Show off your 2 or 3 rail weaver models!!!

As a New Haven fan Weaver came though big time with the I4 and I5 steamers as well as the Bradley coaches. Pictured here is the I4 Pacific with a consist of Weaver baggage cars and coaches. Both steamers went back for minor repairs. One my own doing. Talked to Gary over the phone as to what was going on with them. You couldn't beat them for service. They surely will be missed.

 

 

 

 I have had a lot of Weaver models over the years, here's some of my favorites...DaveB

 

Here's a Pullman-Bradley car I corrected the windows for a Seaboard car:

 

 

 

I have another (thanks again Mike!) but haven't done anyting with it yet.

 

These are/were well built models, sorry to see it end so soon (for me that is).

Here are mine.

 

I own 11 of these (10 different numbers).

 

I own 4 of these (all different numbers).

 

Unfortunately, I own only one of each of the following

 

All have been upgraded with command control, and all are great running engines.  I will miss Weaver.

 

(Previously posted)

I've been in the hobby since 2003, but have acquired a lot of Weaver products. Thank you for the trip, it's been wonderful.  Here are some of Weaver's products, my layout.

Baldwin Pennsy BP20

 

Alco C630's

 

Canadian Pacific Hudson.

 

Pennsy E-8's

 

Grand Canyon #29

 

GP38-2.

 

RS-3

 

Pennsy C1 0-8-0

 

Pennsy M1a/b 4-8-2  I believe one of their first brass offerings.

 

Pennsy H10  2-8-0

 

Pennsy L1s Mikado

 

U25b

 

Alco RSD 12

 

Pennsy G5 4-6-0

 

Pennsy A5 0-4-0

 

It's been a wonderful experience.  There is also a lot of Weaver rolling stock, coal cars and accessory parts. 

Thank you,

Michael C. Thompson

 

 

 

I only have three but here they are.

 

bent spaghetti

 

 

tru sweet amaizo

got milk

I'll post some pics soon. I have 9 years worth of club cars totaling thirty nine, going back to April of 07. Some are three car sets, and some are six.I have posted several to one thread or another in the past. Each was modeled after a fallen flag from a different part of the country. Members of our group helped in the selection and design process, including dedicated or humorous text specific to our group. I have had a great relationship with all the folks at Weaver, making many trips down, to work out details for our cars, or to drop off various loads, or to pick some engines or rolling stock. It's been great Joe, Gary, Peg, Suzy, Cathy, Todd, Luchia, Kelly, and anyone I may have missed. All the best.

Don

I've come full-circle with Weaver. When I started with Weaver products, they came 2-rail and I had to convert them to 3-rail. Now when I get them, they're 3-rail and I'm converting them to 2-rail. Kind of ironic in a way.

 

This one arrived yesterday. Won it on eBay last week.

 

Two of six Weaver 57-foot Mechanical Reefers I had two-railed. Installed the appropriate Weaver-supplied shock-control couplers. I just ordered five more sets of couplers even though I don't have the cars to put them on yet.

Four Weaver 40-foot frameless tank cars -- "Sinclair Oils". Switched over the 2-rail wheels and Kadee couplers.

 

OGR Commemorative cars, one autographed by the OGR staff. All switched over to 2-rail wheels and Kadee couplers.

 

I have several more cars for which I don't have photos handy -- probably about 30-40 more in boxes at home. They're mostly hopper cars -- ACF center flow hoppers (the first ones I bought), PS2's and high-side PS4427 grain hoppers with a few Stock cars. I donated a couple dozen cars to the club layout several years ago because I wasn't using them, so they're now layout rolling stock that the members use when they want to run but don't feel like hauling a bunch of cars down.

When the first posts regarding Weaver closing appeared here on the forum I started to post these pictures on the "Glad it didn't sell" thread.  I tried to sell all of these cars in the past and probably still will but I will wait a while to see if they become instant collectables.    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here are a few. Looking through my photos, I'm surprised at how few Weaver pictures there are, as I have a lot of Weaver locomotives and rolling stock.

 

Milwaukee Road S3 Northern with K-Line express reefers and heavyweight passenger cars. Weaver made this brass Northern several years before Lionel came out with the Legacy version.

 

Top: Weaver Little Joe with K-Line Passenger Train.  Second Shelf: Weaver Hiawatha Atlantic with Matching Weaver Scale Cars.  Third Shelf: MTH Hiawatha 4-6-4 with Weaver Scale Passenger Cars.

 

Three views of the Weaver F6a Hudson, which I consider the best brass engine in my collection. Cars in the third photo are MTH.

 

Weaver Brass John Wilkes, converted to DCS.

 

SP&S Boxcar

 

Set of E-units redecorated to Milwaukee Road.

 

Pair of U25B's.

 

West India Boxcar

Pocono Power

 

 

I have a couple Weaver freight cars. I'll post some pictures tommorrow...

I've just started collecting trains -  most of my introduction has come courtesy of Weaver - great mix of detail-durability-scale.  I've picked up several 57' Reefers and plan to acquire more - if possible.  Recently I walked into a pile of woodside beer reefers -  can't wait to find more:

 

 

 

Weaver made some very nice steamliners! See here the SF Blue Goose, the UP 49er and NYC Hudson

 

 

Regards

Fred

 

Here's about 75 hoppers all Weaver and all different  numbers .

 

Guy 

I love my Weaver Models Grand Trunk Western 4-8-4 U4b Northern. It's a beautiful model of a beautiful locomotive.

 

Thanks for doing this one for me, Joe.

- RICH

I just called them today and ordered the remaining two numbers for each car:

 

 

HEre are some more:

 

 

Great photo's , nice tribute to a great organization, too bad it comes to an end.

As of yesterday, Weaver items have become - wait for it - COLLECTIBLE! Not just the brass

(that's always been sweet), but even those plastic-trucked, simple boxcars. The prices will not reflect it for a while, but there will be no more "Weaver cars".

 

There are 2 brass Weaver steamers that I was considering selling...maybe I'll re-think that; not for the eventual "profit" (right...), but where else can I get 3-rail O brass steam locomotives? Oh yeah - ONE other place. For more money.

 

It will be a slow climb, but it's been a while since I've seen "bargain K-Line" items (except the K-Line items that were low-end to begin with).

 

I fear that the "critical mass" O-gauge-customer issue has truly arrived. I mean, my main "dealer" is DaBay. Full-scale steam locomotives for $200 (with PS1, for sure, but still beautiful machines).

 

I hope that I'm wrong; I hope "someone" buys Weaver intact (if I could, I would - then I'd get to figure out how to "run a business" Yikes!).

 

Sad.

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The Little Joe ( factory TMCC/RS) -was- for sale; now, I'm re-thinking:

 DRGW M-64 4-8-4 and a bit of a Weaver NKP Hudson:

 Weathered Valley Flyer 1369:

 

The other Valley Flyer (1376), as de-streamstyled (pretty much):  

One of my favorites that was purchased at Jim Sutter's in Homer City along with many other B&LE and P&LE cars.

 

Nick

Here my Weaver Reading G1:

 

 

To my knowledge this is the only scale model of the Reading G1/G2 Pacific that has been made.

 

Still want to get a Weaver Reading Crusader set.  Hope someone has the molds for the troop cars as they to have never been mass produced in O scale by another manufacturer.

 

Jim

I bought these four beauties from a forum member last week.  This marks my first Weaver purchase and I hope to buy more in the future.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Below is a video I took of two of my trains: train #1 is all my Weaver freight car, train #2 is my Weaver passenger set.

 

Locomotive power is by Lionel Legacy.

 

 

This war emergency gon might be my only weaver car on the railroad right now. I have numerous Weavers in boxes from when I was into more modern stuff. 

But what I will really miss is the scalecoat paint. I've been using it almost exclusively for 30 years. There is just something about how smooth it sprays on, and stays on. 

USH F45's that I painted when I was 15.

All Nation F-3's

Walthers mixed train caboose and SC&F BX-12

And on the workbench now the MG Mike that I bought off ebay recently, painted last week.

They will be missed.

 

 

Some of my favorite freight cars made by Weaver.

I only have one Weaver piece, this SP U25B dummy. I got it to be part of multi-unit UP consists. It gets little use, however.

 

 

I've had pretty good luck with the Weaver brass, I have less issues getting them to run reliability than some other brands of older brass locomotives. 

 

Here's a couple of the Weaver pieces I have, The Reading G2sa came with TMCC and I added cruise, fan driven smoke, and of course a Super-Chuffer.

 

 

This M1a is a more recent arrival, but it's going to get the same treatment.

 

 

Finally, the Weaver FEF, this is another really nice model, it steps in when the VL-BB is in the shop.

 

Here are my submissions. Most are club cars from another forum, which go back to October of 2007, until last October. The H30 Conrail hopper was a thank you from Joe for doing the manufacturers' presentation a few years ago.

Weaver steam locomotives that I have converted to PS-2 including MTH smoke units. These are good runners and some of them are especially unique, because no other manufacture produced them. The Crusader and John Wilkes passenger cars are also Weaver. Next up for conversion is a Santa Fe Valley Flyer. Weaver will be missed and their customer service was among the best that I have ever experienced.

 

Eric Hofberg

TCA, LCCA 

Dan

Just ordered a LV bicentenial caboose..cant wait....weaver made some real neat rolling stock . i will miss theyre thinking outside the box...conrail john....enjoy the retirement !!

Here is my all Weaver Tropicana mechanical reefer SCL juice train.  These cars have no quality match from the other manufacturers.  It is going to be hard to lengthen my train.

 

 

Only one: Here the Railway Express Agency boxcar has just been loaded up from a Chevy step-side pickup as it sits on a siding in front of the Ayer (MA) Junction train station.

 

TRRR

Weaver Magma Mines

 

 

    Bill T

I agree Steve.

Here are some shots of the Weaver PRR M1a and the Weaver PRR K4 (fitted with PS1).

 

lewrail

The Model Railroader anniversary car was built by Weaver.

 

(The OGR Hurricane Katrina boxcar is from MTH.)

The Railroad Model Craftsman "ink tank car" was built by Weaver.  I'm not sure off the top of my head who built the "Colonel Carstens Bourbon Car" coupled to it.

 

 

 

The Ross Custom Switches boxcar also came from Weaver.

 

 

 

Another recent (last week) acquisition. Converted from 3-rail to 2-rail w/Kadees. Need to add weight to the car. I wish more of these were available at lower prices. The last issues were actually more expensive than Atlas Trainman cars and the Atlas cars are actually nicer. This one was a bargain.

 

 

The Bourbon boxcar is from either KMT or Franks Roundhouse.

 

   Bill T.

The Tennessean by Weaver

 

Well now, it is June 20 and still no photos of your layout nor any of your Weaver models.

I've been learning how to weather using mostly Weaver cars.  Here are a few examples...

Wow, these are gorgeous.  Thanks for sharing these!

 

Ben

Well i didnt see any of your layout or weaver products either? To be honest, i dont run much weaver anymore as most is my large collection is of precision, overland, pacific limited, and custom built by lenoir, strayer, icken, white, etc..But since your doing this hobby vicariously here are some of my weaver. Excuse the boxes on some but thats where they spend most of their time. Layout will be glad to be shown, it will be finished assembled in a 60x80 building once the building is finished this end of summer. Now where are yours???



       
       

@joeyA ,  Great job weathering those cars.....DaveB

Agreed, weathering sure makes up for the few details these are lacking




       
       

Anyway, beautiful cars , 2rail!

Here's my engines and a portion of my rolling stock. These are older pics. will provide current yard shot tomorrow. The Alcoa's C628/630 and the CBQ U25B are all PS2/3 upgrades

 

 

Gulf, Mobile & Ohio PS-2-CD 4740 Cu. Ft. Capy. 3-bay grain hopper

ILLINOIS CENTRAL PS-2-CD 4740 Cu Ft Capy 3-bay covered hopper.

 

Thanks for the kind words, Ben & DaveB!

Weaver Ultraline New York Central 4-bay ACF Centerflow Covered Hopper - Road number 885904 

 

This Weaver model will be reworked for use on a 3 rail layout. The steps and molded on brakegear will be replaced.  It will have also added weight for better tracking. The finished model will be posted on OGR when completed.

 

Chicago & North Western box car

 

 

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy box car