I rode a varity of them. The ride up front in the one on the Frankfort & Cincinnati was a bit different.
Dave Davis (of Columbus) had his movie camera going. We were both standing next to the motorman. We were clipping along at a fair speed, then into a deep cut with a curve. All of a sudden the motorman hit the brakes. But too late, right thru a large flock of sheep we slid. What a mess that was. John Armstrong ----- Original Message ----- From: JGG KahnSr To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 6:11 PM Subject: RE: {S-Scale List} Doodlebug At least today you were posting the hyperlink as I was sending the cited message. I've been on the doodlebug chatlist for a number of years and it is essentially moribund: occasionally some nasty hacker/spammer will invade it to spread trash around. Jace Kahn General Manager Ceres & Canisteo RR Co./Champlain County Traction Co. On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 10:04 AM, JGG KahnSr <[email protected]> wrote: Somewhere I recall seeing a roster of Sperry rail-detector cars, and quite a few, perhaps most, were rebuilt from gas-electrics (cheaper converting a second-hand self-propelled unit than buying new); perhaps someone can give the reference. So there probably would be a secondary market in S scale for those that wanted to redetail one and paint it yellow. Jace Kahn I thought I posted this somewhere.... http://trainweb.org/elso/SRSROST1.HTM There's even a Yahoo list for Doodlebugs at http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/doodlebugs And here's a wide assortment of Doodlebugs: http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/srchThumbs.aspx?srch=doodlebug Ken __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 6881 (20120213) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 6881 (20120213) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com
