@Walter Matuch posted:pennsyfan... suggest you email them rrproject113.org or call minersville at 570-544-8300 . They do answer all communications but may take a few days. Or visit their facebook page https://www.facebook.com/RRProject113/ or Project 113 O gauge Ore cars are available at Hadesty's Hardware in Pottsville, PA and Valley Nursery in Ashland, PA
Hope this helps.
Walter
Walter did you get my email yesterday?
Received this NJHR gondola from Ben on my recent visit to the club.
Bob
From CLRC; note brake wheel, oddly used as a door handle! Also note on end flap, the suggested dual usage for this car. Have never seen that before or after on any 3 rail product.
Found it! TTOS 1990 convention car K-Line B&O Boom Car:
Hot off the press
@RSJB18 posted:Nice.
Are these new releases?
Yes. They were announced last year. I have one of each on order… gotta start keeping my eye out for a package!!!
@Apples55 posted:Yes. They were announced last year. I have one of each on order… gotta start keeping my eye out for a package!!!
And I need to check NJHR site for new releases. 🤣🤣
@bluelinec4 posted:Hot off the press
Very nice Ben
@RSJB18 posted:And I need to check NJHR site for new releases. 🤣🤣
PSA: looking at the NJ HiRailers’ website can be detrimental to your wallet 
We have them They were delivered and were brought in the office but the person doing the shipping has disappeared so they will be delayed a bit Since I carried them up I took mine
This is the latest release that will be in the next batch of 36 ft reefers
Here is a "one off" Standard gauge caboose I made for the local club (Long Island Train Collecting Aficionados) I formed a few years ago:
For more info on LITCA, please click here: "Comraderie Through Trains" The Formation of a Local Club (warrenvillerailroad.com)
@bluelinec4 posted:We have them They were delivered and were brought in the office but the person doing the shipping has disappeared so they will be delayed a bit Since I carried them up I took mine
This is the latest release that will be in the next batch of 36 ft reefers
Ben- you have both in stock? I like the second version with the 07302023 car number. The site isn't clear on which is which.
We had A&P King Kullen, and Bohack in town growing up. I remember taking a field trip in elementary school to A&P's warehouse on the LIRR central extension in Garden City.
I'm a supermarket veteran too having worked in several Pathmark's during and after high school.
Bob
J. C. Penney special from 1986. First high end steam locomotive I bought.
TCA NTTM Museum cars. Got these at Spring York for very good prices.
A pair of TCA boxcars from 1965 and 1971.
LCCA 40th anniversary reefer.
STLLRRC
@RSJB18 posted:Ben- you have both in stock? I like the second version with the 07302023 car number. The site isn't clear on which is which.
We had A&P King Kullen, and Bohack in town growing up. I remember taking a field trip in elementary school to A&P's warehouse on the LIRR central extension in Garden City.
I'm a supermarket veteran too having worked in several Pathmark's during and after high school.Bob
No these won’t be in until 4th quarter 2024. The one you want is the blue cans. That’s the difference. The other one has gold
I thought I only had a few cars that would fit this category but I realize I have more than I thought. These are in no particular order but I have quick access to pictures of this batch. I'll dig out others and post pictures of them as they come available.
This is a METCA offering. I saw a picture of it somewhere and it caught my eye because my dad worked for Metropolitan Roofing Supply in the Bronx for 30 years. They manufactured Durex roofing cements and sealers, contracted with other big manufacturers to produce their roofing cements and sold every type of material, supply and equipment for any type of roof system. Their fleet of delivery trucks were green with a gold MRS in a diamond emblazoned on the doors. I could see their boxcar, if they owned one looking very much like this. Alas this model was no longer listed on the METCA web site. I contacted Stu to see if any were still available. To my dismay Stu said if it's not on the web site it's out of stock. The next day I received an e-mail from Stu. There was still one left, the one used for the METCA display, if I was interested. So now it's mine.
19192 Lionel Collectors Club of America NASA tank car. An eBay purchase.
I had one of Jim Sutter's Weaver Genny Light reefers and was looking for a Genesee one to go with it. I came across this LOTS offering on eBay for a reasonable price considering the prices of other Genesee cars available at the time.
This K-Line Ewing Oil tank car is stunning in green and gold and just happens to be a TTOS chapter offering from 1989.
Nassau Lionel Operating Engineers 2006 boxcar celebrating the 80th anniversary of LIRR 401, the world's first road diesel. This one came from Trainz. As did the LIRR flat with Tomcat trailer from NLOE already posted by Bob, @RSJB18.
I also have a single offering from NJHR, the Schmidt's reefer already posted. I bought at one of the Trainstocks, I don't remember which, and Ben, @bluelinec4, was nice enough to give me the preorder pricing even though I hadn't pre-ordered it.
I know there are a couple more NLOE cars and a St. Louis club car that I need to get pictures of and maybe another one or two I'm not remembering. I've also got some K-Line Collectors' Club offerings that I believe went from KCC offerings to inclusion in catalogs for general sale. I'll gather up some pics of those and post those separate from other club oferings.
Fantasy Brewers created by METCA in 2015. They are Atlas cars.
TTOS cars. Some back dated with Post War trucks and frames.
Pete
Some more TCA cars. These are all early (pre 1990) K-Line cars that were USA made.
A Railroad club car is a railroad passenger car with facilities for serving refreshments and drinks. Here are two of mine.
Charlie
Here is the first of two cars we did for our Desert Division TCA national convention in 1997 in Phoenix. I was the convention chairman and we always do a fund raising car to support the local division's costs. I had the idea of doing one of Lionel's animated gondola's with the iconic roadrunner and coyote figures - this was Arizona after all. A friend of my son was a good artist and did 8x10 illustrations of the figure to send to Lionel.
Sorry, Lionel wrote. Those are licensed figures by Warner Brothers and it would cost us $50k for the license. Too expensive for your project.
So, we came up with the idea of Lost Dutchman and burro figures which were prominent at that time as advertising symbols for the Arizona lottery. That was OK with Lionel and the car produced. Here it is.
The rest of the story next.
I have certainly jumped on club cars that were known to public and not Top Secret. Ones l have are a few of the U. P., Mich. cars, and a TTOS Marble, Colo. flat with a load of real Marble marble. Others have these quicker to find and l would like to see the photos posted. What hauled granite out of Vermont? Must be a club or custom run in that? Wish these were more widely advertised. I would like to see a long running posting, regularly updated, that strove to make known any and all club/custom cars offered.
@pennsyfan posted:Fantasy Brewers created by METCA in 2015. They are Atlas cars.
Fantasy brews but not a fantasy brewer! The Manhattan Brewing Company did exist in Manhattan from 1984 through 1991. It was located on Thompson Street in SoHo and was one of the earliest brewpubs on the east coast. Signature medal winning brews were Manhattan Amber and Manhattan Gold Lager, which was also brewed and bottled for sale.
@coach joe posted:Fantasy brews but not a fantasy brewer! The Manhattan Brewing Company did exist in Manhattan from 1984 through 1991. It was located on Thompson Street in SoHo and was one of the earliest brewpubs on the east coast. Signature medal winning brews were Manhattan Amber and Manhattan Gold Lager, which was also brewed and bottled for sale.
Thanks Coach.
IF YOU LIKE HOT STUFF THIS IS FOR YOU A LCCA CAR, GG1GUYY
Here is the last one from the 1997 TCA Arizona national convention in Phoenix.
The background story. Arizona grew originally in large part due to mining. First gold, but then copper reined for a century. In southern Arizona the Phelps Dodge company dominated both mining and smelting. Since I came from that part of the state it was natural to do something to celebrate it. Fortunately, I had enough connections to get to meet an officer and told him of my idea: a depressed center flat that was used to carry copper ingots to the plants that would refine it and turn the copper into wire and over products. I needed those which were just about the right size for an O gauge car. He said that yes, they has some almost the right size that were used as a give-away at a recent corporate event and were real copper!
K Line had a flat that was the right size and would letter them with the Phelps Dodge logo. A member had plastic trays made to hold the ingots. A limited number were made for the attendees and more without the load for further sale. The convention goers also got a little flier explains the car and the industry.
This was our first special run at the NJ HiRailers club Its a Weaver flat w/ 36 ft trailer There were 4 numbers The first one was 185 which is the address of our club
Here, displayed on Warrenville, are the first two Crew Cars I painted for the Railroad Museum of Long Island (RMLI) in Riverhead NY,
A limited inventory of these cars will be available for sale at the museum within a month.
The all grey paint scheme is prototypical - the one with the orange trim is not. WHICH do you like better??
@Lionelski posted:Here, displayed on Warrenville, are the first two Crew Cars I painted for the Railroad Museum of Long Island (RMLI) in Riverhead NY,
A limited inventory of these cars will be available for sale at the museum within a month.
The all grey paint scheme is prototypical - the one with the orange trim is not. WHICH do you like better??
John, I'm a Kodachrome type of guy, so I like the burst of orange on each end.
Here are a few more.
1990 TCA Dixie Division Atlanta convention car by K-Line. Wood blocks wrapped in burlap represented cotton bales. I glued some cotton to the ends and use black rubber hair ties for strapping to make it look a little better. Seems like some of those hair bands gave up and need to be replaced.
Nassau Lionel Operating Engineers 2010 offering. A LIRR TOFC with NY Islanders tractor/trailer
Pigs Eye Beer reefer by K-Line for the 39th annual TCA convention hosted by the Lakes and Pines Division in St. Paul MN. I won an eBay auction for this one and it's been in storage for so long I didn't realize it was still wrapped in plastic.
@coach joe posted:John, I'm a Kodachrome type of guy, so I like the burst of orange on each end.
Coach Joe,
I like that sample better too, but the museum commissioned me to provide them with a number of the prototypical all grey cars.
Blue LIRR tool cars will follow later this summer
My son used to get an MTH Club membership for his birthday every year, including the RailKing club car. Years later we found the club diesel to go with them.
LOTS
StLLRRC club cars that I recently sold to another Forum member:
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