My first BIG purchase!!!

[sfrr]

    Yesterday I made my first BIG purchase at my local hobby store. I bought 1 athearn Genisis SD70MAC and 1 athearn Mopac bay window caboose and my total was $118.24.

the loco is fabulous. heres the link to the one i bought.

 http://www.athearn.com/Products/Default.aspx?ProdID=ATHG6412

    mike.

 

P.S. it was a lower price at my hobby store because there a great source for trains, airplanes and cars, its all evened out...

[Railfan1]

Congrats on your purchase, beautiful loco.

[Anonymous]

Nice purchas ethat loco looks cool.

[Anonymous]

 Made me feel good to see how happy you are . Welcome to the club ! I held one like that in O scale tonight ..... great diesel ! You just joined the club of millions all over the world . Royalty ... country leaders and yes even movie stars ! And of course we regular people --- men and women. Welcome Aboard !!!! 

[sfrr]

well i traded it back for a BN executive scheme SD70MAC and its even better!

[CPR GP38-2 fan]

Hi!

Whoa, that's totally awsome man!  love 'em Athearns!

Your welcome,

CPR GP38-2 fan

[SD60M]

well i traded it back for a BN executive scheme SD70MAC and its even better!

I also have a BN SD70MAC, but it fell of my layout and is pretty banged up! It just about killed me when that happened, but i got a BLI sound eqquipped SD40-2 in BN paint to replace it until i can get it fixed up.

[sfrr]

I'm going again today, can't wait to see what I can get with $107 and a 20% off coupon

[sfrr]

 

=) 

 

[SD60M]

 

=) 

 

Is thta the new pre-weathered genesis boxcar,looks nice. Also thats a nice looking SD40.

[P42 108]

I usually don't spend much on model trains. With the money I make from work any dime I have to spare goes into going out and seeing the real trains. The only money I spend on model trains comes from spare change I save througout the month. At the end of the month I can roll what I have saved up and use that at the hobby shop.

[CPR GP38-2 fan]

Hmmmmm, it's just the opposite for me: I spend my money on models, while I use the left over for like model trains shows and real trains fests.

[Phoebe Vet]

Have you ridden a real train yet?  If not, I recommend it.  There are also some great railroad museums around.  I cannot recommend one because I don't know what section of the country you reside in.  But just search the web.

[oscaletrains]

/clap

wait until you get your first BLI sound then you wount be able to stop,

IT WILL CONSUME YOUR SOUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

congrats.

[Cheese]

Cool,

I have made 3 big purchases in the past 3 years. The 1st was a Lionel Polar Express Set, the second, and my biggest, a Postwar 2343 Santa Fe F3 A-A for $300 and another $100 to get it running properly, horn unit replaced, and battery acid damage scraped away and filled in with putty, and the 3rd was a Spectrum "Southern" 2-10-2 with DCC Sound.

I hope to make my next big purchase a Lionel Pennsy TMCC Mike set and re-paint the engine as Southern Railway Ms class 2-8-2 #4618. Why this number? The answer is simple.

I bought a copy of Curt Tillotson Jr.'s "Classic Steam Trains of the South" this past August and when choosing a number I flipped through and got the numbers of the Ms Mikes pictured, put them in a hat, and drew one, which turned out to be #4618, from the best Ms class picture in the book (The engine storming up Saluda with a freight and a big Ls2 2-8-8-2 pushing behind)

I will do the same when I buy Lionel's Southern 2-8-2 #4501 F.A.R.R. Set. 4501 is an Ms Mike, and the Lionel FARR 4501 is more the size of an Ms4 class mike. So I will re-paint that engine and give it a randomly selected number. Oh, I do plan on buying another Southern FARR set to keep as-is. (Its the collector in me).

Cheese