Found a couple of weeks ago in a little shop on a visit to Poulsbo, WA.
www.bostontype.com
I pre-ordered 6 of these metra cars and loco recently. Not getting it until mid 2023 though. But was a nice early Christmas gift to myself
https://archive.atlasrr.com/HOFreight/arc-hometracars.htm
Thanks David. Never knew that about the number thing in the U.K. Most of the time duplicate numbers don't matter too much in N scale. But when they're larger like that, they stick out like a sore thumb.
There's some box cars around here I'll have to dig up and post. They have very large numbers so you can't get away with duplicates on those ones.
TF
Neat loooking pair TF. Nice to see different running numbers.
Here in the U.K. to get different running numbers of the same class of loco they are different eras?
David
To the world you are someone. To someone you are the world
I cannot afford the luxury of a negative thought
That was some funny stuff Joe
A 3-day visit at the hospital is always serious, but I'm hoping not too much so.
A very merry Christmas to you and yours as well, with thoughts and best wishes through the New Year.
Another great score of mine this Summer. Been wanting a pair of these for a long time.
The SD40-2 Green Machines
Track fiddler You are very welcome. I've found that a dose of reality on occasion helps keep you grounded. I just got home yesterday from 3 days in the hospital. I just needed to disperse some humor before I ran out of it. Thanks for the opportunity. I hope you and yours have a Merry Chrismas and a Happy New Year. Joe josephbw Track fiddler Had two posts from both Dave's at the same time and got confused in my replys mixing the names up. I had to go back in to edit and make two separate posts to untangle my mess. Is this a sign of old age? TF Yes, and unfortunately it's all downhill after that. I speak from experience. Old Joe. ... Thanks for the swift, slap in the face wake up call Joe TF
You are very welcome. I've found that a dose of reality on occasion helps keep you grounded. I just got home yesterday from 3 days in the hospital. I just needed to disperse some humor before I ran out of it.
Thanks for the opportunity. I hope you and yours have a Merry Chrismas and a Happy New Year.
Joe
josephbw Track fiddler Had two posts from both Dave's at the same time and got confused in my replys mixing the names up. I had to go back in to edit and make two separate posts to untangle my mess. Is this a sign of old age? TF Yes, and unfortunately it's all downhill after that. I speak from experience. Old Joe.
Track fiddler Had two posts from both Dave's at the same time and got confused in my replys mixing the names up. I had to go back in to edit and make two separate posts to untangle my mess. Is this a sign of old age? TF Yes, and unfortunately it's all downhill after that. I speak from experience. Old Joe.
Had two posts from both Dave's at the same time and got confused in my replys mixing the names up. I had to go back in to edit and make two separate posts to untangle my mess.
Is this a sign of old age?
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Thanks for the swift, slap in the face wake up call Joe
Had two posts from both Dave's at the same time and got confused in my replys mixing the names up. How can one mix up names from two Dave's? Had to go back in to edit and make two separate posts to untangle my mess.
hon30critter Hi TF, Dianne tells me that she has got me something train related for Christmas that she thinks I will love. I haven't a clue what it might be.
Hi TF,
Dianne tells me that she has got me something train related for Christmas that she thinks I will love. I haven't a clue what it might be.
Love surprises! Anticipation...Not so much Hope those are some good Train goodies from Dianne Dave.
Also hope Dianne's doing better now
NorthBrit Still waiting for two new railway wagons to arrive from Medway Queen Preservation Society. I sent payment for them a couple of weeks ago, but our postal staff are on strike, so no idea when I shall get them.
Still waiting for two new railway wagons to arrive from Medway Queen Preservation Society. I sent payment for them a couple of weeks ago, but our postal staff are on strike, so no idea when I shall get them.
Those sound interesting David. Hope you get those soon so you can post em. It's a bummer waiting for stuff when it's late.
There's been a big problem with our Postal Service over here as well. It's been on the news that packages are disappearing. My December MR magazine was re-issued on December 1st and just got here yesterday. Our Christmas package from Judy's sister, right next door in Wisconsin, took well over two weeks as we thought it was a goner.
Don't think I'll be ordering any train stuff for a while
Cheers!!
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
Good morning
That's cool your modeling the ATSF Prairie's from where you grew up and where you live now Tin Can ll. Only have one, but those brass locos are nice.
Need to get 4 of those Tortoise switches myself Dan. Plan to use the hand of God but 4 of the 20 turnouts are out of reach. I'm sure I'll eventually get tired of pulling the layout out from the wall to walk around back.
Some neat looking cement trucks PC101. Like the old school cab's on those. Need to find some 50's lumber trucks and a couple fork lifts for the planned lumber mill I'll be building. Most I've seen have been a bit too cheesy so far.
My favorite non steam loco's are the SD40-2's. The last Milwaukee Road, KATO run of these are high in demand and hard to find new. The used ones even sell quick.
Didn't want to experience another case of auction remorse Paid to much for these, but wasn't gonna let another set get away like the last ones did.
Thanks for the shares guys
Nothing major...2 Athearn (Blue Truck) Ready Mix Concrete Co. Mack B Cement Trucks. I love train shows. I only removed one from it's wrapper so far.
PC101
I picked up 6 Tortoise switch machines on the Bay. No pix, y'all know what they look like. Already had 2, that makes for 8 of the 24 switches on the layout, to replace my homemade manual pull-rod-link-n-lever setup. Dan
OldEnginemanI put a Soundtrax non-sound decoder into it, same size as the original light board, so everything fit without too much tinkering. I re-used the original incandescent bulbs because they looked just right.
Be careful about turning off the headlight if you stop the engine for any length of time OE. Several of my early Life-Like DCC conversions, before there were any decent "white" LEDs, I melted some of the shells due to the heat buildup from the incandescents.
Regards, Ed
I picked up a second brass 1050 class ATSF Prairie. Now I can model 1139 which is on display in Dodge City, KS (my current residence) and 1080 which is displayed in Brownwood, TX (close to my hometown).
NittanyLionDoes "the train room itself" count as a goodie?
Yes it does!
And... I am so jealous.
I am getting closer, but the train room refinish has not even begun yet.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
Hear ya on that one Neil Scaletrains is finally doing another run of an N scale model as they're in high demand. The used ones have been selling like hotcakes for three times what they were new. Have had my eye on one that will be released this spring. Its been screaming my name so there was just no other choice but to buy it
Looks like some beautiful Santa Fe passenger cars to add to your Fleet JW. Nice!
Enjoyed watching your Amtrak's running on that huge layout of yours Chatanuga. Looks like you have some smooth operations going for ya.
Sure got that straight JD. Life's too short not to take some time and enjoy this wonderful hobby of ours. Some great looking CP's you got. I've always liked the purple on gray paint scheme.
That 12 stall roundhouse will be magnificent Sheldon. Don't you just love the new (quick & easy) LED disc lights? Had seen that you chose the ceiling grid that installs directly to the rafters for max headroom. A nice feature. Great idea staggering the 2 foot T's, to make things easier if you ever have to change a ceiling tile out
Sounds like the benchwork sections went well Ricky. I'm probably anticipating the pre-order locomotives arrival time as much as you did. Counting down the days here.
Also became quite a bit more selective on purchases OldEngineman. Have acquired more loco's & rolling stock then probably needed but then again, the more the merrier, Right? Nothing worse then having problems with a used locomotive and finally quit buying them for those reasons as well....
Remember the product ArmorAll, how it made vinyl look brand new? But the vinyl would crack if you quit using it. Often wonder if it's the same scenario with older locomotive gears and some types of lube that were used.
My two new E5A recruits, (bottom) purchased a couple months ago to complete my CB&Q Silver Streak set.
KATO knows exactly what they're doing when they sell you a passenger train set with two empty slots. They know that you will buy them because they're missing. They also know you'll buy more cars with all that extra pulling power
A lot of neat stuff here again. Thanks for sharing
My most recent acquisition was toward the end of October, a "new-old stock" Proto 1000 RS I picked up on ebay for $48 (+ shipping).
Tried it on DC first, wouldn't run hardly at all, because of old, cracked gears. I had some wheelsets on hand which I changed out -- the old wheelsets literally fell apart in my hand as soon as I lifted them out of the gear case.
The bearings for the worm gears squealed, some oil fixed that.
I put a Soundtrax non-sound decoder into it, same size as the original light board, so everything fit without too much tinkering. I re-used the original incandescent bulbs because they looked just right.
It runs great, smooth and quiet. Not like the big ones! (by the time I got on Amtrak's old RS3's, they were gettin' old !)
I've too many engines and cars as it is now, so future buying will be very selective. I'll have to choose carefully.
I wanted something from the old New Haven because it was an RS2 (or 3) like this on which I got my first ride on a locomotive back in Georgetown (CT) around 1957 or so. There was a small yard there and at age 7 or 8 I'd walk two miles down the road to see the train switch the yard. There was the Gilbert & Bennet wire mill, and at the time there was road construction going on and a lot of bluestone was being brought in by rail and loaded into trucks which passed by my house.
The truckdrivers would see me walking, stop and give me a ride home in their Mack Thermodyne dump trucks -- it was great for a little kid. Can you imagine a kid that age doing stuff like that these days?
Well, in any case sometimes I think those railroad guys should have chased me away. Because I ended up spending a lot more time on engines later in life...!
I have 2 of 4 benchwork sections up now, but the goodies were some preorders that finally came in, a Bowser M630 in local shortline WNYP paint, and some Atheran refridgerated cars for the served cold storage/food distributor on my layout, and I found the cars to complete my "layout sized" local OC&T excursion train. (Con-Cor released their version of the passenger cars for that line years ago, and while shorter than correct scale would be, I upgrade them with body mounted KD's and metal wheels to operate well. Since they are a bit short, the whole consist can fit in the planned sidings and yard. And they fit me perfectly, as I am also a bit short, at 5'7". )
I also picked up a Bachmann S2 (along with decals and paint)to repaint as one on the OC&T that pulls said excursion train.
No pictures yet.... Layout first!
Ricky W.
HO scale Proto-freelancer.
My Railroad rules:
1: It's my railroad, my rules.
2: It's for having fun and enjoyment.
3: Any objections, consult above rules.
They don't have a store, they have a factory where they make the kits and build layouts for people. I know the guy, so I just called and asked if I could stop by.
Sheldon
ATLANTIC CENTRAL I stopped by Custom Model Railroads
I used to be local to them and saw their display at Timonium. I didn't think they had an actual shop.
For those of us who like roundhouses, here is theirs:
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
Well, I don't have any interesting photos to show, and it will be a while before I start building, but a few weeks ago I stopped by Custom Model Railroads and purchased two six stall roundhouse kits for the 12 stall roundhouse on the new layout.
And a few weeks before that, I found two more NOS Proto2000 undecorated PA/PB sets on ebay, all less than $50 per powered unit.
Looks like bad weather and no work tomorrow, guess I will be forced to build some benchwork and wire some more lights.
I got this Proto GP9 in the CP Rail multi mark scheme. Then I also got a Soundtraxx decoder and put it in an older Proto 2000 GP9 in the Canadian Pacific maroon and grey scheme.
Good evening
Sounds like you had a Heyday at TrainFest Andy. Dug deep in that wallet of yours but I'm sure ya had a blast finding all that good stuff. Now you get to enjoy it.
J&J Tool looks like a nice kit and a great project Kevin. I'm sure that will be a fun build.
The Blue Goose Hudson with the new recruits coming this spring, sound like some nice additions to your roster Selector. I'm glad you're getting your new Toro this year to make that driveway easier. "Haven't you done without a Toro long enough"?
Enjoy seeing the Thomas cars David. You did a excellent job on those and they look great with the others.
Sorry you didn't get any train stuff this year Mark and hope you get some for Christmas
Of course the new finished basement & Train room counts as a goodie NittanyLion. That even sounds like a Greatie to me, if there is such a word
You're right that a mentor is priceless KassKaboose. Bet you're glad getting the Tortoise switches done. Had a mentor from my train club show me how to do a distressed paint job. Wouldn't have had a clue otherwise.
Sounds like you have some great Passenger cars down at PWRS Brent. Too bad you don't have UPS doing the Rural Route and down that long driveway of yours. Now you'll be stuck with anticipation. Always worth the wait though
The Athearn calf and cow sound cool jjdamnit. Have a set of CB&Q's and really like those. Hope the voltage suppressors do the trick for ya.
Well, been having posting problems again. Wanted to post a pic of another new recruit this year. Maybe later.
Thanks for sharing all the great stuff gentleman
A week and a half ago I got two Rapido Amtrak F40PH locomotives, retiring my not-so-accurate Spectrum models from 1992.
Kevin
http://chatanuga.org/RailPage.html
http://chatanuga.org/WLMR.html
nealknowsAs I got closer to it, a crazy thing happened. It called out my name shouting "Neal! Neal!"
I thought that only happened to me, glad to know I'm not losing my mind after all.
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
Two items over the last six months, both Santa Fe coaches from The Coach Yard.
First, the Santa Fe "pendulum" car, a first attempt of a tilting mechanism to allow higher speeds in curves. Santa Fe had only one of them, because the tilting mechanism did not work well.
https://www.brasstrains.com/BrassGuide/Pdg/Detail/16062/HO-Passenger-Name-Train-The-Coach-Yard-TCY-1289-2-SAN-DIEGAN-Atchison-Topeka-Santa-Fe-CHAIR-CAR
Second, a Santa Fe "partitioned" coach. The Santa Fe had three of them built in 1947 for the Texas Chief. They were the only Santa Fe passenger cars with a vestibule at both ends, and they had a partition in the passenger compartment, to provide separated entrance and seating for black and white passengers, as still required by law in Texas and Oklahoma in the 1950s.
https://www.brasstrains.com/BrassGuide/Pdg/Detail/15906/HO-Passenger-The-Coach-Yard-TCY-0456-Atchison-Topeka-Santa-Fe-COACH
JW