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I bought the Walthers Milwaukee depot thinking I could mod it into the Chicago IC depot, but after looking over more details its lots more modding. Now I can actually use the kit as is, but I can't put the whole structure in, so its more a backdrop facade mod.
thats too much doom and gloom perception. As far as rigid wheelbase goes it has plenty of equilization for uneven track. Unlike our model counterparts with stiff unflexing wheelbases. And for specialized parts, its always reproduceable, and for money, start passing the hats around, ready to make some donations?
They will put the engine back together and return it, however condition I don't know. There is 2 years on the lease left, they should give it a last hurrah really and run a farewell trip. The NRM says they will be looking to keep it in operation, the friends of 261 might not be involved but it might take a serious investment group to do what the NRM looks for. Maybe some magic happens since the announcement was made...or not, but its a wait and see, but for now, the engine would get returned
har. as a kid I played with O27, best pullers were the RDC's with magnetraction, they were our locomotives. You didnt put lightweight flat cars at the front, they would get yanked off on the curves with load behind them.
I thnk a true virtual engineer, you wear some electronic gloves, grab your "air" throttle, and pull it, the little model engineer in the cab actually pulls a little throttle and off the engine goes as you wear virtual glasses with a mini camera on the virtual engineer as he can move to your moves, look out the front, pop you head out the window to look back. I think it will be called Wii engineer.
The oldest piece I have constantly owned is my ole 0-4-0 Dockside just about, no longer runs. Oldest of age might be the 2-6-6-6 Winton kit, maybe some Varney cars and engines.
There was or still is a maker called Dyna-models. Check Depots By John I'll point you in a direction http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/NKP/?yguid=21405251
Go to a Rod Stewart concert and work on one there, when the audience raises their Bics lit raise your kit instead. Rod will see that instantly
I think when the railroads retired cabooses you could buy one for 50 bucks, you had to move it off the property tho. The electroliner in Pennsylvania is for sale also. Locomotive Turntables : None available at this time DARN!!
I needed a serious yard to store cars and engines while I work on other parts of the layout, I decided to make Milwaukee and that includes the North Shore Milwaukee terminal. I internetted around looking for Milwaukee maps and found a site with some maps and good old time pics, then found the Yahoo Milwaukee group, and they had a good track map of the Milwaukee road, and I learned the Milwaukee Road station was practically neighbors to the North Shore station. Here we go, first the real pic, the
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