Sorry, that e-mail is [email protected] Mike B.
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> Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2011 10:40:09 -0500
> Subject: RE: {S-Scale List} Collecting........who me?
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> I also have a thing for Demo Diesels and have plans to incorporate some into
> my future layout plans. I am looking for a pair of the TM-1 and 2 Demo AM
> TrainMasters in unused, new condition for a reasonable price if anyone would
> like to part with a set.Please respond off line if interested. Thanks,Mike B.
> To: [email protected]
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> Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2011 20:02:00 -0400
> Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Collecting........who me?
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> How many Pennsy and PC locos are hidden under the layout??????????
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> Of course there was nothing greater than watching lightning striped locos
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> John Armstring
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> From: Ed
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> To: [email protected]
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> Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2011 1:02 PM
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> Subject: {S-Scale List} Collecting........who me?
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> > All your protests not withstanding, it
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> > appears you're a collector at heart after all.
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> > Ed Kozlowsky
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> Now Ed K......
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> It might appear I am a collector, but actually it is just the opposite. Every
> engine I have strictly and without variance fits into the NYC 1948-1958 theme
> of the layout. So I am very selective about what I spend money on. If'n it
> does not "fit", then I do not buy it.
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> Whoops.....one exception: I do have a working S scale Thomas the Tank Engine
> for the benefit of young visitors. But that is it! That is the only loco not
> consistent with the layout theme.
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> Double Whoops, I also have a River Raisin Models UP Turbine which is yellow
> instead of two-tone gray. However I can justify that by stating that loco was
> built by GE in their Erie, PA facility and traveled on NYC tracks on the way
> to Omaha for delivery to the customer. Just don't ask me how to justify that
> loco running alongside the Hudson River. Those kinds of questions are not
> appreciated. Nor should you ask why the tender is attached since the real UP
> attached the tender after delivery. But those are the only two locos outside
> of my chosen theme.
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> Triple Whoops, I just remembered that one entire corner of the layout is
> crawling with WSLCo. stuff like a Shay, Heisler, log skeleton cars, etc. Not
> to mention a Samson articulated on loan to the the WSLCo. Logging is of
> interest to me and so I succumbed to the lure. I just like the monkey motion
> of Shays if the truth were known. But having one isolated Shay would not be
> realistic. And so and entire logging/lumbering operation was created. Only
> one person, so far, has commented on the 20th Century Limited being passed by
> a Shay pulling log cars. He has never been invited back again. But those are
> the only five locos outside of my chosen era and locale.
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> Quadruple Whoops, There is also an RS-11 which Sam McCoy sold me at a recent
> O SCALE WEST convention. It came professionally painted with the NYC
> lightning stripes and had been test run only. The price was unbelievable
> since Jim Kindraka and Dick Karnes had already passed on the opportunity. So
> Sam sold it for a song. I sang Happy Birthday to Sam. It is a bit odd since
> the NYC cancelled it's order for these locos and ALCO later sold them off to
> the D&H. But it does have lightning stripes which counts for something. Just
> don't ask me to justify it running alongside the Hudson River. But those are
> the only six locos not consistent with my era, locale and road.
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> Quintuple Whoops, I just remembered the RS-32s. Got 'em from Bert Cutler as
> he was trying to escape the clutches of the S scale fraternity. (Still with
> us Bert?) They were new and quite inexpensive (thanks Bert) and I could not
> resist. They were not painted and lettered, but are now the only NYC diesels
> not in lightning stripes. A bit overly modern, but I like them. Only one
> chop-nosed loco is not too many -- is it? They are close to "fitting in" and
> are "off" by only a little bit. But those are the only seven locos not
> consistent with.....well you get the idea by now.
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> Sextuple Whoops, I just remembered my fleet of demo diesels which is under
> construction (mostly painting, actually). The fleet started with American
> Model's Trainmaster demonstrators which offered some wild colors in contrast
> to the stately elegance of two-tone gray. The red-yellow-silver-black paint
> scheme sure livend things up around here. No wonder they were called "circus
> wagons" by the folks back then. They did run the Trainmaster demonstrators
> alongside steam locos on the NYC. So it fits in with everything pretty well.
> Still, the NYC never purchased any Trainmasters and so, in a sense, it really
> does not belong. Then there is the BUDD demo RDC (currently being painted and
> lettered), the EMD demo FTs (finished except for decoders), and the next demo
> loco is the EMD E-8 in blue-yellow-white complete with the ET-909 test car in
> matching paint. The ET-909 is being constructed by kit-bashing an F-3 B unit
> which is exactly how the prototype was created.
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> I have fallen in love with demonstrator locos and have a small fleet of them
> in various phases of contstruction and painting. None of the demo diesels
> have lightning stripes, but I am in love with all the colorful paint schemes
> which are actually authentic for their time periods. No need for weathering
> either since the demos were kept clean as much as possible. Everyone should
> have some demo diesels running around. How many do you have?
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> And so, as you can see, I am very strict about following the exact time frame
> and paint schemes as used by the NYC. My interests are quite narrowly focused
> and exceptions are not taken lightly.
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> Just because my fleet of "exceptions" exceeds the entire roster of other
> modelers is no reason to call me a "collector" (even if it looks that way).
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> Cheers...Ed L.
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