Came home from the club with more than I brought to the club… you know… good deal, can’t pass it up… pre-bachmann Williams Alco FA A-A set like new for cheap! Only issue was burnt out headlights, but I actually had a couple bulbs in my parts bin!
Last month my C-Liners arrived, followed by the Vision Line Class A & Hog cars. Not great video, but it works.
@Steaming Jon posted:
Came home from the club with more than I brought to the club… you know...........................… ..".good deal, can’t pass it up " .....( Another testimony to the MISSION STATEMENT
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Just when I thought I had all three Commodore Vandibilt engines made by Lionel, Gray, Blue, and Red, I found another different one on the bay. This is the Gray Commodore labeled "WEATHER" on the set box. Again, I made a reasonable offer and this Weathered Vanderbilt will soon join its other namesakes in the roundhouse.
I won't mention one other CV you need. Ok I will. Niel Young did one in rainbow colors for his I believe His Vapor Records.
@Dave Nichols posted:I won't mention one other CV you need. Ok I will. Niel Young did one in rainbow colors for his I believe His Vapor Records.
Dave, The Neil Young Commodore was a one-of-a-kind custom-painted engine for Neil Young. When Neil Young auctioned off his collection, the rainbow Commodore sold for $10,000 back in 2017. I can always paint my gray Commodore in Rainbow colors. doubt if I would get $10,000...
Another Trainmaster seemed like a good idea, but I wanted a dummy unit. These are hard to find but this powered unit showed up online in the iconic JCL orange & blue scheme - for a “too good to pass up” price, so FedEx just dropped it off this morning. Looks like it’s never been run. Don’t know much about the mfr/importer but I like the engine !
Rich in SD
I just took delivery of Mr. Muffins custom rum ex MTH now Lionel PRR ALCo RS27.
You probably cant see it but Lionel did up the details a bit by having the Grab rails separately applied rather than MTH moded in Grab rails an adding marker lights. It would have been really nice if there was a see thru radiator grill with simulated cooling fan.
Rich, that is a Samhongsa (I know that’s not the correct spelling) but that is a terrific engine that will last a lifetime.
Picked up the Donald Trump 2024 50'double door box car at Just Trains yesterday.Very sharp looking as well.
@prrhorseshoecurve posted:I just took delivery of Mr. Muffins custom rum ex MTH now Lionel PRR ALCo RS27.
You probably cant see it but Lionel did up the details a bit by having the Grab rails separately applied rather than MTH moded in Grab rails an adding marker lights. It would have been really nice if there was a see thru radiator grill with simulated cooling fan.
I’ve had the rs-27 on my wish list since they were announced. Is the space between the frame and body as noticeable as it was with the sd70 mac?
Gene
@trestleking posted:
Another Trainmaster seemed like a good idea, but I wanted a dummy unit. These are hard to find but this powered unit showed up online in the iconic JCL orange & blue scheme - for a “too good to pass up” price, so FedEx just dropped it off this morning. Looks like it’s never been run. Don’t know much about the mfr/importer but I like the engine !
Rich in SD
Rich,
The Trainmaster is a Custom Trains engine produced by Frank and Jack Rash in the 1980s-1990s in Wilkes-Barre, PA. They also produced freight cars and other rolling stock under the Frank's Roundhouse label. As Rod said, they used Samhongsa running gear; the shells were blank shells that they painted. The inside of the shells could be marked "Williams Reproductions LTD" (usually, but not always, scratched out) or "Custom Trains." The end of the box should have a label identifing it as stock number SA-1003 (although some of the boxes I have do not have labels; they've probably fallen off) and the road numbers would be 2342, 2343, or 2344.
An excellent site for information and pictures of the Frank's Roundhouse line is the Robert's Trains web site:
https://www.robertstrains.com/Frank.htm
Click on the Trainmaster pictures for two pages of info on them. Again, as Rod said, they are great engines. I had Gunrunner John upgrade one of mine (SA-1017 PRR 8700) to TMCC. It's a great runner.
Regards,
Bob
@GregK posted:
This isn’t a Legacy product, and I don’t really own any “premium” stuff to compare with, but I think this set is really spectacular for what it is. Really impressed.
Greg,
That really IS cool! I’ve wanted an O gauge Amtrak set for years but don’t have the space, so I recently bought a Kato N gauge set (from a Forum sponsor).
I’m impressed that the Lionel set you got has a cab car. What a great addition to the usual coaches. Enjoy running it. The Genesis consists look awfully sleek in any scale.
Tomlinson Run Railroad
@GregK posted:
This isn’t a Legacy product, and I don’t really own any “premium” stuff to compare with, but I think this set is really spectacular for what it is. Really impressed.
A great example why this toy train hobby is so much fun. An individual does not have to purchase high end products to be impressed. There is enjoyment at all price points.
At 18” the passenger cars are enormous for O36 curves but they run. Now I might need the coach two pack to fill out the consist… and maybe another Genesis in one of those nice anniversary paint schemes. 😂
Arrived the other day, the MTH repro of the American Flyer Wide Gauge Switch Tower. Will be used on The VintageHubby’s new WIDE GAUGE/STANDARD GAUGE Basement Layout.
Arrived the other day. Two of three ordered Wings Of Texaco diecast aeroplanes. To be flying from the ceiling for The VintageHubby’s new WIDE GAUGE/STANDARD GAUGE Basement Layout.
Well we were away over the Christmas / New Year's Holiday visiting family and just had our "saved" mail delivered yesterday. What should I find, but a Christmas present (from my wife) that arrived from Kalmbach books over the interval we were away.
I am not very expert on Diesel engines and it always impressed me how some on the forum could "rattle off" the make/model/statistics on what seemed to me to be a bunch of look alike locomotives. So I wanted to gain some knowledge about these machines and in November spotted these two books being offered at a sale price on Kalmbach's site. Mentioned this to the wife then promptly forgot about it and she went and ordered them for me!! I have just cracked them open, but I can say that they are FULL of color and b&w pictures and just enough technical discussion that an amateur like me can follow it. They cover both today's locomotives and the history of Diesel's and the companies that made them.
Well it looks like in the future I will just know enough to be dangerous 
Best Wishes
Don
@bobfett posted:Rich,
The Trainmaster is a Custom Trains engine produced by Frank and Jack Rash in the 1980s-1990s in Wilkes-Barre, PA. They also produced freight cars and other rolling stock under the Frank's Roundhouse label. As Rod said, they used Samhongsa running gear; the shells were blank shells that they painted. The inside of the shells could be marked "Williams Reproductions LTD" (usually, but not always, scratched out) or "Custom Trains." The end of the box should have a label identifing it as stock number SA-1003 (although some of the boxes I have do not have labels; they've probably fallen off) and the road numbers would be 2342, 2343, or 2344.
An excellent site for information and pictures of the Frank's Roundhouse line is the Robert's Trains web site:
https://www.robertstrains.com/Frank.htm
Click on the Trainmaster pictures for two pages of info on them. Again, as Rod said, they are great engines. I had Gunrunner John upgrade one of mine (SA-1017 PRR 8700) to TMCC. It's a great runner.
Regards,
Bob
@bobfett, thank you for the link & back story on these, very interesting. My box end is SA-1003. Found a price tag in the box, would $229.95 be an accurate MSRP ?
Rich in SD
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