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jim pastorius posted:

Spencer !! ??   Is there a hobby shop or just at the museum??  My son & I are going there tomorrow.

Jim, FYI there are no toy train shops in Charlotte, not for years.

BUT, tomorrow Saturday the 25th  there is a toy train show just north of Charlotte at the Metrolina Expo Trade Center from 0900 to 1600 hours.  This is located at 7100 Statesville Road.

Ron

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Allan Miller posted:

Army GP40s         

 

Yesterday's purchase at Dave Minarik's Mercer Junction Train Shoppe, along with matching steel-side cabooses and a couple of Ohio Central Coil Cars. Doing my best to keep the hobby strong!

Allan, Dave's Mercer Junction appears to be a Great place.  But, is there not any toy train places left in Youngstown?  Back in my day there was Amers, Triggs, Boardman Hobbies, and then TAS.  I know they are all gone, but nothings new to place them.

Or is it like Charlotte?  When I moved here in 78 there a few very good places.  Now for the last 5/7-years absolutely NOTHING.  Closest in in Spencer.

Ron

There are ZERO hobby shops/train stores in the immediate Youngstown area these days. A couple of area hardware stores have train sections, but there are no dedicated, full-service hobby/train shops.

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"Cool"? Well...

1 - Lionel GM&O Legacy GP35 from an acquaintance. Good price; have the correct AAR(Alco) truck side frames to replace the Blombergs on order from Lionel Parts. Cool.

2 - Finally found an Atlas NYC "cat's whisker" F2 NIB A-unit; from individual. Faulty gears (chewed up; from factory, I guess) on one truck; will not move more than 1". Not Cool. Seller left me out in the cold. Not Cool, again. There's a word or two for those guys, but I'd get kicked off here if I used them.

3 - Not a purchase - but discovered that my Lionel ATSF Alco S2 switcher has crumbled internally at both gearboxes, or so it seems. Dead, jammed, mechanically (electronically very durable). Not Cool.

4 - Won a brass tender at auction, only to find out that it was mis-listed and described as "O scale", when, in fact it is HO scale. One forgets how small HO is (I don't handle it much). The seller said mail it back for a refund. So, not Cool, but it could be worse, if resolved acceptably.

You had to ask. 

Yes it is, they have a recording telling you about the history of the property.  the whole town was developed around that Southern RR hub.  I found it interesting plus have been there for the 611 and Leviathan.  I am originally from Youngstown, Ohio, so am used to P&LE, B&O, C&O, Erie and Pennsylvania, so it was nice to learn about  Southern.  They have a great video in the roundhouse about steam engines and how they had to service them there.  Some nice auto's as well.  

 

Allan Miller posted:
PRRronbh posted:
Allan Miller posted:

Army GP40s         

 

Yesterday's purchase at Dave Minarik's Mercer Junction Train Shoppe, along with matching steel-side cabooses and a couple of Ohio Central Coil Cars. Doing my best to keep the hobby strong!

Allan, Dave's Mercer Junction appears to be a Great place.  But, is there not any toy train places left in Youngstown?  Back in my day there was Amers, Triggs, Boardman Hobbies, and then TAS.  I know they are all gone, but nothings new to place them.

Or is it like Charlotte?  When I moved here in 78 there a few very good places.  Now for the last 5/7-years absolutely NOTHING.  Closest in in Spencer.

Ron

There are ZERO hobby shops/train stores in the immediate Youngstown area these days. A couple of area hardware stores have train sections, but there are no dedicated, full-service hobby/train shops.

Allen I am a native to this area.And there once were at least 5 or 6 hobby shops.There all gone now just memories now.

seaboardm2 posted:
Allan Miller posted:
PRRronbh posted:
Allan Miller posted:

Army GP40s         

 

Yesterday's purchase at Dave Minarik's Mercer Junction Train Shoppe, along with matching steel-side cabooses and a couple of Ohio Central Coil Cars. Doing my best to keep the hobby strong!

Allan, Dave's Mercer Junction appears to be a Great place.  But, is there not any toy train places left in Youngstown?  Back in my day there was Amers, Triggs, Boardman Hobbies, and then TAS.  I know they are all gone, but nothings new to place them.

Or is it like Charlotte?  When I moved here in 78 there a few very good places.  Now for the last 5/7-years absolutely NOTHING.  Closest in in Spencer.

Ron

There are ZERO hobby shops/train stores in the immediate Youngstown area these days. A couple of area hardware stores have train sections, but there are no dedicated, full-service hobby/train shops.

Allen I am a native to this area.And there once were at least 5 or 6 hobby shops.There all gone now just memories now.

I live in the Youngstown area and even if there were stores there, id be more opted to drive to Mercer. Such a nice store and owner. Nice purchase, Allan.

Got this delivered this week from Pikesville Models.  They were at York back in April displaying this S gauge motel.  I actually thought with the right paint color I could actually turn it into a prison.  I talked to them to see if they could make one in O scale and they said they would see what they could do.  Well it showed up this week and I really think it will be fun putting this together.  A picture of it from their directions is shown.

Also not train related but as a LONG time suffering Cleveland sports fan I also bought something really cool this week... a CAVS CHAMPIONSHIP t-shirt. 

Prison

 

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Got this delivered this week from Pikesville Models.  They were at York back in April displaying this S gauge motel.  I actually thought with the right paint color I could actually turn it into a prison.  I talked to them to see if they could make one in O scale and they said they would see what they could do.  Well it showed up this week and I really think it will be fun putting this together.  A picture of it from their directions is shown.

Also not train related but as a LONG time suffering Cleveland sports fan I also bought something really cool this week... a CAVS CHAMPIONSHIP t-shirt. 

Prison

 

I want one!

Yesterday, I bought a pair of AEC Mack trucks. On the sides, they say "fission control". Too cool. I also bought a small die-cast toy plane. It's not O scale like the trucks, but I couldn't pass it up. When I put it on the back of one of the trucks, it looks like a small spy plane being transported to a military base.

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Last week I got my 3D print of the White Pass GE Shovelnose diesel.IMG_20160625_242645276

There were some problems printing the finer details with my selected print media. 

On arrival several parts were broken or missing.IMG_20160625_242621049

I went through and deleted or reinforced damaged parts in my 3D modeling program. I'm hoping shapeways will reprint this for free. Especially since the damaged plow is such an important part of the engine. I mean it is called a Shovelnose after all.

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I bought the services of John Will (Gunrunnerjohn) to upgrade my Soo Line SD40-2 from PS1 to PS2.  Here's a short video of me floor running it.  John also added the flashing ditch lights and upgraded the lighting to LED.  Now I can light my whole house with it!  I'm super pleased with the upgrade and extremely grateful to John for his excellent, quick work!

https://drive.google.com/open?...mSLkxLUM0dUVZYXUxanM

trainroomgary posted:

Went for a drive to my local hobby shop. To pick up this order from Bert & Tom.

I got to hold the Lionel Union Pacific 844, some other lucky guys order, I brought home this box.

What is in the box

Yes, holding the 844 will be the closest I get to one also.  No Matter.  There are lots of other cool locos out there!!

Looks like the Pacific should be a winner.  I'm sure we will be seeing a Trainroom Gary review in the near future!

Cool!  I'll say! 

I picked up my new Z4000 yesterday from our local hardware store that still sells a lot of trains.  That in McCormick's Hardware in Zelienople, Pennsylvania.  It is about a half hour away, and near my aunt's senior living facility, so I picked it up instead of paying who knows how much to ship. 

I have wanted one for some time, but always said later.  Last Sunday, I setup an oval of O54 track on the Patio Pacific to run my new-to-me Premier PS3 N&W J 611.  I took my ZW, TIU, Z500 for aux power, my breakers and diodes as I have read to protect the MTH electronics outside and hooked it all up.  Everything was fine, as I ran the J very slowly.  The first curve it lifted a driver off the rail, which I attributed to a slight unevenness to the concrete the Ross track was on.  I stopped and put everything back on track.  The next curve was level and smooth, and the driver came off the track slightly.  Then I saw a spark, and shut everything down.  When I checked, my breakers hadn't tripped as happened once on my O48 indoors with a freight car.    I put everything away, got on Jeff McCormick's Web site, and ordered the Z4000 and the next larger curve track that evening.

I was concerned I could have fried something in the J or the TIU, but after setting everything back up using the Z4000, everything tested out great!    I'll keep the ZW for now and if I find I don't use it on the new layout, I'll find another home for it. 

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