Buy anything cool lately?

@FECRailroaddog posted:

Since I can't go to York, too far for me, I have to settle with my local train store and ebay. I just received these for the new Intermodal yard I am gonna be building soon, well sorta of a yard..

Ya gotta luv Lionel's first crack at modern intermodal, even if they aren't scale.  I've got the NYC, Southern and SP sets and the CN Maxi-Stack

@A. Wells posted:

I'm pretty sure the Mail Lady and the UPS driver were cussing me under their breath today.

C'mon show us whatcha got!

@coach joe posted:

Paul that's the east side of the Hudson, correct? It's two tracks now but wasn't 4 in the NYCs prime?

Joe;

Yes, the Water Level Route (aka the Hudson Division) ran up the east side of the Hudson. Your second question is a bit harder (and hopefully one of the NYC experts hereabouts will chime in). According to a map included in the book from the 1930’s, some stretches had 2, 3, or 4 or more tracks. And I’m sure that the number of tracks changed over time, so I think you’d need to know where and when to answer your question

Thanks to everyone who recommended this Williams 44-ton scale locomotive to me.  Got it on sale from Trainworld for $149.

Less than I paid for a NIB Beep!

It just arrived.  Looks so good, that I'm afraid to take it out of the box!    Mannyrock

@coach joe posted:

C'mon show us whatcha got!

Lol...I was trying to figure out how to pile it all up in an aesthetically pleasing manner to take a picture of it yest. evening.  I may have to set-up another "temporary" folding table.  So, in short, I'm still working on it.

@Mannyrock posted:

Thanks to everyone who recommended this Williams 44-ton scale locomotive to me.  Got it on sale from Trainworld for $149.

Less than I paid for a NIB Beep!

It just arrived.  Looks so good, that I'm afraid to take it out of the box!    Mannyrock

Manny- I have the PRR version. I will caution you that the hand rails are very fragile. I always handle mine from the cab. They are very nice BTW. 👍👍

Thanks for the warning RSJB.

You may remember that I'm the one who broke the tiny fence in three places while just unboxing my Atlas Oil Pump.  :-)

Mannyrock

The 44 ton is hard to beat at that price!  Good deal Mannyrock!

@Mannyrock posted:

Thanks to everyone who recommended this Williams 44-ton scale locomotive to me.  Got it on sale from Trainworld for $149.

Less than I paid for a NIB Beep!

It just arrived.  Looks so good, that I'm afraid to take it out of the box!    Mannyrock

I bought the same one from Trainworld.  It is really cool.  Congrats Manny.

John

Mannyrock,

I liked their video so much, I just ordered the Canadian National version.  👍🏻

I didn't buy this but my brother sent it in an email..... thought it was pretty interesting

Videos will be coming soon!

My R1 A train set

@Brooklyn Corey posted:

My R1 A train set

Love those cars, Corey. They were the subways of my long gone youth. It looks like they even included the door controllers on the ends of the car - you couldn’t be a short conductor when your legs had to span between two cars. Definitely not a fun job when it was raining or snowing!!! Some of the last ones I remember ran on the J line - I would be waiting on Broad Street for the M train to Brooklyn (it ran over the Brighton line in those days) when a J would pull in to it’s last stop before heading back to Queens. At least half the time, there was smoke coming from the train!!!

And why build a subway layout when you can run the trains under the furniture... ahh memories of Brooklyn apartment living

@Brooklyn Corey posted:

My R1 A train set

Thanks Corey .   Good looking R1-A set. 🤓

Nice video going from opening  and all the way to running .

   It's  been quite awhile since I've been able to open up a new aquisition.     Your video brings a smile to me. 😁

From our good friends at METCA...

@Dallas Joseph posted:

Thanks Corey .   Good looking R1-A set. 🤓

Nice video going from opening  and all the way to running .

   It's  been quite awhile since I've been able to open up a new aquisition.     Your video brings a smile to me. 😁

Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed.

Finally got it - something :

The box!

Hmmm; wonder what's in that box? I haven't ordered any buildings.

Okay, time to take the contents out:

Okay; looks like 8 boxes of rolling stock.

Hmmmm; still trying to remember what 8 pieces of rolling stock I bought as a whole.

Let's find out:

Wow! 8 boxcars! So what are they?

I remember, BNSF 25th Anniversary of their last merger.

Here are all 8:

Closer look at them all:

(not sure why they are curved - especially on the top)  (need to check my camera's settings)

Now if I add these to this set:

You get this long train:

A couple movies of the train:

Please excuse the video as I recently moved and haven't got my new-to-me train room organized and permanent layout built.

Bought or delivered??

I bought 4 Atlas 40 foot reefers from @MrMuffin'sTrains last year that finally arrived.  These are beautiful, as expected.

I bought the BNSF 25 year merger anniversary engine from @MrMuffin'sTrains.  For some unknown reason I got one of the last versions / road numbers to be delivered.  It's fine as we head into train season.

I bought the UP Our people engine #1111 MTH DCS Premier engine, also from @MrMuffin'sTrains.  Gorgeous, engine.

John

Bought  a couple of ERR boards for future projects from a forum member. I plan on converting a Lionel F3 and BEEP to command.

Good times! 👍😁

@paulp575 that's a sharp looking set of box cars. Enjoy!