What attracted me to it was a photo (might have been on the Fallen Flags website) of a RI Whitcomb 44-tonner working one somewhere in Iowa (Des Moines?). While I never expect to have one of the Whitcombs in S scale, I do have an O scale RI version.
Jace Kahn General Manager Ceres & Canisteo RR Co./Champlain County Traction Co. > I bumped into a gentleman from Trempeleau while I was wandering around. It > caught my eye, because I've been to LaCrosse a few times. > > As regards that RI Express boxcar - I don't need it, but I'd be watching over > my shoulder very carefully if I was you. I believe Kindraka's been on a > serious prowl for one of those > > --- In [email protected], JGG KahnSr <jacekahn@...> wrote: > > > > > > I believe that was a couple selling their son's mostly-Burlington > > collection (sad story, if I got the facts right). > > I think the father told me he taught at Winona State (geography?), and if > > memory serves, his nametag had > > Trempeleau WI on it. Can't come up with a name, however. > > From that collection I bought a custom-painted PRS RI express boxcar--but > > you can't have it... > > I ALMOST bought their RI AM flatcar, but by then I had bought so much else > > at the Fest that I was feeling > > tapped out. > > > While at the S Fest in St. Louis last month, I came across two PRS > > > 40-foot boxcar kits in boxes marked "undecorated". When I inspected them, > > > they were in "old school" CB&Q colors. Since I had Rock Island on the > > > brain, I put them back. > > > > > > Only after I was half way back home did my brain begin to function, and I > > > realized I could have used those two cars. Did anybody else see them, and > > > know who had them for sale? They were at the end of the aisle beside > > > American Models (West), I think. > > > > > > Alternately, does anybody know off hand where I can find a couple of > > > them. I think I saw a kit in the newer Chinese Red scheme, too, but I'm > > > waiting for Andre to present me with one of those for being such a nice > > > guy :<) > > > > > > Bob Nicholson __________________________________________ [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: [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/
