. Then, as if on cue, found an 8970 pre ear set with the 1684 engine and litho cars, which I adore. Put them together and you get this!

BTW, can anyone suggest a NOT too hard to find passenger litho set with these couplers? Would love to pull passenger cars with this!

Oh John you fell down that rabbit hole!  I've seen plenty of the Budweiser reefers for sale on the Bay.  I believe that's the next one up.

Finally got the 3rd in the series of MTH 36' woodside reefers.

I wanted these because when I was going to college in Milwaukee (Milwaukee Institute of Technology) 2 of the 3 breweries were only a couple blocks away. Miller was a couple miles.

Sorry for the stock photos. Just moved into a larger apartment and everything is still in boxes.

Going back to John EK post on the 5700 series woodside reefers. Yes it can be a gateway on collecting. I ended the complete series along with doubles and triples. Just love them and it started in the 80’s when they were release. There are many of them that were sold in sets and not at a individual item. Had to look for set break ups. These can be found at reasonable prices and I think the first 6 that came out had sprung trucks and the others did not. This 5700 series also had work and tool cars in the series. Keep looking as they can be had for low prices😊

@RonH @coach joe

Agreed and guilty as charged.

You can’t beat the current prices on the 5700 series of cars. Three of the four I’ve picked up were NIB or never run. They match well with my Postwar and Railking loco roster and run smoother than the few 6464 box cars I have. They lack add-on details, but the die casting is clean with nicer cast doors (IMO) than most any post war reefers/box cars.

Just got the hottest train on the market at the moment. Can't wait to test it out. So far the early reviews have been positive.

Last weekend was the introduction of the 2021 Hallmark Christmas Ornaments (just over 5 months!!!). My local store has continued their practice of having appointments to pick up pre-ordered ornaments, so I added to my collection yesterday...

Two more plugdoor boxcars came today. I already have the drgw, but it came with the true value that I did not have.