@Mark Boyce posted:Bob, Nice engineers. Are those pallets in the NYC car or some other load? The car looks great! We used to see a lot of the green NYC System P&LE cars here in Western Pennsylvania.
Auto frames Mark.
The engineers may go under the knife in order to fit them in the cab. 
Today I received four WP California Zephyr Aluminum passenger cars by K-line. These are brand new in the factory sealed boxes and look fantastic! Too bad K-line didn't survive, they made great stuff. These are the 15" versions so they fit well on my 12'x8' layout, and they have interiors with people instead of silhouettes typically found in simi scale passenger cars. I'm totally stoked I found these being a WP fan. here's some photos.
Original New Packaging:
Individual cars:
WP Silver Dollar
D&RGW Silver Mustang:
CB&Q Silver Roundup:
CB&Q Silver Horizon Observation car:
Normally pulled by a set of Western Pacific F7 ABA's, they were all busy pulling freight, so leave to the good old #485 GS-64 to pull it from Paradise*, CA to Reno, NV. Then a set of F7's will take it the rest of the way to Salt Lake City, Utah. I think the silver cars look great being pulled by a black GS! i'm missing a baggage car from the same set, hoping to find one on eBay. Maybe someone here knows of one K-line K4613-10903 Zephyr baggage car
*I've posted this before in OGR, so for those that may not have seen that post, my layout is named after Paradise, CA. It's a fantasy rail stop, as there wasn't a passenger rail stop in Paradise's history, other than logging line for the Diamond Match Co. in Chico, CA. and other lumber mills in the area. I so named my layout because my Dad lived in Paradise for 25 years where in passed away in 2010. And then in 2018 the town burned to the ground in the Camp fire, killing 86 people. In memory of the life's lost, homes and businesses destroyed by the fire, I named my layout.
'Too bad K-line didn't survive, they made great stuff. '
Super Scott! I have some Canadian Pacific versions that I enjoy. Top-notch quality!
Picked up this MTH Chessie GP40 at my LHS. It had less than 10 scale miles on it. It is from 2006.
Charlie
@RSJB18 posted:Some recent pick ups.
First- some MTH engineer figures for my F3 upgrade. I also sourced the original Lionel figures from Jeff at The Train Tender.
Also just received this NYC double door boxcar from a forum member
Bob, those are really nice figures, the detail in the paint is awesome! That is a really nice double door boxcar with separately applied pieces like the ladders and grab rails. Very nice finds!
I have a Lionel double door D&RGW boxcar but most of the detail is molded in. It looks good from a distance but lacks the details of your NY Central. It also has the auto frames load.
Finally saved the money to get these 2 awesome locos 
@WesternPacific2217 posted:Bob, those are really nice figures, the detail in the paint is awesome! That is a really nice double door boxcar with separately applied pieces like the ladders and grab rails. Very nice finds!
I have a Lionel double door D&RGW boxcar but most of the detail is molded in. It looks good from a distance but lacks the details of your NY Central. It also has the auto frames load.
Thanks Scott. I have an older PRR double door car that I'm going to put some of these racks in.
Yea- MTH did a nice job on the figures. Not sure if I'd mess with either guy....they both look pretty tough 
@fl9turbo2 posted:Finally saved the money to get these 2 awesome locos
WOW! 
It's like the old Double Mint Gum commercials. Very nice!
Bob
Must be aluminum passenger car week. 
Just picked up this five car Lionel UP 15" aluminum passenger car set. It will work well on my mostly O-36 layout. They were made in 1984, I believe, and were part of an original 7 car set. I have the new Legacy UP F7 AA BTO set on order for a scheduled winter delivery and this set should go well with it. Hopefully, the colors will be close, but I'm not that concerned about it.
@cpowell posted:Picked up this MTH Chessie GP40 at my LHS. It had less than 10 scale miles on it. It is from 2006.
Charlie
Charlie , what's the MTH number on this one ? 🤔
Is it a Premier , Scale Railking or Imperial Railking ? It's hard for me to see from a photo on MTHs diesels. It does look really nice though . 🤓
The photos below were posted on another thread recently. But I wanted to expound a bit more on the locomotive here. I recently purchased a 2001 NIB Lionel TMCC Union Pacific 4-6-2 Pacific. It's worked great, right out of the box, is a good runner, a stump puller, and I love the forlorn sound of its steam whistle. And it's black, not two-tone gray.
I noticed Lionel's offering of this locomotive in its latest catalog, upgraded to Legacy of course and for over a thousand dollars more than what I paid for this one. Only the latest one is in the two-toe gray. In researching this paint scheme, I learned that the Union Pacific painted only 14 of its 4-6-2 Pacifics in the two-tone gray paint scheme for its non-streamliner passenger trains from 1946-1952. The UP had far more black 4-6-2s used for freight service than it had two-tone gray ones used for passenger service. One thinks of the two-tone gray paint scheme for UP's larger steamers like the FEFs used for passenger service.
Anyway, had Lionel offered its latest Legacy UP 4-6-2 Pacific in black, rather than the two-tone gray, I may have caved and ordered one. But for around $1,000 less, and immediate enjoyment now, I'm glad I settled for this one, not to mention its quality and dependability.
@fl9turbo2 posted:Finally saved the money to get these 2 awesome locos
Very nice! Congratulations on your purchases! UP Big Boy and SP AC-9, two very successful articulated locomotives. The Bad Boys of the west! You can spot the AC-9 a mile away with the spine cover. I call it SP vanity! ;-)
@WesternPacific2217 posted:Today I received four WP California Zephyr Aluminum passenger cars by K-line. These are brand new in the factory sealed boxes and look fantastic! Too bad K-line didn't survive, they made great stuff. These are the 15" versions so they fit well on my 12'x8' layout, and they have interiors with people instead of silhouettes typically found in simi scale passenger cars. I'm totally stoked I found these being a WP fan. here's some photos.
Original New Packaging:
Individual cars:
WP Silver Dollar
D&RGW Silver Mustang:
CB&Q Silver Roundup:
CB&Q Silver Horizon Observation car:
Normally pulled by a set of Western Pacific F7 ABA's, they were all busy pulling freight, so leave to the good old #485 GS-64 to pull it from Paradise*, CA to Reno, NV. Then a set of F7's will take it the rest of the way to Salt Lake City, Utah. I think the silver cars look great being pulled by a black GS! i'm missing a baggage car from the same set, hoping to find one on eBay. Maybe someone here knows of one K-line K4613-10903 Zephyr baggage car
*I've posted this before in OGR, so for those that may not have seen that post, my layout is named after Paradise, CA. It's a fantasy rail stop, as there wasn't a passenger rail stop in Paradise's history, other than logging line for the Diamond Match Co. in Chico, CA. and other lumber mills in the area. I so named my layout because my Dad lived in Paradise for 25 years where in passed away in 2010. And then in 2018 the town burned to the ground in the Camp fire, killing 86 people. In memory of the life's lost, homes and businesses destroyed by the fire, I named my layout.
Nice find, Scott. I love them and had the Santa Fe version of these a few years back
These definitely had your name on them. Way to go. 😃
And now my engineers have someplace to sit.....
Interiors for my F3's from Lionel. I have more on the way for future upgrades.
@RSJB18 posted:Auto frames Mark.
The engineers may go under the knife in order to fit them in the cab.
Yes, I see that they are automobile frames now that you mention it. It seems most model people have to go under the knife to fit in cabs, passenger cars, and motor vehicles.
Just got this in from a fellow forum member. Now I have two of the three cars “uncle frank” from B&F hobbies designed. 
Dallas, Premier 20-2656-1, 2006 Volume 1.
Stumbled across a couple of these Lionel diecast tanker trucks. Didn’t know they existed. I have a bit of a current obsession going with my MPC Humble tankcars and when I saw these, had to get them. I picked up three of them.
Now I’m thinking I need to have a small refinery or distribution center scene on tthe layout.
Just received my Menards Strip Mall Shopping Center. I saw one in person back in February at a modular layout and really liked it. Wasn’t planning on buying any new structures for my layout just yet since I’m still doing the benchwork on my layout remodel. Of course Menards sends out a notice that they are almost out of these. After 2 weeks of being on the fence, I pulled the trigger on the purchase. Great building and it’s cramming 5 businesses into one area which help’s with the limited space. This building is much “cooler” than my plasticville structures.
@Richie C. posted:Must be aluminum passenger car week.
Just picked up this five car Lionel UP 15" aluminum passenger car set. It will work well on my mostly O-36 layout. They were made in 1984, I believe, and were part of an original 7 car set. I have the new Legacy UP F7 AA BTO set on order for a scheduled winter delivery and this set should go well with it. Hopefully, the colors will be close, but I'm not that concerned about it.
Richie, that will sure look awesome going down the track! Long wait for those UP F7's! What are the part numbers on the boxes, LIONEL UNION PACIFIC 9 CAR SET 6-7210/9545/9546/9547/9548/9549/6-8481/6-8480? It could be from 1984, maybe somebody in OGR knows. You have me curious!! Probably like you, can't wait to see them all together rolling down the track on your layout. ;-)
I managed to nab a Century Club Empire Express Hudson. Now my TMCC Dreyfuss has a buddy.
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