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Steam Mikado - CB&Q Burlington Route | Purchased on 2004-05-30 - in Fair condition |
| Marklin number 81466 | Mikado 2-8-2 from set 81466; First loco, taken apart by me. Better since taken care of by Stiskas. | |
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Steam Tank Locomotive - | Purchased on 2004-06-23 - in Good condition |
| Marklin | little Tank Loco 8800, 3-pole. I've swapped the shell and chassis on these tank locos a lot. | |
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Diesel F7 - Santa Fe | Purchased on 2004-07-20 - in Good condition |
| Marklin number 88606 | 3-pole? Currently with front pilot; usually run with another in a double ended AA consist. Recently replaced headlight with white directional LEDs configured so that both are on when AA consist is moving forward. | |
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Steam Mikado - Southern Pacific | Purchased on 2004-07-24 - in Good condition |
| MT | Another Mikado 2-8-2. Tender (and caboose from same set) converted to MT couplers - Tungsten added 7/20/05 for better traction. Original dim headlight replaced by very bright white LED 3/07. Excellent runner. | |
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Steam Mogul 2-6-0 w/tender - Denver & Rio Grand Wester | Purchased on 2004-11-20 - in New condition |
| Marklin number 88035 | What can I say? Goes with the passenger cars. May be out of scale (too tall) but lovely display piece. | |
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Diesel F7 - Pensylvania RR | Purchased on 2004-11-28 - in frount coupler condition |
| MT | Was a throw in with another engine/car lot. Had with a MT marklin coupler set. Repaired and wheel-wipered by myself. Shell swapped for an NYC. Trucks/couplers changed more times than I can remember. | |
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Diesel F7 - New York Central | Purchased on 2004-11-28 - in used condition |
| MT | plus four cars & caboose; basically the shell and chassis went into my F7 box. | |
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Diesel F7 - Santa Fe | Purchased on 2004-12-05 |
| Marklin number 8860 | with front coupler; used as rear engine in double-ended AA style running. Recently replaced headlight with white directional LEDs configured so that both are on when AA consist is moving forward | |
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Steam 4-6-2 - Bavarian | Purchased on 2004-12-06 - in runs choppy condition |
| Marklin number 8892 | lower front lights clear. Runs ok after Stiska rejuvenation. I keep it to run with my old-style euro passenger cars. | |
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Diesel Class 361 Switcher - | Purchased on 2004-12-14 - in old condition |
| marklin number 8804 | red deisel switcher old style with 3-pole motor; runs perfectly after my initial tinkering. Lives under plexiglass on my first "turntable" layout. | |
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Class 89 Steam tank loco - Christmas | Purchased on 2004-12-15 - in new condition |
| Marklin | Has the problem of slipping armature, but runs OK when everything is squared up. | |
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Diesel F7 - Lehigh Valley | Purchased on 2005-01-27 - in new condition |
| MT | Bought shell only but swapped it onto Glen's old Western Pacific chassis. | |
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Steam Mikado - Milwaulkee | Purchased on 2005-01-30 - in MIB condition |
| Marklin number 8139 | Stiska 3/13/05 - Tungsten added 7/20/05 for better traction | |
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Steam Tank Loco - | Purchased on 2005-02-20 - in runs rough condition |
| Marklin number 8900 | Wheels and bottom somewhat pitted. Stiska 3/13/05; still a baulky runner. | |
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Electric - Solar | Purchased on 2005-03-30 - in new condition |
| Marklin | euro style engine with pantograph | |
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Diesel F7 - B - Lehigh Valley | Purchased on 2005-05-19 - in new condition |
| MT number 17005-2 | dummy B unit to pair with the F&A shell. | |
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Diesel GP-35 - Pennsylvania | Purchased on 2005-09-01 - in new condition |
| MT | first & best GP35. Lately I swap out a truck with another Pennsy GP-35, to each have a MT end and a Marklin end for consists with either exposed, or separate use. | |
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Diesel F7 A-B-A - Pennsylvaina | Purchased on 2005-10-02 - in new condition |
| Marklin number 88321 | rewired for independent operation by Stiskas; A-B-A set included caboose. One engine growls, the other is quiet, but they have similar running characteristics and make a nice set. | |
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Diesel F7 - Milwaulkee Road | Purchased on 2005-11-12 - in new condition |
| Marklin number 88603 | Front pilot installed instead of coupler. | |
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Diesel F7 - undec | Purchased on 2005-11-18 - in new condition |
| MT number 12000-2 | dummy 'A' unit; paint & decal to B&M someday | |
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Diesel GP-35 - Pennsylvania | Purchased on 2005-12-24 - in New condition |
| MT number 981 01 011 | bought to make mixed coupler pair; but runs with a noisy engine, a kind of WOW noise, and slow; improving | |
| Diesel GP-35 - C&O | Purchased on 2006-03-10 - in new condition | |
| MT | smooth, but slooooow... | |
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Diesel F7 - Milwaulkee Road | Purchased on 2006-04-15 - in new condition |
| Marklin number 88603 | 2'd Milwaulkee F7 sometimes used in an AA consist, so front coupler is installed. Purchased with caboose | |
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Steamer 4-6-2 Pacific - Baltimore & Ohio | Purchased on 2006-04-26 - in new condition |
| Marklin number 8881 | colorful blue paint; good running Pacific steamer | |
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Steam 4-6-0 Mogul - ICRR | Purchased on 2006-08-08 - in new condition |
| Marklin | Extraordinary detail and runs well | |
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Steamer 4-6-2 Pacific - Pennsylvaina | Purchased on 2006-12-16 - in new condition |
| Marklin number 8882 | brown paint; Pacific; runs good | |
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Steamer 2-8-2 Mikado - NYC | Purchased on 2007-03-18 - in used; painted; converted condition |
| Marklin number 8808 | Used all-black NYC Mikado with MT coupler on tender and some brown paint on wheels. Runs OK after a little minor service. My original intention was to convert to private logo, but the lettering etc., on the tender is quite lovely, so who knows. have added | |
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Diesel SW-1 - CB&Q | Purchased on 2007-03-26 - in new condition |
| ZThek | purchased privately | |
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Diesel F7A Shell - | Purchased on 2007-04-15 - in old condition |
| Nelson Grey | unpainted Nelson Grey F7 Shell | |
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Railbus - Chiemgau-Bahn | Purchased on 2007-10-03 - in modified condition |
| Marklin number 8112 | "The previous owner modified this set by replacing the original motor with a mini brushless motor of the Rail-Bus and canceling the interior light system and adding red stop lights for the Intermediate Car. In reverse all lights cancel" | |
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CG-1 - Conrail | Purchased on 2007-10-07 - in new condition |
| Marklin number 88491 | CG-1 in the Conrail 1776 Paint Scheme, road number 4800 | |
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Steam Locomotive - New York Central | Purchased on 2008-02-03 - in new condition |
| Marklin number 88075 | the Commodore Vanderbilt with tender attached via permannt drawbar | |
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Diesel F7A - New York Central | Purchased on 2008-03-05 - in new old stock condition |
| MicroTrains number 14003-2 | Nice lock, makes a pair with my old one; though same road number | |
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tender - Northern Pacific | Purchased on 2008-04-28 - in newish condition |
| Marklin number N/A | Standerd tender to alternate with the modified tender I already have | |
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railbus - | Purchased on 2008-06-01 - in used condition |
| Marklin number 8802 | no coupler; works OK but runs backwards; motor upside down? | |
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tank locomotive - | Purchased on 2008-06-01 - in used condition |
| Marklin number 8800 | shell painted green and slightly damaged at back of cab; runs fairly well | |
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Diesel GP-9 - C&NW | Purchased on 2008-06-19 - in new condition |
| Microtrains number 982 01 072 | matches my SW-1- test runs beautifully - road number 608 | |
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Diesel GP-7 - Nickel Plate Road | Purchased on 2008-06-19 - in new condition |
| AZL number AZL-6203 | ran very well in test run; dealer-only road number 829 | |
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Diesel GP-9 - Milwaulkee Road | Purchased on 2008-08-08 - in new condition |
| Microtrains number 982 01 042 | Road #801 | |
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Diesel F7 - Southern Pacific | Purchased on 2009-08-03 - in used condition |
| Microtrains | had power issues to front truck (resolved) and has some paint flaked off shell.; road #6440 | |
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mogul - Southern Pacific | Purchased on 2009-08-13 - in excellent condition |
| MicroTrains | nice mogul; runs well; this one has the more traditional tender; Road #1681 | |
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