Buy anything cool lately?

@pennsyfan posted:

@mpeck161 help me out here. When I look up MTH Railking 30-21016-1 there is no reference to NWS Earle. Is there a logo that I don’t see?

How do I get in touch with this late Santa

I just bought an MTH Union Pacific #80 Coal Turbine.  I have been fascinated with these UP Turbines lately.  This engine is Proto-Sound 2.0 with a 3 volt board.  I acquired it from Trainz.com.  when I received it yesterday,  I replaced the battery with a BCR.  It was described as "like new" and indeed it looks brand new.  I fired it up, checked the scale miles with my DCS remote and was shocked to see it had barly been run! 7.3 miles on the odometer and about 1 hour on the chronometer.  Posted a few pictures and a video.  This thing is a monster!

Fantastic, glad you did the video and added the sound. and that is one heck of a train room.  and as I said glad you have the sound, but sound just isn't in it for me, still sounds like it's in a can

I found these two gems while visiting family over  Christmas. The Atlas refer I found in Virginia and the I-12 caboose I found in Pennsylvania.

@Tim Mc posted:

I treated myself to a Digitrax EVOX Evolution Starter Set.  Finally going DCC.

That's what I use, hope you got the duplex set.

Just responded to a Mr Muffins flash sale

picked up an Atlas EL 44 tonner at 20% off.
pictures in a few days.

Lionel 6418 Machinery car with Lionel girders, mounted facing in with foam core spacers.  Custom made sign.  I've ordered Lionel elastic bands to replace the rubber bands holding the load on the car.

I got a NIB Lionel 6-27857 50' Pennsylvania Double Door Boxcar with Opening End Door for a really nice price on eBay.  It took me a little bit to figure out how to open the end door, but eventually got it.  The detailing is really nice.  It is much bigger than my other boxcars.

@pennsyfan posted:

Just responded to a Mr Muffins flash sale

picked up an Atlas EL 44 tonner at 20% off.
pictures in a few days.

What was the final price? On line its $449...

Postwar 6418 machinery car.  Girders are Fundimensions with a custom sign.  I've got Lionel elastic bands on order to replace the rubber bands.

My Billups signal just arrived. Going to carefully disassemble it to convert it to optical triggering and different track types. Wish me luck.

Matt,

I had to lookup the Billups Crossing Gate you just got, as it was unfamiliar to me.  What an interesting history.  I can’t believe the lone prototype lasted 30 years!  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...Neon_Crossing_Signal

Wow.  Wishing you good luck with your planned conversion project. Sounds cool.

Tomlinson Run Railroad

@TomlinsonRunRR posted:

Matt,

I had to lookup the Billups Crossing Gate you just got, as it was unfamiliar to me.  What an interesting history.  I can’t believe the lone prototype lasted 30 years!  
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...l%20and%20crossbones.

Wow.  Wishing you good luck with your planned conversion project. Sounds cool.

Tomlinson Run Railroad

@TomlinsonRunRR - Wikipedia says there's no page with that name/

@paulp575 posted:

@TomlinsonRunRR - Wikipedia says there's no page with that name/

Paul,

Thanks for the heads-up. I edited the link in my original reply and here’s the link again for good measure:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...Neon_Crossing_Signal

TRRR

@TomlinsonRunRR posted:

Paul,

Thanks for the heads-up. I edited the link in my original reply and here’s the link again for good measure:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...Neon_Crossing_Signal

TRRR

@TomlinsonRunRR - Thanks for the correction to the link.

Interesting sign with an interesting history.

Just purchased the 5 car GGD SP daylight articulated set, shich incudes the dining and kitchen set!  2 rail!    Have 15 cars now!

Great but sheer is the picture

Here are the pics of the new Lionel Weather Balloon Defense two-car pack that just came in via pre-order.

The Weather Balloon car has a motor running off track power that blows air up through a nozzle and keeps the balloon continuously "floating" about a 1/4" above the red basket, even while the train is moving (slowly). In reality, the balloon bounces more than floats, but the grandkids liked it. The red "antler" button on top is the on-off switch. Unfortunately, it is too high to fit under my telephone wires, bridges and tunnels and I can only run it a few feet at a time in operational mode, so I'm not sure if I should keep it or sell it.

The Missile Launch car has a rotating launch arm that the missile sits atop and slips over a spring-loaded metal lever and you pull back on the lever to the desired tension and it locks in place. You then rotate and aim the missile at its intended target and push a button. The arm lifts up into firing position and the missile fires.

I also purchased the Exploding Ammo Dump, which is a small, spring loaded, four-sided building that flies apart when an object strikes it in just the right place on the roof. I set it up on the floor (the brown base is just a piece of rigid foam I had laying around and painted brown that makes it easier to assemble the ammo dump rather than being directly on carpet) and we fired the missile car at it to make it "explode". Works well.

Never saw those before, It harkens me back to the days Lionel had a giraffe with it's head sticking out of a boxcar .  Classic

@RitchieDrums C

Here is my Kusan space train

@RitchieDrums