Buy anything cool lately?

RSJB18 posted:

RSJB18 posted:

Scored a couple of goodies last Sunday to add to my K-Line collection. Just waiting on Mr. USPS now....

OK so it was Mr. FedEx, and they "claimed that we were closed and couldn't deliver". A phone call later the truck was turned around. Now I just need to get home from work and get them on the layout.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME! (yea it's my birthday today)

Bob

Great timing!!  Happy birthday, Bob!

Thanks Mark.

Bob

I think the simple means steam divided to all four cylinders equally versus a compound which would be steam to two cylinders and the exhaust from those sent to the second set of larger cylinders.

Agreed though, nothing simple about that beast!

Atlas Trainman U23B in C&O. With smoke & ERR cruise it's a nice piece.  New Railsounds sound good. No more mumbling crew talk. 

Picked this up from a forum member for a great price!

Mike, very nice. Is it for lifting kegs at the brewery.............Paul

Mike, It looks great!  I have one from the '80s I got from a friend last year, but haven't even tried it out yet!

Mark Boyce posted:

Mike, It looks great!  I have one from the '80s I got from a friend last year, but haven't even tried it out yet!

Hi Mark, I really like it, just wish there was a way to make it quitter.

paul 2 posted:

Mike, very nice. Is it for lifting kegs at the brewery.............Paul

Hi Paul, I sure would need it if they were still making kegs out of steal!

Just bought the Norfolk Southern Veterans Unit 33K Gallon Tank Car and the Veterans Unit Modern Tank Car at Nicholas Smith Trains this Saturday. Have the Railking locomotive with caboose and Operating action car and will get the two box cars and baggage car when they come out.

Got some detail parts for my On30 tender/MOW water car project, as well as this excellent new book on Milwaukee Road in the west.

Yes.  Have always regretted selling our beautiful pair of Lionel E6s some years ago. Recently I acquired the non-powered A unit from here on the Forum and came across a MTH B unit on the bay. As the AT&SF mostly ran the E6 series as AB locomotives, this was a 'perfect alignment' of available units!

Will probably order a Sunset 3rd Rail powered B unit when available but for now, this nice pair will do fine for photos & display.

c.sam posted:

Yes.  Have always regretted selling our beautiful pair of Lionel E6s some years ago. Recently I acquired the non-powered A unit from here on the Forum and came across a MTH B unit on the bay. As the AT&SF mostly ran the E6 series as AB locomotives, this was a 'perfect alignment' of available units!

Will probably order a Sunset 3rd Rail powered B unit when available but for now, this nice pair will do fine for photos & display.

Very nice acquisitions, Sam.  They look great on the trestle!

I regretted selling my MTH Imperial N&W J 611, when I got an opportunity to buy a Premier version at a great price.  I thought I would be putting 072 curves in my new room.  However as we worked out the planning process this past winter, I took others' advice that the 072 loops would overpower the whole scenic effect of the small layout.  I traded the Premier for a couple smaller engines and freight cars.  Just a month ago a Imperial J 602 became available, with about as little run time as the one I sold.  I am glad to have the same locomotive back, save for the different number!  Yay!!!

Mark Boyce posted:

Very nice acquisitions, Sam.  They look great on the trestle!

I regretted selling my MTH Imperial N&W J 611, when I got an opportunity to buy a Premier version at a great price.  I thought I would be putting 072 curves in my new room.  However as we worked out the planning process this past winter, I took others' advice that the 072 loops would overpower the whole scenic effect of the small layout.  I traded the Premier for a couple smaller engines and freight cars.  Just a month ago a Imperial J 602 became available, with about as little run time as the one I sold.  I am glad to have the same locomotive back, save for the different number!  Yay!!!

Hey, my wife and I just took an excursion ride on the N&W J 611 last month from Greensboro, NC to Roanoke, VA.  Beautiful locomotive! 

Ordered from Scenic Express over the weekend and the package came today. Colors for the stream bed and some new to me blends to try on the cliffs above the streams. Pics..........Paul

Another order of ERR upgrade kits arrived, this time directly from ERR.  Thanks Ken!  I'll probably jinx myself by admitting this, but over $400 got through the border without customs, or the post office taxing the shipment.  Sometimes you're the statue, sometimes you're the pigeon.

Bruce

I got a big ERR order last month. With GRJ upgrades it was a ton of money

Matt Makens posted:

I got a big ERR order last month. With GRJ upgrades it was a ton of money

I'm becoming addicted to installing this stuff, and when money is short, I tear the TMCC guts out of used equipment and install it into something I prefer.   A Dash 9 recently gave up it's life to give CC to an ABA set of MTH F7's.

Bruce

I just went thru and put all my sound decoders, ps2/3 upgrades and ERR upgrades into one spot and about fell over. Way too much stuff. Ive got work to do and I need to stop buying project supplies until I finish about 30 projects.

Came today!

ENichter posted:

Came today!

Too soon!

Too kewl 4 words,

Ralph M posted:

Atlas Trainman U23B in C&O. With smoke & ERR cruise it's a nice piece.  New Railsounds sound good. No more mumbling crew talk. 

 

Just bought this unit myself. My first C&O engine.

The display shelf is done, now for the graphics on the "billboard" part 

Jagrick posted:

 

So cool, a fellow WW2 Jeep owner and model railroader!

What year is that Jeep and it is a GPW or a MB?

I have a 1944 MB...

It is a GPW from 41 or 42.  Also working on a 1953 M37 weapons carrier. Pulled motor and putting in another straight 6 engine (original one threw a rod with previous owner)

I also have another GPW in need of a body I want to restore as a desert rat jeep!

JeffPo posted:

Mark Boyce posted:

Very nice acquisitions, Sam.  They look great on the trestle!

I regretted selling my MTH Imperial N&W J 611, when I got an opportunity to buy a Premier version at a great price.  I thought I would be putting 072 curves in my new room.  However as we worked out the planning process this past winter, I took others' advice that the 072 loops would overpower the whole scenic effect of the small layout.  I traded the Premier for a couple smaller engines and freight cars.  Just a month ago a Imperial J 602 became available, with about as little run time as the one I sold.  I am glad to have the same locomotive back, save for the different number!  Yay!!!

Hey, my wife and I just took an excursion ride on the N&W J 611 last month from Greensboro, NC to Roanoke, VA.  Beautiful locomotive! 

That's great Jeff!  I really liked the J ever since I saw it in Roanoke in the '80s.  Actually, I like all bullet nose streamlined steamers, but the N&W is my favorite!  I'm glad the 611 is under steam again!

thank you LHS Just Trains in Delaware

I guess I can rate this as cool.  A fellow in the club offered up this jewel for a killer price, $700.  The Lionel Legacy Y6B from 2014.  And, he threw in a couple of water tenders as well, a nice bonus.  I'd have paid the $700 just for the locomotive!

I guess I have to get the #611 J now to match my one tender.

John, that's an awesome score. Idve bought that just on price, but what sweet loco.

This package came today. I was at the point of starting to think about background buildings. Mr. Muffins Trains had a special this past weekend on a Korber Flat building. Pic..................Paul

Been going thru this and an awful lot of cool stuff.  I haven't posted in here awhile. Lot of train stuff but will save for another post as another large box from Trainz arrived.   But this not train related but still sooooooooo cool. Just a little to big for one of my flat cars

    M998 6.5L Diesel Engine, Automatic Transmission, 4x4, 7700 lb. GVWR, 4 Door, Soft Top, Cargo/Troop Carrier Body, 

suzukovich posted:

Been going thru this and an awful lot of cool stuff.  I haven't posted in here awhile. Lot of train stuff but will save for another post as another large box from Trainz arrived.   But this not train related but still sooooooooo cool. Just a little to big for one of my flat cars

    M998 6.5L Diesel Engine, Automatic Transmission, 4x4, 7700 lb. GVWR, 4 Door, Soft Top, Cargo/Troop Carrier Body, 

Really cool!!

Matt

I just got this bad boy today for my train in the yard project.

It actually has been named by popular demand,    (Rock Creek Rail Road)   

Larry

suzukovich posted:

But this not train related but still sooooooooo cool. Just a little to big for one of my flat cars

    M998 6.5L Diesel Engine, Automatic Transmission, 4x4, 7700 lb. GVWR, 4 Door, Soft Top, Cargo/Troop Carrier Body, 

Schweeet!

I know that sucker didn't come cheap! Is this among the new batch they sold off? For years, the only civilian-owned military Humvees were ex-USMC out of one auction at Albany, GA. I heard rumors another batch was going to be sold off.

I would say it's too bad we don't live near each other so we could take out military vehicles out for a spin, but you'd leave my 1944 Willys MB Jeep in the dust right away, as your can go highway speeds and mine would cause damage if it went over 45 MPH...

I still have a part of a tire from one of my Humvees, it came apart driving down a road on a FTX, on hardball road. Practically exploded and I'll never know why (thank goodness it was a runflat as we of course had no spare). I used it as a paperweight for years in the service and couldn't bring myself to throw it away for some reason...

p51 posted:

suzukovich posted:

But this not train related but still sooooooooo cool. Just a little to big for one of my flat cars

    M998 6.5L Diesel Engine, Automatic Transmission, 4x4, 7700 lb. GVWR, 4 Door, Soft Top, Cargo/Troop Carrier Body, 

Schweeet!

I know that sucker didn't come cheap! Is this among the new batch they sold off? For years, the only civilian-owned military Humvees were ex-USMC out of one auction at Albany, GA. I heard rumors another batch was going to be sold off.

I would say it's too bad we don't live near each other so we could take out military vehicles out for a spin, but you'd leave my 1944 Willys MB Jeep in the dust right away, as your can go highway speeds and mine would cause damage if it went over 45 MPH...

I still have a part of a tire from one of my Humvees, it came apart driving down a road on a FTX, on hardball road. Practically exploded and I'll never know why (thank goodness it was a runflat as we of course had no spare). I used it as a paperweight for years in the service and couldn't bring myself to throw it away for some reason...

They been auctioning them for about a couple of years now. I finely bit the bullet. Issue has been the SF 97s with the statement  of off road use only.  Finally  worked issue with licensing in Florida.  Less than ten but still not cheap.

suzukovich posted:

Wow, for less than 10? Heck, maybe I need to look into one of these! The previous ones went for way more than that several years ago!

This clock was a gift from my wife's step mother for Christmas. It came broken and I told her I was up for a challenge.

It's been sitting in pieces in a box for months. I finally got around to it the other day. I just had to solder a few wires back in place and now she's working like a champ. Every hour the clock makes steam engine sounds and the train goes around. When my kids hear it, they run to the kitchen to watch it. They love it!

I managed to get a JLC Y6B today. Bought it on Ebay and the seller hand delivered it to me since we live fairly close to each other(about 25-30 minutes away). Was my first Ebay purchase, great price, and Tom is a great guy. Ironically, I had bought from him earlier at one of the Greenberg show's the PT Tender to the Century Club Empire State Express. It wasn't until we were talking(about 20 minutes) what railroads we liked and NYC came up and I commented about the PT Tender. He said, "That was you? Small world". Funny how that works.