Pennsylvania / LONG ISLAND RR

[ALPHA]

Comparison of the two...Both made by Weaver ...all Brass construction





You can see the differences...in both the engines and tenders...Weaver did an excellent job replicating these two engines...
Anyone interested in a MTH K4 torpedo


TOOT TooT TOOT TooT TOOT GENTS

ALPHA

[ALPHA]

Some real images of the two K4 streamlines







By far ...the most beautiful engines were run by Pennsylvania RR

ALPHA

[ALPHA]

New Cabooses

One by Lionel the other by Mikes Train House or MTH..both "Bay windowed" both LONG ISLAND





First the Lionel...this one is equipped with the works...smoke lights ...full interior I would say the only thing that Lionel didn't do was to
put some metal spring loaded trucks...like K line did






The MTH.... it's a nice well made caboose...a little bare boned in comparison to the Lionel and the K line...the color is passable as well as the lettering
detail is par ...no smoke only lights

If I were to compare the three...(K line on the first page) I would say the K line is the best of them... What's ironic is ...because it's a K line ...it cost less


TooT TooT Gents


ALPHA

[ALPHA]

Just thought I'd bring the K line Caboose over for comparison
some of the features Lionel and MTH didn't include

Die cast metal sprung trucks

Working marker lamps..and smoke ! the Lionel and MTH have end beam lights that work off the interior light..but no marker lamps
Lionel has smoke..MTH none




I also like the two tone lettering better than the Lionel and the MTH...also the roofwalk as Lionel and MTH are very much the same in appearance

K line is not a really impressive maker ... only some of their models are really recognized as being good..reason I am surprised at the quality of this one caboose
I do feel they blew the top two out of the water or off the tracks


Toot Toot Gents


ALPHA

PS. one thing cool about the three...they can all be run in one consist...as they all have been numbered differently

[jaw7620]

Hey Alpha you are into armour and trains, look this one up and see if it will fit in with your set up http://www.vonabt.co.uk/models/Dora/DoraBuild.htm

[ALPHA]

Hey Alpha you are into armour and trains, look this one up and see if it will fit in with your set up http://www.vonabt.co.uk/models/Dora/DoraBuild.htm

That's an Impressive build Jaw...1/6th scale to boot ...that rail gun must be huge...I'd say the closest I've ever got to that was in HO scale...where I had both the Hasegawa 1/72 scale THOR...and Anzio Annie rolling on the rails at the train club that I was part of way back when...it was kind of fun...as I was the only one to run Military consists

Thanks for sharing that ...it is really something ...and it shows how the two hobbies can meld together

ALPHA

[PainlessWolf]

Alpha,
Found this while waiting to go to dinner this afternoon and thought of you.
regards,
Painless

[ALPHA]

Alpha,
Found this while waiting to go to dinner this afternoon and thought of you.
regards,
Painless

I would wonder why Painless ...not that the searchlight car isn't cool...but dang that sucker is dirty
It was the biggest criticism and point of jocular digs at train meets....as everyone else's consists were weathered and beat....my equipment was always kept clean ...engines shiny ... cars and loads scratch and dust free

My favorite reply was .... We on the Pennsylvania railroad have pride.... we wash and polish everything

Even my German train....they were all done in flat paints..but no weathering...used to say a dirty gun is a gun that won't fire

Fun times for sure

ALPHA

[ALPHA]

The gondola car would work though ....had a cool trick I used to do back then... those cars are usually very light and would occasionally derail ....I would line them with cardboard... go down to local key shops and ask for the brass that came off the making of keys ...it was great.... never painted the brass..and would tell the others in the club that I'm hauling gold

The added benefit was the brass gave the car quite a bit of added weight ...so would ride the rail very well


ALPHA

PS. Hardly collect the cars anymore O scale takes more space than HO ...plus there are too many to choose from...the genres vary from realistic to fun (novelty cars)...now I stick with engines and cabooses ...mostly cabooses... it's just in the past few months I've had a strike of luck with the engines