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@DETROIT posted:

Any idea of contact info for guy that made the church???

Sorry, but no. The man had his stuff on the table in New Braunfels, Texas Saturday and was gone on Sunday. He had a couple of other buildings which I presume he’d built and I presume he decided that he had a free Sunday after he’ sold out.

This has been a bit of a multiweek project and is still in progress, but a whole lot of Legos for a semi-custom O gauge compatible Lego Train. The engine uses an MTH bump and go trolley chassis and is surprisingly more powerful than expected, I've got it here pulling it's 4 car train of a tender, baggage(WIP), coach, and caboose, but I've managed to get as many as 8 traditional sized cars rolling on a level surface.

@Patrick B posted:

This has been a bit of a multiweek project and is still in progress, but a whole lot of Legos for a semi-custom O gauge compatible Lego Train. The engine uses an MTH bump and go trolley chassis and is surprisingly more powerful than expected, I've got it here pulling it's 4 car train of a tender, baggage(WIP), coach, and caboose, but I've managed to get as many as 8 traditional sized cars rolling on a level surface.

Patrick B.,

Awesome! You must be really pleased with the results. That MTH chassis is "ripping" down the track but then bump and go trolleys do tend toward hyper speeds :-).

Thanks for posting.

@TomlinsonRunRR posted:

Patrick B.,

Awesome! You must be really pleased with the results. That MTH chassis is "ripping" down the track but then bump and go trolleys do tend toward hyper speeds :-).

Thanks for posting.

Thanks! I was inspired by a post I saw on a Lego forum about a guy who's son joined an O gauge club, so he built an O gauge Camelback steamer entirely out of Legos so he had something to run when he went to his son's events. I'm nowhere near as creative as that guy though so I just settled for rebuilding one of the early 2000s "My Own Train" kits that I had as a kid and mounting the engine and cars to pre-existing trucks.

I guess I’ll make my first addition to this thread. After 8 years in this hobby, I finally bought a new Legacy engine. I’ve wanted a CSX heritage program, but Lionel came around with the B&O sd70. I love it. Being able to use the app was nice. Now I just need to get around to building a permanent layout!

The B&O Heritage engine looks great, CSXcellent!

Sunday I bought some Lionel trains and papers that were for sale on the internet locally. Yesterday I picked them up and when I got them home I did the usual, take apart the engine and tender, cleaned, rewired, oil and greased them. Tested them on my layout, they work perfectly. From what I figured out, this is set 1419ws from 1947.  

@Csxcellent posted:

I guess I’ll make my first addition to this thread. After 8 years in this hobby, I finally bought a new Legacy engine. I’ve wanted a CSX heritage program, but Lionel came around with the B&O sd70. I love it. Being able to use the app was nice. Now I just need to get around to building a permanent layout!

Csxelllent........really a looker.    You gotta get that layout going . This locomotive should look great roaring down the rails. 😉

@Dallas Joseph posted:

Csxelllent........really a looker.    You gotta get that layout going . This locomotive should look great roaring down the rails. 😉

Thanks. It’ll probably be a 5x9 ish winter Christmas themed layout. It looked great going around a 60x40 fastrack carpet loop earlier. Gosh the Bluetooth is fun.

@Mark Boyce posted:

The B&O Heritage engine looks great, CSXcellent!

Thanks. They need to do a chessie one next.

@N&WGuy posted:

Just tracked down a Lionel vision line SP GS6 #4460! Currently waiting for it to be shipped 😎

Very nice purchase N&WGuy, you must have it by now, I would hope. Enjoy! I have it's cousin, WP GS-64-77 #485, only mine is just TMCC from 2004. I'm a GS junky, they are my favorite Northern class locomotive. You may already know that the SP GS-6's 4460-4469 were manufactured next to WP GS-64-77 481-486. WP piggy backed SP's order in 1943. It's a interesting situation, as WP and SP were mortal enemies! Have fun with all those Vision Line features.

@WesternPacific2217 posted:

Very nice purchase N&WGuy, you must have it by now, I would hope. Enjoy! I have it's cousin, WP GS-64-77 #485, only mine is just TMCC from 2004. I'm a GS junky, they are my favorite Northern class locomotive. You may already know that the SP GS-6's 4460-4469 were manufactured next to WP GS-64-77 481-486. WP piggy backed SP's order in 1943. It's a interesting situation, as WP and SP were mortal enemies! Have fun with all those Vision Line features.

Thanks! I did get it late last week, but unfortunately I had to send it right back out to Lionel because the drivers had some sort of serious binding issue. I gotta wait 6 - 8 weeks for it to get repaired and shipped back to me now, lol. That's an interesting fact, I hadn't heard about that!

@N&WGuy posted:

Thanks! I did get it late last week, but unfortunately I had to send it right back out to Lionel because the drivers had some sort of serious binding issue. I gotta wait 6 - 8 weeks for it to get repaired and shipped back to me now, lol. That's an interesting fact, I hadn't heard about that!

Oh Man, sorry to hear that! Let's hope it doesn't take 6-8 weeks! I've noticed in the last year or so Lionel Support has stepped up their game, so hopefully you'll get it back sooner. I recently had to have both of my Cab-2 Legacy remotes repaired by Lionel, and they turned them around in a week! However, I live on the west coast and it was 5 days there and 5 days back. Let's hope you got it in before the Holiday rush too!

Picked up a 1951 Ford pickup at Menards . It came lightly weathered but to shinny for my early 1970 era. I dirtied it up and flat coated it now it fit right in.

Picked up a 1971 Lionel mpc Illinois Central set. Missing the IC boxcar but had the mailcar instead. Ran right out of box but first thing was to check lubrication and relube. Hard to believe it’s fifty years old.

not much lubrication

I use Amoco Ultimate synthetic lube I had for long time.

Franktrain: What a beautiful set, early MPC from 1971 and complete with the box.  By the way, if you want to see pictures of your missing boxcar, the Lionel #9200 IC boxcar from 1970-71, just look at my post on "Mid-West Monday" from 9/27.  Just by coincidence I used that very car for my post that Monday, I had just received it from e-bay so those cars are out there and the cost is modest.

Great Find, best wishes

Don

I’m a little late posting pictures of some of my York haul.  I purchased a Lionel Legacy PRR U28C Diesel from a forum. member in the parking lot. Inside a bought a LionScale PRR Stock Car. Plus a couple of gondolas for my grandsons to put their army men in. And for my grand daughter I got her a Chessie tee shirt. I’m looking forward to next years meet.

Dave, nice buy. I have that diesel in another road name. It’s a terrific runner.

I attended the Nuse River Valley Model Railroad Club show at the NC State fairgrounds this afternoon where I found these beauties. A Lionel National Car Company refer. And DT&I PS2 covered hopper. Great looking cars at fair prices. Can't beat that!

Rod, I agree with you. Great runner! When I sounded the horn for the first time I thought I had the real thing in my train room it was so loud.