Buy anything cool lately?

We call it a little something else where I come from, with no pot involved, but "stir" is common to both.

I prefer to be stirred, not shaken........

With no nudging required, I picked up the new MTH LIRR Caboose at Trainland yesterday.
As fate would have it, I needed a part for one of the toilets in the house and the supply house is right around the corner from TL.

How lucky can a guy get!

This is total fantasy but high on cool factor with the outline of Lawn-guy-land on both sides in orange and blue.

Looks like the conductor is enjoying a fresh cup of Joe too....

Bob

Bob, if I lived near Trainland they’d be tired of looking at me. Well, maybe not if I made a purchase every time.

Gene

@Genemed posted:

Bob, if I lived near Trainland they’d be tired of looking at me. Well, maybe not if I made a purchase every time.

Gene

I don't think they'd mind if cash kept falling out of your pockets......

@RSJB18 posted:

I don't think they'd mind if cash kept falling out of your pockets......

With the exception of a couple items that they didn’t have at that time, all my layout purchases came from TrainWorld. So, I guess I could browse for a couple days.

Gene

I took delivery of these two ALCo RS 11 Demonstrators! Metca claims only 20 were painted this way from the factory! If you are a demo collector,  dont wait or you will miss out! Metca #701A, Mr. Muffins Trains #701B. Thank you Metca and Mr. Muffins Trains!

I was a little forlorn that the new Lionel GP9 unpowered B unit didn't have silver trucks to match my GP7 and GP9. But I found a new upgrade kit on eBay at a reasonable cost and installed it myself. Hit a snag when one of the trucks in the upgrade kit was missing the pickup roller/wire assembly it was supposed to have. So, what to do? I took the pickup roller assembly off the gray truck and installed in on the silver upgraded truck and it works very well.

So, now the B unit has matching silver trucks along with directional lighting and electro couplers. This is the first upgrade installation I've done myself. Aren't you proud of me, gunrunnerjohn?

@Yellowstone Special posted:

I was a little forlorn that the new Lionel GP9 unpowered B unit didn't have silver trucks to match my GP7 and GP9. But I found a new upgrade kit on eBay at a reasonable cost and installed it myself. Hit a snag when one of the trucks in the upgrade kit was missing the pickup roller/wire assembly it was supposed to have. So, what to do? I took the pickup roller assembly off the gray truck and installed in on the silver upgraded truck and it works very well.

So, now the B unit has matching silver trucks along with directional lighting and electro couplers. This is the first upgrade installation I've done myself. Aren't you proud of me, gunrunnerjohn?

Nicely done Vern, looks factory!! Piece of cake! 😁👍

Thanks, Scott. You’re very kind. 😉

@Genemed posted:

With the exception of a couple items that they didn’t have at that time, all my layout purchases came from TrainWorld. So, I guess I could browse for a couple days.

Gene

Started going there with my Father since they opened the Lynbrook location in the 70's. In those days I was shopping on the left (HO) side of the store.

Nassau Hobby was a bike ride away when I was a little older too!

@Yellowstone Special posted:

So, now the B unit has matching silver trucks along with directional lighting and electro couplers. This is the first upgrade installation I've done myself. Aren't you proud of me, gunrunnerjohn?

Nice work Vern. Very satisfying when the repairs we take on are successful.

Bob

Thanks, Bob and it IS satisfying (and cheaper) when you can do it yourself. 👍

@RSJB18 posted:

I prefer to be stirred, not shaken........

With no nudging required, I picked up the new MTH LIRR Caboose at Trainland yesterday.
As fate would have it, I needed a part for one of the toilets in the house and the supply house is right around the corner from TL.

How lucky can a guy get!

This is total fantasy but high on cool factor with the outline of Lawn-guy-land on both sides in orange and blue.

Looks like the conductor is enjoying a fresh cup of Joe too....

Bob

That's walk-in refrigerator on a hot Long Island day cool.

@RSJB18 posted:

I prefer to be stirred, not shaken........

With no nudging required, I picked up the new MTH LIRR Caboose at Trainland yesterday.
As fate would have it, I needed a part for one of the toilets in the house and the supply house is right around the corner from TL.

How lucky can a guy get!

This is total fantasy but high on cool factor with the outline of Lawn-guy-land on both sides in orange and blue.

Looks like the conductor is enjoying a fresh cup of Joe too....

Bob

DUDE!!!! I had the orange one in my hands on Friday but (for the first time ever) a voice in my head told me I had already spent too much money in Trainland for one day. These are truly the coolest fantasy paint jobs I have ever seen. LIRR or NY&A should consider doing this in real life.

You have great taste in rolling stock!

Just a couple RK ( from 2012 )  Union Pacifics  this time.

Enjoy the day in the layout room today everyone.

@CharmCityAirLine posted:

DUDE!!!! I had the orange one in my hands on Friday but (for the first time ever) a voice in my head told me I had already spent too much money in Trainland for one day. These are truly the coolest fantasy paint jobs I have ever seen. LIRR or NY&A should consider doing this in real life.

You have great taste in rolling stock!

Small world....You must have been in there after me cause there was only one left after I picked up mine. I had more cash with me but the same voices were rattling around in my head too. Thanks

@coach joe- When I saw Frank Razz's pix of his, I said how cool it was too. The pictures don't do it justice.

@Dallas Joseph- Those look great in silver.

Bob

@Dallas Joseph posted:

Just a couple RK ( from 2012 )  Union Pacifics  this time.

Enjoy the day in the layout room today everyone.

Funny that the Union Pacific never had any silver diesels, but all were Armour Yellow with Harbor Mist Gray trim. UP silver diesels were strictly O scale manufacturers’ creations.

But nevertheless, these look great. 👍

@Dallas Joseph posted:

Just a couple RK ( from 2012 )  Union Pacifics  this time.

Enjoy the day in the layout room today everyone.

First nice day in along time. I’m going to take my car out for a ride. Trains later.

I bought some wood lol... made some sawdust..... and a mess...

@CharmCityAirLine posted:

DUDE!!!! I had the orange one in my hands on Friday but (for the first time ever)          " a voice in my head told me I had already spent too much money in Trainland for one day. "

Yep, Arnold Cribari said he has finally controlled his buying train items also.    I keep feeling the same way from time to time ......but.......

.......well......... Judy keeps telling me ( by mistake I think ) that there are no pockets in a coffin.

@Yellowstone Special posted:

Funny that the Union Pacific never had any silver diesels, but all were Armour Yellow with Harbor Mist Gray trim. UP silver diesels were strictly O scale manufacturers’ creations.

But nevertheless, these look great. 👍

Yep Vern , the Armour Yellow  Premier F7s I have sure look good, kind of a trademark of the UP.

These silver ones were interesting though when I first saw them . I'm planning some work on them in the future. 🤔