Your top 7 best purchases

[FJ and G]

mine would be:

1. SW-9 RK switcher; provides countless hours of switching entertainment

2. RK F-3 warbonnet. best looking train around and runs like a charm

3. RK Northern. Love watching the valve gear and hearing the throaty whistle

4. Williams diesels. Great pulling power and low cost

5. Weaver $20 scale freight cars; try to find scale cars at that price anywhere else; a few were $19

6. A squat rack; a home gym pays for itself after about a year and no standing in line or listening to other people's music

7. JuiceMan: opens a whole nother world in couisin

[Anonymous]

3rd rail, GN s2, c+o allegheny, cb@q 4-8-4, SF 3751, Penn K4, early williams up challenger, big boy.

[railfanespee4449]

1 Lionel 4-6-0 camelback. 2 Lionel Alco PA w/ signalsounds. 3. lionel pw 1666 4. Lionel MPC geep 5 RMT Beep 6. Prewar 259e. 7. ACL Sd-18
P.S. I only have 7 trains!

[Anonymous]

1 Zap glue
2 #2blades
3 ruler
4 metal square
5 Microlux table saw
6Gateway computer
7 Nikon digital coolpix 5200 5.1 meg

[tschmidt]

Mine would be...not in any particular order...it's all Lionel...

1. 11903 ACL F3 ABA's and 6 matching passenger cars
2. 38075 U.P. Big Boy
3. 17331-17335 Milk Cars
4. 14524 ACL E6 AA's
5. Bethlehem Steel Slag and Hot Metal Cars
6. 26769 S.F. Command Crane
7. Area 51 Train w/ all the add-on cars

It's tough to pick out the favorites but this is a good place to start.

Tom

[Dr. John]

Not in any particular order . . .

Williams NW-2
Refurbished Lionel KW transformer
Postwar 1121 turnouts
K-Line Pennsy A-5 0-4-0
S-Helper SW-1 (for you S gauge enthusiasts!)
Bachman On30 0-4-2
Craftsman soldering gun

[dougdagrump]

My best buys weren't train related.
#1. Our marriage license (and of course the minister's fee).
#2. The bill for our daughter's birth, in the military at the time so only cost $7.50
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[Anonymous]

Train related purchases, not in any order:
1) Marklin Primex “Orient Express”
2) Marklin TEE VT11.5
3) Marklin Metal “Rheingold Express” 75 anniversary edition
4) Marklin ET87 electric railcar
(A whole lotta fun to watch and listen to on Marklin metal track!)
5) Marklin Swiss Re4/4 in TEE colors w/metal DB TEE wagens
6) MTH Premier N&W J611 4-8-4
7) Lionel N&W Y-3 2-8-8-2

[tadowler]

Hi Dr. John,

I have an original PW NW-2 623 and was looking at getting a Williams - they look great!

I have a couple of 1121 switches also and may get a few more. It looks like they are readily available on eBay. Here are some nice ones: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=4146&item=5962210436&rd=1#ShippingPayment

- Todd

[Anonymous]

No particular order:
Our S-2 fairmont railcar
John Deere model A 1949
House in the country
Great Pyrenees Avery
1/2 scale Case steam engine
gmc pickup
oh, all my O guage trains

[Buckeye Riveter]

Jeep Wrangler
Snowblower
Snowshovel
Sidewalk salt
Window scrapper
Goretex Snowsuit
LL Bean Boats

I need all of this so I can get out of the house and go to the train store and/or train shows.

My best train purchase was my TMCC/Railsounds B&O FT A-B-A Passenger Set w/ six cars. Luv that train!