Buy anything cool lately?

@RSJB18 posted:

Just arrived from a forum member.

Baltimore and Ohio 4-car passenger set.

Bob

You must have searched high and low for those, they're from the 2000 catalog. I have similar cars from the same tooling, except they are Santa Fe and were offered in 2018 catalog. Very nice find Bob!!!

@RSJB18 posted:

I got the a fore-mentioned B&O coaches out of the box and on the rails last night. These are very nice cars for us 027 nuts. These will go into the shop at some point for an led lighting upgrade and passengers. The baggage car does not have lights so I will need to order a set of powered trucks.

Bob

Hi Bob, as I mentioned I have a Santa Fe set from the same tooling from the 2018 catalog. If you're planning to add lighting to the baggage car, I found the  power collectors, but had to call Lionel. Here's the part number 6209043026.

However, I have yet to find the right size copper ground that goes to the wheels. Sounds simple enough, but they are tempered copper, or I'd make a set myself (doesn't have to be copper). Still working on that. If you find a solution let me know.

Just thought I'd pass this along to you.

Happy railroading!

Just received these two Santa Fe Chief passenger cars to add to the 6 I already had. Keep in mind my layout is just 12 x 8 1/2 feet, and part of the 8 1/2 feet is in the bay window. So all my curves are 048, except for the inner loop which is 036. So I have to keep my passenger cars to semi scale 15" or less, otherwise they look ridiculous and might run into things from the overhang. These new SF passenger cars are from the Lionel 2018 catalog and are 12.5 inches in length, but the look good to me. Especially behind the new to me Santa Fe F7 Yellow Bonnet ABA. I'll be adding passengers to the new cars soon.

Here's a vid:

@WesternPacific2217 posted:

Just received these two Santa Fe Chief passenger cars to add to the 6 I already had. Keep in mind my layout is just 12 x 8 1/2 feet, and part of the 8 1/2 feet is in the bay window. So all my curves are 048, except for the inner loop which is 036. So I have to keep my passenger cars to semi scale 15" or less, otherwise they look ridiculous and might run into things from the overhang. These new SF passenger cars are from the Lionel 2018 catalog and are 12.5 inches in length, but the look good to me. Especially behind the new to me Santa Fe F7 Yellow Bonnet ABA. I'll be adding passengers to the new cars soon.

Here's a vid:

Very nice Scott and I've always admired your layout.

A couple of goodies showed up while I was away this week…

First up, from the gang at the Nassau Lionel Operating Engineers on Lawn-guy-lind, a nice LIRR bobber caboose. Nicely done (as are all their offerings I’ve purchased), and surprisingly heavy for it’s small size:

Next up, a pair of special run MTH fantasy Premier boxcars from forum sponsor Berwyn’s Toys & Trains. I just love the graphics on this car and just had to get the pair - a good friend of my parents was an engineer for RCA back in the 40’s and 50’s and had several patents for them. When he left RCA, he went to to work helping to build the BART system in San Fran!!!

@Dave Ripp. posted:

Very nice Scott and I've always admired your layout.

Dave, thanks, I'm glad you enjoy it! :-). I feel the same way about your layout and I always enjoy your rolling stock and consists.

@Apples55 posted:

A couple of goodies showed up while I was away this week…

First up, from the gang at the Nassau Lionel Operating Engineers on Lawn-guy-lind, a nice LIRR bobber caboose. Nicely done (as are all their offerings I’ve purchased), and surprisingly heavy for it’s small size:

Next up, a pair of special run MTH fantasy Premier boxcars from forum sponsor Berwyn’s Toys & Trains. I just love the graphics on this car and just had to get the pair - a good friend of my parents was an engineer for RCA back in the 40’s and 50’s and had several patents for them. When he left RCA, he went to to work helping to build the BART system in San Fran!!!

Paul, you and Bob @RSJB18 are twins! LoL Both of you must belong to the Nassau Lionel Operating Engineers. Link below to Bob's post. That caboose is really neat, and for a little guy very detailed. Enjoy!

https://ogrforum.ogaugerr.com/...6#173175223037858876

Good looking as it is, it would look great between an 0 4 0 steamer with tender and a string of ore cars

@Dave Ripp. posted:

Very nice Scott and I've always admired your layout.

As I mentioned before I'm not big on Sound effects, but I think I hear Satchmo and Earl Fathar Hines playing in the Observation car.  Swinging out Brother

@WesternPacific2217 posted:

Hi Bob, as I mentioned I have a Santa Fe set from the same tooling from the 2018 catalog. If you're planning to add lighting to the baggage car, I found the  power collectors, but had to call Lionel. Here's the part number 6209043026.

However, I have yet to find the right size copper ground that goes to the wheels. Sounds simple enough, but they are tempered copper, or I'd make a set myself (doesn't have to be copper). Still working on that. If you find a solution let me know.

Just thought I'd pass this along to you.

Happy railroading!

I generally prefer actual battery power, myself and there is so much room to work with, plus several different ways to hide an on/off switch.  However, And Roy and Dale use to sing Happy Rails to You

@WesternPacific2217 posted:

You must have searched high and low for those, they're from the 2000 catalog. I have similar cars from the same tooling, except they are Santa Fe and were offered in 2018 catalog. Very nice find Bob!!!

Actually I fell into them. I hadn't been looking but after recently switching out power to B&O, I realized that I didn't have any passenger cars.

A member posted them on the For Sale forum and I snapped them up.

I'm either really lucky, or I spend way too much time on here.....😃😃

I can wait for the powerd trucks to be stocked again.

As for the caboose, Paul @Apples55 is a Lawn-guy-land ex-pat so he shares the LIRR love-hate that we all do. 🤣🤣

Bob

I bought some AMT/KMT undecorated stock cars for parts.  Instead of tossing the cars, I retrucked them with Lionel trucks and lettered one of the cars for the Onion Pacific.

Good move, If you  get another one, "Bullshippers" might be a good lettering

@WesternPacific2217 posted:

Paul, you and Bob @RSJB18 are twins! LoL Both of you must belong to the Nassau Lionel Operating Engineers. Link below to Bob's post. That caboose is really neat, and for a little guy very detailed. Enjoy!

https://ogrforum.ogaugerr.com/...6#173175223037858876

No, Scott, I don’t belong to the NLOE, however purchasing one of their cars makes you an Associate Member (which basically means you get notified of new car offerings - a vicious cycle for sure ). While Bob and I aren’t related, I do admit to being a bad influence on him - I believe I’m the one who told him about the bobber!!!

@RSJB18 posted:

As for the caboose, Paul @Apples55 is a Lawn-guy-land ex-pat so he shares the LIRR love-hate that we all do. 🤣🤣

Bob

Wow, Bob - you actually admit us Brooklynites are actually Lawn-guy-linders!!! Not sure who denies it more… real islanders or Brooklynites. I guess I am now a proud Poconoid

A Happy Easter to one and all.

Got a great deal on a Lionel TMCC C&O 2-6-6-2 articulated Mallet steam engine.   Been wanting one of these ever since the Western Maryland restored a C&O mallet they got from the B&O museum.   Perhaps some day Lionel will make a Legacy #1309.   In the meantime I'll be running this O-54 rated scale articulated on the inside and outside loops of my new layout.   Happy Easter!

Paul I had that argument with a young guy from Brooklyn.  I was still commuting from the Bronx to work in East Meadow and Carmine was coming out from Brooklyn.  He would never concede that Brooklyn and Queens were part of Long Island even though those two Counties resided on the same sand bar as Nassau and Suffolk.

@Obsidian posted:

Got a great deal on a Lionel TMCC C&O 2-6-6-2 articulated Mallet steam engine.   Been wanting one of these ever since the Western Maryland restored a C&O mallet they got from the B&O museum.   Perhaps some day Lionel will make a Legacy #1309.   In the meantime I'll be running this O-54 rated scale articulated on the inside and outside loops of my new layout.   Happy Easter!

Congratulations are definitely in order.  And the layout itself look like its going to be great

I picked up the HO PE PCC at the Joplin train show after Thanksgiving, which allowed me to make a PE PCC pyramid...

make a kiddy land tack on the layout to run it

Paul

Berwyn’s always does a nice job with their special runs. The RCA boxcars are really well done.

Thank you for posting.

Jerry