Shawn,
Your stuff looks very good. I also like HLW equipment.
I had a nice 71 Grand Prix that would haul a** and do it in comfort.
Another “cruiser” I had was a 77 T-Bird with a “built” 302 and white leather interior. Also hauled a** comfortably 
Ralph
Ralph Berg said:Ralph at 16 anything other then a bike seat is comfortable. :)
I had a nice 71 Grand Prix that would haul a** and do it in comfort. Another "cruiser" I had was a 77 T-Bird with a "built" 302 and white leather interior. Also hauled a** comfortably ;) Ralph
TonyWalsham said:
My very first car was a Citroen Light 15.Then I graduated to a Citroen Big 6 made in the UK. They were both hand me downs form my dad as he progressed through the models available.
I had the Big 6 for only a few years until youthful exuberance dictated I get rid of the old clunkers for a Mini Cooper. Big time mistake.
A friend had a late 15-6 he was restoring. Unfortunately, the car outlived him, incomplete. Not sure what his widow did with it. Had two small (less than a playing card in size) rust spots on the whole car. Came from some Dutch colony somewhere in South/Central America.
Went to look at a 1960s Mini Cooper back in college, actually drove my ID20 to look at it. Rusty car out of Qubec…pass.
Moved on to Mercedes W114 and W123. Like LGB. Expensive, but impressive and well built when cost was not a consideration!
Dad just gave me DVD made of home movies/VHS including many of my cars, I wonder if I can get them on YouTUbe?
Dennis Paulson said:
Great pics and layout Shawn , and yes I also have lots of Hartland products , and in fact today it was a all Hartland day on the layout .You could run your HLW Mack till the wheels fall off , and then just pop the drive block out , pop in a new one [ $48.00 or less ]
into YOUR painted detailed lettered top , and run up some more miles on the new power block .
Honestly, I wonder why Hartland does not get more coverage/interest? But then I liked Kalamazoo back in my younger days.
A US outline Kalamazoo, Hartland, Delton-Aristo 1:24 railway could be a lot of fun!
Shawn said:I've gotten a Mack and a Sparky direct from them. Don't know how Mack and Sparky power block could be engineered to be any more simple and robust - what you don't NEED ain't there; and what is there is plenty sturdy to get the job done.
I think HLW looks great on an outdoor layout. If they were easier to find I would have everything with the HLW name.
Last year got LHS to order a PRR 4-4-0. Eventually (this year? next year? next century?) it will be given some paint enhancements.
I really like their 4-wheel cars.
But right now my checkbook ain’t liking much of anything, even those.
Life has reached a place where if anything beyond wheels, trucks, couplers, can’t be made out of cardstock, basswood, and balsa, I ain’t gonna have it.
Forrest Scott Wood said:Cardstock? Wood?..... Anybody remember HO stuff from the '40s? Methinks perhaps LS may be going backwards here. lol
Life has reached a place where if anything beyond wheels, trucks, couplers, can't be made out of cardstock, basswood, and balsa, I ain't gonna have it.
Bring on the tinplate!!!
I like the Hartland line too. Had my wallet not been so empty the last couple of years, I’m sure I’d have more than just a Mack.
But I’ve bought much of my rolling stock used to save cash. And when it comes to used equipment, Bachmann is cheap and plentiful.
If I had to do it again, I’d seriously consider doing with less…and buy Hartland.
Ralph
One of the problems I have found as well is the used equipment and track prices are selling for more than back when it was new. I am sure it is based on a percentage of the cost of new stuff. 10 year old turnouts selling for $35 +/- , brass track selling for $2 l.f., which I am sure is more than originally paid.
I read some old Trainland (?) advertisement, only about 5 years old, and the locomotive prices were dramatically less then today’s prices. Granted the US$ is worth so much less today than it was then but I will guess that is not the only reason. Anyone have older LS magazines to verify this?
My first car was(is) a 1965 Ford Mustang coupe, 3 on the floor, 200 CID engine with an AM radio. I still have it, and it is still all stock. I figure I can get a ticket at 90 mph just the same as I could at 105 mph. My secod cars was (is) an 1958 MGB Roadster with a 1500cc displacement engine, 4 on the floor and an AM radio. I’ve upgraded this to include an AM, FM, 8-track radio (well, it’s really a CD player, but why let the truth interfere with a good story).
I still have both, both need some help. Donations accepted. :lol:
My first LS locomotive was (is) a Bachmann Big Hauler, factory radio control, plastic wheels and side rods. It still runs, too.
Steve Featherkile said:Mine ate batteries like it was going out of style and died young. So did my 2nd Gen 'Limited Edition" Pennsy one -- the cab and tender for it are what I used on my Aristo C-16 bash.
My first LS locomotive was (is) a Bachmann Big Hauler, factory radio control, plastic wheels and side rods. It still runs, too.
I still want tinplate, and clockwork…
MIK said:That would look cool wandering around the W,I&M. :)
I still want tinplate, and clockwork....
And then there are those “amazing deals” on Amazon.
I’ve a “Google Alert” for RhB and get all the really nifty stuff like this:
http://www.jumptags.com/topic/lgb%20rhatische%20bahn%20electric%20locomotive%20ge%206%2F6%20411/
follow the Link!
Hans-Joerg Mueller said:
And then there are those "amazing deals" on Amazon.I’ve a “Google Alert” for RhB and get all the really nifty stuff like this:
http://www.jumptags.com/topic/lgb%20rhatische%20bahn%20electric%20locomotive%20ge%206%2F6%20411/
follow the Link!
HJ, are you not impressed by the free shipping :lol:
Ralph
Of course I’m impressed. :lol: But with the supposed “lack of supplies” I wonder how many “Dummies” fall for it. Time for a “LGB for Dummies” book?!? 
Steve, you must have cool weather in Deer Park. My rail was too hot to touch the other day and it hasn’t gotten HOT yet. Plastic wheels would be square!
My cuda would beat your Mustang – but it only got 6 miles to the gallon. GLUG GLUG GLUG!
Steve Featherkile said:
My first car was(is) a 1965 Ford Mustang coupe, 3 on the floor, 200 CID engine with an AM radio. I still have it, and it is still all stock. I figure I can get a ticket at 90 mph just the same as I could at 105 mph. My secod cars was (is) an 1958 MGB Roadster with a 1500cc displacement engine, 4 on the floor and an AM radio. I've upgraded this to include an AM, FM, 8-track radio (well, it's really a CD player, but why let the truth interfere with a good story).I still have both, both need some help. Donations accepted. :lol:
My first LS locomotive was (is) a Bachmann Big Hauler, factory radio control, plastic wheels and side rods. It still runs, too.
Steve,
I’ve submitted your name to the TV show “Hoarders” :lol:
Ralph