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Nice! I saw that hotel at York TCA last week, it is massive. Here is another huge piece that will never fit on my layout:

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You lucky SOB! I wish I could have gone!! How was it? Only saw a couple teaser pics on Facebook. Seems like quite a few people were pissed Lionel wasn’t there.

That is a huge station!! Looks like it would take a 4x8 board all by itself.
 
You lucky SOB! I wish I could have gone!! How was it? Only saw a couple teaser pics on Facebook. Seems like quite a few people were pissed Lionel wasn’t there.

That is a huge station!! Looks like it would take a 4x8 board all by itself.
I only live a couple of hours away so it’s an easy day trip. Yeah, Lionel gave up the April event, but they will be there in October. I’m not really interested in the modern stuff, so no big deal to me. The halls were packed pretty good, lots of dealers with postwar, you would have gone broke, lol. Not enough prewar tin, so I only spent about $100 on some toy cars, including this super king Matchbox Fury patrol car.

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I only live a couple of hours away so it’s an easy day trip. Yeah, Lionel gave up the April event, but they will be there in October. I’m not really interested in the modern stuff, so no big deal to me. The halls were packed pretty good, lots of dealers with postwar, you would have gone broke, lol. Not enough prewar tin, so I only spent about $100 on some toy cars, including this super king Matchbox Fury patrol car.

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I hear ya! I woulda checked out some of the modern stuff, but yes would prolly go broke going through the postwar stuff lol. Can’t go wrong with getting some accessories! Car looks nice.

The New Haven came home today, and is running great. So smooth compared to the other postwar stuff.

 
My brother had one and I always liked the way it ran, tons of power & speed. He trashed it! I bought a William's NH and if you have any Williams or WbB, you know the powerhouse those are? I did score post war one for a good price, and after a through clean & lube job, it runs great. IO like the sound of them when they hit a corner, you hear the load going around a curve.
 
My brother had one and I always liked the way it ran, tons of power & speed. He trashed it! I bought a William's NH and if you have any Williams or WbB, you know the powerhouse those are? I did score post war one for a good price, and after a through clean & lube job, it runs great. IO like the sound of them when they hit a corner, you hear the load going around a curve.

It really is a great hauler, and quite quick. I’ve learned to put the power truck towards the rear (rear wheel drive). If Its in the front (front wheel drive) the engine really wants to lean on the curves. She stays pretty flat with it in the rear.

It really out shines the few other postwar engines I have. Very smooth and quiet.

No Williams stuff here....
 
I had some spare time, and material at work. Finally built a little shelf for some of the engines. All we had was 1/8” steel. No wood. So I’ve got a heavy *** shelf now lol. Things gotta weigh at least 70 pounds. Wasn’t feeling comfortable hanging this thing off the wall yet. I gotta find our stud finder. May build another wood shelf for the wall. This one looks pretty good under the layout.

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I'm real impressed with Williams stuff. Simple to work on, durable as hell, and good prices for a conventional loco. I have about 8 of them.
 
Subway time! Also added a new shelf for the control center. Now able to display and operate the goods lol.

Looks like my 2343 F3 needs a servicing. She doesn’t seem to want to run some laps like normal. Prolly needs a new set of brushes. She gave up shortly after the video.

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Subway time! Also added a new shelf for the control center. Now able to display and operate the goods lol.

Looks like my 2343 F3 needs a servicing. She doesn’t seem to want to run some laps like normal. Prolly needs a new set of brushes. She gave up shortly after the video.

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Our cat would walk through town like Godzilla and be taking naps on the rubble when it wasn't in use... How's Steve feel about the layout?
 
Our cat would walk through town like Godzilla and be taking naps on the rubble when it wasn't in use... How's Steve feel about the layout?

I believe he’s only played Godzilla kitty once, but I didn’t catch him. Came home one day and found a bunch of stuff knocked over. He’ll hang out on the floor once in a while in there with me, but pretty scared if you pick him up while they are running.

Now if it’s on the floor he can’t help but be curious about em.

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We are battling what seems like his teenage years now. He’s been quite the little **** lately. 4am alarm clock for no reason and so on. Lmao

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We are battling what seems like his teenage years now. He’s been quite the little **** lately. 4am alarm clock for no reason and so on. Lmao

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That's normal... means anything from "I'm hungry, go make me breakfast" to "You're sleeping in my spot" to "I'm bored, amuse me"...
 
Well I’m pretty stoked. A couple months back I mentioned picking up this 2367 Wabash in a bin. The engine is pretty rough. It hasn’t ran in at least 30 years. I put it on the track, and got a buzz from the E unit, but not movement. I found some loose wire going to the motors, and re soldered them back in place, but still nothing..

For shits and giggles today I tore it completely apart. Cleaned everything down with some electronic cleaner, and washed the body and frame.

While apart I tested the motors, and they both seemed to work without a load at least.

To my amazement once back together she works!! The rear motor is not too happy though! LOL. I’m not 100% sure if it’s the motor or truck assembly. The truck seemed to have a stiff spot when rolling it by hand, but the motor also seemed to have a stiff spot as well. Might need a new one of each.

Instead of sending the whole thing out for restoration, I may just send out the shells and handle the rest here in house.

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Good deal! These motors were built to last and very simple to work on. I have a similar problem with my f3 but I haven't had the time to rip into it. Is that an operating horse car behind the engine?
 
Yea something goofy is going on with it. Not sure what it is... was just happy to see it run.

I let the part soak in some hot soapy water and all the grey paint came off the nose. Kinda went oh ****, but at the same time it’s so rough it doesn’t really matter at the moment lol

Yes sir, is an operating horse car. It came in the bin as well.
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Came across a crazy craigslist add for nothing but postwar Lionel for sale last night. Guy has a garage full of “duplicate” stuff that he wants to get rid of. He wants to get a car in the garage, so he is trying to liquidate some inventory.

Of coarse I had to head right over today! LOL I didn’t get to see his actual collection in the house. The garage itself was jaw dropping. I could only imagine what was inside. He’s a very nice gentleman. I hung out for an hour or so shooting the s#it with him, while he let me go through the tip of the iceberg.

Any ways, on to the goods! Here was the tiny haul for today.

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Check out these bad boys!! These are hands down the nicest postwar set I now own. An all original set of 2354’s. They are immaculate. Unfortunately these ones don’t have their original boxes, but I think I’ll live lol.

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Surprisingly as beautiful as they are, they do show signs of quite a bit of run time. The rollers on the powered unit are wore down to almost a nub.

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The guy mentioned they haven’t been on a track in at least 30 years. He picked em up in a collection back then, and they were just displays for him.

They do run after being checked in a test. I let em do a couple laps once home. Planning on a complete service for em tomorrow, and a new set of rollers so they are good to go.

Also had to grab this dispatching tower, and search light car. The tower came with its original box, microphone, and instruction sheet!

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Gave her a complete check up and service today. Cleaned and lubed everything. Replaced some wires as a few were pretty toasty. I don’t have any spare rollers at the moment. I swapped out the whole roller assemblies from the dummy to the power unit as they are still good. Moved the bad set to the dummy as not near as much power is being drawn from em back there. No more sparks!

After back together she purrs like a kitten!

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Look familiar? Although it’s a model year newer still thought it was pretty cool!

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