Doug, Any chance of getting any new photos of the U33C posted to the group? -- John Henning
--- In [email protected], "Doug Peck" <doug@...> wrote: > > Well, after another 22 hours of drive-time, my wife and I returned home > from St Louis late Monday night. What did we find?.......snow on the > ground (not a surprise), trees and limbs down all around, and the entire > area out of power since Saturday evening ! As I write this, there is > still no power for several miles around, with minor exceptions. Luckily > for us, a year ago we installed a permanent stand-by generator system > which kicked in as soon as the power went out. Without it, we'd have > found a fridge and freezer full of spoiled food, and melt-water from > them all over the floors. Exactly the reason we made the decision to > invest in this.....I highly recommend it to all! We're the only house in > the entire area with full power these past 3 days. > > > > Anyway.......S-Fest content: we displayed, on loan from Lionel, a > production-run Challenger, and a pre-production NoPac U33, and they drew > a LOT of attention and scrutiny. Maybe I missed it, but so far I have > seen no comments on the list from anyone, with their reactions to these > engines (the Challengers are shipping to distributors and dealers now). > With all of the comments and sight-unseen criticisms that have been > posted over the past several weeks, I'd really like to see reactions > from those who actually saw them last week. My impression was that most > everyone was very positive about them both, and saw excellent potential > in modifying the U33 by the "scale crowd". > > Anyone care to chime in here? > ------------------------------------ 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: [email protected] [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/
