It is actually very simple... If you click the CONTACT button! The e-mail address is listed there. I am glad you like the site -it is nice to get some feedback!!!
regards
ralph
The Home of Articulated Ugliness
I went to your beautiful website Ralph....I could not find your E-mail address.
By the way....I love the stuff on the GG-1's
The first Lowe design was used on the prototype now in the Pennsylvania Rail Road Museum just across the road from the Strasburg Rail Road, in Lancaster County, PA......about 30 miles from home. Her number is 4800 and affectionately known as "Rivets"
They were known as High Wheelers. GG-1, 4876 was the engine that went into the Washington, D.C. Terminal and crashed into the basement. She was recovered , repaired and put back in service. They were serviced in the Wilmington, Delaware Shops.
It's a small world.....during the development of the GG-1, the wheel/traction/weight displacement tests were done on a spur at Baldwin locomotive Works in Eddystone, PA.. No computers here......what they did was clever. Steel plates of a known hardness were placed under the rail along the test track. A ball bearing was placed under the rail between the plate and the rail base. As the GG-1 passed over the rail, the ball bearing would put an indentation in the plate which was in reality a "Rockwell Hardness" test. For their size, the engineer's compartment was really small.
The GG-1 frames were cast in the ground at General Steel Castings. Before GSC closed down, I witnessed castings being made.
Enough already, what's your E-mail address Ralph ?
the Spider
Thanks for the heads up on "The AWNUTS" site.
No bits or pieces are safe around here....I also use use the springs from ball point pens and recently I salvaged the really neat springs from the anti-biotic syringes my wife used after her knee replacement. Some of the Ms's emty cosmetic bottles find their way into my stuff.
I myself had successful cataract replacements this past July.....the plastic lenses have a built in UV filter and 20:20 vision....which I never had.
F.Y.I. I served along side the 1 st British Commonwealth, 3 rd British Commandos, Turks, Aussies and Greeks during the Korean Police Action. I landed on the shores of Inchon in the middle of winter so many years ago. I was with "Co "B", 502 nd Reg, of the 101 st Airbourne Div until I was trasnsferred to 8th Army FWD.
Speaking of AWNUTS, I loved the cartoons of Peter Barnfield. My favorite RR painters is Cuneo and Ted Rose.
For me, the fascination of this hobby is that it allows folks of all backgrounds and ages to share a harmless, healthful pursuit.........no valium needed here.
I plan to post some of my stuff on this site sometime in January, 2009.
If any of you are interested, I will share some of my anecdotal tales of my experiences growing up around Baldwin.
Merry Christmas from Jim Webb, a.k.a. the Spider
This is my second posting and my first on this site.
I'm retired on a fixed income scratch building in roughly a 3/8"=1' scale.
I grew up with railroading in having lived along side the B&O in Darby, PA during WWII. I saw the Royal Blue go by twice a day.........sometimes the bullet nose was used. I lived near Baldwin locomotive Works, General Steel Castings, Sun Ship, J. G. Brill and BUDD......all now gone.
The trolley cross over the B&O at 6 th & Main in Darby is one of the few remaining in the country and is still in use.
Using Bachman wheels and drive boxes, I build freelance style whimseys out of Strathmore Bristol, illustration board and wood cut in my shop. I have a model of the "Toonerville Trolley" seen in Fontaine Fox's famous comic strip.
I'm interested in linking up with other large scale scratch builders to share drawing and techniques. I was an avid fan of the "A N U T S" magazine until they went out of business.
I look forward in hearing from interested folks...
Merry Christmas to you all........The Spider
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