I couldn't resist either.
I have one of those goofy novelty cabooses from the 70s too. And when I won the bid I wasn't quite as proud as other ones. 3 bucks and a steal at that!
Once I get the M/T trucks on this thing it's going to be a real gem! And the funny thing is I will do it.
I think it might just fit on my heavyweight depressed center flat car
I just hope it doesn't depress my flat car too much
Those one nightly buys that made so much sense at the time
TF
SpaceMouseWhat location are you modeling on your layout? The cars are foreign, right?
Ya' got me Chip, scene is from a defunct previous layout of no particular place or time. Yes, European team cars, VW Golf & Ford Sierra. Hoping to someday stage another bike race upon my current switching layout. Btw, nice tiny house for Rover.
Thanks to all and happy week ahead, regards, Peter
Thank you to all the contributors for making a great edition of Weekend Photo Fun!
I will see everyone again next week.
Be safe.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
ucf_knight Well, I don't have any scratch-built marvel or outstanding layout to share. In fact, I just got through purchasing my first HO scale products since I was maybe 12 years old (many years ago). I've got plenty of early 60s era O scale equipment, but decided to go slighty more modern when dipping my toes into HO. Some may laugh at my "Carpet Central", but I was happy to get a loop setup of 31" radius Kato Unitrack, a Scaletrains ET44AH, 2 sets of Kato Maxi-IV double-stack well cars, an assortment of containers to load them up with, and an ESU CabControl DCC system to run it all.
Well, I don't have any scratch-built marvel or outstanding layout to share. In fact, I just got through purchasing my first HO scale products since I was maybe 12 years old (many years ago). I've got plenty of early 60s era O scale equipment, but decided to go slighty more modern when dipping my toes into HO.
Some may laugh at my "Carpet Central", but I was happy to get a loop setup of 31" radius Kato Unitrack, a Scaletrains ET44AH, 2 sets of Kato Maxi-IV double-stack well cars, an assortment of containers to load them up with, and an ESU CabControl DCC system to run it all.
Looks like my post from Friday night was held in limbo for approval until this morning since it was my first post on this forum. I'll add one more blurry cellphone pic of some of my new HO acquisitions:
Things have changed quite a bit in both detail and electronics since I last purchased HO scale equipment. This is my first foray into DCC/sound in addition to the mentioned first HO stuff in years. I'll have a lot of learning to do on all of this. From what I've read about I think I'll try to setup JMRI with DecoderPro to poke into some of the decoder settings. Let's see how badly I can mess things up... that will be a project for next weekend.
Great stuff every one.
Welcome to the forum ucf_knight.
Track Fiddler, I know what its like to get hooked on a specific car type; I've got a thing for the TYCO 'VIRGINIAN' hoppers. I think I have more than a dozen now and still looking at train shows.
Thanks to everyone for their contributions this week. You always make WPF the best thread of the week.
Remember its your railroad
Allan
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SeeYou190What really interests me in that picture is the UNION PACIFIC flat car with the steel beam load. I am going to need one of those.
So what plans did you have for this one I will never use it so and those are all the mantua ones with the metal frames
I'm just going to be on the lookout for one to add to my Tyco train. I would want a plastic underframe so it would be easy to convert to Kadees.
ahh well no problem hope you find one didn't even know I had that car way too many but now maybe just paint that beam replace the trucks and gel super glue some 148 kds and put in service although I like the look of that monon gon better
Mike