PASMITH wrote:George, from your last quote:""And the sons of Pullman porters and the sons of engineers ride their father's magic carpet made of steel...""George, somehow, these seem to be appropriate words for this thread. Do you recall the name of V & O's crack passenger train and if so, where is Willie Nelson or Arlo Guthrie when you need them?Peter Smith, Memphis
Ridge Runner. It;'s on the side of the boxcar and he has an Amtrak Train called rthat mentioned in the Pentrex video.
-Morgan
Dean-58 wrote:...RMC published the series in book form, some years back, but I don't know if it's still available. Will one of the Brethren please check this out for those of us with NO MEMORY? ...
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RMC published the series in book form, some years back, but I don't know if it's still available. Will one of the Brethren please check this out for those of us with NO MEMORY? ...
Yep, scroll down
http://www.rrmodelcraftsman.com/depot.html
Enjoy
Paul
Dean-58 wrote: RMC published the series in book form, some years back, but I don't know if it's still available. Will one of the Brethren please check this out for those of us with NO MEMORY?
RMC published the series in book form, some years back, but I don't know if it's still available. Will one of the Brethren please check this out for those of us with NO MEMORY?
I purchased this book this year at the Amherst show from Carsten's stand. Should still be available and if my memory serves me correct, RMC usually has a seperate ad for the V & O story in the magazine and doesn't list with the rest of their books
Chris
does Kalmbach need to expand? They should totally buy the house.
Or maybe we all can pool money together to buy it?
Cheers
Roger T.
Home of the late Great Eastern Railway see: - http://www.greateasternrailway.com
For more photos of the late GER see: - http://s94.photobucket.com/albums/l99/rogertra/Great_Eastern/
corsair7 wrote:Another of my favorite railroads is Bruce Chubb's but I haven't seen anything about it or an article by him in years.Irv
Irv
Gary
rogertra wrote:The V&O is completely gone. It doesn't exist anymore. At least by the time you read this. The house has been sold and the new owners wanted the railway gone, so it has.
Gone as in what hapened to it? it's in pieces in a storage facility? ebay'd? sold back to the hobby shop? *Gulp* pitched?
Perhaps the better line in this case would be:"The passengers will please refrain: This train got the disappearin' railroad blues".
Larry
Conductor.
Summerset Ry.
"Stay Alert, Don't get hurt Safety First!"
TA462 wrote:I read in the June issue of Scale Rails, the NMRA magazine, that the V&O was being dismantled. Allen had a big fair well party and the guys that regularly ran the layout sold cars, loco's, buildings etc from it.
I read that too. But you must realize that by the time an article gets published its at least 2 - 3 months old and possibly older. So I wouldn't consider what you read as being the latest word on the fate of the V & O.
I don't think Allen is actually that old. I believe he is around 74 or so. He was born in the mid 30s IIRCC from various articles I've read over the years. I also remember his first MR cover, read the RMC series, the first printing book, et. al. He has been a giant in the hobby, and I don't think we've seen the last of him!
David
DavidH wrote: I don't think Allen is actually that old. I believe he is around 74 or so. He was born in the mid 30s IIRCC from various articles I've read over the years. I also remember his first MR cover, read the RMC series, the first printing book, et. al. He has been a giant in the hobby, and I don't think we've seen the last of him! David
I certainly would welcome another article or several on his new layout or even on his "good enough" philosophy. Afterall, if you want to superdetail the heck out of your layout, you'll probably need several lifetimes to do it and never get to run anything either.
Who the *oops, paint spill* wouldn't want the V&O in their basement?!???? God *** are some people stupid.
::end vulgar rant::
BRAKIE wrote: PASMITH wrote:George, from your last quote:""And the sons of Pullman porters and the sons of engineers ride their father's magic carpet made of steel...""George, somehow, these seem to be appropriate words for this thread. Do you recall the name of V & O's crack passenger train and if so, where is Willie Nelson or Arlo Guthrie when you need them?Peter Smith, Memphis Perhaps the better line in this case would be:"The passengers will please refrain: This train got the disappearin' railroad blues".
I have both Allegheny Midland and V&O cars on the Maryland & West Virginia. One of my favorites though is a V&O Ridge Runner boxcar. That one won't be offered as a special, that's for sure.
My favorite story was when I went to Ohio for a Mini Bunch meet in the 90s before the destruction of V&O original. I stopped off at a hobby shop that was apparently near Allen's home and sitting on top of a display case was the V&O's RDC. I quickly asked the clerk how much it would be. When he replied $35, my hand went to my wallet so fast, my pants nearly caught fire. He carefully took it down and went to the rear of the shop (I presumed to wrap it) and came back a few minutes later to tell me that he couldn't sell the piece after all; it was on display. ARRRGH!
Allen, if you're reading this and that RDC is still around....
FYI Dr Bruce Chubb is still hosting multiple OPS sessions each month as well as authoring an extensive series on Railroad signaling in RMC.
Karl Scribner
Sunfield Twp. Michigan
Kentucky Southern Railway
k9wrangler FYI Dr Bruce Chubb is still hosting multiple OPS sessions each month as well as authoring an extensive series on Railroad signaling in RMC.
For that, you dug up an eight year old thread ?
Mark.
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Found this thread researching something else and decided to add comment. Sorry it upset you.