Buy anything cool lately?

Just received this MTH IAIS GP38-2 from Tainz via eBay.  It’s pretty much brand new with less than 20 minutes on the chronograph.   Have wanted an IAIS GP38-2 since I have several ES44ACs in that road name.  It’s my first 2 rail locomotive.  So it needs Kadee couplers, would anyone please let me know which ones to get?  

Larry

@Lou1985 posted:

I brought this home from the LHS today. Premier plated ATSF DL109 with PS3.

WOW.....

...........don't  know what something like this would set the household budget back.....but.....can't figure what else could be as important and fun . 😁

@Dallas Joseph posted:

WOW.....

...........don't  know what something like this would set the household budget back.....but.....can't figure what else could be as important and fun . 😁

Well less than a mortgage payment. So affordable?

Lionel Girls Train (1991 reissue)!

This one, and the actual Post War version, are bucket list sets for me.

Got a cheapie General set today, Redwood Valley Express. Decent price, not so decent shipping. But hey, runs fine and it is

a General. Now I just need a refresher course on installing bridge rectifiers.

John

Something that's been in my eBay saved search for years that I finally found a few days ago. K-Line by Lionel Chicago North Shore & Milwaukee Interurban set.

Working on a full review now.

@beardog49 posted:

Got a cheapie General set today, Redwood Valley Express. Decent price, not so decent shipping. But hey, runs fine and it is

a General. Now I just need a refresher course on installing bridge rectifiers.

John

I got my Redwood Valley set a couple of years back, and the first thing I did was install a Lionel 610-0103-100 into my engine - it will change the AC to DC, then supply the necessary electronics to give you Forward - Neutral - Reverse, all for only $24 + shpg, or you can catch Lionel's 50% off parts sale coming up  September 24-26 and get it for only $12 + shpg!!!!

George

Got this in the mail today. Motor works and original bottles. Waiting for the pads I ordered to come. Also I need to buy some fluid.

@beardog49 posted:

I found a pair of Hornby wheels that were a similiar diameter, a cut down axle and some superglue and I had a wheel set.

Put it back together and set it on the track, turned it on and it did not move. Turns out there is a bump in the gearbox to

clear the gears that is exactly in the center, so when you set in on three rail track the bump holds the wheels off the track.

****, it was a neat train.

John

Any way to grind down the plastic hump w/o damaging the internal gears ?

I have thought of that, but for now it is in the box

John

Got Mickey and Minnie yesterday, my first postwar lionel handcar ever. Goes nicely with the rest. Now the question arises

again, are four of them an official collection???

Geopeg, how and where would I install the circuit board. And how would I find this lionel sale?

Could this circuit board be installed in an AC loco by another maker?

Thanks, John

@beardog49 posted:

Geopeg, how and where would I install the circuit board. And how would I find this lionel sale?

Could this circuit board be installed in an AC loco by another maker?

Thanks, John

In response to your question about the F/S FORUM. Replies are not permitted as per the TOS. Similarly, adding a comment to bump the thread to the top of the frequent posts list is also not permitted.

Also received these yesterday. Two Hornby Bugatti autorail sets. I believe the one unit blue PLM is prewar, while the

two unit red SNCF is postwar. The PLM is pretty rough, but I have never seen another for sale. Plus they both came from

one seller in France and when you get an opportunity to combine shipping from France, do it.

I purchased a Lionel NY Yankee's Berk that had a broken cowcatcher.  I was able to find an all-black Berk shell which would be a perfect replacement for the NY Yankee shell but the all-black shell needed to be painted. I enlisted Christine Braden to paint the shell white adding NY Yankee's pinstripes to the cab and the tender.  She did a fantastic job, pure artistry.

I picked up this postwar 2242 New Haven set with all but one original boxes . The boxes aren't in the best shape but they're not terrible. The trains themselves are in really nice shape.

@FrankRazz posted:

I purchased a Lionel NY Yankee's Berk that had a broken cowcatcher.  I was able to find an all-black Berk shell which would be a perfect replacement for the NY Yankee shell but the all-black shell needed to be painted. I enlisted Christine Braden to paint the shell white adding NY Yankee's pinstripes to the cab and the tender.  She did a fantastic job, pure artistry.

PHOTOS?????

Got my first articulated steamer today, a Williams brass Challenger in Rio Grande Livery. Also got a Lionel 6-18009 NYC Mohawk.

@Pingman posted:

PHOTOS?????

I still see the photo in my original posting, wonder why it didn't come up for you??.  Here is the picture again;

Very nice acquisition Frank. I’m sure Arnold C would need one of them.