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General Discussion => N and Z Scales => Topic started by: John on December 24, 2007, 06:04:22 PM
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Ok .. so what loot was under the tree ?
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Well it came a little early(from the OKC train show) but I got two NW-2's in Santa Fe and the 5 "camp cars" in On30. The camp cars should look good behind the Climax.
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Lotsa stuff this year, mostly via Chulvis. First delivery was a Walthers 0-8-0, then yesterday, four Atlas billboard reefers, CGW, Stokely, White Rock, and Meeters Sauerkraut, along with two city water towers from Walthers and an icing platform from Bar Mills. Still to come, three DeLuxe Innovations PRR boxcars.
And that's just the model railroad stuff... 8)
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I will have to wait until the morning, since I can't remember .. maybe Chuck remembers ;)
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Santa brought me back to N scale ;D
I'm in the process of collecting N scale again. So far this month Santa has brought me Kato CB&Q NW2, Spectrum R.I. 2-8-0 and 33 Micro Trains cars.
Now Santa says to get a layout built ;D ;D ;D ;D
Lucas
Sitka, Alaska
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Well, if my avatar does not give it away, I am a huge Rock Island fan. See the Introductions thread for more info. Anyway, since the Rock doesn't exist anymore, I have followed the railroad in Iowa that has taken over a lot of the Rock Island's former trackage, the Iowa Interstate (IAIS). There aren't a lot of offerings in N scale for the IAIS, so I had a GP38 done by a friend on a yahoo group. Behold this beauty!
I love that herald on the nose.
(http://www.n-scaler.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10027/normal_iais709.jpg)
Several years ago, I won an SW1200 in FEC livery. Well, since I have no intentions of modeling Florida, that is being shipped off to the same guy who will transform it into IAIS' former #250, which just recently was sold to one of the big ethanol plants in Iowa. I hope to have that back by Spring.
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A lot of BNSF stuff!
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Walthers Electric Furnace and Coke works, Kato bank..
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I got a rock...
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So far, I got a Lifelike 0-6-0 Saddle Tank, and three packs of curved C80 track.
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So far got to spend Christmas with my family and did not have work or call in sic to get the day off...
everything else has to wait for morning...
X-mas wish for some long hall tenders from the Bmann.
and some old time NKP boxs.
Ron N.
Wah hoo! Bmann undec conny and 4 nkp old time nkp boxs
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We exchange "family" gifts on Christmas eve (leaving Christmas morning to the big jolly guy).
Nothing on my train "list" but train stuff I still like: an Athearn CSX auto-rack (from my younger son) and a "holiday" box car (from my older son). I've been secretly desiring the CSX auto-racks to add to my Atlas ones. I'm always in favor of the occasional "cute" holiday or special car so both were great. I enjoy fun trains.
Only issue was that the wheels on the middle truck of the Athearn autorack rubbed on the body--the car "dragged" down the track, squeaking and groaning. Also, one of the wheel sets on that truck was "wobbly." Typical Athearn. No problem. Swapped out the wheel and then fashioned a washer from some plastic tubing to increase the height between the truck and car body. Now works fine.
My other gift, the BIG gift, from my far superior half, was a low f-stop zoom lens for my DSLR. I hopefully can now photograph my boys gymnastics meets (in crappy low light gym conditions). All in all, a wonderful set of gifts, with a wonderful church service earlier tonight. Now just waiting for the boys to fall asleep so that Santa can drop off gifts.
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A lump of coal ;D ;D ;D
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Nothing yet,and there won't be any either till Santa Atlas releases them in January or Febuary . ;D
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(http://www.wmrywesternlines.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10001/Family_029.jpg)
What in the HELL?!?!
How did this HAPPEN?
(http://www.wmrywesternlines.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10001/Family_031.jpg)
Oh, well... I guess it's the thought that counts...
Lee
(PS: Never let your cat on eBay when he's on his third Martini...)
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Coal
unfortunately not associated with an AC-9 (wrong way articulated)...
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I got The P&LE In Color Vol. 2, and a gift card to the train shop owned by a certain Speedo-wearing northern CA resident...
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Well if you count the several Chuck Packs near the end of last month and start of December then it was a Lifel Like/ Walthers NP 0-8-0 ,Atlas Ford Fairmount Autos and Balma Porta Johns,or if we are talking right now CREEST MOUSE then it is either more scenery work on my layout or big ticket items coming in 1/08. Big Boys and the SP Daylight Train. Nate Goodman(Nato). In a Snowy Salt Lake, Utah. Brrrrrrr!
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I got no hobby related stuff, but I did score brownie points when she 'unwrapped' her 2001 Mustang GT convertible. 17000 miles and under 15000 bucks. I just hope that IM starts taking preorders on their cab forward before the car becomes just a car!
Bob
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I also got the Walthers Coke and Electric Furnace kits .. now to build the steel mill ..
I got the book "Plays With Trains", a CD of railroad songs from the Smithsonian collection .. and a nice gift certificate from my son to my favorite hobby shop .. FRTS ..
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Forget trains!!!
I got a Mr. Beer Home Brewing Kit!!! Now that is the gift that keeps on giving!!!
Merry Christmas!
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Brian, awesome IAIS GP38!
For train stuff I got my own copy of Van Horn's Road (the bible on construction era CPR), a pile of DVD's on the last days of steam (Canada & US) and a new airbrush (no more patching together my old one :))
Merry Christmas Everyone!
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I got a rock...
Aww, who's the lucky fella?
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Got 3 Deluxe Innovations PRR boxcars, a Reading Trainmaster and Photoshop Elements 6/Premiere Elements 4.
Bob
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I got about 20 mpg of oil, and 40 mpg of gas; for about 25 miles.
Seven quarts of oil and 6 miles later, I made it home without a tow truck.
Good enough for me.
TiVo, you mind if I re-gift your coal to General Motors for ever designing the 2.8L V6? Worst engine ever conceived...
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(http://www.wmrywesternlines.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10001/Family_029.jpg)
What in the HELL?!?!
How did this HAPPEN?
(http://www.wmrywesternlines.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10001/Family_031.jpg)
Oh, well... I guess it's the thought that counts...
Lee
(PS: Never let your cat on eBay when he's on his third Martini...)
:D ;D
No train related things for me but my son has gotten the HO bug :P, so he got an Atlas SF U23B, a couple of box cars and caboose along with a Kato Unitrack set thanks to Chuck.
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I also had an awesome Christmas.
My first Fox River box (they're tough to find round these parts), an AN box that I'm pretty sure says "If lost, return to Gregg c/o AN Port St. Joe" on there somewhere, a FRTS Gift Certificate for all that stuff that's coming soon, and my absolute favorite (and I'm sure source of future derision), a Bachmann "Modern" 4-4-0.
(http://lh6.google.com/ed.kapuscinski/R3FYe5HBFDI/AAAAAAAAEUs/Lt24Dveh8cU/s400/IMG_6816.JPG) (http://picasaweb.google.com/ed.kapuscinski/NewBachmann440/photo#5147993136810759218)
I'm not 100% sure what I'm going to do with it, but here's one of my biggest sources of inspiration:
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=187049
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Santa used three different mail order outfits. FRTS ran by drunk elf named CHULVIS really
came through. Nu-Line warehouse, detail parts and then my daughter used Walthers and
more detail parts and some rolling stock and my wife used Internet Trains. Ordered Dec 2
and nothing yet - Dig this - They are waiting on BLMA stuff to ship. They are in Brea, CA
right next door to Fullerton where Craig's company is. The item I thought Santa would
have a problem with, Walthers Cornerstone ADM grain elevator, they actually have. Sucks
when you have to track your own gifts. Anyway, off for the week. Gonna work on a web
site for the layout.
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What in the HELL?!?!
How did this HAPPEN?
Oh, well... I guess it's the thought that counts...
Lee
(PS: Never let your cat on eBay when he's on his third Martini...)
Oh man, I laughed so hard on this one it hurt.... thanks...!
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(http://www.wmrywesternlines.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10001/Family_029.jpg)
What in the HELL?!?!
How did this HAPPEN?
(http://www.wmrywesternlines.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10001/Family_031.jpg)
Oh, well... I guess it's the thought that counts...
Lee
(PS: Never let your cat on eBay when he's on his third Martini...)
Hey, the last time my cat went on Ebay, we had $2500 in freaking cat toys delivered to the door the next week!
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Hey, the last time my cat went on Ebay, we had $2500 in freaking cat toys delivered to the door the next week!
You should have a Great Ape who buys on eBay...
"Hmm... some nice solid
teakwood paneling for my
treehouse works..."
(http://bayouline.com/o2.gif)
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Atlas 4750 covered hopper, Cornerstone gas storage tank and state line farm supply.
Bob.
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Santa brought me an Athearn Challenger Greyhound, a Heritage 0-6-0, a Digitrax DS64, various pieces of track that I need, various scienery stuff and $150 of MBK gift certificates. All-in-all, quite the Christmas for me!
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What in the HELL?!?!
How did this HAPPEN?
Oh, well... I guess it's the thought that counts...
Lee
(PS: Never let your cat on eBay when he's on his third Martini...)
Oh man, I laughed so hard on this one it hurt.... thanks...!
Ditto Here!!!! My wife enjoyed it too!!! Thanks Lee.
No N scale loot under the tree but I did get a copy of "The Hocking Valley Railway" by Edward Miller, from my Mother-in-Law, of all people. ??? After all these years who knew she was paying attention? (My wife claims she had nothing to do with the gift choice. ;))
Best Christmas gift of all: Time to clear out one of the rooms in the basement so at least part of Spencer can be reassembled. That's the goal for tomorrow. ;D
Steve
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Spencer, NC? If so, YOU DAH MAN!
Lauren gave me some MT 39' tank cars, the paint, and decals to make some DODX tankers. My dad gave me an ABBA set of sharks. The Sharks have been running all day.
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SquirrelHollow, I thought the "even-fire 3.8L" was the worst GM V-6 ever made, but the 2.8 is probably a close second. ANY inline 4 GM ever made was a mistake. Busted knuckles on 3.8's and 4 bangers of my cousin's. I used to be his mechanic, but I retired. Kinda shame, since he's got a big Mercury with the 4.6L...not another worn-out piece of crap....yet. ::)
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TiVo, you mind if I re-gift your coal to General Motors for ever designing the 2.8L V6? Worst engine ever conceived...
Please
be my guest, glad to have never owned one...
Beware the cat shopping eBay for a Chessie C-truck loco with a missing truck sideframe...
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(PS: Never let your cat on eBay when he's on his third Martini...)
be glad you didn't get a year of Cat Fancy or Kittens Gone Wild videos
-steve
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Received a new Dell, 2.4Ghz dual core processor laptop with all the goodies. Train related? Of course, I will use it to write and test JMRI scripts for my new layout. It will also run Train Simulator, and a friend in Canada has built the exact route of the FJ&G to use in the simulator, so I can now run, with simulator, the exact layout I am building. Neat!
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Santa brought an airbrush. Yes, I am (for the third time) going to attempt to master the beast...
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I met three ghosts this Christmas.
Train past, trains presant and oddly all things considered.....trains future.
I wonder what it all must mean.....
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Santa brought an airbrush. Yes, I am (for the third time) going to attempt to master the beast...
i bought my first airbrush last year to paint the rails of my N-Trak module and haven't used it since. my plan is to strip the C630 shells and give them a nice coat of Brunswick green. if it doesn't work out, the shells are available from Atlas :)
may the force be with you...
-steve
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I got a Pentrex Montana Rail Link DVD, an Atlas Dash 8-40B in LMX livery, and then I also bought myself a Digitrax decoder for the 8-40B, a Loksound micro sound decoder that I'm going to try to cram in one of the two SD-45's I picked up off ebay that I will be detailing and painting for MRL. Not bad for me! I've asked for train stuff for years and never recieved anything so I'm happy that I actually got some trains stuff this year.
Oh yeah, I also spent christmas in Missoula, MT and was able to spend a little time railfanning the MRL there. I got some video and pictures that I'm sure will help my layout.
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be glad you didn't get a .. Kittens Gone Wild video
Sounds like an awesome Xmas gift to me :D
Santa brought something small but perfectly formed...
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Cool little bugger, that. Any info on it? Where can I get one?
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I read somewhere that Culdee lacks a proper feedwater heater, and the drivers aren't the right diameter.... What are trying to do to that poor kid? ;D
Lee
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Spencer, NC? If so, YOU DAH MAN!
Nope. Spencer, OH.
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SAH,
I guess YOU "not" DAH MAN.
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All I got that is train related is a 2008 wall calendar from my GF... perfect for my office.
I also got a cold from my GF, perfect excuse to take Friday off work.
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Nothing for me specifically N gauge, but another NS SD70M bought off Fleabay arrived today!
However I did get given a couple of the SPV Railroad Atlas's and a Highball DVD of Dolton. It is good to now know how all these famous? railfan sites in the Chicago area interact.
Alasdair
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I got:
3 B23-7s, 1 CR and two PW
3 TTX centerbeams
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Received a gift card to lowe's I was able to pick up a vise ( to hold my point/frog filing jig) and a 10" compound miter,, so I can comence on the benchwork,,, but wait I need a plan first.LOL
Nothing train related, I tried to give the wife the hint for a gift card from the Chuckster,, but no luck.
Adios Wyatt
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Cool little bugger, that. Any info on it? Where can I get one?
Graham Farish 04* - I can recommend The Signalbox (http://thesignalbox.co.uk/index_new.php?pg=3&p_cat_id=12&prod_id=3688).
I believe Gregg has bought from Antics (http://www.railway-models.co.uk/787_1_2171682.html), &/or Hattons (http://www.ehattons.com/StockDetail.aspx?SID=18064) - they're both out of the green one though, & the exchange rate is painful right now :( but then I didn't buy mine :)
* 1:148 UK N, not 1:160
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I got;
Corded SkillSaw ( To replace the crappy 24v battery one that I tossed at the basement wall)
Waterproof workboots (To replace the plain leather non waterproof ones I wear while RR'n)
66 pack of code 70 and code 55 rail so that I can continue handlaying some track
$300 to Lowes for misc layout stuff
BackRack for my truck to hold my lightbar and antennas
$250 in misc cash that will go towards most likely more GP38-2's!
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Spencer, NC? If so, YOU DAH MAN!
Nope. Spencer, OH.
Ah, well. For some reason I had you pegged as a Southern modeler.
Cool little bugger, that. Any info on it? Where can I get one?
Graham Farish 04* - I can recommend The Signalbox (http://thesignalbox.co.uk/index_new.php?pg=3&p_cat_id=12&prod_id=3688).
I believe Gregg has bought from Antics (http://www.railway-models.co.uk/787_1_2171682.html), &/or Hattons (http://www.ehattons.com/StockDetail.aspx?SID=18064) - they're both out of the green one though, & the exchange rate is painful right now :( but then I didn't buy mine :)
* 1:148 UK N, not 1:160
Dosn't make 'em any less cool. And don't talk to me right now about the exchange rate. $200 for a set of ship's plans thanks to said rate.
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Ian - I thought I was the only one that hated "cordless"
power tools. I have replacd everything with corded tools.
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Those cordless drills sure come in handy when half hanging upside down from a rafter putting up ceiling fan boxes!
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Ian - I thought I was the only one that hated "cordless"
power tools. I have replacd everything with corded tools.
I just hate cordless circular saws. I love my cordless drills, jigsaw, sawzalls, but circular suck. My battery one with a fresh and charged battery would barely get through one length cut on a 4x8 1/2" plywood sheet.
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Got a COOL new intermodal book from a good friend, published this year. Also a "chipper" - a promise to chip in for the Big Boy when it comes. And snow - a genuine white Christmas!
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I don't hate cordless tools. I just hate cheap cordless tools.
As of now.... I don't think I own anything else 'cordless'. I've either broken, stripped for components, given away, or trashed all of them.
SquirrelHollow, I thought the "even-fire 3.8L" was the worst GM V-6 ever made, but the 2.8 is probably a close second. ANY inline 4 GM ever made was a mistake. Busted knuckles on 3.8's and 4 bangers of my cousin's. I used to be his mechanic, but I retired. Kinda shame, since he's got a big Mercury with the 4.6L...not another worn-out piece of crap....yet. ::)
I'd like to submit a correction. While reading the new replies to this topic, I realised I had forgotten about a very important automotive milestone. You know... one of those stones that gets half way up the hill and rolls back down on you.
The Cadillac V8-6-4 holds my vote for worst engine ever. Never heard of one have ya? There's a reason.
The GM 2.8L V6 holds a very solid second.
I've never worked on the old 90* 3.8s. The 60* version, though, I have a lot of experience with. I really respect that engine. Terrible accessory design, but they run forever and get nice mileage doing it. Man, that hurt to say. I hate GM.
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santa brought me nothing rr - related... :'(
however, a midnight snack while playing one of my presents (Call of Duty 4) brought be a bad case of food poisoning, i think, and so now I'm a size 32 again.... :-[
but, late arriving cards brought enough cash for an order to walthers or something... gotta re-read that steam question thread when i feel better...
cheers!