---Hi Guys,
Covered Hopper galore, I think the cement plant just up the
road has gone to Daves head !!!!! :-) I like the idea of a Hi-Nose
GP38 tho'.
Don MacDougall
London, UK.
>
> --- In [email protected], "John Degnan" <Scaler164@> wrote:
> Take the early-to-mid GeePs, for instance... a great many of them
are
> still in use today, so they could be justifiably used by both early
> transition-era modelers as well as those of the modern era.
>
> Hi John, Yep, the local freight was pulled by GP38-2 and GP40-
2's
> yesterday, an a while back it was SD40-2's. I don't recall when
these
> locos were produced but they look great now in their fading
glory. I
> could go for a tall cool American models or SHS GP40-2 right now! I
> know OMI made a GP38-2 but I don't like to spend money on brass
and I
> prefer mass produced drive trains. I doubt many newcomers to the
hobby
> in general or to S scale would also be buying brass.
> Remember Athearn HO blue box models were a large part of the
> reason HO had a big run from the 50's to now, but athearn is
getting
> all high minded so the time is ripe for a new kid on the block to
> carry the banner for the poor boy. Why not S this new generation?
For
> reference Weaver makes some O scale models that would be ideal if
they
> were S size instead, made in USA, simple to assemble, many, many
paint
> schemes, modest cost,continuous production, very sturdy. I'd fill
up
> my shelves with something like that if I could.
> Meanwhile I'm playing with N scale just cause it's so available
and
> so cheap, A cement hopper costs $5 plus postage! a whole train
load of
> them fits on my desktop, and I love hoppers! Check it out
> http://pweb.netcom.com/~ctxm/gacx7996.jpg
> Sitting on code 55 track it looks sorta like flyer
hirail!!...dave
>
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