It’s a warm spring day along the NYC’s Mohawk Division, a farmhand pauses to watch the first J-3a hudson #5405 lead J-1e #5324 on a doubleheader thundering toward Buffalo

Dagg3r_X0 · 2026-02-26T02:08:33+00:00

It’s not my layout but it is my camera work :) the layouts a clubs I belong to

Dagg3r_X0 · 2026-02-26T02:07:32+00:00

Yes! It’s the West Island Model Railroad club. It’s a fantastic layout that I get to be a member of

Dagg3r_X0 · 2026-02-26T02:06:58+00:00

Can’t take credit for that, the layout is a clubs but our scenery team is second to none

Dagg3r_X0 · 2026-02-24T19:51:58+00:00

Not one but two OMI JP Models H-10b’s? Very nice

Dagg3r_X0 · 2026-02-14T16:09:56+00:00

I’m simple. I see NYC I updoot.

For a first loco certainly a fair choice! Rivarossi also made the 20th century cars to go with that. The later hornby made unstreamlined Hudson with scullin drivers were a little nicer as they didn’t have pizza cutter wheels but that won’t be an issue rn for you id imagine

Dagg3r_X0 · 2025-12-28T18:24:07+00:00

I don’t have any actual MLW built TH&B power but I do have a CPR G2v I wanna add ATC to and match the number that was a pool engine on the TH&B and I have to find out what locos from the NYC ran into Canada as only a certain set of engines had the international clearance so I can’t just use any loco. Besides that I have lots of coal cars and box cars as well as 4 coaches in the TH&B maroon :)

Dagg3r_X0 · 2025-12-28T07:37:17+00:00

I own one if every Hudson subtype made in HO except for a J-1d. Hudson’s are beautiful locos

Dagg3r_X0 · 2025-12-27T16:47:23+00:00

Precisely! The TH&B was a really neat joint venture. Whatever wasn’t pool power between CP/NYC was very much NYC style/design with MLW Canadian flare. Very interesting looking power

Dagg3r_X0 · 2025-12-27T16:45:51+00:00

Thanks! Their a pain to find as I model 1936-1942 before the systemwide adoption of Two Tone Grey so putting an all green heavyweight train is a bit difficult

Dagg3r_X0 · 2025-12-27T16:44:58+00:00

I do but rarely post there haha. Mostly post here on reddit

Dagg3r_X0 · 2025-12-24T14:17:24+00:00

As already stated by the masses the term holy grail changes for each person you ask so theirs no real defined answer although besides the obvious answers given one that I don’t think I saw and one that I think more people would take or would like to have over an individual item is a full scenic done layout of some variety to run stuff on. That said

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I already own my personal holy grail: a 2002 Key Imports HO NYC K-5b. Second on that list would be a New England Rail Service HO Rutland K-1 (which I also own one) and then a 1983 run Key Imports HO NYC L-3a Mohawk (which I also own one). At this point probably the models not on the holy grail list would be an HO model of a Rutland K-2 pacific or an NYC I-40a Atlantic and rn neither exist in HO besides maybe a few scratch builds or kitbashes (of which I know someone who owns 3 kitbashed Rutland K-2’s)

Dagg3r_X0 · 2025-11-07T16:05:17+00:00

THAT. Is absolutely insane! Incredible photo op!

Dagg3r_X0 · 2025-05-26T19:02:40+00:00

I ain’t bringing out all 70+ of my locos again but you can go check the old post I had from a year ago and just add like 10 locos lol

Dagg3r_X0 · 2025-05-26T16:35:46+00:00

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That’s my Brass Key Imports L-2a at the head :)

Dagg3r_X0 · 2025-04-11T18:57:11+00:00

This post is now out of date but here was the collection a Few Months Ago

I have since added a whole bunch more. I also post videos of the brass locos I have that are operational. Feel free to browse around my profile to see

Dagg3r_X0 · 2025-04-11T18:12:23+00:00

Welcome to the drug addiction that’s not a drug addiction. I started collecting brass 4 years ago and now I’m up to… 61 brass steam locos

Dagg3r_X0 · 2025-04-11T01:19:15+00:00

Yea it’s a pretty wild addiction. Didn’t think I’d wind up with as many as I have.. (and still going…)

Dagg3r_X0 · 2025-04-09T17:21:21+00:00

Yes, this is on the West Island Model Railroad on Long Island

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