Why some times you don't want to turn your back on your trains while they are running around the layout. My layout takes up my entire basement except one corner. That corner contains my weight machine, free weights rubber bands and my cardio bike. I always run trains while I work thru my exercise routine. It helps take the mind off of the pain. So I was down working out when I realized I could not hear the GP 9. So I went looking for it and the picture is what I found to my horrified surprise. As you can see by the picture the only thing that was keeping the train from the concrete floor was the pilot pushing up against the broken rail. I yelled for my wife to take a picture with her I phone because nobody would believe how lucky I was to not have it hit the floor.
The GP9 is an AM highly modified with tons of detail. Just look at the scratch built pilot. It also has a DSD in it. The head lights will attest to its eagerness to continue. The box car took over a year to build. It is created from wood and a 86 foot HO high cub. The roof alone had months of work in creating all the metal impressions. I still have to install a roof walk. The short ladders I had with no roof walk was to modern. Mike Swederska
