My layout is going to be free lanced. But I want to get the motive power first so I know it will look right on the layout...Don't want to build a 4x8 and have a Big Boy on it. So I plan on building the layout around the locomotives.

chucknlead, for the tender all I did was take the spectrium Vanderbuilt tender and swaped the boreds with teh IHC one. very easy to do. for the boiler it took some modifying of the Rivarossi shell. Mine is still under weight but i'm trying to fix that...

Sheldon, I am currently in the negoation phase trying to take mty dad into where i want to put it. Once i get the territory done then the planning will begin.( I feel like I'm in a court room when it comes to negotionation days)

chucknlead,

   I've got three of the IHJC 2-10-2's 2 in B&O and 1 in C&O....1 of the B&O i have i put the Rivarossi Shell on and changed the tender. Looks good.

Well today i picked up two GP7's in C&O by LLP2K at 71.99 each. thats #'s 54 and 55 and I'm $25.51 away from teh $5,000 Mark on engines alone.

McHenry puts out kunckle couplers to replace teh horn hooks, its #52 I believe. #'s 53 and 54 are the Heavyweights.

Failed to menchon that the Rivarossi 2-8-4 was As Is and was in need of repair, which was already done(2 things wrong with it but they were fixed within 20 minutes)...I also failed to menchon I work at M B Kleins one of the largest train stores in the US.

I just can't stop buying engines! I bought numbers 49, 50, 51 at the GSMTS (VHTF IHC 4-8-2 in B&O $60 LLP2K 0-6-0 B&O $130 and a B&O 4-6-2 $40) and today I got numbers 52 and 53! (Rivarossi 2-8-4 RF&P $49.99(was gonna repaint it but it looks too nice in RFP) and a 0-8-0 C&O $150).

And lookin through the Bachmann Cataloge i found even more I want to get....the B&O 4-4-0 Royal Blue....hey bach-man any word on coaches for it since you guys use to make that era coach?....B&O Doodlebug and trailer...and the AFT GS4...somebody help me!!! haha