I didn't realize that Enhorning actually had extrusions done. Would they be the same as what Midgage had AF do for him? I have several car-length pieces from those extrusions; one has an AF boat-tail bolted to it that came from Doc Johnson. DJE
----- Original Message ----- From: Bud Rindfleisch To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, November 03, 2008 10:49 AM Subject: {S-Scale List} more to Enhorning Hi guys, I too, like Tom Baker, had that Spring of '64 S Ga Herald as my first issue (later acquiring some older issues back to 1962 from a buddy leaving for Viet Nam). I also had an A-B F unit on order from the Enhornings, at this time in Ludington. Like everyone else, after several year's wait and much correspondence with assurances they would be made, my wife and I drove up there from Buffalo, about an 8 hr trip. (hey gas was less than a buck a gallon then) They were very cordial and welcomed me in to their well equipped shop. I could see they had good intentions. I saw the actual dies used to make the F shells, a unique die that had interchangeable fixtures that enabled them to make both the A and B. The shell, as Don correctly mentions was a phase IV F-3 (F-7 "horizontal" grills with two lengthwise roof slots for the F-3 dynamic brake grids) the cab/nose however was a different animal. While being one of the better, in any scale at that time, bulldog nose contours it had E-8 style flush numberboards. The cab side sand hatch filler doors were also in the lowered location like an E unit. They did however, have clear plastic EMD F numberboards as separate castings I managed to talk them into giving me a bunch of shells and a slew of decals in an equivalent amount to my full down payment. The fun part was, I was able to hand pick my shells and got all straight ones. They are still straight to this day. They had no "B's" at that time. What no one has mentioned yet was the proposed aluminum passenger cars they were going to make. I saw several extrusions about 6-7' long just waiting to be cut to 60' and 80' lengths and have windows punched out. These were quite similar to Am Flyer's original aluminum cars. I got a couple pair of their passenger trucks in the deal which in no time at all disintegrated into Zamac dust. Bud Rindfleisch [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
