Buy anything cool lately?

@RSJB18 posted:

Great looking loco. Love the road name too!

Mine's a Williams. Interesting differences in the colors.

Rich looking paint sceme on these Bob.

I received two separate orders of Menards cars I won on eBay so these are separate from the Menards collection I’ve been receiving over the past few weeks.

Six Menards cars total. There’s a CSX flat with Pepsi truck, Norfolk Southern boxcar, Reading hopper, Susquehanna boxcar, PRR Merchandise Service boxcar, and a Penn Central boxcar. (The last 3 have some fading to the plastic clamshells.)

Here’s an overall photo of the two orders. This SHOULD be the last purchases prior to York but then again there’s a Renningers Flash Train Meet on Saturday.

@Richizzle07- Wow another load of Menard's cars, looking good.  OBTW I did check out your layout project on the "My Layout Remodel" thread.  Really looks good quite a project for sure.

Best Regards

Don

@Richizzle07 posted:

First up are the nine Menards cars. Here they are: a Erie Lackawanna boxcar, Lehigh Valley boxcar, Lehigh Valley covered hopper, Union Pacific modern tanker, UTLX modern tanker, Quaker State Oil tanker, US Army tanker in camouflage, US Army modern tanker, and an US Army flat with Army Truck and HIMARS.And here’s the Lionel Old Glory Series set of three boxcars that was included in this order.

A really cool haul on these items Rich.

As I went down through each photo , it would have been hard for me to pass up any one of these beauties.

@Richizzle07 posted:

Six Menards cars total. There’s a CSX flat with Pepsi truck, Norfolk Southern boxcar, Reading hopper, Susquehanna boxcar, PRR Merchandise Service boxcar, and a Penn Central boxcar. (The last 3 have some fading to the plastic clamshells.)

Ditto for this group like my last reply Rich.

Thanks @Don McErlean and @Dallas Joseph! I’m sure having fun with the rebuild along with the many new additions to my now growing collection.

Picked up a few of the new Lionel ES44's:

@NVisich

Gorgeous. Enjoy!! Shoot some videos. Love to see and hear it run.

For my granddaughter who loves Hershey Kisses

@randr- "Sweet" gondola !  nice job and a great gift for your granddaughter.

Don

My Lionel tool and kitchen car with sound arrived yesterday.  Each car had a piece broken. Unfortunately I’m not surprised! Once fixed, they ran and sound great.

Gene

Got these mpc f3 Baltimore and Ohio units from a fellow forum member at a great price.

Old Peeling decals,missing number board, and dry rotted trac tires (not a fan)

Installed new nose decals (not perfect),new number boards on the 8363,and changed motor truck to postwar magnatraction. Gave her a little tlc and she's running nice. Just waiting for some B&O cars to arrive.

Some more custom weathering/graffiti. Both are based off prototype photos

Coming soon to my layout from my friends up at the Canadian Toy Train Association.

I got this new CB&Q flatcar with trailers from Berwyn’s Toy Trains

Looks great Dave, would love to see a video if you have time and inclination. Jim

@Genemed- neat tool car with sound.  Looks like you made expert repairs @Donnie Kennedy- Great looking MPC B&O F units!  Your work rescued a great train and put it back in action @Surefire - Now THAT is a graffiti car, what a design, neat! @Tom M - Our Canadian friends now how to deal with snow, that's a great looking plow @Dave Ripp.- Good looking TOFC Dave, the Burlington trailers really show up the car.  

Great trains everyone

Best wishes on this fine Saturday

Don

And the B&O cars of the Mpc era arrived today. Along with an LTI chessie bay window caboose I really like. Mpc caboose is a tough find. 

Pleased to report the second LIONEL GM Demonstrator TMCC F-3 running chassis tested perfectly this morning at the club.

Also, the matching B unit with Railsounds tested fine, as well.

The four F-3A shells are just what I hoped they would be for my paint projects.

Between these unexpected/unplanned purchases and the recent Lionel parts sale, my trip to York will be helping my club members carry their purchases and sharing the driving.

Today I went to the Renningers Flash Train Meet in Kutztown, PA. This is one of my favorite shows because it’s outside and there’s also a farmer’s market that’s separate. There were a few things that caught my eye (both Halloween tables) but I’m thinking of York next week so I was actually able to contain myself LoL.

I only purchased one boxcar and of course it is a Menards military nose art boxcar.

Now for a week of scanning the “For Sale” section with free York Delivery. Already picking up 15 cars as of now LoL! So more to come next week!