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@Apples55 posted:

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!!!

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.

It's usually the other way around......Queens and Brooklyn residents are reluctant to say they live on Lawn-guy-land but as Joe said, geographically, it's a fact! Unfortunately, western Nassau County where I am is looking more like Queens than a quiet suburb these days.

And as to the bad influence comment...........You wear it proudly! Not that I need much encouragement......

Bob

@RSJB18 posted:

Unfortunately, western Nassau County where I am is looking more like Queens than a quiet suburb these days.

Bob

Looking back, I always thought that my friend’s home in Little Neck was more like Nassau than Queens. He had a sprawling ranch near the WB exit of the GCP.  He ran several loops of G scale on his lawn at Christmas time. Sadly he passed in 1998.

I lived the first 70 years of my life in Marine Park Brooklyn. One time I educated one of my workers that Brooklyn was part of LI. I drew a map and then gave him a history lesson about the battle of Brooklyn during the Revolution.

@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:

Hi Scott,

I've been contemplating getting the Yellow/blue bonnet set to go with my Warbonnet set and those passenger cars look great.

1. How is the silver/finish match between the cars and the engines ?

2. Where did you get the observation car at the end - was that from the set or is it the Navajo car ?

Thanks

The question is are we remembering a time or are we trying to prefect in scale something.  Size only matters in the latter. in the former, it's something we What to remember fondly.  Size is only a matter in your mind, nobody else has right to change that.  They look good to me, BUT one thing I will say. Don't park anything next tot Bay window, The suns heat magnified through the window has a way to destroy anything

A gift from my daughter yesterday. A puzzle she made and framed.

Gene

@Richie C. posted:

Hi Scott,

I've been contemplating getting the Yellow/blue bonnet set to go with my Warbonnet set and those passenger cars look great.

1. How is the silver/finish match between the cars and the engines ?

2. Where did you get the observation car at the end - was that from the set or is it the Navajo car ?

Thanks

Hi Richie,

Question 1: The silver matches okay, not exactly but close. Here's a photo of the engines with the passenger cars next to the locomotives. Unfortunately it's a photo and the color could always be off a hue one way or the other.

Question 2: The observation car came in a set with the FT locomotive and two passenger cars (Santa Fe Super Chief LionChief Set 6-84719 2018 Big Book). A lot of dealers broke the sets apart and sold the locomotive and passenger cars separately. I bought the passenger car set that came in the 6-84719 set that included the passenger cars Isleta and #1474, and the Navajo Observation car. I also purchased separately 3 dome cars #500 (6-84725), the baggage car #1386 (6-81724), and another passenger car #3155 (2227230), which were sold separately as add on to the set. I plan to renumber the 3 dome cars.

By the way neither the AT&SF Super Chief or the Chief had Dome cars!

I hope this helps.

Great buys everyone! and I love all the fooling around but I have a question

What is Lawn-guy-linders?

@mike g. posted:

Great buys everyone! and I love all the fooling around but I have a question

What is Lawn-guy-linders?

Mike, us west coasters gotta stick together! LoL Think heavy Massachusetts accent, specifically some areas of Boston and “Long Islanders”! East coasters, correct me if I'm wrong about the location, but I remember being in Boston, but don't remember all the places I went. I do remember the accent.

@WesternPacific2217 posted:

Mike, us west coasters gotta stick together! LoL Think heavy Massachusetts accent, specifically some areas of Boston and “Long Islanders”!

LOL Thanks Scott I would have never got it!

Sent Ron045 an unlettered MTH caboose, and “presto” this is what I received back, painstakingly decaled. Thanks, again, Ron

@mike g. posted:

Great buys everyone! and I love all the fooling around but I have a question

What is Lawn-guy-linders?

Mike- Many people say that there is a distinct Long Island accent (much like New England, the south, etc). Those with the heavier accent pronounce their O's as AW's, and put the accent after the N, so they pronounce the G. (Lawn-Guyland)

It's kind of like "Paak the Caah in Havaad Yaad"

Those from Brooklyn have their own distinct accent too..... I'm sure Paul will chime in at some point.

https://findloveandtravel.com/...ers-say-differently/

Bob

@WesternPacific2217 posted:

Hi Richie,

Question 1: The silver matches okay, not exactly but close. Here's a photo of the engines with the passenger cars next to the locomotives. Unfortunately it's a photo and the color could always be off a hue one way or the other.

Stockyard Express had a custom run of passenger cars with yellow striped above the windows.  I'm willing to guess they would go nicely with this engine. 

Close enough for me, Has anyone ever actually looked at a stainless-steel Passenger train, or even a set of matched box cars, while at a distance, usually you can't tell the color difference, but close up, one can see, that one of the cars has a slightly different hue then the other, and that would be due to the amount of time they had been in the weather. If I were going to pick on some detail, it would be the color of the side frames on the Engine's trucks,  but guys, It isn't the nit picking we are here to enjoy. it's the very remanences of what we enjoy.  Long may the chief thunder down the rails

Just added to the roster this afternoon: Reading Company F-7 A and B units.

Jay

Well, I kinda went the opposite in size. From a Weaver scale sharknose to a K-line pacific based on the classic Marx 333. Couldn't pass it up, especially with the Baltimore & Ohio RR. Gave her some tlc, rebuilt the smoke unit and she's a smooth runner. Found some ore cars by Lionel. Painted those Gawd awful loads flat black. Guess it's a coal load now? And this really cool 7 inch k-line bay window caboose! Nice little consist. Needs a sound board though. The Rail Sounds went out. 

The Lionel UP Rocket Booster Train Set, The EJ&E Es44ac, and I a giant 3'x7' "Welcome to the World of Lionel" vinyl banner that was hung in the Lionel Factory and at Richard Kughns Carail in Michigan before it closed. Photos to come shortly

@Donnie Kennedy posted:

Well, I kinda went the opposite in size. From a Weaver scale sharknose to a K-line pacific based on the classic Marx 333....

Those are great runners, I have a santa fe 3016 and it's a smooth operator.

@Genemed posted:

A gift from my daughter yesterday. A puzzle she made and framed.

Gene

I've been looking for a sign for the same spot you have yours. I didn't want a lighted sign there since I'd have the sign plugged into my layout and it wouldn't be illuminated while coming downstairs. This is a great (and econimical) solution. My MIL enjoys puzzles so I'll get her a lionel one and a frame. Thanks again for the idea!!

@PRRick posted:

I've been looking for a sign for the same spot you have yours. I didn't want a lighted sign there since I'd have the sign plugged into my layout and it wouldn't be illuminated while coming downstairs. This is a great (and econimical) solution. My MIL enjoys puzzles so I'll get her a lionel one and a frame. Thanks again for the idea!!

You’re welcome. It’s all about sharing ideas for others to enjoy!

Gene

@FrankRazz posted:

Stockyard Express had a custom run of passenger cars with yellow striped above the windows.  I'm willing to guess they would go nicely with this engine.

Thanks - they would go nice, but I called them and they are sold out. They made a limited number of sets and individual cars as a custom run and they are all gone. Maybe a set will show up on the secondary market for sale, but I'm not holding my breath.