Buy anything cool lately?

Here's a bunch of rolling stock that I've been wanting to post- starting with Atlas and Atlas Trainman:

Hoppers:

Atlas Big O/Master- Conrail ACF 3 bays and Chicago Freight Car Leasing 5161 Trinity

ATSF PS4750 and PS2CD 4427

Boxcars:

Trainman 50' 6" Boxcars:  UP XAF 11 w/ MP reporting mark & BNSF Swoosh logo. Both w/ safety stripes

Love these 40' hy-cubes. I know they were't around too long but from what I've read despite their road names being primarily western, they were often found in captive service and were common on Penn Central trains

Weaver GM&O GP38-2 dummy & Trainman ICG & DRGW 40'  Hy-cubes

Trainman 40' Hy-cubes: ATSF (1975 Repaint) and Southern Pacific(PDT special run- thanks Beth!)

ATSF 1975 repaint vs 1967 version. 1975 repaint includes plate F & COTS

String of 40' hy-cubes, spotlight on the DRGW, Northern Pacific & UP

Some more to come on the Lionel front

Wanted to finish up posting these before the ATMA meet. Lionel Freight cars and some Atlas:

Lionel Illinois Central 60' Boxcar and ACF 3 bay Wabash hopper

Some 60' boxcars: Atlas DRGW 60' Berwick Hy-cube, Lionel 60' double doors- ATSF & Norfolk Southern**

**- the Lionel NS really bothers me with its roof walk. One, NS came into being long after running boards were no longer allowed. Also, with a built date of 1996- just doesn't make sense. That said, I've had a hard time finding decently priced Norfolk Southern rolling stock and I can always remove the running boards

Lionel Conrail 60' and Atlas O PS-1 50' Conrail boxcars...I've read that the white door on the Conrail boxcar means "clean lading"- if anyone can confirm I'd appreciate it!

Finally- some gondolas.

Lionel CSX Mill Gon & MTH 52' BC Rail gondola

Wanted to post to demonstrate their size vs. some other large modern cars as well for any prospective buyers

Conrail Mill Gon(PC paint) Between a 60' Berwick Hy-cube and 60' boxcar. Was a bit disappointed with the paint job on this one vs what I was expecting based on the catalog pics

CSXT Mill gon between 60' boxcar and trinity hopper

@Henryjint posted:

Nothing was better on a cold winter day than an order (or two or three) of hot fries in the cone cup from the Coney Island location.

Why would you limit it to a cold winter day???

Hi Paul,

Nothing wrong with fries in warm weather but I would rather have a cone of hot Nathan's fries in my hand than a hot cup of coffee!

But enough about fries, this thread is about cool train related items!

I got this Grand Trunk & Western flat car, but it was a little to new looking. I weathered it, painted the deck and added diecast sprung trucks.

Ten dollar box of fun. Estate sale find Lionel #60 trolley missing pole and a couple Scout cars with interesting coupler setup that I have never seen. Tried the trolley and it growled, I think with a good cleanup and lube it will be banging away again.

Scout coupler and a upgrade coupler on same truck.

The 60 trolley is running, still need to get the trolley pole

I think that I have a 6014 car like that. I’m pretty sure that i kept it.

I did. This seems so appropriate as I used to buy Schmidt’s returnable long necks back when (probably underage) and……we now live in the former (national) sales manager’s home for Schmidt’s Beer from back when. Even better, I believe that my dad knew and met him back in the ‘80s on our “new” and now current street. Well somewhat down and across the creek. I love train and beer history!

i got a really cool box this week from Trainz too!

This might be better placed in the cool MPC thread. But this is all new to me.

@WRW posted:

I did. This seems so appropriate as I used to buy Schmidt’s returnable long necks back when (probably underage) and……we now live in the former (national) sales manager’s home for Schmidt’s Beer back when. Even better, I believe that my dad knew and met him back in the ‘80s on our street. Well somewhat down and across the creek. I love train and beer history!

Great looking Reefer

Looks good WRW, like it’s ready for a shipment from 2nd and Girard.

just ordered a road champs good humor truck and a woodland scenics farmers market for the front of my union station, waitin on the mailman

@franktrain posted:

Ten dollar box of fun. Estate sale find Lionel #60 trolley missing pole and a couple Scout cars with interesting coupler setup that I have never seen. Tried the trolley and it growled, I think with a good cleanup and lube it will be banging away again.

Scout coupler and a upgrade coupler on same truck.

The 60 trolley is running, still need to get the trolley pole

I've seen that coupler a few times, I believe it was a Lionel service center conversion kit.

I took delivery today of my winning bids on Toys Trains and Other Old Things auction. High marks to the auctioneer for accurate descriptions and pictures. The packing was awesome.

84  bungalow and -91 villa
y

224E
226E

1666 E

These beauties arrived the other day - another home run from the great folks at METCA (and Thanks, Stu, @NOT LionelLLC for your help with my problematic address - no issues this time!!!).

Of course, when they send the cars, they just have to include a bunch of flyers with their other current offerings… and they are doing a pair of Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal flatcars with Boar’s Head Pup Trailers. Being a Brooklyn boy, I just had to order a set of them as well.

Driving to York through Wheeling, WV, l pass the old Mail Pouch Tobacco building.  Its signs remonistrating you to "Chew Mail Pouch Tobacco" were found on fences, trees, and the doors and walls of rural country stores in my past, so when Patrick's Trains offered these MTH reefers, even though not one of the four states of Atlas reefers l collect, this is a souvenir of York and is here today.  In cigar store wooden Indian tradition, it has a head-dressed native American on its sides.

Just received the Lionel freight set I got on the bay NIB. Its the Lionel Feather River Regional 3 pack freight set 6-31796 with a WP Feather Logo Boxcar, UP bulkhead Flatcar with pipe load, and WP PS-5 Gondola with automotive chassis load. My favorite is the boxcar with the big Feather and Western Pacific in it, "Rides Like a Feather". I should have taken a photo of the boxcar with the door open so the compartments could be seen. Next time.

I really need to flip the switch on the Xmas lights! LoL

And here it is in action with in a WP consist with the enemies Daylight train on the inner loop.

That’s a great looking train!

Great buys everyone! I bet they all look wonderful on your layouts!