Have you found any Good Goodies for Yourself Lately?

Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
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Good evening

The spirit of giving is giving, and I’m sure you all already have, or will. Lately is this last year, as they go by so quickly.

Did you find any Good Goodies for yourself this last year?

I’ll catch up with you guys a bit later, after a few of Your shares of show and tell here…Thanks[;)]

TF

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Not trains, but we now have a connection to a really good fishing boat that brings us extremely fresh right off the boat scallops. Best we’ve ever had. These come from the ocean right off shore. Our senior cat Snowflake takes a great interest in these.

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Everyday is like goodie day for me. I’m thankful for all that I’m given (and work for!).

Hard to choose just one but one of the ‘neat’ things I picked up this year was this Broadway Limited Commodore Vanderbilt Hudson:

NYC_Commodore-3 by Edmund, on Flickr

Cheers, Ed

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Too many to list, but have added a number of Tangent models during the past year, the latest are the Southern Pacific modernized 40’ boxcars with the yellow diagonal stripe doors. The SP rebuilt thousands in the late 1960’s for lumber service and only when they bought substantial new 50’ double door FMC boxcars, as well as PC&F boxcars, did that fleet of 40’ boxcars begin to quickly dwindle by the close of the 1970’s. Been wanting a few of them for a long time and Tangent finally delivered.

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Hi TF,

I didn’t buy very much in the way of rolling stock but I sure did indulge myself!

  1. I signed a contract with professional model railway builder Peter Lloyd-Lee to help me do the track laying and the wiring on my layout. I may get him to do the benchwork for the yard too because I am becoming more and more incapable of doing things like that every day.

  2. I started the process of turning my junk filled garage into a proper train room with a new epoxy floor, all new storage cabinets and a new three part lighting scheme.

  3. I started the process of replacing all my non-LokSound decoders with LokSound V5s. Currently I have about 15 decoders awaiting installation, and I will need at least that many more to complete the task.

That’s a lot of money, but I hate having it sit in investments that I don’t need the income from. I’m going to enjoy it while I can!

Cheers!!

Dave

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At a swap meet in October I found these two GN chip cars and this SP&S MOW tool car (the rich green outside-braced box behind them) to go with them on a work train. Like I need any more rolling stock, sheesh.

EDIT: Oh, also, that canoe-themed NP RS-3 whose nose you can just see sticking into the picture on the right? That’s a yellow-box Atlas Kato RS-3, practically new, that I picked up for $15 at the same show. The guy just wanted to get rid of stuff. I almost always haggle, but it was such a crazy good price I didn’t even try to talk him down further.

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Rio, did the stripe indicate “modernized” or did it indicate “lumber service” or something else? I’ve never seen this.

-Matt

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Have you found a way to smuggle him into the country yet?

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I “found” a several pieces of rolling stock I’ve wanted for a long time. Thank goodness for favorited searches on Ebay. These were custom run items for a model railroad club that are basically impossible to find.

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Hi maxman,

Yes. It only cost me about $900 for lawyer’s fees![8o|] I still don’t know if he needs a work permit or not. If he does, the deal is off. A work permit would cost around $4000.

Cheers!!

Dave

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For me it was a PK2 S3 switcher in CNR livery. I had been looking for one for several years and finally scored for $75 US. I don’t think it had ever been run but after a lubrication and decoder install it looks and runs great.

CN Charlie

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I’ve had my one-and-only BL-2, a Life-Like Proto engine, for about twenty years now. I receltly gave it an overhaul plus a sound decoder and SSS speaker.

Finally, I picked up a companion caboose, one of the new Rapido NE cabooses to pair with it:

WM_NE GN XM-Rapido by Edmund, on Flickr

Why not throw in a colorful GN box car, too. Especially one with a goat on it!

GN_XM Rapido by Edmund, on Flickr

The caboose is a very well done model:

WM_NE-Rapido by Edmund, on Flickr

Thank you, Ed

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Hi TF,

Last month’s goodie was the Brekina ‘Striped Tomato’

month before was the Artitec hot rod

Thanks & regards, Peter

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Tangent models are at the top of my fav list, also picked up one of those SP 40’ boxcars, nice, can’t wait to make it look like it’s been in service for 17 years.

Btw, hope the Tangent NP PS-1 Hy cube you bought from me on the HO Swap is still riding your rails. Still kinda kick myself on that one, but the next best thing to enjoying a nice boxcar is knowing a fellow modeler is enjoying it.

Regards, Peter

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They were lumber cars for sure. Here is the info from Tangent’s website on those cars:

“In the early 1960s, Southern Pacific faced a boxcar shortage from one of their most important customer constituencies: online lumber shippers. These shippers demanded a larger car supply plus improved cars with wider doors to ease the loading process using forklifts. In 1963, Southern Pacific’s Sacramento Shops embarked on an ambitious program to rebuild existing 40-foot boxcars with 7’ doors to cars with larger 10’” door openings. The program continued until 1970, and by the end of the program Sacramento Shops had amassed a fleet of more than 7000 rebuilt cars.”

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Southern Pacific modernized 40’ boxcars with the yellow diagonal stripe doors

Tangent models are at the top of my fav list, also picked up one of those SP 40’ boxcars, nice, can’t wait to make it look like it’s been in service for 17 years.

B

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As some of you know I model my steam locomotives in the timeframe 1914/1919 n the area of the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway. I saw some L&YR gunpowder wagons for sale. Two were purchased. I also saw some North British Railway gunpowder wagons for sale. I had to have one.

IMG_2867 by David Harrison, on Flickr

David

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Yes, quite a few good goodies were found this year to keep me happy. A few diesels (two SD70s that I run at the club), and a few steamers. Here’s a Bachmann I found at a good price:

IMG_20230221_103543 on Flickr

Simon

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I don’t know why, but ever since I saw this, I have always admired and wanted to weather/model this rolling stock on my layout:

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=2969123

I could never find an appropriate model of this boxcar. However, waiting has appeared to pay off. Atlas released a model of this:

https://shop.atlasrr.com/p-65314-ho-cncf-5000-box-car-columbus-greenville-21514.aspx

To make this even better, I was able to find these on ebay, for $18 less than listed on Atlas and Walthers, plus free shipping. Due to that, I even purchased one with the FerroMex roadname.

Thanks, Terry

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Howdy

Well, …“He who’s tardy, pays for the party”. Free boxcars for everyone[(-D]…[:-^]

This could be long-winded, but after all the posting problems, I’d like to catch up with everybody here.

Those fresh scallops off the boat sound delightful Mister B. Nothing better than scallops in a good seafood dish, and a couple racks of king crab legs on the side. Give me that, and I’m happy as a Lark. I’ll bet Snowflake likes those as well. We have no scallop boats in Bloomington here, and you are a lucky man[;)]

That Hudson reminds me of a fine taylored dress coat over a nice tailored suit Ed. If I’d ever see one of those at a train show in N scale, my pocketbook could be in trouble. I’ve always admired those colorful GN cars, with Rocky the railroad mascot on them, and have a handful of those myself. Wilson would make a good railroad mascot for the Chessie System[;)] That WM is one handsome Caboose, painted in boxcar red with the yellow handrails, Sweet!

Like the Tangent SP diagonal stripe Lumber car Rio.Posted the picture here for reference, as I’ve always wondered how they loaded 16 ft Lumber through the door. Maybe a motorized crate lift, twisting through the door, but sure would be interesting to see.

Glad to hear you’re going to get help with your layout Dave. If you lived down the block, or a few miles down the road, I’d be more than willing to help you. Sure hope you don’t have a work permit imposed.

I’ve never seen those GN wood chip cars Matt. They sure are neat, the way the exoskeleton frame only angles in one direction. I’ve never seen that either, Too Cool.

I’d like to see the impossible to find Rolling Stock you found, If you get a chance to post them