Gary, Thanks for the update on Tom's status.
Tom Boldt has been a good friend of mine for many years, We first
corresponded when he wrote me a letter from California (obtaining my address
from the NSAG directory I might add) saying he was recently discharged from the
Army and a recent first time Dad. He and his young wife and new son were moving
back to Western New York and he had planned to build a layout based on the B&O
(former BR&P) out of Buffalo. He wanted to meet me and we set up a day to get
our families together and talk S scale.
We remained friends over the years while he still lived in the area and we
even worked together at his landscaping business, a spin off of his Dad's
Evergreen Farm and Nursery. I was out of work at the time due to one of many
layoffs from the railroad and Tom was kind enough to give me work to keep the
wolves at bay. One job we did (with two other furloughed guys, one a railroader
and the other a trucker)was installing over 150 full size railroad ties in a
retaining wall and stairway, what a job, all muscle, sweat, and grunts!
Tom at some point decided to get into custom painting and later added custom
detailing. His early efforts however caused him some health issues when he had
ingested paint overspray through the skin in his hands and wrists. Rubber
gloves were never given a thought as he used a paint booth and mask. A lesson
learned the hard way!
I acquired from Tom a started project for an Erie RR 250 ton heavy duty
depressed flat from two pieces of AF depressed die cast flats. He felt he would
never get around to doing the the final assembly so gave it to me. I since came
across a couple good photos of the prototype on the website FallenFlags.org. It
is for this car I need the metal walkway material similar or the same as Bill
Lane is searching for. The walkways on the Erie flat are for the end platforms
which are separate from the main car and are above the pedestal span bolster. I
have added two pics to the photos section as erie7295bdb and erie7295ddb. The
first pic somewhat shows an overhead view of the expanded metal material on the
end platforms.
Bud Rindfleisch
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