Really nice looking, Larry! They stopped passenger service on the B&O where I grew up when I was pretty little.
i got this Atlas Unicorn from Mr. Larry Linebeck. Thank you sir!
Geno
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Larry beautiful cars will make a great train.
Don
WOW! Looks like everyone's wallets are a bit lighter around here.
Not to worry....I'm holding up my end of the deal. I just ordered a couple of the new RMT ore cars in LIRR from Trainworld. Should arrive later this summer. I seem to be heading down the proverbial slippery slope with ore cars. I have 1 LIRR already, just bought 2 of the Menards PRR cars, and now these RMT's. I plan to do custom sand loads in all of them since the only real mining that ever took place on Lawn-guy-land was sand mining......
Bob
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@pennsyfan posted:
yea- I saw that story the other day on Accu-Weather's site. Pretty cool. We had a huge mine on the north shore that's is now a golf course. The mine produced tons of sand that was used to build much of Manhattan's iconic skyline including the Empire State Building.
Long Island is one giant sandbar courtesy of the glaciers from the last ice age, also how Long Island Sound was formed.
"The mine produced tons of sand that was used to build much of Manhattan's iconic skyline including the Empire State Building.", courtesy of Colonial Sand & Stone. There's still a little piece of equipment up there in Port Washington that was made into a monument or memorial.
@coach joe posted:"The mine produced tons of sand that was used to build much of Manhattan's iconic skyline including the Empire State Building.", courtesy of Colonial Sand & Stone. There's still a little piece of equipment up there in Port Washington that was made into a monument or memorial.
Right along the 2nd hole of the executive course......👍👍🏌️♂️🏌️♂️😂😂
The remnants of the tunnel and conveyor to the harbor were preserved.
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Larry, those are some great looking cars!
Bob, my wallet is empty, but sad to say no new train stuff! LOL
Picked up this Railking reefer today from Mainline Hobby in Blue Ridge Summit PA. I happened past the shop when dropping my son in law and his brother off on the Appalachian Trail, and after hiking a short distance along with them. Not a paint scheme I would have considered had I not seen it in person. I assume this is a fantasy scheme based on a fruit label. If there is any authenticity to this paint scheme, or if reefers were ever painted this elaborately; I would appreciate your thoughts. I think it an attractive car either way.
Thanks, Jeff
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That's a great looking car. Now I'm not a scale modeler that requires prototypical equipment so I would run a fantasy scheme that looked that good without hesitation.
I just received the Morton Salt and the Army medical and freight caboose from MTH via Stockyard E.xpress . Did not open yet.
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Coach Joe, I am from Long Island and I never knew the story of LI Sand being so crucial for construction in the city. I have the LIRR on my little layout, and now grasp the importance of the sand hoppers, and the memorial is beyond beautiful, it is striking. Obliviously rather recently created, and be that as it may, to see the Twin Towers preserved is memorable by itself. Thanks for sharing.
Ordered this from Pats Trains It’s in the works.
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@StevefromPA : Thanks for your comment on my John Deere display. I also liked the posting of the PP&L K-line sets, never had seen those before, neat stuff. @RSJB18 and @coach joe : I lived in the Long Island area for many years (in my youth) and never knew the story of the "Long Island sand" - a fascinating piece of history and the monument is really neat. Thanks for posting. @jeffrey O'Brien : Neat refer, I expect that the livery comes from a fruit label, the Florida fruit companies were famous for their elaborate labels. But prototype or not, its a neat looking car.
Great finds everyone. Thanks for a great thread!
Best Wishes
Don
Nothing better then coming home after a long day working to a box of trains. After last weeks box of all PRR I changed it up for this order.
Huge shout out to @EricTrainMan for pointing out the awesome atlas reefer.
I do feel bad with what I will be doing with the baggage car.
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Hi Nate.
Aok Nate.
