Buy anything cool lately?

@VinceL posted:

It's never too early to start preparing for the Christmas layout.  I received this from Trainworld yesterday.Boy

Boy are you scaring me Vince.

I appreciate doing the Christmas layout and seeing everyone's on the forum .........but I have a really rough time trying to figure out what to get Judy for Christmas.

Premier Pennsylvania tank car ......cool to me from the Bay. ..............

............I have to control this RR building somehow.

@Dennis Holler posted:

It was not bent in the pictures

He put it in a tiny box. The box was not damaged. Consider this a reminder to pack well!!!!!!!!!.

GOOD  GRIEF  Dennis............

..............looks like somebody was having BATTING  PRACTICE. 

@Dallas Joseph posted:

Premier Pennsylvania tank car ......cool to me from the Bay. ..............

............I have to control this RR building somehow.

Good luck with that, Back in my HO days I rebuilt 200 different cars into booze cars before my wife called an intervention

@Dallas Joseph posted:

Boy are you scaring me Vince.

I appreciate doing the Christmas layout and seeing everyone's on the forum .........but I have a really rough time trying to figure out what to get Judy for Christmas.

She may not appreciate it, but one year I got my wife an observation car, painted in her favorite color, with her name on it. lik they did in the olden days.  WE are no longer married

Just received two MTH Reading and Northern tank cars (different road numbers) from Forum Sponsor EZ Catch Train Shop. Now I need to get some R&N engines to pull them.

Bob

Santa Fe A-B-A (all powered w/sound) ALCO PA’s by Rapido.  The absolute best looking engines I own.  The ESU LOK sound package is fantastic.  They look pretty sweet pulling my 1957 era Super Chief set of Walther’s Name-Train passenger cars.

@bobfett posted:

Just received two MTH Reading and Northern tank cars (different road numbers). Now I need to get some R&N engines to pull them.

Bob

Nice tankers, Bob. Grzyboski’s did a custom run of Lionel Reading & Northern SD40-2’s recently - sweet engines (they still have some last time I looked).

Update: just ordered one of the tankers… would have ordered both, but the E-ZCatch home page showed another of their special runs - a Jade Green NYC Jade Green hopper. Just had to get one of those too. Looks like I’ll have to pay closer attention to another forum sponsor!!!

@SantaFeJim posted:

Santa Fe A-B-A (all powered w/sound) ALCO PA’s by Rapido.  The absolute best looking engines I own.  The ESU LOK sound package is fantastic.  They look pretty sweet pulling my 1957 era Super Chief set of Walther’s Name-Train passenger cars.

Best looking Diesel's ever,  Even in the Blue and silver colors

Here is a close-up.

That's heart breaking @Dennis Holler Glad seller looked after you , but so sad the loco got bent up like that .

@Guttersnipe posted:

She may not appreciate it, but one year I got my wife an observation car, painted in her favorite color, with her name on it. lik they did in the olden days.  WE are no longer married

@Guttersnipe posted:

She may not appreciate it, but one year I got my wife an observation car, painted in her favorite color, with her name on it. lik they did in the olden days.  WE are no longer married

Who kept the observation car?

@Apples55 posted:

Nice tankers, Bob. Grzyboski’s did a custom run of Lionel Reading & Northern SD40-2’s recently - sweet engines (they still have some last time I looked).

Update: just ordered one of the tankers… would have ordered both, but the E-ZCatch home page showed another of their special runs - a Jade Green NYC Jade Green hopper. Just had to get one of those too. Looks like I’ll have to pay closer attention to another forum sponsor!!!

Thanks, Paul. That's a nice looking engine. I'm only about an hour from Grzyboski's so I'll have to make time to run up there. Hmmmm.....it's Mother's Day weekend; I'm sure my wife would love to have one of those as a gift.

Bob

@bobfett posted:

Thanks, Paul. That's a nice looking engine. I'm only about an hour from Grzyboski's so I'll have to make time to run up there. Hmmmm.....it's Mother's Day weekend; I'm sure my wife would love to have one of those as a gift.

Bob

LOL   I feel obligated to point out, Bob, any damage to the engine sustained when she hits you in the head with it IS NOT covered under the warranty

@Guttersnipe posted:

She may not appreciate it, but one year I got my wife an observation car, painted in her favorite color, with her name on it. lik they did in the olden days.  WE are no longer married

My ex left with my best mate ... Gee's I miss him ...

@Fatman posted:

My ex left with my best mate ... Gee's I miss him ...

The kind people at Atlas sent me something. Western Pacific 40' PS-1 boxcar.  Gorgeous.  Club car I am guessing.

@Dennis Holler posted:

It was not bent in the pictures

He put it in a tiny box. The box was not damaged. Consider this a reminder to pack well!!!!!!!!!.

Dennis, I don't think the jig I made to straighten out my Mohawk roof will help with that.

@Dallas Joseph posted:

Boy are you scaring me Vince.

I appreciate doing the Christmas layout and seeing everyone's on the forum .........but I have a really rough time trying to figure out what to get Judy for Christmas.

Dallas 85% of the Christmas gifts I buy Irene get returned!