Jim,40 miles would just be a start! Like having an O scale layout with 8' of track! Ron
From what I heard ,now this is 2nd-3rd hand, one of the big problems with 3001 is that some one tried to take out stay bolts with a torch instead...
Sure,always looking for photos of anything Michigan, on the Central. There has been some discussion regarding the use / lack of 6000's on the MC....
Fitz,yes I found some shots of the stack area. I had seen that side before but couldn't find the right side. Oh,one more thing,about the bell....
"Central Headlight" First Quarter 1989,says that 5500 was the first to have the horn on 3/5/47 and that "it is probable that all"...had them...
Fitz The air horns were add ons. They weren't built with them. The whistle was laying down near the stack on the fireman's side (left). The bell...
That was my first guess, connected to the sand lines in some fashion but never saw any photos of the area under the running board that could...
Jim is right I have been scratching my head for a long time trying to figure that one out! Thanks LEW
I have posted this elswhere and haven't received a reply. Perhaps someone here can help. On the Niagara's, each side above the running board,above...
HI JIm My puter had some problems and I have been out of town awhile. Anyhow 8207 and 8208 were nyc class ARS-16,built 1949. 8207 was renumbered...
Sorry to be late in getting this off. From Clevelanad to Toledo would most likely have been Hudson,Mohawk or Niagara until the end of steam then...
Well, Pere Marquette 1225 does still run on some NYC trackage once in awhile in Michigan. Fitz any word on the NYC forum? I tried the "new" one...
From what I have seen most of the "road" electrics had the lighting stripes at some time in their lives.. All Passenger diesels were two tone grey...
Are you working in O scale or HO?
Have a siding with a guy standing there with a hose to water the cattle.....
OH..OK
OK Now to the NYC trucks you brought up. I don't know if they had a special name but they most often are refered to as an "express reefer" truck....
Jim First off ,what's with the time/date on the board? By my calendar it is is still the 4th...and your last post says the 5th.....by my watch it...
Johnny Sorry but you are looking at a max of 50-75 bucks for what you have .
Hank I saw that artcle and I may do one in O scale. I have a question tho; the trucks on the prototype look like regular freight trucks with leaf...
