an experiment in picture posting

[Anonymous]

just wanna see if this woiks:

[Anonymous]

How did you do that!!!!!!

[dknelson]

Well it woiks! Alas. The CB&Q painted their excursion 4-8-4 in that gold scheme in the mid 1960s. Then a change of heart by the railroad caused them to discontinue the steam program. Their 2-8-2 4960 was donated to Wisconsin's Mid Continent Museum and eventually became the Grand Canyon RR's locomotive where I believe it still runs today. But that great 4-8-4 (5632 I think) was bought by a rather eccentric guy, he stored it on a siding near Chicago, failed to pay rent, failed to move it when ordered to by a court, made the locomotive impossible to tow -- so it was cut up for scrap -- in the 1980s mind you! What a pity. It wasn't the only steam locomotive he lost either.
Dave Nelson

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: just wanna see if this woiks:

Nobody seemed to mind that I posted a picture.
http://www.trains.com/community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=10016
There have not been many picture posts in the past as far as I can tell, but I can't seem to find any reason for it.

Nice picture there. Now that's a nice prototype reason not to paint a brass model.

[Anonymous]

hmmm... I didn't notice that post. ah well, the how-to is in there.