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Post by keithb on Jan 16, 2024 22:18:28 GMT
To make me spend money. Maybe time to order my second legacy diesel.
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Post by Adam on Jan 16, 2024 22:36:37 GMT
Evil postal worker!!
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Post by josef on Jan 16, 2024 23:19:34 GMT
I made a deal with myself. If I buy a new engine, I have sell one of mine. At present there is one I would sell. Another I might contemplate. Then a 3rd that would be painful.
All the other 16, stay and are safe.
Good thing I haven't seen anything of interest and if I did, it would be from the secondary market. Tested and all problems solved type.
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Post by Traindiesel! on Jan 16, 2024 23:53:44 GMT
I made a deal with myself. If I buy a new engine, I have sell one of mine.
Just page through the catalog and pick out two or three locomotives to order. It’s soooo much easier and feels better to give in and enjoy your treasures when they arrive. After all, what’s one more train?  And besides, you know you’ll miss the train you sell. It’s like selling your children!!
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Post by josef on Jan 17, 2024 15:18:25 GMT
It's really no hassle. I have my favorite engines that run more then 50% of the time. Then those that I enjoy doing the little things on the layout. Then 3 that I really don't use anymore, rather just run every month once around to make sure all is good. Same for some rolling stock, mostly Pullman type passenger cars I no longer run.
If I was a collector, LOL, which I once was, they would probable have a place collecting dust. But every item now has to have a purpose on the layout and fit the Era I model.
As to packaging, etc. that's not a problem.
But yes, I do have 3 engines I would like to add permanently and they would have plenty of running time. But outrageous pricing, dependability, correct color, and not being a generic engine to represent what the lettering say it is and isn't has kept me from acquiring them. Gimmicks added isn't making an engine a must have for me if it isn't correct. I bought my best engine from a friend that wanted to upgrade because it had a swinging bell and I got it at half what he paid for it originally. But he wanted the swinging bell which I didn't notice till he pointed it out.
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Post by healey36 on Jan 18, 2024 14:14:28 GMT
Mail man brought me somethin' too:  NIB Lionel MPC 8260. |
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Post by dennym57 on Jan 18, 2024 15:34:18 GMT
Mail man brought me somethin' too: NIB Lionel MPC 8260. My favorite engine and my favorite road name.
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Post by cornerfieldrailfan on Jan 18, 2024 15:49:49 GMT
To make me spend money. Maybe time to order my second legacy diesel.
What are you planning to order?
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Post by keithb on Jan 18, 2024 15:52:32 GMT
To make me spend money. Maybe time to order my second legacy diesel.
What are you planning to order? Not sure yet, something NFS or Santa Fe in diesel.
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Post by cornerfieldrailfan on Jan 18, 2024 15:53:03 GMT
What are you planning to order? Not sure yet, something NFS or Santa Fe in diesel. Cool!! 
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Post by Adam on Jan 18, 2024 16:04:55 GMT
Very nice!
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Post by healey36 on Jan 18, 2024 20:16:17 GMT
I was skeptical when it said new-in-box, but it is indeed a forty year-old newbie. I'm wondering what, if anything, I should do to it before getting it on the track...
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Post by 4dogsinjersey on Jan 18, 2024 21:17:04 GMT
“Letter carrier” or “She-Mail-Man”….😏 I didn’t get one yet… Tom
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Post by Adam on Jan 18, 2024 22:02:36 GMT
I was skeptical when it said new-in-box, but it is indeed a forty year-old newbie. I'm wondering what, if anything, I should do to it before getting it on the track... Probably should check it for proper lubrication. I know some lube will go bad over time. But nice find!
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Post by atsda on Jan 19, 2024 2:23:22 GMT
Nice acquisitions. Alfred
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And besides, you know you’ll miss the train you sell. It’s like selling your children!!
