Buy anything cool lately?

Overall, I'm really impressed with the 3 k-line diecast steam engines I own. Plus they're more premium rolling stock is very nice. I get why so many miss the K-line brand. I'll have more in the roster in the future!

Bought some items at Greenberg in Edison last week

To much fun

I managed to snag a Lionel TMCC PRR T-1.  Now my S-1 has an ally against my Hudsons.

Just received two deliveries.  One at the front door and one at the rear.

I did not take them out of the box but will bring them to my club fir this Saturday open house.

II want to run the four ore cars with  my Bethlehem Steel engine.

@Deuce5150 posted:

I managed to snag a Lionel TMCC PRR T-1.  Now my S-1 has an ally against my Hudsons.

Nice, but If you haven't done it yet you have to go see the real thing at the B & O Museum, and while you are at it, check the Ps4 at the Smithsonian, and If you can handle it spend some time in the basement of the Chappel at Annapolis, one of the most rememberable, times of my life with one the nations greatest Hero's 

@DMASSO posted:

Just received two deliveries.  One at the front door and one at the rear.

I did not take them out of the box but will bring them to my club fir this Saturday open house.

II want to run the four ore cars with  my Bethlehem Steel engine.

Good show, Hope you can get several more of the ore cars and build a train with them

My new finds.

I bought four RMT ore car. The first one the coupler pin was not there and end fell off. Another had a floor out of place but I was able to reset it. The wheels on the trucks are out of gauge and I could not keep them on the track!🤐

Would be a sweet little train, too bad the quality control wasn't what it should be.  Can you replace the trucks with some from Kadee

From Steel City Trains. These are super nice from Lionel.

Looks like the beginning of great Tofc Train. a couple SD45's on the front would really do it up good

My recent purchase is this Lionel pw F3 AB Texas Special. Listed  missing one port hole window lens  and that e-unit didn't work properly. When I received them I first put the power unit on the track to find out what the problem is w/ e-unit. It would engage  but when stopped the e-unit wouldn't recycle, it just sat there in neutral. Took the engine apart, tore the e-unit apart, cleaned everything (few times til it worked properly). Cleaned, greased, oiled the other parts, put it on the track and ran like new.   

@Trussman posted:

My recent purchase is this Lionel pw F3 AB Texas Special. Listed  missing one port hole window lens  and that e-unit didn't work properly. When I received them I first put the power unit on the track to find out what the problem is w/ e-unit. It would engage  but when stopped the e-unit wouldn't recycle, it just sat there in neutral. Took the engine apart, tore the e-unit apart, cleaned everything (few times til it worked properly). Cleaned, greased, oiled the other parts, put it on the track and ran like new.   

Ahhh. The beauty of postwar Lionel. A little elbow grease and tlc ,and she's off and running. Great looking engine! Congrats.

That is the best part of this hobby the ability to learn how to fix things, Sadly I just had to order a new engine, because somehow the axle bearing on the one I have got squeezed and can't be milled out,

@Donnie Kennedy posted:

Ahhh. The beauty of postwar Lionel. A little elbow grease and tlc ,and she's off and running. Great looking engine! Congrats.

Thanks Donnie. I like working and running the post war Lionel's, it amazes me the mechanical engineering that went into them.  Basically the same reason I'm into pw Lionel's and old HD's, the satisfaction of working and restoring them and bringing them back to life, also I like controlling my cost of repairs.

Got this at the DuPage train show.  $225, now I just need to get the B unit and the non powered unit.

@Tony H posted:

Got this at the DuPage train show.  $225, now I just need to get the B unit and the non powered unit.

Those E8s sure are long. I have a Mth nyc jade green A-B-A and they really look silly on my small layout. That Metra is a really nice looking unit ! Congrats !

@Tony H posted:

Got this at the DuPage train show.  $225, now I just need to get the B unit and the non powered unit.

These were used for commuter service and usually a single unit,

@Dave Ripp. posted:

These were used for commuter service and usually a single unit,

I never remember these pulling commuter cars.  I just thought MTH made them to sell to the Metra fans.