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3rd set - when you are on a roll, don't stop.  From my long time friends at TRAINZ,  pulled the trigger and bought a few more items.  Two for me are noteworthy; the Lionel Milwaukee Road Pup trailers and the Corgi Milwaukee Road panel truck.  I think I have a thing for the color "orange",  the Fighting Illini and Chicago Bears wear orange, so why not my trains?  Being from the Midwest corn and soybeans and pigs and fowl are big things, so had to have the Wayne Feeds hopper from Atlas to add to my grain hoppers. Truly and impressive car with how the covers open to allow loading.   

@Dave Ripp. posted:

This scene looks great and you read my mind. I was wishing for a better view of the bridge and here it is.

@Dave Ripp.  Dave I am putting a new post together on the TPRR. Did not realize its been 6 months since I updated it.  There are much better bridge pics there as well as videos. Its had come a long way since my first post.

@ScoutingDad posted:

@Dave Ripp.  Dave I am putting a new post together on the TPRR. Did not realize its been 6 months since I updated it.  There are much better bridge pics there as well as videos. Its had come a long way since my first post.

I look forward to it.

@gunrunnerjohn posted:

That's the $64,000 question.  I once build replacement handrails for a Lionel Trainmaster, but it was a PITA by the time I was done.  For the 70-ton locomotive I put the old railings back on.  I had only slightly mangled them before I found the trick to removing them.

See arrow, that one was my screwup.

John, Thanks for the response. Nice recovery. If that is as bad as it gets, life is good. Pat B.

I think that I would be more concerned with how would anyone get past that part of the railing down the hood toward the cab!

@Big Jim posted:

I think that I would be more concerned with how would anyone get past that part of the railing down the hood toward the cab!

Well, my major concern is the fact that I think I'd crush the frame just climbing the steps!

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@MikeH posted:

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That's really nice and I see it really smokes profusely. Great buy!!!

@MikeH posted:

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HOLY SMOKE  Mike.....

Really nice looking diesels .

Thanks guys.  Yeah, I bought it used and received it today.  Before putting it on the track, I popped the shells on both A's.  I oiled the spindles on the smoke fan motors.  I noticed that the batting looked brand new.  And it was bone dry.  So while I had the shells off, I added enough smoke fluid to thoroughly saturate both.  It was 40+ drops for each!   You see the result.  Smoking like an MTH.

Picked this Lionel Prewar 801 Wabash caboose at last Sunday’s Wayne NJ train show for $5.00.
I Cleaned the caboose, and as you can see it came out very nice for being over 100 years old.
I was surprised on how the wheels/axles turned out after cleaning the rust off
From by research, it was MFG in 1917 and is not a candidate for repaint as it was loved by someone

I also purchased CP-7 couplers and a Con-50 manual reversing switch, all prewar reproduction parts.

Bought a MTH Metrolink F40 Engine with the six Bombardier passenger cars, 10-15 Lionel UP 21' Passenger Cars, Lionel UP SP 1996 SD70, Lionel SP SD40T, and Lionel Vision Line ATSF Stock Cars

I got 3 new cars to fit my early 70's layout era. A couple mid to late 60's Chevy models and a 64 Plymouth.

@Dave Ripp. posted:

I got 3 new cars to fit my early 70's layout era. A couple mid to late 60's Chevy models and a 64 Plymouth.

Dave,

Love that 64 Plymouth, "Mopar Or No Car".

Jeff

Really nice Chevys and Plymouth, Dave!!  My second car was a '73 Plymouth Satellite, the first was a '69 Ford Galaxy XL.  You can tell the auto manufacturers had gotten into the space race! 

@ScoutingDad love Trainz and love those pick-ups ya got!! I really like Corgi's "Fallen Flags" series of RR vehicles- there's some pretty neat ones and that van is certainly one of them! Also- those ps-4 wooden flats are some of the best cars Lionel has made in recent years, IMO, mainly due to their versatility(except when there's a fixed load) but the Toffee 20' pups don't fall into that category. I have a few different trailers and like trying them out of different mfgs. cars- but especially on my ps-4 PUP toffee. Nice haul!

@RonH nice piece of tin you got yourself! For $5 that's a good price and it's not in junker condition either. Awesome job cleaning it up- do you have/do you plan on getting some freight to go with it?

@MikeH that's a really sweet ABA set of the GM&O. Got my first GM&O a few weeks back and have enjoyed reading up on the line. Those diesels look incredibly well-done, well-detailed, and spew diesel exhaust like In see it in my dreams! Ha. Awesome stuff!

@Jdjones24 man that sounds like a great haul!! I love the K-line version of the metro link and associated bombardiers, love the espee as well!! Sounds like you really went all out on those 21' passenger cars- good for you! You'll have to show us some pics- at least of the metrolink and SP SD40t!

@Dave Ripp. awesome looking town! Those cars fit in perfectly! I too like that Plymouth a bunch. Who's the mfg. on those?

Some recent deliveries- have been trying to gather some new freight. Took advantage of the Trainz triple point promotion the week of 12/6 to 12/12 so I got quite a few items. Main focus was on ATSF and UP, atlas items at good prices, covered hoppers, and box cars. I'll start with some of the items that don't necessarily fit the above...

My "military train" . Was very happy to find and score the Atlas Troop car- converted into  DOD Guard car G56 which is actually on display at the Arkansas RR museum! The Atlas O Coil car and Weaver United  States Army Boxcar I got from @Beth Marshall from PDT- thanks Beth!

Love my patched/stamped cars! Coil car is former NS, now marked for GE railcar services

Lionel Conrail 60' single door boxcar(Trainz) and MEC Pan Am 50'6" atlas trainman(ebay). Love Conrail for its versatility in freight consists

Better shot of the Pan Am boxcar! Always wanted one, finally found one for a reasonable price. I do like the modern safety stripes on the side

Last for this post- two gondolas from Trainz: Lionel CSX 65' mill gondola(again love the safety stripes) and MTH BC Rail with load(load removed-carrying screwdriver ha). The Mill gon dwarfs my 52' gondolas so I've been keeping it separated. Both really nice gons!

Will try to get more up later!

@Mark Boyce posted:

Really nice Chevys and Plymouth, Dave!!  My second car was a '73 Plymouth Satellite, the first was a '69 Ford Galaxy XL.  You can tell the auto manufacturers had gotten into the space race! 

We had a 73 Satellite too Mark. That 318 had some punch. It looked like the local PD cruisers too so I got away with a little too much when I drove it.
My first car was a 73 Dart- 218 slant 6.

My first was a 68 Dart GT with 273 V8 and a posi rear.  I never legally registered it but I did take it out just a few times before I got my license.  Then I had a 74 Valiant with the 225 slant 6, I think it was.  I totaled it one day driving home from HS.  I totaled a lot of cars back then (early 1980s).  Actually the first car I totaled was a 1973 Chevy Vega, being chased by the police (not very fast) in a snowstorm when I was in 8th grade, 1978 or 79 I guess it would have been.  Supposedly I was home babysitting my younger siblings.  Dad was a little mad that night.

Speaking of "Buy anything cool lately?", I expect to take delivery tomorrow of a new set of Lionel Legacy PA diesels.  The New Haven line in classic black and red!  This is a replacement for the pair of the same supposedly "delivered" to me 2 weeks ago by FedEx.  Their "proof of delivery" is the driver's note "left at garage."  I don't have a garage and, at the moment, neither do I yet have that pair of New Haven PA diesels.  In an email today, Lionel assured me this set arriving tomorrow is the very last set they have in stock.  I hope they got the full $999.99 from FedEx on the "lost" set that is probably under the driver's Christmas tree right now....