Buy anything cool lately?

The Neil Young Signature Series, Trail Blazer 2 pack arrived today.  Pretty middle of the road quality for a pair retailing at $400.  I prefer my old K-Line FOM, 15" cars with smooth sides and sans serif lettering.  They forgot privacy glazing in the coach bathroom to the left...that half oval thing is the toilet lid in the up position.

The station sounds diner isn't much to write home about either.  The gold striping on the raised edges of the fluting is odd looking.  Some blemishes in the aluminum could not be hidden by the black paint on the roofs.  The green tint windows is great!...on an aquarium car!

Here's the K-Line RPO from their FOM set.  I suppose the inconsistent look of smooth and fluted could be explained away as prototypical.   Thus ends my one and only experience with pre-order.  Gotta take the bad with the good I suppose.

Bruce

Doug, that's fricken sweet. I had my grubby little hands on an 8 car El Capitan set but we mistakenly got 2 rail. My heart was heave shipping it back but good things come to those who wait

Hi Ken--they're the same magazine:

March 22, 2015 12:03 PM

At York I picked up a Lionel N&W 611 and 6 passenger cars, from 1981, $425.00 for the lot! Only two of the cars had boxes, but the set, after some lubrication, and adjusting the smoke lever for the piston, runs like a top! This set had almost no run time, and even though I am a Pennsy guy, I have always admired this set, and got it Friday afternoon. Also picked up some smoke and items for layout scenery. All in all a wonderful York! 

Recently a friend picked up a 1689E Lionel Vanderbilt for me and I pick it up Thursday. It will be a nice addition to my stable of fine engines.

I just scored a brand new 5 car set of Weaver Santa Fe Aluminum 20" passenger cars on the Bay for $96.57!

Not a big loss, a huge gain. My uncle and i were both buying a set but now we are splitting a set so its all good. Ive only got to trow in half.

I scored some original stock certificates from the RR I model. It never occurred to me I'd ever find anything like this. The ET&WNC one is from 1887 and is currently in a frame on the wall of my layout room:

A little steeplecab........

New to OGR, please be nice to me! Also, first post here.

Just bought my first Ives! (Hope the image works)

Also still working on a Railroad Room in my yard. If this interests anyone, I'll start some kind of construction thread to show progress. (With pics of course)

This is the subfloor, completed. I have gotten farther than this, but my camera's batteries went dead!

welcome to a great place Ron. Love Ives. Now go get some new batteries and snap away!

Well for those who plan to order a case of Boxcars from Menard's, the box weights 11.5 lbs and overall they were great. They are going to one of the clubs I belong to after we got approval to start adding better looking cars. Then the rocket and helicopter flat. Nice job Menard's!

Here's a video of the Premier PS1 B&O E8 A-B-A pulling 7 streamline cars all new in box I posted photos of a couple of days ago.

I recently got this nice traditional /conventional Lionel GG1. I know it is not fresh of the truck but was waiting for the right time. I do like the gold stripe It stands out in a field of black. 

I have gotten much more interested in the Penn Central RR in the last few years. I blame this mostly on picking up the Penn Central Power books from Morning Sun. 

These aren't my pictures but it shows the prototype and how the wash rack only hit the sides not the nose curves.Now if I can track down some passenger cars.

This 260E loco & tender arrived this morning from Pats Trains.

Steve

Wow! That's gorgeous. Congrats!

Not bought but just completed building.  "Junior",  a much smaller version of the dynamic-test-stand built in 06.

This is Senior!  A MTH PRR S1 on test.  Big enough for my Big Boy and any AA units including my Centipedes.

JR. with infamous Atlas Southern GP-35 with sound issues.

JR. with somewhat new to me MTH B&O (PS-1) GP-9.  First time under power since purchase.  To be out graded to PS-2 once I find the donor PS-2 GP-7 bought some time ago.

Ron