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Post by af3020 on Nov 29, 2023 23:17:19 GMT
Healey36, the Moskabel trains are O scale-ish. As you can see they match the proportions of the pre-war Lionel top of the line O gauge cars - the postwar, closer to O scale look, not so much.  |
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Post by healey36 on Nov 30, 2023 18:53:05 GMT
I kinda like it...got any of the locomotives?
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Post by af3020 on Nov 30, 2023 19:19:55 GMT
Yes I do. There was just the one locomotive - a 4-4-4 boxcab. Mine is the later superstructure casting finished in blue.
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Post by eddieg on Nov 30, 2023 22:39:13 GMT
i delited this post.
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Post by healey36 on Dec 5, 2023 14:20:08 GMT
A near-pristine Lionel X6004 boxcar:  Found at a local antique mall, thought this might be a good addition to the postwar 1465 Scout set. |
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Post by edlloyd on Dec 6, 2023 2:51:07 GMT
I have not bought anything new lately which is odd for me at this time of year. But it is still early in the month. I have decided I really want a Santa Fe set. Something about that train that I just love. I think it is that classic color scheme. I am considering just buying the Lionel ready-to-run set. I have had good luck with those types of sets. What are your thoughts. Any other suggestions that won't break the bank?
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Post by Country Joe on Dec 6, 2023 15:10:04 GMT
I have not bought anything new lately which is odd for me at this time of year. But it is still early in the month. I have decided I really want a Santa Fe set. Something about that train that I just love. I think it is that classic color scheme. I am considering just buying the Lionel ready-to-run set. I have had good luck with those types of sets. What are your thoughts. Any other suggestions that won't break the bank? Ed, this set from Lionel is reasonable priced and seems to be very good quality.  I found it on Amazon for $365 and it should be available from the big online retailers as well. Our own Keith has this set and it is a very good runner. There are extra passenger cars available.
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Post by edlloyd on Dec 7, 2023 0:06:02 GMT
I have not bought anything new lately which is odd for me at this time of year. But it is still early in the month. I have decided I really want a Santa Fe set. Something about that train that I just love. I think it is that classic color scheme. I am considering just buying the Lionel ready-to-run set. I have had good luck with those types of sets. What are your thoughts. Any other suggestions that won't break the bank? Ed, this set from Lionel is reasonable priced and seems to be very good quality. I found it on Amazon for $365 and it should be available from the big online retailers as well. Our own Keith has this set and it is a very good runner. There are extra passenger cars available. Thanks for the info. I have it on my radar.....
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Post by af3020 on Dec 25, 2023 0:43:37 GMT
Had a probably-last-purchase-of-2023 addition to the O&O freight car roster which rolled into the main yard yesterday. Some time back I purchased the prototype Pepsi Tops car from the Flynn's and a week or so back I was finally able to purchase the production version of the car. Prototype is on the left and Production is on the right.  |
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Post by rtraincollector on Dec 25, 2023 2:04:25 GMT
These are Standard Gauge
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Post by Traindiesel! on Feb 21, 2024 6:00:50 GMT
Here are some infrastructure acquisitions from the last several weeks for the PENN AMERICAN RAILROAD.
MOTIVE DEPARTMENT
2-10-0 Decapod Steam Locomotive “Strasburg” #90 (1990’s) (Lionel 2231020)
This is the locomotive that I’ve been wishing to be made for nearly forty years! In that time I’ve photographed, video recorded and rode trains behind this famous motive power. It will look beautiful hauling my MTH Strasburg wood sided passenger cars or some Strasburg freight.
The No. 90 was built in 1924 for the Great Western Railway of Colorado by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia, Pa. The Strasburg Rail Road purchased No. 90 from the GW in April 1967, and the locomotive arrived on Strasburg’s property one month later. It is currently undergoing its 1,472-day inspection and overhaul.
It runs in Legacy, in TMCC and conventional mode or with Bluetooth using the Universal Remote or LionChief app. This brass-hybrid locomotive has numerous features too long to list, so if you’re interested click Here! At 19” long it is recommended to operate on O54 curves. The sounds come from the actual recordings from Strasburg. The tender features a nice coal load, backup light and hatches. The smoke, Bluetooth and Program/Run switches are located in the dome on top of the engine by removing the cover.
The unique packaging has Velcro straps around its foam cradle. Underneath are three wing nuts holding the engine securely to its metal base. I did not remove it from its base until I’m ready to operate it on the layout.
Intermodal Department
(2) MTH Premier Flat Car "Milwaukee Road" w/ 48' Trailer (Custom Run for MrMuffin'sTrains 20-95649 & 20-95650)
I love intermodal unit trains so I had to get both car numbers. At one time a lot of trailers were owned by the railroads and now intermodal trains are the largest class of freight on American railroads. They are 1:48 Scale Dimensions and 14 1/2” long, 4 1/2” high and operates on O31 curves.
(2) MTH Premier Flat Car "Pennsylvania" w/ 48' Trailer (Custom Run for MrMuffin'sTrains 20-95651 & 20-95652)
Same as above. Since they are Pennsylvania Railroad I had to add them to my fleet. These flat cars are solid and heavy and track well.
MTH Premier Flat Car "Pennsylvania" w/ 48' Trailer (Truc Train) (20-95157)
I was scanning the internet hobby shops and found this older flat with trailer in stock. It is Pennsylvania Railroad so how could I not buy it, especially since it was the last one!
(2) MTH Premier Flat Car “New York Central” W/2 20’ Pup Trailers (Habbersett Scrapple) (20-95556)
Many people have been lobbying for some sort of scrapple freight car to be made for a lot of years. Although most of those discussions centered around breakfasts at the Round The Clock Diner during the TCA York Meet, I would have thought the flat car would be PRR. And some hoped for Rapa or Hatfield’s (Hatfields is served at the diner). But no matter, we got our scrapple represented, finally! These are also 1:48 scale cars, 14 1/2” long, 4 1/2” tall and will run on O42 curve track.
(2) MTH Premier Flat Car “Nickel Plate Road” W/ 2 20’ Pup Trailers (Sears and Roebuck) (Custom Run for Stockyard Express 20-95569 & 20-95570)
I missed out on the first run of these but cashed in on the second run. Everyone has a story for why they buy certain trains. For these, my story is that I once worked at the Sears Catalog Department in Philadelphia during the early 1980s, before they closed and imploded the building in the mid 90’s. (They did keep the power plant and tall smoke stack that are still there now connected to a shopping center anchored by a Home Depot.) With all the closures of Sears stores they will still be represented on the PENN AMERICAN RAILROAD. There is a neat ‘Craftsman’ logo on the door of the trailers.
(2) MTH Premier Flat Car "Virginia and Tennessee" w/ 48' Trailer (Jack Daniels Tennessee Sour Mash Whiskey) (Custom Run for Roundhouse South 20-95655 & 20-95656)
I hadn’t seen these advertised anywhere previously. I was reading a MTH Electric Trains Special Announcement email when in the side bar there was a link for items to be delivered shortly. I was scrolling through when I saw these beauties! The shop doesn’t do internet sales from their website so I called right away hoping they weren’t all accounted for. They hadn’t arrived at the store yet so I blurted out my credit card number and asked to be put on the list. They arrived about two weeks later.
There’s a story behind my purchase of the Jack Daniels cars. I’m not much of a drinker of alcohol at all. But I would always have a three-fingers glass over ice of Jack with my Father every Christmas and Easter holiday once I was of legal age. He taught me not to abuse it and it was something we cherished and shared on those special holidays, even on the night he died. He was also a fan of Frank Sinatra. On this past Christmas Eve while shopping in Costco of all places, they had just a few bottles in special packaging of ‘Jack Daniels ‘Sinatra Select’. This brand of Jack is so exclusive that the gift shop Jack Daniels Distillery in Lynchburg, Tennessee we toured a year and a half ago didn’t even carry it. The boxes on the shelf were empty, you had to take the box to the merchandise pickup window after you paid for it. We got two bottles and I’m not sure we’ll drink them both in our lifetime. But the nostalgia is priceless. Then I saw the flat cars. I didn’t hesitate.
More acquisitions up next!
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Post by atsda on Feb 21, 2024 16:28:58 GMT
Brian, I enjoyed hearing about your recent acquisitions, and appreciated the background info you provided; especially the story about your father and the Jack Daniels. Alfred
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Post by healey36 on Feb 21, 2024 18:31:00 GMT
Nothing train-related other than a few parts orders, but I did pass through the toy department at Walmart on the way to look at garden stuff the other day...never a good thing. Picked up this 1/43 model of the Red Bull RB18 that Verstappen drove to the title in 2022:  I've been selling most of diecast collection, but keeping the F1 stuff. This is made by Burago; it's a decent model, but the graphics are outstanding. |
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Post by josef on Feb 21, 2024 18:49:35 GMT
LOL. Not train related but we bought a new 2024 pickup truck. But, looking at some train items that have been tested.
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Post by healey36 on Feb 21, 2024 18:52:10 GMT
Nice...what'd ya get?
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