Best Model Train Show Haul yet!

[@geraldrawlings9513]

Glad to see a young person interested in model trains. Would love to see his reaction to g scale. Anyway, like your videos. Keep it coming.

[@OttawaModelRailFan]

You got some good deals there, it would be a cool vid to see you restoring that cn you got for 2$, also it was nice meeting you again, thanks for the engine too.

[@sparky107107]

wow that is a tone of stuff. and nice and cheap. great finds at the train show.

[@MMRails]

Thanks for the shout out. I threw in that auto rack with the cars because it’s a tri-ang. I only noticed at the show last minute. So I’m assuming you’ll go back to this swap meet in March? I went once and picked up some great locos for a buck each. I did a mail call on them way back. If I had of known I’d one day meet you, I would have kept them all.

[@lukethebell3863]

Put it in the ovar haul

[@nighthawk9097]

I could be mistaken but I think the Union Pacific Cattle car from MARX should be from either just before WW2 or just after and the two Lionel metal trains should be pre WW2, after the war I think Lionel switched to plastic pretty fast. Great hull all around

[@christineanderson6750]

Not to be rude but the Lionel is post ww2 you can tell by the the way they have knuckle couplers . Now I don't know about the Marx stuff . I moddel Lionel o gauge .

[@Engine1988]

You're right about the stock car, that is a Marx item. I have had a decent experience with them, as my first model train was a Marx windup. Additionally, I recently bought a Marx trainset, and while I needed to purchase a additional Lionel transformer (the original one smoked), I have gotten some experience running it. Despite it being noisy, it runs very good. The wheel system on the NYC coaches is the exact same kind as the stock car. While I'm not actually sure when it was built, it would seem to be from the 1950s and does a horrid job of showing its age. Marx is one of the few brands that I know of that retained tinplate construction into the 50s. However, I could be wrong, as I am apt to misremember things when I do not get enough coffee.

[@thesierrastandard7281]

Great haul! 5 Dollars was such a good deal for that whole box of track and stuff! If you need any help I'd be glad to help you with wiring and such.

[@SMTMainline]

Thanks, I'm gonna be uploading a video of the problems I've been having with the lionel locomotive

[@elleryparsons5766]

Those Tin Items they look like The 40’s thru 50’s Era the Early Years of Model Railroading.

[@sudriansignalman9387]

The Glendale station is a Marx product, the control panel was for a battery operated Marx set

[@jodysmith8048]

The metal O guage car is made by Marx it is a cattle an it came in two versions one with the slotted doors an one with doors that has no slots the one you have is the more rare version because it has the slotted doors Marx made much more less of the slotted version of this car which is what you have here than the version of this car with no slotted doors an alos very awesome haul!!!!

[@anthonyj.adventures9736]

Ok for your O scale lot the first car is an open quad hopper. And the other appears to be a poultry car like a cattle stock car but for chickens.

[@NickelPlatedProductions]

very nice finds . i hope i have great luck at my next train when where i will plan to buy tons of stuff "From Tyco, Of Course"

[@tylergehring7879]

I got a locomotive for Christmas! It was a Bachman F40PH in the union Pacific livery

[@tylergehring7879]

And it was a lifelike

[@leroyducharme2477]

Kadee makes couplers for O scale!

[@Petemonster62]

Life-Like used to offer HO scale " Light - Ups " as did AHM & Model Power. In the early 1970s, those street lights were sold in a set of 5 - later they were sold in a set of 3. They also used to offer gas station lights; Mobile, Exxon, Shell, & Gulf. Other HO items were lighted billboards, a traffic light, & overhead lighted highway signs. O-scale " Light-Ups " included a set of 3 street lamps, 2 fluorescent street lights with an " Airport -> " sign, & 2 lights for the " A & P " supermarket chain. Model Power also made some N scale operating street lamps.

[@SMTMainline]

Amazing, do you know if they are still bing manufactured under a different name?

[@Petemonster62]

@@SMTMainline I looked at Walther's Web Site & found some Model Power lighted gas station signs, signals, & traffic lights. They also had street lights by various manufacturers. www.walthers.com

[@thattexasrailfan4093]

2:01 I have that train too! It’s a Christmas train set where the train runs back and forth on one of those reverse tracks

[@kosmostimber1174]

I would put the decoder in your Hiawatha. Great haul!

[@catcomet7475]

that baby ruth car seems to have a "scout" truck with the hangy down pin 1947 incompatable with normal lionel coupler -phased out in 1953.I'd probably rob the trucks from the red pensy caboose and use them on the baby ruth.

[@jorgel.fernandeziii8278]

That last plastic piece that you said I don’t know what this is it’s actually a piece that goes underneath and between the tracks when you want one of the cars that has the round buttons on the bottom to uncouple you press that the side button and it lets up in the air inside and a couple is the car that’s the purpose of that little black device !!! 🌊🐺

[@jorgel.fernandeziii8278]

The orange baby Ruth and the red caboose are dead knock off for a company called Kuson !!! I’ve seen them go on eBay for less than a dollar and Then see them blow up in price within seven days !!!!’ If they’re allowed to sell the products on auction I was in the of the first week they’re gone and they pay half the prices on the Kuson !!! No the one pulled out that look like it is a pressed steel templates bench into shape it looks like it could be Lionel but it could be Bring ??? It could be any of the other manufactures the times like that especially in a gauge most of the stuff you picked up was incredible as far as you know you got some great deals do you PLUS ; a Fleet of locomotives for an awesome roundhouse!!! Your roster is growing ! And in general we all learn a little bit about each other !!! Keep up the good work !!! 🌊🐺

[@hexxoid9263]

I recently picked up an Athearn Band Drive New Haven RDC for $20 off ebay. Works really good after cleaning!

[@JohnNack]

10:40 that thing is from the pre war era

[@nightisright1873]

The trucks should have a little push tab on the side

[@railfansammy4974]

Nice thats a lot of good stuff

[@Kmaster2007]

O scale trucks need to be replaced to fix couplers, I would suggest getting the Lionel 2 pack of trucks

[@jorgel.fernandeziii8278]

If you plug the controller in you may be in for the shock of your life !!! If what I saw is correct and there is the plug outlet wire separated and connected to the “two top screws” that’s not right !!! It goes into the housing which is usually dead bottom center were it enters and goes up inside ! Please make sure you double check those wires and where they’re connected and if they’re coming out of the transformer correctly I I recognize the transformer from before and I’ve seen dealers take the plug or wire where the plug is and screwed on top to sell it fast !!!! Usually trying to make money out of a burnt out transformer !!! Be careful ! 🌊🐺

[@michaellindsay6735]

Great buy

[@jamessnyder3896]

Nice stuff the tin railroad car is made by marx also be for you set up that track you better clean it first the o scale track ok

[@Petemonster62]

S.M.T. The tin-lithograph livestock car, Glendale station, switch tracks, crossover, & I think the plastic house are Marx products. The tower had an aircraft beacon with red or a red & green lens; Lionel, American Flyer, & Marx all had a version. There is a guy on the Internet who shows how to add track pins to the point rails on Marx switches so the Lionel center-rail pick-up roller will smoothly travel over the space between the rails ( Marx used a " sliding shoe " center rail contact like the Trix Twin engines. ). Benz Trains has some videos about Marx track. I think the Baby Ruth Boxcar & Caboose have Scout couplers that won't mate with the other Lionel couplers. The Robert Grossman Company has many Marx parts! You may eventually want to get a larger, higher wattage Lionel transformer with a whistle switch for your Hudson. The transformer may run your Grandma's Trix Twin engines. The crossover appears to have a round center rail contact in the square plastic center piece that is missing. Try a solution of Dove dishwashing detergent to clean the cars; careful with the old toothbrush around lettering & stripes!

[@Petemonster62]

S.M.T. I tried to find the " Guy on the Internet " website that I had mentioned about, but I no longer can find him. His tip, I believe, was for modifying Marx switch tracks for use with Lionel locomotives. The tip is to use track pins in the fixed center rails that face the " point rails " to span most of the gap, so the Lionel engine's center rail pick-up rollers will move more smoothly when transferring from fixed center rail - to - " points " center rail - to fixed center rail. The roller pick - up assembly can be damaged as the locomotive hits the gaps!

[@Petemonster62]

S.M.T. Please disregard my comment about the Marx crossover track; it is intact. There is no round, center contact - my bad!

[@theoldbayrailfan]

Put the decoder in the Junk parts locomotive

[@rrrailservicehoscalemodelr4734]

$10 for an RDC that needs bands is a pretty good deal.

[@SoPacStudios]

I have one of those “gandy dancers” it runs well and it’s really neat. Hope you get it running.

[@jimstrainsandstuff9539]

Nice lot of bargains there!! Model train stuff is so cheap over there. $5 for all that old tinplate O scale is insane. That stuff can be worth a fortune.

[@alco251b9]

I have the whole set of lemax cars,track, and loco

[@nathandelay]

Cool Collections

[@GreatLakesStateProductions6708]

I now I’m 2 years late lol but that Union Pacific cattle car is a old Marx I have one like it

[@rickclark7846]

that red caboos with no roof is from the 40s.

[@ashevilletrainman6989]

All under 50 ca???!!! The price exchange recently went down but that’s about 38 dollars. Wow great buys!! 2 dollars for that gandy dancer, with that box is a great deal

[@FlyingCrow]

Train shows are the best, aren't they? Nice haul.

[@SMTMainline]

They certainly can be!

[@brockriemer1929]

I have that exact athearn RDC budd car!

[@SteamZRailfan]

Nice haul!

[@jaistorey6839]

this is just an awesome Video liked

[@derfbruin]

The budd rdc that you got looks just like the one I have and you got it for the same price I did

[@spproductions5103]

That a cool lot of stuff

[@foamyes]

the o scale looks like american flyer consists . I own both o scale and HO scale , I like fixing things so O scale is more fun because you can sometimes get them really really cheap but after fixing them , they work like charm. O scale is also good for modifications . The drawbacks for O scale is the tracks , fastrack is too expensive and extremely noisy in my opinions and the old o27 tracks are extremely hard to clean but it's actually unexpectedly quieter than fastrack. personally I dont find HO very attractive to me except some European ones but i do like some highly detailed steam loco and union pacific yellow skin. good findings there ,

[@pcctrolley5813]

7:26 ow this is funny I just jot one yesterday at my local train show

[@pcctrolley5813]

Now

[@dr.trains119]

I have an athearn blue box and the plastic color is grey which I thought was really weird because they’re usually black. Do you know what that means?

[@SMTMainline]

I have no clue, I haven't seen that before.

[@pennsylvania_steam7093]

I have a old diesel locomotive but I didn't run it

[@Engine1988]

Engine 1988 (me): Saves up $80 to buy questionable O scale stuff. SMT Mainline: Buys enough O scale stuff to build a layout for $10.

[@Engine1988]

Speaking of the questionable O scale stuff... THAT SAME BLASTED KIND OF WHISTLE TENDER IS IN THE LOT OF ROLLING STOCK THAT IS THE PRIME FOCUS OF THE $80 WORTH OF TRAINERY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (In case you hadn't noticed, I'm really frustrated about the price of model trains)

[@austinmilich648]

Great deal your lucky to get a box like that for $100-$150+ in Australia

[@SMTMainline]

Wow

[@austinmilich648]

SMT Mainline well I’m guessing that probably isn’t accurate it’s probably lower

[@nicholmansgarage3501]

The old tin car is marx. I dont know if its rare or not.

[@sudriansignalman9387]

The couplings will not connect, however they and be swapped by either cutting off the couplings or swapping the trucks, and the brown stock car is a Marx car, not very rare

[@raymondleggs5508]

The stock car is rare because it has the slotted doors. the non slotted version is common

[@sudriansignalman9387]

@@raymondleggs5508 dude, in the 8 years I've been collecting, I've seen at least 12 slotted versions

[@caboosech]

The brown boxcar is made by marxs

[@verykrabbycoyote8280]

I don't know what kind of model that stock car is but all I know is my grandpa has some of those kinds

[@bodenjohnson2961]

Nice bunch of trains. I don’t know if you’re interested but there is a Train Show in Boise Idaho in January. Also, I have an idea for what you could do with the decoder. If you’d like more info on my idea you can DM me on Facebook or Instagram.

[@lukemiller6230]

That o scale cattle car is Marx don’t go to excited but I’ve never seen a car like that

[@SMTMainline]

It's hard to tell, it seems to be in decent shape although someone else said it was a pretty common unit

[@benjaminokon-uribe9218]

Is bachmann a good starter? Im asking because i just got a bnsf set.

[@SMTMainline]

It's alright, not my favorite brand but there isn't many options at the same price so it may be best.

[@dirtydanstrains1414]

Nice haul. I gotta say though I think you might have got ripped

[@dirtydanstrains1414]

On some of the stuff

[@SMTMainline]

@@dirtydanstrains1414 What stuff Dan?

[@dirtydanstrains1414]

The blue desil engine

[@SMTMainline]

@@dirtydanstrains1414 How much would you have paid for it?

[@dirtydanstrains1414]

SMT Mainline idk if it’s a little different in Canada but in the us I would have paid 5$ to 3$

[@kevinjennerproductions2024]

Oh man they didnt sell. Give em wway. Im in need of some CN units. We dont get them in the US it'd be interesting

[@awesomeaustin5704]

You know how to restore o guage track?! Oh thank goodness I had a terrible eBay experience once were I spent $80 US dollars on some Marx/Lionel track just to find out it was all grimy and rusty. Do you think you can help?

[@SMTMainline]

I'm sorry to hear that, you can submerge them in vine vinegar and that will rid them of rust however just to warn you, it will strip the paint off the ties.

[@nightisright1873]

Actually just take some sand paper and grind it

[@GSMRFan]

Restore and get all the ho trains working

[@doggerbendrailway6002]

If I was buy a rdc I want a rdc 1 without moter to make it in to a nsw loco hual one

[@Graulas]

congrats on getting married

[@metrolinxfan3005]

Try out t scale it is INSANELY small

[@josephwalk1747]

if you want something for under a tree then just buy a good marx train set

[@Engine1988]

I'm not sure if that's weathering or the real thing...

[@Harrisonidk]

Very awesome haul ,I never seen a ho scale christmas train like that before ,also is the cow cather missing on the front or is that how its designed?

[@SMTMainline]

You know I didn't even notice that until you pointed it out

[@CONRAILFAN-oj7kr]

Keep tin one that wind up

[@mad-main-linez7070]

Hey scrumps are you going to do a video testing it all?

[@SMTMainline]

Who knows, maybe the live stream?

[@Lari_Jstravels]

This one guy there last year ripped me off and my ripped my brother off this year

[@Tommy98406]

Hate to burst your bubble but I wouldn't take these items if they were given to me. Most of it I would recycle, what can be recycled.

[@EthanOnThePW]

Just proves Canadian train shows are better then american ones. Lol bout to move to caanada

[@GSMRFan]

Are u going to keep that bad weathered CN locomotive?

[@SMTMainline]

Yes

[@kevinjennerproductions2024]

Mark didnt sell the locomotives cause you sniffed two of em like it was a scented apple candle. Whats up with the triang steam loco

[@MMRails]

LOL

[@GSMRFan]

Is the rdc powered

[@GSMRFan]

I have a dummy one

[@ashevilletrainman6989]

11:37 that has to do with a switch, I think

[@SMTMainline]

Ah, this makes some more sense

[@davidstrainsandlego]

It's for uncoupling

[@CONRAILFAN-oj7kr]

#work out box beachbody

[@adamdennis5617]

2 bucks . what. man

[@juansilveti9336]

oye vendeme ese automotor esta padrisimo

[@aidenerland6916]

Yo

[@telsizci33]

Hi...

[@michaellindsay6735]

2

[@Shadow0fd3ath24]

Damn youre cheap lmao is what i thought till you took home a box of goodies dirt cheap. Canada has an insanely low price for stuff compared to most stuff here at shows. People want $125 for basic DC locomotives at times here

[@SMTMainline]

The flea market is always selling stuff ridiculously cheap. Most shows around here won't sell stuff that cheap. I do like looking for good deals.

[@CONRAILFAN-oj7kr]

Car

[@billytaylor8903]

First

[@GSMRFan]

Not really a gift those decoders are not that good

[@SMTMainline]

I don't see how that doesn't make it a gift, I've had these types of decoders for years with no issues

[@GSMRFan]

@@SMTMainline they just make the good afwl growling sound make the locos performance not 100 pecent