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Posted by riogrande5761 on Monday, April 8, 2019 9:40 PM

Speaking of drawer cabinets, check out the metal cabinets this guy posted in the Sunday Photo Fun topic in the link below!  Makes everything else look like child's play.  He estimates between the three of the can store 2000 train cars.  That's serious storage!  They look like map cabinets from my days working at the geologic survey.

http://atlasrescueforum.proboards.com/thread/7458/sunday-photo-fun-april-2019

 

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Posted by mbinsewi on Monday, April 8, 2019 9:28 PM

I wasn't sure what he was talking about.  Maybe your freight cars?  I donno! ?

"What make are they"

Since he didn't quote to anything, he could have been talking about anything in this thread.  Confused

Both Kevin's file cabinet and your chest of drawers are great!

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Posted by Eilif on Monday, April 8, 2019 9:15 PM

dh28473

What make are they

The Chest of drawers?
I have no idea.  Got it at a resale shop and it has no marks on it.

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Posted by rrebell on Monday, April 8, 2019 7:09 PM

Comment on something earlier but forgot to state I picked up a Westside Model class A climax, vertical boiler for $225 out the door, they ussually go for alot more, mint in box by the way.

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Posted by dh28473 on Monday, April 8, 2019 6:46 PM

What make are they

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Posted by Eilif on Monday, April 8, 2019 5:35 PM

SeeYou190

I just nailed down one of the ultimate finds for myself.

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I found this cabinet in an "antique" store in Monroe, Georgia today.

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It has six drawers that are divided into five sections. It is 34 inches tall, 30 inches deep, and 26 inches wide. It is the perfect size to fit under my layout beneath the waterfront section. I am going to use it to rotate out the cars to and from the car float. Each drawer is the perfect size to hold one set of cars for the car float.

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All I need to do is add appropriate foam cradles to the drawers.

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This cabinet is seriously overbuilt and heavy, just the way I like things. The whole assembly weighs a little over 300 pounds. Each drawer weighs 25 pounds. The rollers are actual steel ball bearings. It will surely last forever.

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It even has those great double-extension drawer slides so you can use 100% of the drawer depth from front to back.

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What a score! Perfection!

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That is a fantastic find!  I found a map/art chest on our valentines weekend in Kalamazoo.  It's not nearly as sturdy or impressive as that one, but the drawers are perfect for HO stuff stored on it's side.

Blogged it here: https://chicagovalleyrailroad.blogspot.com/2019/02/organization-architects-cabinet-for.html

As purchasing "for myself" in general, I'm a bargain basement buyer so while I do mostly stick to my lines and era nearly all my railroading purchases are something "colorful, unique or at a price you just can't refuse."  

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Posted by riogrande5761 on Monday, April 8, 2019 7:27 AM

Timonium MD spring show was over last weekend.  Picked up the following:

- Tangent blue Rock Island 4750 hopper, long OOP.

- Accurail 40' green Penn Central boxcar with ACI and COTS added nicely

- 40' Athearn PFE trailer, apparently the only paint scheme actually correct for it

- Atlas Georgia Pacific 50' plug door box car (when visiting nearby MBK; they only charged me $16 show day discount).

- Green cutting board

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Posted by OldSchoolScratchbuilder on Monday, April 8, 2019 5:05 AM

Now that I work at the hobby shop, I see many great items come and go each week. Picked up this lovely brass Overland CP wide-vision caboose. great detail!

 

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Sunday, April 7, 2019 9:14 PM

I just nailed down one of the ultimate finds for myself.

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I found this cabinet in an "antique" store in Monroe, Georgia today.

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It has six drawers that are divided into five sections. It is 34 inches tall, 30 inches deep, and 26 inches wide. It is the perfect size to fit under my layout beneath the waterfront section. I am going to use it to rotate out the cars to and from the car float. Each drawer is the perfect size to hold one set of cars for the car float.

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All I need to do is add appropriate foam cradles to the drawers.

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This cabinet is seriously overbuilt and heavy, just the way I like things. The whole assembly weighs a little over 300 pounds. Each drawer weighs 25 pounds. The rollers are actual steel ball bearings. It will surely last forever.

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It even has those great double-extension drawer slides so you can use 100% of the drawer depth from front to back.

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What a score! Perfection!

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-Kevin

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Posted by Track fiddler on Sunday, April 7, 2019 7:12 PM

jk10

A local artist who does drawings of local depots had prints for a few towns I've lived in and where I grew up, those I'm looking forward to getting framed and hung on the wall sometime in the future.

 

Nice jk 10.... If your local to my neck of the woods, I could pretty safely venture to say you bought art from John Cartwright.  I know John Cartwright well.

We talk at the shows all the time.  Great guy.  I am waiting for him to finish the Orr Depot, Orr Minnesota.  Anticipation is going on a couple years hereWhistling

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Posted by Darth Santa Fe on Sunday, April 7, 2019 7:04 PM

I went to the Decatur Train Fair yesterday with a few years worth of bonus cash saved, and came out with some good stuff!  What I brought home this time:

Rivarossi GN 2-8-2, near mint in the box
Rivarossi GN passenger cars
Tenshodo GP7
Hobbytown chassis kit
Mantua USRA 4-6-2 kit (original all metal with "power drive")
P2K SW9 shell
Kato N gauge Unitrack kit
Kato N scale EF57
Athearn 89' high cube boxcar
Lionel type V transformer
20 pair box of Kadee #5s

I have a few N scale trains, so I thought I'd put together a small 2' x 4' layout with a simple loop of track.  I'm also working on a 3-track 4' x 8' O gauge layout, which will be collapsable into two sections for storage, so the type V transformer with 4 separate controls will do great for that!  And I'll of course have some work to do with those other kits, but that Rivarossi 2-8-2 was smooth as silk with nothing more than a little fresh oil!

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Posted by riogrande5761 on Sunday, April 7, 2019 6:20 PM

emdmike

Hit some big jackpots at the train show ... I found this PFM/GOM DRGW Caboose for $18!!!       Mike the Aspie


Eighteen is a good price for a brass caboose but an educated guess, it was so cheap because unforunately the GOM D&RGW caboose is a bit of a foobie. 

I owned one once and discovered they got the windows completely wrong on once side - which should be off-set from the other side rather than mirror image.  Since, for me anyway, the holy grail was to have correct D&RGW cabooses so I sold mine and shopped for the Overland version, doesn't have that same major mistake with the side windows.

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Posted by Track fiddler on Sunday, April 7, 2019 2:26 PM

riogrande I appreciate the data table you provided for the gold and silver Rio Grande boxcar I posted.  I can see the data on what you're saying is true. 

The thing I like about micro-trains is they give information on each car they sell.  Rio Grande repainted this car in 1959 according to MTL.  The first two numbers coincide with the bottom numbers on the chart you provided.

The same car could have fit into the transformation era I'm modeling before it was repainted, but it doesn't nowSad  I got to admit I end up with a few of these.

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Posted by jk10 on Saturday, April 6, 2019 8:52 PM
Been to a few shows in the last month. Always look for shortline boxcars and anything Wisconsin Central that I don't already have. I'm also a fan of grain hoppers. I finally found a Bay Line 50' boxcar for a good price at the last show. Today, I found a Tangent MKT grain hopper for a very good price compared to other Tangent rolling stock at the show. There were several other deals and finds that I was happy with at both shows. A local artist who does drawings of local depots had prints for a few towns I've lived in and where I grew up, those I'm looking forward to getting framed and hung on the wall sometime in the future. Always like finding deals or a new shortline or per diem boxcar to add to the collection.
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Posted by riogrande5761 on Monday, April 1, 2019 8:45 AM

Beware of Rio Grande box cars on Ebay.  Many models don't match any the D&RGW actually had.   Every now and then I buy stuff on impulse because they are shiney and sometimes I end up with foobies that way.

According to Jim Eagers book and the RGM&HS (see link below), D&RGW leased 350 second hand (ex-NH?) PS-1 40 box cars in 1966.  They were all painted brown as far as I can tell:

https://www.rgmhs.org/data/freight/1993/boxcars.html

All the photo's on RR-fallenflags are brown.  I prefer to try to get models that match the real thing wherever possible, especially since I don't have unlimited funds.  Of course Of course YMMV.

 

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Posted by Track fiddler on Sunday, March 31, 2019 10:16 PM

I didn't have the right word terminology when I have tried to look this boxcar thing up in the past.  Thanks MikeYes

A new boxcar recruit came in on Saturday.  This is the problem with me and eBay sometimes.  I keep finding new favoritesLaugh  This one doesn't come around very often and when it does they try to charge way too much.  So it took me awhile to finally get this one.

Simon,  that's a great undecorated steamer for your birthday on the turntable.  What road name are you eventually going to put on it?

Mike,  I like the Illinois Central Loco and the Rio Grande caboose.

Lone Wolf.  I did find your box cars, most of them on eBay in N-Scale.  Some unique boxcars.  A more modern era than I am modeling but still cool though.

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Posted by mbinsewi on Sunday, March 31, 2019 9:26 PM

There's videos out there, and there is a guide to loading and unloading "closed car lumber loads", and the lumber is not stacked in the staggered configuration that  Lone Wolf's box cars are.

The forks have complete access to stacks just inside the doors.  Do a search for closed car lumber loading", you'll see what I mean.

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Posted by Track fiddler on Sunday, March 31, 2019 9:04 PM

Banded stacks of lumber loaded and unloaded from boxcars is a huge subject of Interest to me.  I hope one day someone here posts pictures or a video on how they did it. 

For years I have often wondered but have not had a clue on how this is done.  Sure would be interesting.

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Posted by maxman on Sunday, March 31, 2019 8:40 PM

Lone Wolf and Santa Fe

 

 http://trainweb.org/lonewolfsantafe/uo1524.jpg

 

http://trainweb.org/lonewolfsantafe/lp52010.jpg

I'd like to see a prototype photo of lumber loaded that way.  Looks impossible to me.

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Posted by crisco1 on Sunday, March 31, 2019 8:22 PM

  My friend found me Intermountain autoracks for $25.00.  They

are selling on Ebay for $125.00.  I could only buy two.  I think they

might be on Ebay as I write this post for $116.00.

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Posted by Lone Wolf and Santa Fe on Sunday, March 31, 2019 1:46 PM

Southgate
Lone wolf, I live in Bend OR, just a few miles from Prineville. As it says right on the boxcar, the City of Prineville owns it's own railroad. I see those cars around here.

That's cool you get to see those cars. I love them because I used to live in Portland when I was a kid and it reminds me of it. They also give a distinct feel of where they come from and what is loaded in them. When I see them on my southern California layout I know that they are full of lumber from Oregon or northern California.

http://trainweb.org/lonewolfsantafe/uo1524.jpg

http://trainweb.org/lonewolfsantafe/lp52010.jpg

http://trainweb.org/lonewolfsantafe/bn247908.jpg

http://trainweb.org/lonewolfsantafe/summit2.jpg

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http://trainweb.org/lonewolfsantafe/yw25134.jpg

Off topic: A girl I knew from school lives in Bend and she loves it there. Also I just read that the only remaining Blockbuster Video store is in Bend.

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Posted by fmilhaupt on Sunday, March 31, 2019 10:31 AM

Last month at the Ann Arbor Model Railroad Club's show, my best find was an Overland Models C&O G-9 2-8-0 that the owner was selling for well under $200-- probably less than he'd paid for it in 1979, or about a quarter to one third of what they've been going for on eBay recently.

I've always thought that the G-9 had character, even if it was never used on the line I model in Michigan-- it is one of those models I've liked, but couldn't justify spending the going rate on. For the asking price, however, it went home with me. Now it's in line for a paint job and a sound decoder, behind the power I'm working on for the home road.

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Posted by emdmike on Sunday, March 31, 2019 9:11 AM

Hit some big jackpots at the train show at the Urbana, IL Lincoln Square Mall today.  First up was a unrun, factory painted/lighted Overland Models IC SD70 for $200!  Then, a couple hours later(our large scale group was running G scale live steam there so I was there all day) I found this PFM/GOM DRGW Caboose for $18!!!    Right at the end of the show, this book covering the first 10 years of Overland Models for $40.  Combined with running my live steam locomotives today, it was a wonderful day!    Mike the Aspie

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Posted by rrebell on Saturday, March 30, 2019 8:42 PM

MisterBeasley

A new house with a big train room?  We were looking at real estate today and are down to two.

I haven't seen my trains for a year and a half.  Can't wait.

 

Must be nice to be able to shop for a house, out here you put in offer when you see it and over asking.

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Posted by MisterBeasley on Saturday, March 30, 2019 8:31 PM

A new house with a big train room?  We were looking at real estate today and are down to two.

I haven't seen my trains for a year and a half.  Can't wait.

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Posted by snjroy on Saturday, March 30, 2019 7:11 PM

It was my birthday a few weeks ago, and my wife gave me money to buy a loco, as she does every year. I found the following Mike on Ebay, a loco I have been looking for to complete my roster. It's an Oriental Powerhouse, and it runs like silk. I knew I had to change the tender, based on the reviews I had read. Found one only a few days later on Ebay for a very reasonable cost. I put a decoder and a LED headlamp in it, it just needs a new coat of paint, and the CN logo...  Simon

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Posted by Track fiddler on Saturday, March 30, 2019 6:12 PM

SeeYou190

Yes, but not for a few years.

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Yes   I'm patient.  I'll be here to see that one down the road.  The infamous back burner I call it.

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Posted by Track fiddler on Saturday, March 30, 2019 5:05 PM

I hope you get that running Dan.   I'm keeping my fingers crossed for youYes

This was one of my better finds at the Great Railroad Show in Shakopee, last November 3rd.

I was helping Gary (our railroad club host) run his booth.  Of course I take periodic breaks and go buy a bunch of rolling stock.  When I return, I always sport what I found.

Towards the end of the show I come back with one of these.

Gary says where did you find that.  I said, that booth right over there.  He says, that is the number one Great Northern circus car which is the most rare.  What did you pay for it.  I said $8 and they had another one.  He said you better go get that one too.  I went back over there at a high speed pace, like a dog playing fetch. 

Since then, I've seen these cars go for $69.95 as a pretty usual price, when you are lucky enough to find one.  I have seen bidding wars where they have gone for $170. 

Right now there is one selling for $44.  It's worth it.  I was tempted but I have two.  I'm not one to get too greedy.

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Saturday, March 30, 2019 5:01 PM

Track fiddler
That brass steam locomotive is a beauty Kevin. Are you going to do your Stratton and Gillette magic to it?

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Yes, but not for a few years.

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I am working on the freight car fleet right now, layout comes next, then all the locomotiove projects.

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Posted by Southgate on Saturday, March 30, 2019 4:07 PM

Lone wolf, I live in Bend OR, just a few miles from Prineville. As it says right on the boxcar, the City of Prineville owns it's own railroad. I see those cars around here.

My goodie? Well, the "falling price of brass" thread made me take a gander on ebay. Yup, I fell into the trap.  a "Brand new" RS 1, but it "will not run".  That tells me the lube in the gears is probably thick gum or worse.  Motor is probably the same. I deliberated, and watched a couple RSD 4s to see what they'd close for. Not the same creature, but close enough for comparisons.

When they went pretty high, I decided to pull the trigger. I got it for 2/3 the retail price still marked on the box, plus shipping.

I took the risk, figuring a good cleaning and lube should do it.  And, if it can't be made to run well enough, I have a sweet running Kato RS 1 I got CHEAP cuz it was missing a few deatil parts. I'll swap that in if needed. Dan

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