We are now a real railroad....sorta

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hminky

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From: Dover, DE
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We are now a real railroad....sorta

Posted by hminky on Tuesday, June 7, 2005 6:34 PM

The first lettered Pacific Coast Air Line Railway car. A MDC old time stock car backdated to the 1870's in OO by the addition of HO 36" wheels to represent the 33" OO wheels.

The decals were printed on an ALPS MD-1000. Engineer Bill and the crew are really excited about having a PcalRwy car. Now the underframe and trucks need a coat of paint.

Just a thought
Harold

cheese3

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Posted by cheese3 on Tuesday, June 7, 2005 7:15 PM

That looks really good! Excellent work and congrats on the first PCAL car.[^]

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, June 7, 2005 8:11 PM

Very Nice!

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, June 8, 2005 12:06 AM

You go Harold!... Looking good.

Trainluver1

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JohnT14808

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Posted by JohnT14808 on Saturday, June 11, 2005 9:18 PM

Way to go!!....but how is that 4-4-0 going to pu***he stock car....I can't see a coupler on the front??!?! ( Which has been my main complaint about these style locos....) The car looks real good, tho......

selector

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Posted by selector on Saturday, June 11, 2005 9:35 PM

Looks like you're right on ...uh...well...track, Harold. [tup]

hminky

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Posted by hminky on Sunday, June 12, 2005 5:54 AM

QUOTE: I can't see a coupler on the front??!?!

The Pacific Coast Air Line is changing to 1870's link an pins, there is a link on the front of the locos to couple to the car drawbar:

I have a web article about the initial steps in developing the system at:

http://www.pacificcoastairlinerr.com/1879/cars/couplers/

Thank you if you visit
Harold

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