Mail Call! Railway Post Office, commonly abbreviated as RPO has rolled in!

[Alcomotive]

This showed up over the weekend. It’s a old Undecorated Atlas O View attachment 116839

What are your plans for this? Just curious.....

 

[Rico]

This rolled in to the shop today from the A&P.
The boys have never seen one like this before!
“Better get a blue hat out here to check'r out!”

Thanx Jerome!

 

[DakotaLove39]

Like I said elsewhere, my buying habits tend to be pretty heavy. I got a bushel of new stuff lately, like MILW freight cars and stuff, but one in particular is special.

Milwaukee Road by definition served the city of Milwaukee, which still has a substantial brewery district. I'm not sure what it's like today, but I know in the time of MILW, there were five or more large breweries served by the railroad. "The Beer Line", if anyone is familiar with that name, serving Schlitz, Pabst, and other bigger names.

These boxcars were part of that operation, and perhaps elsewhere. They were made up to haul out the "used" barley and grains from breweries so that it could be taken to animal feed markets for livestock. The base model is a Ribside Cars brand boxcar (now owned by Accurail) which has been modified.



Besides this unique boxcar, I FINALLY managed to land a couple of Rock Island locos. An Atlas GP40 and an Athearn RTR GP35. They'll serve me well as interchange power. I even found a nice uniquely Minnesotan CRIP caboose to model for these. CRIP had bought some steel center-cupolas from eastern roads which were assigned to Inver Grove yard, and usually showed up on transfer trains.

 

[troyphoto]

Lookie what just arrived - courtesy of TWFOREMAN. Purchased from him, delivered promptly, product was in the condition he stated and packaged well.

The PostalDude even brought it a day early.

 

[McLeod]

Picked these 1959 GM buses up today. One Greyhound PD4104 and one unmarked PD4104. Both from Flagstophobbies.com

These vintage single axle buses are a proper fit into the mid-sixties layout I'm planning over the winter. All I had up till now was a tandem MC-7, which fits into a 1970's+ layout.
When I was a kid, I'd hop a Greyhound bus like these to go to Edmonton on a Saturday. Two bucks round trip.

 

[wheeler1963]

This rolled in to the shop today from the A&P.
The boys have never seen one like this before!
“Better get a blue hat out here to check'r out!”
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Thanx Jerome!

Rick, you are most welcome!!

 

[wheeler1963]

Had to go to Tennessee for 9 days to help my aunt/uncle move. I stopped in Greenville SC and picked up an estate sale from a widow. I haven't had a chance to go through much of it yet

I do know they is a Walthers complete circus set with steam engine in there. All NIB. Looking forward to getting into it this week.

 

[wheeler1963]

Ok I got it all out of the boxes. Looks like a lot of 60's and 70's stuff except for the Walthers circus train.

 

[mikeknuckey]

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Ok I got it all out of the boxes. Looks like a lot of 60's and 70's stuff except for the Walthers circus train.

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Can I help you with some space... hehehe
If you are going to sell something, please let me know.

 

[wheeler1963]

Mike, most of it is going once I sort it out.

 

[2Tracks]

Jerome, yes I had the same question as Mike...and I hadn't seen your rolling stock display before, Nice!

 

[wheeler1963]

Jerry, that isn't rolling stock, it's all engines.

 

[2Tracks]

Sorry Jerome, I assumed engines were in that category....

 

[wheeler1963]

Jerry, I don't have any of my rolling stock out yet. I have 2 more shelving units to build. Once my layout is built, I'll be able to put the 200 switchers on it. More explained here.......

JTEX A switcher junkyard

Yeah I called Athearn the other day to see if a part for an SW1500 was still available. They said they’d check with Jerome and get back to me! :oops: Rick, it's not my fault, I have a problem!!!! I should be collecting Social Security and free meds!!! LOL

modelrailroadforums.com

 

[McLeod]

I picked up these lights, just so I would have some lights to install in the 3rd class station I'm planning on building soon. I'm not sure these were the best idea, and they seem a bit pricey. Probably would have been better off getting something at the electrical wholesaler. But, it is what it is! I wanted something quick and easy:

I picked up this fence, as well. In case I need fence in the future. This gives me about 5' of fence, and the prices will always be going up instead of down:

It's nice to have a bit of fence in stock.

 

[mikeknuckey]

Mike, most of it is going once I sort it out.

Are you going to sell it here?

 

[wheeler1963]

Are you going to sell it here?

Mike, probably list in lots on ebay. But I'll let you know when it goes up.

 

[2Tracks]

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wheeler1963
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Jerry, I don't have any of my rolling stock out yet. I have 2 more shelving units to build. Once my layout is built, I'll be able to put the 200 switchers on it. More explained here.......

Jerome.. thanks for sending that! Ninety Eight trains on the wall, a good one. Very nice looking cases!

 

[mikeknuckey]

Mike, probably list in lots on ebay. But I'll let you know when it goes up.

Thanks! Which is your Ebay Seller name? This way I can follow you.

 

[wheeler1963]

Mike, wheelstrains