@Mark V. Spadaro posted:K-Line NH Scale Express Boxcar. Still looking for it’s stablemate, K761-1792; black w/ / orange door.
Nice Mark, was it at GB?
@Darrell posted:My box from Trainz showed up today with the MPC cars I bought during their sale, FEDEX only lost the box for 4 days, LOL!
Let me guess...it sat in the FedEx location in Ellenwood, GA all that time before it moved on? That's been my experience too.
---PCJ
A local train meet over the weekend had some O-gauge items in and among the HO... Found a USRA 0-8-0 in Milwaukee Road colors that had been broken out of an old Menard's set. And a Wabash flat with piggyback trailers that fits in with my collection that's primarily lines running into Chicago. And found a still-sealed-in-the-bag MPC-era grain elevator kit.
The locomotive checked out just fine; cleaned and added some fresh lube on the worm drive and got the air whistle in the tender going -- it was a little sluggish but some fresh oil got it running again. Here it is on the Carpet Central with some other cars randomly pulled from storage. On the tail end is a Kughn-era MOW bunk car doing waycar duty -- It's an unmarked repaint, one of my few items of uncertain provenance that my dad picked up before he quit the train hobby.
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My wife and I just went to pick up our new eye glasses then went into the antique/consignment store across the street. I came home with this Geller Toy Trains creation. I've seen the sub alone go for $29 and more on eBay so when the whole car was only $29 I said "Alright let's go", even without the box.
It needs a little dusting. I'm thinking about putting some real wood planks on the deck but Geller items seem to have high asking prices on the Bay, so I may just leave it as is
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@PRRick posted:I don't need any of this but couldn't pass it up. 2 stools and 2 dealer signs and a free metal wall sign, all like new.
Nice! These stools are definitely on my list! Great find!
Some great sit-up-ons for either runnin the rails, chewin the phat, or Drinkin. A good Investment
@pennsyfan posted:Nice Mark, was it at GB?
No, Bob. It was an eBay offering. Looking at the wear pattern on the wheels, this car had some serious miles on it, and always with the same wheels facing the outer curve! And it still squeaks annoyingly, despite my use of a drop of synth motor oil!😕😕😕 Still very happy with getting it, though. Addendum - 2nd drop of Mobil 1 was curative! No more squeaks.
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@PRRick posted:I don't need any of this but couldn't pass it up. 2 stools and 2 dealer signs and a free metal wall sign, all like new.
Great buy! I didn’t know that there was a Lionel stool with a backrest. That would come home with me in a heartbeat.
@coach joe posted:
I'm thinking about putting some real wood planks on the deck but Geller items seem to have high asking prices on the Bay, so I may just leave it as is
OK Joe......say I bought this whole piece for the nominal asking price of $29......and the sub by itself might fetch that.........well ,the color of the real wood decking sure would show a nice separation of the sub from flat car. 🤓 ( just my $0.02 ) 
@Dallas Joseph posted:OK Joe......say I bought this whole piece for the nominal asking price of $29......and the sub by itself might fetch that.........well ,the color of the real wood decking sure would show a nice separation of the sub from flat car. 🤓 ( just my $0.02 )
What he said.
It's his car, If he wants to paint it It's his privileged, Unless of course somebody wants buy , pay for the shipping and give him a nice profit
I just received my first MTH premier piece of rolling stock. Since I started my layout in October ‘21’, it’s been all Lionel. After reading many of the great reviews here, I gave it a try. I’m very pleased with the quality especially the trucks and couplers. I like the little added touch of the air line. When I started, I purchased a few inexpensive Lionel ‘standard O’ boxcars. Now that I’m beginning to appreciate the variety of the higher end rolling stock, I’m noticing a big difference, especially with the separately applied details. They’ll be many purple boxes added to my collection in the future.
Gene
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Congratulations, almost smell the paint from the new shop photo
@Donnie Kennedy posted:Went a little out of my comfort zone and picked up this Weaver Baldwin A-B set. Couldn't beat the price Trainz had it listed for. Looks to be new , so I thought what the heck.
Sharks were at the TOP of my list when I was a kid. I used to draw up this wishlist/plan to get a railroad going in the basement with $1K. It was the Williams Sharks set that I was after, but these Weavers look even sharper! Man things really have changed. What can we do with $1K today?
WOW I personally never been a shark fan, and I'm personally not in the hobby for the Investment! And you will probably take away the investment value, but Have you considered a custom Paint job with the name Charm Valley AirLine on those or rail line and perhaps in Script. Those lines and that name would be far out.
@CharmCityAirLine posted:Sharks were at the TOP of my list when I was a kid. I used to draw up this wishlist/plan to get a railroad going in the basement with $1K. It was the Williams Sharks set that I was after, but these Weavers look even sharper! Man things really have changed. What can we do with $1K today?
Hmmm.. 1,000 dollars? 🤔. I did look at the Williams, and I thought the Weaver just had better detail. It is a plastic body though. Williams makes a really sharp brass NYC shark...
Can't do much of a layout today with just a "G" in "O" Gauge. But my Trip to Costa Mesa, which I just bought a $10.00 in "O" gauge automobile cost me 6 "G" when I blew the engine in my truck. And we aren't even talking about what a "G" wouldn't do in "G" gauge
@Guttersnipe posted:It's his car, If he wants to paint it It's his privileged, Unless of course somebody wants buy , pay for the shipping and give him a nice profit
Just my $0.02 G.
