DLewis0163@... wrote: You could still find TOC 4-4-0's used on local lines. There was a Michigan/Wisconsin logging line about that time that exclusively used 4-4-0's on it's follow the hill down

On Sun, 29 Oct 2000 21:32:31 -0600, "George Gilbert" <grgilbert@...> writes: Post war modeling allows people to model the steam-diesel transition era. We also get to have some of the most

<<You could still find TOC 4-4-0's used on local lines. There was a Michigan/Wisconsin logging line about that time that exclusively used 4-4-0's on it's follow the hill down to the bottom of the

Just to help me get a picture here, what is the easrliest loco you would expect on a branchline and the newest loco on a mainline in, say 1932 in the Iowa,Illinois,Wisconsin area.

Tom Knowles wrote: You'd enjoy the 0-8-0 fireless at the Penn Ry museum in Strasbourg. Streamlined no less. Mike Bauers

The comment about post 1945 selling best always puzzled me. I have always thought the earlier eras ( say 1880 to maybe 1920's ) when the steam was THE dominant land transporation machine were much

I have a Porter Locomotive Works catalog that shows a fireless cooker as a stock item, ugly ugly ugly. But beauty is certainly in the eye of the beholder. When I lived in Indianapolis in another

Mike, According to Worley it was built by Baldwin in 1924. It reason for existence was to switch underground tracks in Dallas. It was scrapped in 1948. Jon Miller AT&SF For me time has stopped

Hi guys, I just bought a nice little birthday present for myself. A Westside Model Company, HO Santa Fe, Fireless Cooker, 0-6-0 ATSF #2299. I've never seen a 'bottle' rigged for steam like this one

"aidrian.bridgeman-sutton" wrote: Just put very thin scribed and stressed plastic or wood on top of that checker plate. It will simply look like it is sitting on a supporting framework if anyone

In a message dated 10/28/00 10:13:58 PM Pacific Daylight Time, mwbauers@... writes: << what company actually made this wild pressure cooker for AT&SF ? >> Baldwin, 1924. Santa Fe had

In a message dated 10/28/00 3:19:37 PM Pacific Daylight Time, aidrian.bridgeman-sutton@... writes: << Pet grumble of the moment. Why do model manufacturers persist in making the running

Pet grumble of the moment. Why do model manufacturers persist in making the running boards of their models with simulated chequer plate? It was used on some later engines, but for most North American

Someone was nice enough to send me pictures of two Bachmann HO scale shays that were at the Chicago Show. If these pictures are any indication of the quality of these engines, than they are possibly

I have found out that the Hobby Show will be at the Rosemont convention center in Chicago. From what I have read it will be open to the public Sat 21st and Sunday the 22nd.

I recieved the following on the Pennsy list that I am on. I am not sure if this is true or merely a rumor, but the person listed the following for Life Like's second run of the 0-8-0. April 2001 0-8-0

Everything I have seen calls it the "Hobby Show" I do not know who the show is open to. There are a couple web sites like www.onerrave.com that are pretty good about telling what was shown at the

I live near Chicago. What show? Don Lewis

I wonder if we will see any anouncements on new steam at the Chicago show. I think last year Bachmann announced the shay and Russian at the show. Maybe Bachmann will have a preproduction sample of the

Its fine operating characteristics make it a joy to operate and no doubt has prompted a few of us to liquidate some diesels on eBay. ;-) Thomas Beutel San Francisco Redwoods and Pacific