TUSCAN FINGERNAILS: A dread disease to be avoided at all costs by model railroaders of any scale, weight or persuasion. Once infected, victims should be quarantined, preferably in a gray, lightning-striped asylum.
There used to be a mental health hospital in downtown Toronto, the address of which, 999 Queen Street, was known to all. I remember two guys standing on a corner, talking. One of them had just walked by the place. He remarked on all the people behind the tall, iron fence, sitting in lawn chairs and reading Trains Magazine. regards ... pqr ----- Original Message ----- From: thebrassbasher To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, December 12, 2008 3:15 PM Subject: {S-Scale List} Re: PRR Brass Steam Locomotives I was curious. If SP hasen't already become a very large segment of brass steam, it soon will be. Now, I , on the other hand though have been leaning towards the READING, lately. At least as far as standard gauge. I seriously doubt there will ever be a D&RGW standard gauge steam locomotive produced in "S". This is all well and good since I can't seem to keep my hands from reaching for my wallet when it comes to brass steam. Very serious disease you know, and I don't think there is a cure for it either. I was told that the only thing worse was having, "Tuscan Fingernails", whatever that means. Rusty In [email protected], "raisinone" <raisin...@...> wrote: > Like anything else, it depends on how you slice it... If you count > by in-the-box, delivered physically different models, my guess is > the number will be over 50. RRM (if my back of envelope count is > correct) contributed 20 physically different steam locomotive > models: 9 SP; 6 C&O; 2 NYC and one each PRR, NKP and PM. > > Then you have to add models from OMI, Omnicom, SWM and Sunset. I > don't know all the numbers, but the SP guys may actually have more > purpose built brass steam locmotive models in S scale than NYC or > PRR. Not sure, I'll let others run to the basement and start > counting! It is an interesting question though... > > Jim K. > [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/
