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

[westtexjohn]

I think the black loco with red, blue and white accents looks great. Much more "classy" than the silver. But thats just me.

John

 

[Iron Horseman]

I think the black loco with red, blue and white accents looks great. Much more "classy" than the silver. But thats just me.

John

Being a fan of the Santa Fe, Burlington, and Rock Island - stainless steel silver got rather boring after a while. Hard to beat shiny tuxedo black for a class act. Too bad PC couldn't keep theirs shiny.

 

[logandsawman]

Santa did not bring me any model trains.

But wife lets me play with the ones i have

So I guess we are even. Fun to see all the stuff here, all the same!

 

[BigGRacing]

Just some more large curved turnouts here today and more curves to finish my second track….nothing sexy!

 

[TLOC]

Packages in parcel drop off today. I was not expecting them till Saturday.

4 TBOX railboxes that have build dates of 2009 through 2014. At the most they will be medium weathered. These were purchased to be weathered and sold down the road.

4 Tank cars in the other box and purchased elsewhere then the Railbox cars

Purchased to be heavily faded with kick up spray but not real dirty. These were purchased for me to be added to a through train. The build dates are 1998.

 

[Patrick]

Well, not a train but something I needed:

A small vacuum that isn't for picking up floor stuff. Used it already to recover the excess ballast I used when ballasting the yard. I knew I didn't use as much as I thought...

 

[Smudge617]

Kinda RR related, my replacement compressor arrived, and the airbrush has it's own snazzy box, can't wait to try them out.

Also got a Super Elevation kit for the Industrial end of the layout, not sure it will work, but I can only try.

 

[TLOC]

Kinda RR related, my replacement compressor arrived, and the airbrush has it's own snazzy box, can't wait to try them out.

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Also got a Super Elevation kit for the Industrial end of the layout, not sure it will work, but I can only try.

Looks great. What paint line (brand) will you be spraying? Have fun

 

[Smudge617]

Looks great. What paint line (brand) will you be spraying? Have fun

I use Vellejo I should try other brand like Tamiya, but for my present needs it does the job.

 

[Alcomotive]

So these came yesterday and today. I mentioned about the SD-40 in the coffee shop....

Athearn RTR ATH98823 EMD SD40 Union Pacific UP 3030 DCC & Sound

Then I got another set of generators,,,,I think now I am up to about 24 of these generators. I need another 24 then that should do it I think....but maybe not. As I mentioned I am building a CAT dealership/distributor so I have a lot of CAT equipment but I wanted to get a lot of generators too. I plan on having someone make me CAT power generator boxes that I can set these in and then I will detail them up! I may even do some small trailers too.

and lastly I picked up another ASAB boxcar for the southern exchange line for my layout.

 

[Alcomotive]

Also my Walthers 933-3517 Office & Guard Shack came in too! This will be used either for JR Fuels entrance or the entrance to the diesel facilities and shop. Or I may just get another one?

 

[BigGRacing]

Pretty nice engine for $119!

 

[Smudge617]

So these came yesterday and today. I mentioned about the SD-40 in the coffee shop....

Athearn RTR ATH98823 EMD SD40 Union Pacific UP 3030 DCC & Sound


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Then I got another set of generators,,,,I think now I am up to about 24 of these generators. I need another 24 then that should do it I think....but maybe not. As I mentioned I am building a CAT dealership/distributor so I have a lot of CAT equipment but I wanted to get a lot of generators too. I plan on having someone make me CAT power generator boxes that I can set these in and then I will detail them up! I may even do some small trailers too.

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and lastly I picked up another ASAB boxcar for the southern exchange line for my layout.

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Alco, I'm really going to have to move to the US, your loco cost $53 less than what it takes for me to fill a full tank of gas here.

 

[D&J RailRoad]

Alco, I'm really going to have to move to the US, your loco cost $53 less than what it takes for me to fill a full tank of gas here.

Well, that's what happens when you're a subject.

 

[Smudge617]

Well, that's what happens when you're a subject.

If you say so.

 

[rgeiter]

Oh boy!! Look what came in the mail!

I saw the real 4100 and 4101 on their first run back in the 90’s. I have it on video and will be posting it soon. I put a TCS T-1 decoder in it and ran it a little. Sooooo smooth! Now I have to find the 4101!

 

[Alcomotive]

Oh boy!! Look what came in the mail!

I saw the real 4100 and 4101 on their first run back in the 90’s. I have it on video and will be posting it soon. I put a TCS T-1 decoder in it and ran it a little. Sooooo smooth! Now I have to find the 4101!
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Sure is purdy! I tell ya I never understood why Union Pacific did not buy any of the SD80MACs as they are sharp looking locomotives!

 

[D&J RailRoad]

Here we go again with another one. I'll start a separate thread with the progress.

 

[rgeiter]

Sure is purdy! I tell ya I never understood why Union Pacific did not buy any of the SD80MACs as they are sharp looking locomotives!

The model is sweet too. Can’t wait to get her all together this week and see what she can do.

 

[TLOC]

The model is sweet too. Can’t wait to get her all together this week and see what she can do.

I have loved the running of every Kato locomotive I have owned over the years. While the details may not equal today’s models the running gear sure did.

Nice find