Buy anything cool lately?

Bob I wish I had the nerve to tackle an ERR upgrade.  I remember you getting the ATSF shell from Trainland.  What road was the BEEP originally?

Don I was aware of the RMT USAF BEEP. I never pursued one when the first came out and once I wanted one they were gone and I've never found one on eBay so...

Pennsyfan.  I believe the Dimestore Dreams series of plastic vehicles came out in the early to mid 2000s.  There were 8 or 10 versions.  I picked up 4 at a Cracker Barrel to use on a Lionel auto carrier but they didn't fit.  One of the ones I have is a Sedan Delivery, blue and red if memory serves that must have come out the same mold as the Ambulance.

The new Atlantis versions of the 1/43 scale truck models, the Chevy above and the White Semi fuel tanker come with windows.  I believe I've read you could order the windows for the White from them if you have an older kit.  If they're selling those windows separately they're probably selling those Chevy windows also.

@pennsyfan posted:

I came across this on the bay and thought I should have an ambulance for my little people. I had never heard of this manufacturer. The bottom left corner reads 1/43 scale  

Very cool streamlined ambulance.  Definitely deserves mention under this topic!  No guts but slick looking and a must include.  Love it.

@pennsyfan posted:

I came across this on the bay and thought I should have an ambulance for my little people. I had never heard of this manufacturer. The bottom left corner reads 1/43 scale  

The DimeStore Dreams cars are neat - a 1950's holdover.

I have a complete set of them, never taken out of their boxes - I'll get around to posting pics as soon as my workbench is cleared off again.

I might sell them - they've been just sitting on a shelf for bout 15 years now.

@coach joe posted:

Bob I wish I had the nerve to tackle an ERR upgrade.  I remember you getting the ATSF shell from Trainland.  What road was the BEEP originally?

I have 3 BEEP's, PRR, PC, and BAR, so I took the shell of of the BAR and used the chassis for the Santa Fe. All of the lighting plugs in so I may upgrade the lights in the BAR shell one day so I can swap shells anytime.

Come to think of it, I could do all of the shells and have a fleet ready to go.

Bob

Thinking that I got a few good deals today at the Hamburg train show this morning.  Sad to see quite a lot of empty tables but I got my fix in till the Allentown show in February.
$100.00 for the five bungalows and $3.00 for the Elastolin fire , that will be displayed with my BarclayManoil soldiers

@Bigboyrich posted:

Rich here,

I bought a original Lionel Blue Comet that has been refurbished by a fellow that

does reconditioning. I think it looks great, 263e with cars coming when I have

money…..

Beautiful locomotive. I just bought the 2600 2-tone passenger cars yesterday at the TCA show. I need to find me a 263E to go with mine. The ones I got were repainted on the outside like an olive green, but the insides are the original blue.

It's a vicious cycle.....I bought a new Rutland 70 ton diesel......so now I need appropriate rolling stock for it to pull.......

@RSJB18 posted:

It's a vicious cycle.....I bought a new Rutland 70 ton diesel......so now I need appropriate rolling stock for it to pull.......

And, of course, you MUST get a matching caboose...

Received my new caboose. MTH and Trainworld did a fabulous job on this. It has interior lighting, figures and red end of car marker lights. Really nice detailing at a decent price. Now I need to apply my MTA “M” decals and I’m good to go.

@Apples55 posted:

And, of course, you MUST get a matching caboose...

Yes- still on the hunt for one.

@Strap Hanger posted:

Received my new caboose. MTH and Trainworld did a fabulous job on this. It has interior lighting, figures and red end of car marker lights. Really nice detailing at a decent price. Now I need to apply my MTA “M” decals and I’m good to go.

Speaking of Cabeese!

Very nice Strap. I may have to add one to my cart when my RS-1 arrives at TW.

Bob

@pennsyfan posted:

I came across this on the bay and thought I should have an ambulance for my little people. I had never heard of this manufacturer. The bottom left corner reads 1/43 scale  

They are better cool. I found this one at a thrift shop in Fillmore CA. A woody and a runabout.

Keep those trains running!

Jeff

I picked up a 1665 over the weekend, she's disassembled but I should be able to fix her up, I'll take a picture in the morning if I remember to.

Wow fellows, beautiful purchases, I’m still receiving BTO items from the Lionel 2020 volume 2 catalog. A VisionLine B&O sounds car, CSX 86 foot gondola, and the Camaro/Corvette car, the Mustang/Ford Fairlane car. I’m happy and hopefully items from the 2020 catalog will arrive this year… Happy Railroading Everyone

Nothing extraordinary here, just two RailKing scale sized tank cars that I found at a reasonable price. Ever since MTH announced their break-up the asking price for anything MTH has gone through the roof on bidding sites. Folks seem to think the stuff is solid gold. It's nice to find something I want at sane, reasonable prices in this market.  They were $20-something each.

A Second Chance for Ownership ...

Years ago, I owned a MTH Alco DL109 with Rock Island décor, but sold it (along with nearly all of my extensive RI collection of O-gauge trains) after a series of medical incidents. It turned out that I misread the "handwriting on the wall." I survived those ordeals without deficits.  Now 82, l wanted to "re-collect" a few of those trains  I previously sold at auction.

Fortunately, I found and recently bought two RI trains:  1) the Lionel "General" RI&P steam loco accompanied by three 1880s-era passenger coaches; and 2) a hard-to-find MTH Alco DL109 diesel loco with RI décor, new in the box.  I'll display both items on the display wall in my train room.

Mike Mottler   LCCA 12394

Mike, congratulations on misreading the handwriting on the wall.

It can be dangerous to re-read old MTH catalogs.   I was perusing the MTH 2019 Vol 2 catalog and saw this Erie-Lackawanna GP7 (#30-20650-1) that I really liked & thought would be a nice upgrade to my "fleet".  The standard equipment on it rivals Premier offerings , at a friendlier price.  But this diesel shipped 2 years ago, so where would I find one ?   Lo & behold, Beth @Public Delivery Track had one !  At a good price as well.  Shipped quickly to me here in SD too.   This is the second time I have found an engine in her stock that I figured everyone was sold out of.  Thks Beth !

Rich in SD

I hope to be able to add to this stream over the weekend. The TCA Keystone Division is having a show tomorrow in Lancaster, PA. I have my shopping list.

@trestleking posted:

It can be dangerous to re-read old MTH catalogs.   I was perusing the MTH 2019 Vol 2 catalog and saw this Erie-Lackawanna GP7 (#30-20650-1)

Trestleking,

That is the disease!  I touched those last MTH catalogs too many times and I ended up in almost denial that I purchased as many things as I have done, long after those products were released    Thoroughly cleansing my hands didn't seem to rid me of it, either.  They are still in my stack next to my recliner, calling out to me often.  It reminds me of the cravings I get for Breyer's Ice Cream and I deny that the Miller Engineering neon sign on my layout has anything to do with it.

Mike

@trestleking posted:

It can be dangerous to re-read old MTH catalogs.   I was perusing the MTH 2019 Vol 2 catalog and saw this Erie-Lackawanna GP7 (#30-20650-1) that I really liked & thought would be a nice upgrade to my "fleet".  The standard equipment on it rivals Premier offerings , at a friendlier price.  But this diesel shipped 2 years ago, so where would I find one ?   Lo & behold, Beth @Public Delivery Track had one !  At a good price as well.  Shipped quickly to me here in SD too.   This is the second time I have found an engine in her stock that I figured everyone was sold out of.  Thks Beth !

Rich in SD

This looks like the ' SCALE  Railking.  A great value IMO and a handsome looking GP7 in the E-L paint.             I have the B&O sunburst model and it has been a great runner.   

I did add front and rear marker lights to it .