Buy anything cool lately?

Hah - I can only attribute it to a temporary loss of judgment !

Picked up a set of 6111s at Joplin on 7/15: 

No logs, but I did have some 3/8" dowels knocking about the garage, so, a little X-acto miter box work later:

Voila! 

Mitch

After two dealers ( The first one got mad and cancelled my order) and almost two years of waiting, This arrived today!

Here is a MTH Railking for comparison.

I think they look good together! @Walter Matuch did an outstanding job on these tankers!

Bought this LIONEL 15"Texas Special Stationsounds car for a TS set I plan to paint.

Bought these over a month ago but haven’t had a chance to run them yet  

My first bobber cabooses.

This just in; a little early for Christmas but Mr Muffins was having a sale. How could I resist? It will cap my Christmas train that I run on the clubhouse layout. Still waiting for the METCA Christmas A5 to be on the point.

@paulp575 posted:

Not available any more - I just bought it.

@Pingman - and everyone else:

Here's the boxcar.

Who is the signature:

It also came with a letter acknowledging the recipient has a ticket to tour the Weaver Models Factory. The letter is signed by George Seil - Tour Coordinator. It also shows "OGR Publishing, Inc"  located in Poland, Ohio.

Jim Hayter was the owner of Weaver.

Congratulations @paulp575!!!

Not just a really nice piece of OGR memorabilia, but also a neat connection to an important person in O scale mfg.

Pleased that it went to someone on the Forum.

Has anyone ever forgotten what you’ve ordered on the BTO program? Well, the box car I’m showing here is a forgotten item I guess I ordered, but I really like it. It’s a graffiti box car. Either way, there’s a lot of nice purchases pictured here.

Oops! I did it again… (Mea Culpa for that pop reference ). Lately, one of many avenues of collecting I’ve been pursuing has been to purchase items from railroads that run in and around my neck of the woods in NE Pennsylvania. So off I went to Grzyboski’s on Saturday morning for a couple of recent Lionel Reading & Northern items:

First up a 60’ boxcar - nicely detailed with crisp, interesting paint scheme.

And a nice pair of Unibody tank cars.

Looks like I’ll have to pull out one of my Reading & Northern engines to pull these.

@leapinlarry posted:

Has anyone ever forgotten what you’ve ordered on the BTO program? Well, the box car I’m showing here is a forgotten item I guess I ordered, but I really like it. It’s a graffiti box car. Either way, there’s a lot of nice purchases pictured here.

Larry- I've started a list of pre-orders.......Now if I can just remember where I put it.....

@Apples55 posted:

Oops! I did it again… (Mea Culpa for that pop reference ). Lately, one of many avenues of collecting I’ve been pursuing has been to purchase items from railroads that run in and around my neck of the woods in NE Pennsylvania. So off I went to Grzyboski’s on Saturday morning for a couple of recent Lionel Reading & Northern items:

Nice cars Paul. I like the map on the box car.

Just what you need....another excuse to buy trains......

Bob

@Apples55 are you trying to tempt me with those R&N tank cars? I can see it now order a few harmless tank cars and all of a sudden I’m putting in an order for METCA’s R&N SD50. Then of course I’d have to have a caboose.
@leapinlarry forgive my ignorance; BTO?

@RSJB18 posted:

Larry- I've started a list of pre-orders.......Now if I can just remember where I put it.....

Nice cars Paul. I like the map on the box car.

Just what you need....another excuse to buy trains......

Bob

Thanks, Bob. And what do you mean excuse??? That’s no excuse… it is carefully thought out reasoning

@pennsyfan posted:

@Apples55 are you trying to tempt me with those R&N tank cars? I can see it now order a few harmless tank cars and all of a sudden I’m putting in an order for METCA’s R&N SD50. Then of course I’d have to have a caboose.
@leapinlarry forgive my ignorance; BTO?

I am appalled, Bob, APPALLED I say that you would have the temerity to suggest that I, of all people, would be trying to tempt you . Now I have to check METCA’s store - have 2 R&N diesels, but could really use a caboose

P.S. BTO means Build To Order.

@Apples55 posted:

I am appalled, Bob, APPALLED I say that you would have the temerity to suggest that I, of all people, would be trying to tempt you . Now I have to check METCA’s store - have 2 R&N diesels, but could really use a caboose

P.S. BTO means Build To Order.

Sorry I didn’t mean to infer there was a Reading caboose there. I just realized I’m immune to the SD-50. It’s too young for my roundhouse.

@pennsyfan posted:

Sorry I didn’t mean to infer there was a Reading caboose there. I just realized I’m immune to the SD-50. It’s too young for my roundhouse.

Bah-humbug Have to start looking for a R&N caboose

Just got delivery of a 4-6-2 Reading 8004 (Lionel 6-18004). After the usual "new-to-me" maintenance it runs like new. It looks really good with my Frank's Roundhouse Reading passenger cars (if I'm honest with myself, even better than my 4-8-4 18006 T-1 looks with them).

To be specific, there ain't nothin" like a Pacific, even if it's on the east coast