Steamer posted:I'd love to score one of these Dorfan Derricks, but this is only the second one I've seen.
Be patient since it took me a while to find one and I have two of them now.
Pine Creek Railroad posted:Chris,
Thanks for letting me know about Evans Design, way cool engineering for LED's. Which size LED's did you install in your new Caboose tail?
PCRR/Dave
I used the “chip” LEDs in red. Here are a few pics of how I did it. I meted a little of the insulation on the wires going to the lights in the caboose then soldered the wires from the LEDs to them. I used liquid electric tape and let it dry. 
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Chris,
Real nice job, thanks for the pictures and the education! Looks fantastic. Will do something similar with the Evans Design LED's.
PCRR/Dave
Wow - first time through this week. One thing that can be said about you tinplate guys, you certainly don’t rest on your laurels. Great stuff as always.
Steamer - I have a full array of shovels and work steady. If you need a hand with your crawl space, I can travel. Cheers.
Hi, folks! I have a couple entries for this weekend, both from the Lionel Standard Gauge world! Here is Outfit 350, which will need a little work here and there, but looks great as is, and has the original oval of track!
Next up we have Outfit 347, which has all original boxes (which now are feeling their age, but are all there!) Also, it looks like she was well-played with in her history, as the paint has been rubbed in spots that the boxes would make the most contact with. Again, though, I love her!
The beauty of both these sets are that the locos' wheels are not cracking at all! When my mom told me that my dad would never want us sad, me seeing these trains that I am now custodian of to care for, it's starting to make me happy. Seeing such beauty in workmanship, the wonder these must have held for a child 80 or 90 years ago, running on the floor under twinkling lights or candles balanced on branches, the clacking of the tin hitting the track joins, the child looking on in wonder, picturing that train taking passengers to New York, Chicago, St. Louis, Philadelphia. What stories they could tell...
William 1 posted:
Steamer - I have a full array of shovels and work steady. If you need a hand with your crawl space, I can travel. Cheers.
Dennis, your Scale-Craft PRR K-4 has been bugging me so since I had a little spare time today I did some rummaging through the references.
What I found:
1. According to Scale Craft ad in the January 1941 Model Railroader the PRR kit was specifically offered in outside 3rd rail configuration. If you wanted it insulated for 2 rail operation that would cost an extra $5.00 - quite a bit back in 1941.
2. There was one K-4 which had one driver set with spoked driver centers, one with boxpok centers and one with webbed spoked centers but nothing with all 3 driver centers with the Baldwin centers.
3. The PRR did outfit a couple of K-4 with disc drivers but their configuration and appearance bears little resemblance to the Baldwin centers.
So, no evidence of a possible prototype engine. In spite of this it would be interesting to know what inspired the original owner to put Baldwin drivers on the model.
Standard Gauge 4-4-4-4 locomotive (4 motors) by John Harmon pulling eleven Glenn Toy freights.
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Rob Shaubach posted:Standard Gauge 4-4-4-4 locomotive (4 motors) by John Harmon pulling eleven Glenn Toy freights.
Hi Rob,
It might be me, but the video says zero seconds. Can you see it? Would love to see this train!
George
George S posted:Rob Shaubach posted:Standard Gauge 4-4-4-4 locomotive (4 motors) by John Harmon pulling eleven Glenn Toy freights.
Hi Rob,
It might be me, but the video says zero seconds. Can you see it? Would love to see this train!
George
Nothing here either?
Chris Lonero posted:George S posted:Rob Shaubach posted:Standard Gauge 4-4-4-4 locomotive (4 motors) by John Harmon pulling eleven Glenn Toy freights.
Hi Rob,
It might be me, but the video says zero seconds. Can you see it? Would love to see this train!
George
Nothing here either?
Sorry, guys - does it work now? I can play it on my Mac at home and it also works on my Dell laptop at work.
NOPE! :-(
I can see it, as I could when you first posted it yesterday.
Northwoods Flyer
Greg
George S posted:OK guys,
There is an American Flyer 3008 ART car and a 3007 gondola up for auction on eBay. There are 51 people currently watching each. I am bidding. I expect these to be very active and go pretty high. One just doubled in price in the last hour. Good luck to all on these.
George
Did you see what they finally sold for? Collecting some American Flyer is not for the faint of heart, nor for the shallow of pocket. No, I didn't bid on them. I thought I would leave them for you George, or maybe Dennis. 
Northwoods Flyer
Greg
Geoge S,
I keep the HellGate Bridge decked out with dual Conventional Tin Plate O Gauge Track all the time. Will probably build a complete Conventional Tin Layout in part of the Train Room. The Tin layout may include the Hellgate Bridge, right now however the design engineering has not been completed...
PCRR/Dave
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Chris L,
I just ordered the great looking Lighted Blue Comet Tin Plate Caboose from Charles RO, almost had to mortgage my home! He had to Special Order the Blue Comet Caboose for me, they had none in stock. Thanks much for the ordering info, if MartyE's Lighted Lionel Celebration Caboose is the same cost, I will definitely be waiting till next month to order it!
PCRR/Dave
Greg J. Turinetti posted:George S posted:OK guys,
There is an American Flyer 3008 ART car and a 3007 gondola up for auction on eBay. There are 51 people currently watching each. I am bidding. I expect these to be very active and go pretty high. One just doubled in price in the last hour. Good luck to all on these.
George
Did you see what they finally sold for? Collecting some American Flyer is not for the faint of heart, nor for the shallow of pocket. No, I didn't bid on them. I thought I would leave them for you George, or maybe Dennis.
Northwoods Flyer
Greg
Yes, I saw and paid.
That was a big splurge. I could have bought a few MTH reefers for that. I'm still trying to justify it to myself.
I had checked past sales, and mine went higher than some previous purchases. However, one of the reference 3008's was missing a door and a brake wheel. I'm a little worried about the frame of the 3008 boxcar. I couldn't tell from the picture, but there may be rust under the paint. I'll know better when I get it. I may be back to you guys for recommendations. I probably overpaid for the gondola, but both of these are pretty rare.
George
Rob Shaubach posted:Chris Lonero posted:George S posted:Rob Shaubach posted:Standard Gauge 4-4-4-4 locomotive (4 motors) by John Harmon pulling eleven Glenn Toy freights.
Hi Rob,
It might be me, but the video says zero seconds. Can you see it? Would love to see this train!
George
Nothing here either?
Sorry, guys - does it work now? I can play it on my Mac at home and it also works on my Dell laptop at work.
It works now on my Mac. I was trying on my iPad before. Great train!
was out Friday, but here's some booty that was delivered while I was out.
Marx tabletop 5151 tender, part of the 41000 set.
1936-37 AF 3-rail curves with fiberboard backing, like the 4-rail offered in the same two years.
Lionel Winner 1811 Pullman in cream and red. Now I only need the red/white and I'll have all four Lionel and both Ives 1811s.
Joy line 102 clockwork loco
Ives version of the transition 1680 tank car
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Robert S. Butler posted:Dennis, your Scale-Craft PRR K-4 has been bugging me so since I had a little spare time today I did some rummaging through the references.
What I found:
1. According to Scale Craft ad in the January 1941 Model Railroader the PRR kit was specifically offered in outside 3rd rail configuration. If you wanted it insulated for 2 rail operation that would cost an extra $5.00 - quite a bit back in 1941.
2. There was one K-4 which had one driver set with spoked driver centers, one with boxpok centers and one with webbed spoked centers but nothing with all 3 driver centers with the Baldwin centers.
3. The PRR did outfit a couple of K-4 with disc drivers but their configuration and appearance bears little resemblance to the Baldwin centers.
So, no evidence of a possible prototype engine. In spite of this it would be interesting to know what inspired the original owner to put Baldwin drivers on the model.
Funny thing is, I have the three Scale-craft K4's yet each ended up with a different style of drivers. The newest one came with Boxpok which we know is not right. The middle one actually came with the correct original Scale-craft straight backed counterweights. The first one I got has the cresent shaped counter weights. They are original Scale-craft drivers all right and I have pictures from Scale-craft catalogs showing they (SC) built and shipped them this way, but they aren't correct for the loco. They are probably right for the Hudson that SC also made at the time. So I'll probably leave them as is for now unless I find some more correct drivers. I have another doorstop Hudson frame and shell that could use the cresent wheels. I see that Stevenson Preservation line shows both correct PRR 80" spoke and Baldwin Disc drivers but they are $15 per for castings! I'd still have to machine them. I do have a lathe, but sheesh $90 for drivers on a loco I only spent $127 for is probably too much heartburn for me. I can always replace them later and fix and run it as is now. It would be fun to put one of these together with tall enough flanges to run on tubular track...
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