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Pat, I had the exact same thought :-).  I do hope Panther97's kids were able to help the first responders (who ever they were) put out that "fire".

TomlinsonRunRR posted:

Pat, I had the exact same thought :-).  I do hope Panther97's kids were able to help the first responders (who ever they were) put out that "fire".

If you look closely there's a ladder company gaining access to the building in order to extinguish the fire!  LOL

Mark Boyce posted:

That's great Panther97!  I made the mistake of having a 'serious' layout when our girls were little.  They weren't interested.

Thanks, Mark.   The only thing truly attached on my layout is the baseball field.  I was going to build a serious layout but decided to go the toy train route.  This way my kids can mess with it and rearrange it as much as they'd like.

Panther97 posted:

Mark Boyce posted:

That's great Panther97!  I made the mistake of having a 'serious' layout when our girls were little.  They weren't interested.

Thanks, Mark.   The only thing truly attached on my layout is the baseball field.  I was going to build a serious layout but decided to go the toy train route.  This way my kids can mess with it and rearrange it as much as they'd like.

I have been thinking on what kind of layout to build once I get our last daughter's room when she marries this fall.  I have seen some where the builder builds a lower level for the kids, and upper levels for a more serious layout kids can't reach.  My wife also suggested leaving my temporary layout in what is now a spare bedroom for kids and build what I want in the new room.  We won't decide until our daughter has moved all her stuff out and we work out how to utilize the spare rooms and what is now one  daughter's art studio.

Mark Boyce posted:

I have been thinking on what kind of layout to build once I get our last daughter's room when she marries this fall.  I have seen some where the builder builds a lower level for the kids, and upper levels for a more serious layout kids can't reach.  My wife also suggested leaving my temporary layout in what is now a spare bedroom for kids and build what I want in the new room.  We won't decide until our daughter has moved all her stuff out and we work out how to utilize the spare rooms and what is now one  daughter's art studio.

Tough decision.  I change my mind a lot.   So even without kids I probably would have moved things around a few times by now.   Either way, enjoy it!

Bought my first Tmcc Lionel steam engine. Need to buy a TMCC base for my MTH setup now. Been looking for a mogul for a while.

I finally bit the bullet and ordered this Lionel SP "Daylight" SD40 from Legacy Station. They did a superb job on this online order transaction-ordered Sunday, got it in Florida via USPS Priority mail on Wednesday.

It arrived damage free and is a superb runner just out of the box after an initial oil and smoke unit fill. This thing smokes like an MTH on the high setting, so I dialed it back so the smoke detector didn't get upset.

I thought when I first saw this in the catalog that it was a fantasy paint job. A little digging on the internet proved that the actual cab # did indeed wear this paint job. I think it looks great heading up a consist with my SP Trainmaster trailing.

D&H 65 posted:

I thought when I first saw this in the catalog that it was a fantasy paint job.

Yeah, this is where most railfans remember that paint job from:

So today I bought the 1990 Lionel #5340 Scale Hudson. She is now the pride of my passenger layout fleet and the pride of my entire collection as well. My Mohawk #3005 is the pride of my freight layout fleet. Here's a picture: 

D&H 65 that's a beautiful engine, as I bought the CHESSIE B&O Paint Scheme, and also the SP DAYLIGHT scheme, running them as a lash up. 

Also, SteamBoy, that's a nice Hudson, which was made during Mike Wolfs Shift at Lionel... Very Nice.  I wish that particular Hudson was a Legacy Model.

Thanks for Posting

I was 95 deg. here yesterday. I bought something COOL an air conditioner.

@LEAPINLARRY Thanks man. That #5340 was made at the Mt. Clemens, Michigan Plant in the United States (SCORE!!) and I also got a 40 minute DVD that shows how the #5340 Hudson was made.  I got this train bundled with the 6-19172, 6-19173, 6-19174, and 6-19175 passenger cars from 1997. So basically those passenger cars are the same age as me..but I guess those cars aged better than me honestly. About those passenger cars, here is what they look like: 

Btw, did this set ever had a combo car, dome car, etc? 

I bought a couple things I thought were cool the other day one is a key-wind ( clockwork) man on some type of motor the other was like a 50's ( maybe ) trolley that someone took the friction motor out of and put in a American Flyer prewar motor. It works good but I can only get it to go one direction at present 

I also bought...more stuff...yay...  Like this Bethlehem Steel Work Caboose from 2011, a 6910 Caboose from 1984, a Platform with Billboards with a Dark Green Roof (no picture for that one sadly), a NYC Flatbed with Log load (no picture of that one as well sadly, again), and that was pretty much it. 

Matt,

   Picked up an Engineers Cap from the Wellsboro, Pa RR 1992 version!  Will add this to the Christmas layout goodies for this coming year.

PCRR/Dave

I have been looking for 2 Lionel 2-6-0 Moguls for years.

And Ended up buying the 2 i've been looking to buy for years...In 1 week..Along with a pre-order of Strasburg coaches.

CN #89 W/TMCC

Strasburg #89 Conventional

When it rains, it pours... congratulations on your hunt.

SteamBoy posted:

So today I bought the 1990 Lionel #5340 Scale Hudson. She is now the pride of my passenger layout fleet and the pride of my entire collection as well. My Mohawk #3005 is the pride of my freight layout fleet. Here's a picture: 

I'm not into 3-rail or the NYC, but I must admit I love the looks of that, regardless!

Thanks man. It's ok about third rail cause I think the look of that middle rail looks ridiculous unless it's a mountain railroad where it has a cog rail. About the NYC, they are my 4th favorite railroad with 3rd being Baltimore and Ohio, 2nd being Union Pacific, and 1st being Norfolk and Western but sadly, there hasn't been a whole lot N&W O Scale models made over the years.  

Bought the lionel pioneer zephyr, waiting on it to arrive/

Last night I got to run my new Aerotrain on the club's layout. The mainline is down for track repair so I ran it on the upper line. I bought the Aerotrain set and three add-on cars. That gives me an engine and six cars. The engine, which is lighter than the cars, couldn't handle the six cars up hill. The wheels were lifting off the track under load. Through trial and error I found it could handle five cars. I might have to try more weight in the engine. I think the motors can pull the load. I just can't keep the wheels solidly on the track. Here are some pictures of the set.

Pat Kn posted:

Last night I got to run my new Aerotrain on the club's layout. The mainline is down for track repair so I ran it on the upper line. I bought the Aerotrain set and three add-on cars. That gives me an engine and six cars. The engine, which is lighter than the cars, couldn't handle the six cars up hill. The wheels were lifting off the track under load. Through trial and error I found it could handle five cars. I might have to try more weight in the engine. I think the motors can pull the load. I just can't keep the wheels solidly on the track. Here are some pictures of the set.

Pat, as a Pennsy fan do like these.

One thing there has been a thread here on the OGR about the lights in the end car melting the car.  One thread at least documented changing the lights out for LEDs if I recall correctly.

Ron

Thanks Ron. The specs on the set say LED lighting. I will check to make sure the tail lights are LEDs. Maybe the earlier version had incandescent lighting. I'll check to make sure. Thanks again for the heads up.

Almost worth time warping my layout five years into the future, just to include the Aerotrain in the roster.  

Is there only one motor in the engine, Pat?  I could see where that would greatly effect tractive ability and pulling power, much the same as  the performance of any traditional, single motored, plastic shelled Diesel.  If that's the case, I wonder how difficult it might be to add power to the rear wheels ?

Speaking of tail lights, I'll bet dollars to donuts that original Aerotrain sketches had tail lights positioned in the 2 overgrown fins, ala GM cars, rather than centered.  I deduce that damage susceptibility rationalized having them relocated where a drumhead might have traditionally been attached.

Still, whether it be this set or one of accurate dimensions, it might be worth building that time machine.

Bruce

brwebster posted:

Almost worth time warping my layout five years into the future, just to include the Aerotrain in the roster.  

Is there only one motor in the engine, Pat?  I could see where that would greatly effect tractive ability and pulling power, much the same as  the performance of any traditional, single motored, plastic shelled Diesel.  If that's the case, I wonder how difficult it might be to add power to the rear wheels ?

Speaking of tail lights, I'll bet dollars to donuts that original Aerotrain sketches had tail lights positioned in the 2 overgrown fins, ala GM cars, rather than centered.  I deduce that damage susceptibility rationalized having them relocated where a drumhead might have traditionally been attached.

Still, whether it be this set or one of accurate dimensions, it might be worth building that time machine.

Bruce

 

Not my pic.

Bruce,

The Railking Aerotrain has to motors. The rear truck has small pilot wheels in front of the two drive wheels. The front truck drives all four wheels.

The rear of the real Aerotrain actually had a red marker light and a white backup light. The model has two marker lights.

Yes, lots! I live abroad, and come home twice a year. I buy stuff before I arrive.

My last haul, in no apparent order is :

Lionel 25O box cab

Lionel dispatch board

lionel oil Derrick

lionel 115 station

a Marx 1404 signal 

a Marx automatic switch mans tower

plus s slew of spare parts.

I run MPC Lionel with Post war signals and transformers and Marx accessories.

its a tabletop layout and I love it

DohertyNJ posted:

Bought my first Tmcc Lionel steam engine. Need to buy a TMCC base for my MTH setup now. Been looking for a mogul for a while.

You can take the engine out of Canada but it appears you can't take the Canadian out of the engine.

Bruce

This piece of tinplate litho proves that Marx invented Z gauge.   There's no mistaking, the Honeymoon Express represents the UP M10000. 

Here the City of Sandy Eggo pulls into Glendale....the Honeymoon Capitol of the world.

Bruce

Not a 'head turner' ride, but I just got a 2017 KIA Sorento:

My 08 had almost 190K miles and was starting to develop what would likely become expensive fixes. So, as much as I liked it, I just went with the new model.

I've never owned a vehicle with a backup camera before. That'll come in handy when I'm backing up to my trailer for those times when I'm taking my WW2 to Jeep to shows...

stock photo of newest acquisition.  Wish MTH made a "Bandit" version with black Firebirds.  I would love a "star car" line from MTH: auto carriers with the General Lee, Rosco's police car, Bandit One, Starsky & Hutch Gran Torino, Bullitt Mustang and Charger, A-Team van, Fall Guy pickup, 1966 Batmobile

p51 posted:

Not a 'head turner' ride, but I just got a 2017 KIA Sorento:...

I've never owned a vehicle with a backup camera before. That'll come in handy when I'm backing up to my trailer for those times when I'm taking my WW2 to Jeep to shows...

IMO, once a driver has one on-board, it quickly becomes part of backing-up and parking: turning my head to look around; rear-view mirror; outside side-mirrors; back-up camera showing on a screen in the middle of the dash. I love it and am a better backer-upper for it.

FrankM.

You should never go to a LCCA train show with cash in your pocket...

You should neve got yo an lcca show in your pickup truck with a pocket full of cash 

Matt is right, Cabinet Bob!  Did you throw your tools away to full the tool box with trains too?  LOL. Looks like you had a great time at the show!!

WOW! Matt

"You should neve got yo an lcca show in your pickup truck with a pocket full of cash"

Must be a heck of a party at Big Boys house

Larry

Bought some new Standard guage track and crappy lumber for the new layout in my bedroom. I will be able to run a train from the bed-cool ??

Moonson posted:

p51 posted:

Not a 'head turner' ride, but I just got a 2017 KIA Sorento:...

I've never owned a vehicle with a backup camera before. That'll come in handy when I'm backing up to my trailer for those times when I'm taking my WW2 to Jeep to shows...

IMO, once a driver has one on-board, it quickly becomes part of backing-up and parking: turning my head to look around; rear-view mirror; outside side-mirrors; back-up camera showing on a screen in the middle of the dash. I love it and am a better backer-upper for it.

I handle auto claims for an insurance company for my day job, and you can't imagine the number of people who'll back into a car going down the aisle and they never saw it in the backup camera. So no, I won't be relying on it too much as I know you can easily miss stuff with it, as I see that every day.

I usually back into parking space and when I have to back out of one, I look very goofy, looking every direction rapidly like a dog trying to find the source of a sound...

The only time this camera will be utilized is in my own driveway, and when I'm backing toward my trailer on those occasions when I'll be towing something (which isn't very often). I still am pending the tow hitch/wiring to come into the dealer...

Mark Boyce posted:

Matt is right, Cabinet Bob!  Did you throw your tools away to full the tool box with trains too?  LOL. Looks like yyou had a great time at the show!!

Speaking of wayward tools and empty toolboxes, a little adventure I occasionally continue to "enjoy" happens when I need to go layout-diving. (I still wonderhow all that stuff got under there!) As I crawl around, amidst endless boxes for trains and a forest of wire-vines hanging everywhere (we actually did try to bundle & staple them all up, at one point, but found that the staples too often penetrated through the insulation to the wires, causing unhappy results; also, the banging of the staple-gun against the plywood was rocketing miniatures up into the air, disturbing scenery too much...)

...but I digress...

...I find tools , particularly wire-strippers and needle-nosed pliers, thought to have escaped to wherever tools go (in cahoots with missing socks, I suspect), that I haven't seen in years, apparently left in a handy spot, it seemed, as work progressed, but, alas, buried under mounds of everything before they could be gainfully employed once again.

This dubious drama has been taking place since the first plywood platform went upright back in 1995.

FrankM, the underworld explorer.