Hopefully they were going away from you when you tried to get on there Bob. Either way it was a surprise when they weren't there. The WP still had a couple of units with them when I hired out in 79 and they sure were useful when using those low cut levers on the engine.
Greg --- In [email protected], "shabbona_rr" <user141771@...> wrote: > > We always called them "footboards". Imagine the thrill in the middle of the > night when you stepped for one and it wasn't there. That's how we on the > front lines discovered the RR's were removing them. > > Bob Nicholson ___________________________________________ > > > --- In [email protected], JGG KahnSr <jacekahn@> wrote: > > > > > > The FRA, successor to the ICC, with more generations of bureaucratic > > bumblers behind it, decreed that there would be no morepilot steps on > > locomotives, which led to sad butchery on many rather historic items. > > Perhaps they were inspired by OSHA, or theState of California (there are > > other contenders for the premier nanny state title, such as Minnesota where > > I currently sojourn, butCalifornia is still the champion) to protect people > > from themselves and potential stupidity. > > > > Jace Kahn > > > > General Manager > > Ceres & Canisteo RR Co./Champlain County Traction Co. > > > > > > > > > > > > To: [email protected] > > From: rirocket@ > > Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:04:38 -0600 > > Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} American Flyer U-33C > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Two questions, sir: > > > > 1. How would accommodate the various shapes > > of these pilot areas? Surely they are not all the same. > > > > 2. What " Illegal" pilot steps. > > > > > > Thanks Much. > > > > DJE > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: > > Bob Werre > > > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 9:53 > > AM > > Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} American > > Flyer U-33C > > > > > > > > More than once, I've thought that I've needed to fill in the pilot holes > > in > > my PA's, GP-35's etc. etc.! It seem that most of our engines could use a > > simple urethane (or similar) casting to make these a quick simple > > appearance > > enhancement. I filled the front of my U 25B's when I re-detailed those > > units, but then you realize how many engines need the work you sort of go > > drift into other projects. > > > > I think somebody doing this could > > make a tidy little business making up little mini kits for most of our > > engines--AM--SHS and now Lionel/AF. Additionally more modern versions of > > the front pilots (less the illegal front steps) would help keep our > > railroads > > from receiving those pesky government fines! Go to it Bill! > > > > Bob > > Werre > > PhotoTraxx > > > > > > > > > > All, > > > > I am in the very last leg of a > > major project which I will report on later maybe this week. Some time > > before spring springs I could investigate making a new pilot or some > > other > > part which more easily converts the U33 into a fixed scale coupler loco > > if > > someone cares to send me theirs to look at. I think with reasonable > > surety I will not be buying the U33 because it is too new for my > > era. > > > > > > Thank You, > > Bill > > Lane > > > ------------------------------------ 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/
