Dave, beware of the slippery slope ---
Chuck (modeling Central Japan in September, 1964)
Used to trainwatch at Waterloo, IN when it was NYC then the merger. Shot some film there too.
There was a branch that ran from Ft Wayne to Waterloo that ended or crossed sometime. GR&I that is. A friend walked it all the way from Ft Wayne and we met him up at Waterloo and took him home. Active line, so the action was hot, double track, trains taking the crossovers to do a pass or whatever. Then The passenger train would come and stop. Time went by and the passengers didnt stop. The depot was closed and moved, I guess maybe as a historical spot or museum, dunno. Whatatyme.
We'd watch the signals and guess what the action might be, a train might come screamin thru or hit the crossover, or the local came by and did a little work, the engine sometimes there idling away.
Then we go and hit Pops, a little Ice Cream spot run by this fella, just some little trailer sized place in the middle of the sidewalk, and get cones or Ice cream or floats.
Very quaint little thing.
Amen to that andre!
Dave, here's what you giotta do - go outside, find some coal, light said coal, breathe deep... and come back to the light side
-Dan
Builder of Bowser steam! Railimages Site
Dave Vollmer wrote: Oh yeah? Just wait until I do the CR - PC black loco paint-out!I can't wait until I get a chance to do one of these babies:
Oh yeah? Just wait until I do the CR - PC black loco paint-out!
I can't wait until I get a chance to do one of these babies:
Brethren and Sistern. I say Brethren and Sistern. Let us pray for our poor benighted brother Dave who has lost his way and now wanders in the wilderness of Penn Central despair. Only with constant prayer can our brother be returned from the outer darkness to the paths of righteousness that he may walk in the light. Can I get an "Amen"?
Andre
Modeling the Rio Grande Southern First District circa 1938-1946 in HOn3.
Dave, that's just WRONG.
On so many levels.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
From the far, far reaches of the wild, wild west I am: rtpoteet
Watch that slide into CR timeframe, you may have to remodel everything! That being said, Walthers used to make a decal set that was a for PC boxcar that had been relettered for CR. It's a rusty car with the PC noodle and reporting marks painted out in jade green
George In Midcoast Maine, 'bout halfway up the Rockland branch
Hi, Dave!
The next thing you need is a figure painted up to represent Stuart Saunders. Tree, noose and angry stockholders optional.
Welcome to the dark side Dave!
Penn central RULES!
Carl T.
I did it!
I've been eyeing a MicroTrains 50' smooth-side Penn Central boxcar at my LHS for some time. At $13.95 (-15% club discount since I've diplayed my layout at his show), it's a fair price indeed.
So today I bought it.
There are some discrepencies from the prototype (most noticble being the door and the style of lettering above the car number):
...but otherwise a beautiful car. I plan to use the lower photo as a weathering guide.
My 5-year-old son is obsessed with Amtrak and with the occasional Conrail GP38-2 used as a helper in and out of our town of Apex, NC (so named because the SAL, now CSX, climbs grades from both sides).
So I thought maybe developing a late PC/early CR/Amtrak roster would help keep my tiny layout interesting until I can go bigger. Who knows; I may even stay PC/CR and make the retro-Pennsy equipment I have now become the special run stuff.