Buy anything cool lately?

@Strap Hanger posted:

One of my favorite threads because whenever we come here, someone has picked up something cool.  Thanks to Nassau Hobby and their great Labor Day sale, I’m here with my special run VO1000, which is a very good knockoff of the Baldwin DS4-4-660 used by the LIRR.  Can’t wait to get her on the layout -

Wow! She's a beauty!

Guess I know what you're posting on SWSat tomorrow.....😉😉

@StevefromPA posted:

@Strap Hanger Such an awesome loco! I’m a big fan of the Baldwin VO-1000- have wanted one for awhile, but haven’t been able to find one 1.) with TMCC and 2.) in a road name I’d want. That said, I love the LIRR and love that livery, that is very crisp. are You going to be hauling freight, passengers, performing switching duties?

Awesome pick-up!

Steve

Thanks Steve. She’s a beauty and runs fabulous with great sounds.  On the LIRR, they were used for all of the above. That’s what she’ll be doing on my pike.  

@RSJB18.,  Just finished an amazing run session with it and she’ll most definitely be making an appearance.  I don’t know how you do it, living so close to Nassau hobby and trainland. I’d be broke if they were in driving distance to my house.

@Strap Hanger posted:

Thanks Steve. She’s a beauty and runs fabulous with great sounds.  On the LIRR, they were used for all of the above. That’s what she’ll be doing on my pike.  

@RSJB18.,  Just finished an amazing run session with it and she’ll most definitely be making an appearance.  I don’t know how you do it, living so close to Nassau hobby and trainland. I’d be broke if they were in driving distance to my house.

Well there's a certain 0-6-0 in my cart at TW.......🤣🤣

So I'm doing my best....

@RSJB18 posted:

Well there's a certain 0-6-0 in my cart at TW.......🤣🤣

So I'm doing my best....

My role model

Picked up today my first 2022 early buy items - a pair of Conrail PS-5 gondolas from Dave at The Train-Station in Mountain Lakes, N.J.

Was nice to see a good crowd of customers there.

I picked this version of the 6814 Rescue Caboose that came in a Sears set on the bay. Unlike the cataloged 6814; the Sears version didn’t come with the man or the insert with the stretchers and oxygen tanks. I already have the other Sears version without Lionel stamped on the frame.

@Strap Hanger posted:

Congrats, @Brooklyn Corey !  That’s fabulous news!

Thanks!

@pennsyfan posted:

God Bless you Corey!

Thanks!

@coach joe posted:

Best video you've ever posted. Congratulations and continued good health to you.

Thanks!

@laz1957 posted:

Prayers to you COREY…..keep on keepin on!!!!CONGAS!!!!

Thanks

@FrankRazz posted:

Corey, Congratulations on being cancer free for 24 years.  It's now 18 years fior me.  Like you, I have a few Cancer Awareness cars andnow  two engines.

Thanks and congratulations on 18! I’m looking for that diesel. I missed out on one not to long ago.

@Don McErlean posted:

God Bless Cory...great video and super news

Don

Thanks

@pennsyfan posted:

I picked this version of the 6814 Rescue Caboose that came in a Sears set on the bay. Unlike the cataloged 6814; the Sears version didn’t come with the man or the insert with the stretchers and oxygen tanks. I already have the other Sears version without Lionel stamped on the frame.

Nice collection. and real standouts.

The Warehouse Haul 5 of 5: The Caboose Hop...

The last batch of cars in my MTH Warehouse auction haul from 8/14/23 brings up the rear with what else--cabooses. Here are a gaggle of unpainted (engineering samples?) cabooses contained in a single lot.

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We start off with an extended-vision caboose, not unlike the Great Northern model in my previous post. After looking at a few more extended-vision cabooses, I now wonder if MTH modified the tooling for this one at some point after this sample was produced, as the GN caboose I posted earlier has larger windows with more detailed frames plus a third window on the side of the carbody, as do the other ext-vis cabooses I noticed in a Google image search.

(Edit 09/30/2023: The above is a RailKing caboose -- the Premier version has the three large windows)

Next up is a PRR N6 caboose. The end-platform detailing is rather delicate on this one, as evidenced by the broken pieces hanging off the platform at left (auction photos indicate they were like this while at CF's facility). Maybe there'll be replacements on the MTH parts site one day. Maybe I'll wind up fabricating something out of wire, since the railings are thin enough as it is.

I believe this one here is a RailKing steel caboose. Like the Pennsy N5 caboose in the 2/2023 auction, this one is chunky enough to pass as a Premier model, but it's most likely not one. Incidentally, this model and its painted counterpart below are the only ones in this assortment that will fit in a BCW card box -- the others are too tall owing to their smokestacks, so I'll have to fabricate suitable boxes for them.

Here is the RailKing woodside caboose. This marks the third version of this caboose, the Rugged Rails and Premier versions seen in the Boston & Albany posts two-pages back. Until I saw this model in-person, I didn't know the RailKing version had separately applied grab irons at the corners and cupola, so this must have been an upgrade to what was originally a Rugged Rails version. I'll need to scrounge up a pair of mounting screws to hold one end of the chassis on.

Last of this batch is this NYC steel caboose photo sample. The tag says 2001 vol 3, but I can't find this car anywhere in MTH's 2001 catalogs, so this is one last mystery product number to figure out. Unlike the unpainted version above, this one has molded-in grab irons, leading me to believe it is an earlier RK version, since there's no indication that the Rugged Rails lineup had anything but the woodside caboose. If you know where this caboose is listed (and thus it's product number) please chime in with a reply...just delete the photos other than this one...it'll look better

We conclude this adventure with all five lined up and coupled together. With this acquisition, I've made the decision that the unassembled Premier bay-window caboose I got in the 10/30/2021 warehouse auction will remain unpainted after I assemble it. Instead it will accompany this group (probably minus the painted NYC car, which can take on regular caboose tasks) as a traveling "primer paint" block to be stuck into the middle or on the end of a random mixed freight, as a rolling curiosity of 'unusual' equipment. Will I seek out other unpainted MTH cabooses? I dunno.

If anyone is planning on disposing of their boxes for the above pictured caboose models, I'd be willing to take them (email's in profile). Otherwise I'll eventually figure out how to make something to put them in for safekeeping.

[Previous: Part 4-Premier paint samples] - [Next: Train Loft's 2023 stainless-plated hoppers]

---PCJ

I purchased a NIB Lionel 6-16399 Western Pacific I-Beam Flatcar on eBay for a very nice price.  I saw some of those on a train a day after I bought it and noticed that all the lumber loads were covered.  I did a search here in the OGR and found this thread from 2016 that discussed how to add covers.  I started doing that yesterday, and covered the load on one side.  I'll do the other side today.

@texgeekboy posted:

I purchased a NIB Lionel 6-16399 Western Pacific I-Beam Flatcar on eBay for a very nice price.  I saw some of those on a train a day after I bought it and noticed that all the lumber loads were covered.  I did a search here in the OGR and found this thread from 2016 that discussed how to add covers.  I started doing that yesterday, and covered the load on one side.  I'll do the other side today.

Nice, I wish I had the moral turpitude to buy on ebay.  Mt last Purchase was a Baritone Sax and without my skills honed by being a model railroader AND the advice of one in this column who told be to buy a better soldering Iron.  That sax would have been a $2000.00 boat anchor

@Guttersnipe,

In the last 2 years I've bought close to 20 pieces of rolling stock and 2-3 engines off eBay.  I buy only NIB or NOS.  They were all as described, with the possibility of 1 dummy engine being on the rails for a bit (since some dirt from the wheels got transferred to the styrofoam holder).  Since it didn't have an engine I just cleaned it up, otherwise I would have returned it since it was not as described.  Actually, I've never had to return stuff to eBay, but some things I've bought I had to contact the seller to work out partial refunds, and that's always been fine.

Of course I buy the new stuff from our forum sponsors since those aren't for sale very often.  I also buy a lot from Stout Auctions who always come through with accurate descriptions and good shipping.  Finally I've bought 3-4 items from the For Sale forum here on OGR, and those are always great.

I no longer really care about shipping costs since there is only one hobby store within 30 miles and it doesn't have much I'm interested in.  I consider it a cost of doing business, I don't mentally add that to the cost of the article (like sales tax), but of course my better half only looks at the bottom line.

BTW, I played alto sax and was in several 'Chicago' and 'Blood, Sweat, and Tears' type music groups.  Now that was fun!

Thank you,  agreed about shipping costs also, it's a four-gallon round trip to the "local" and seldom do they have what I want.  I usually call stores that are on My "roll-a-dex" to find what I need.

@RailRide posted:

Last of this batch is this NYC steel caboose photo sample. The tag says 2001 vol 3, but I can't find this car anywhere in MTH's 2001 catalogs, so this is one last mystery product number to figure out. Unlike the unpainted version above, this one has molded-in grab irons, leading me to believe it is an earlier RK version, since there's no indication that the Rugged Rails lineup had anything but the woodside caboose. If you know where this caboose is listed (and thus it's product number) please chime in with a reply...just delete the photos other than this one...it'll look better

We conclude this adventure with all five lined up and coupled together. With this acquisition, I've made the decision that the unassembled Premier bay-window caboose I got in the 10/30/2021 warehouse auction will remain unpainted after I assemble it. Instead it will accompany this group (probably minus the painted NYC car, which can take on regular caboose tasks) as a traveling "primer paint" block to be stuck into the middle or on the end of a random mixed freight, as a rolling curiosity of 'unusual' equipment. Will I seek out other unpainted MTH cabooses? I dunno.

If anyone is planning on disposing of any boxes for the woodside, extended-vision, or N6 cabooses, I'd be willing to take them. Otherwise I'll eventually figure out how to make something to put them in for safekeeping.

---PCJ

Rugged Rails 33-7807 (7808?) diff RN note - clear windows opaqued with frosted scotch tape by me.

Recent auction acquisition; mint, unopened! Only wanted the caboose, but mine was the only bid on the set. And a steal at opening price! Not my usual luck😀