Hey Bill! Glad to hear you love your new loco! Glad to see FNF return! Sent from my iPhone
On Apr 6, 2012, at 6:07 PM, "scale S only" <[email protected]> wrote: > [Attachment(s) from scale S only included below] > It’s time to revive the Friday Night Fun ... > > For the last couple of weeks the honey-do list has kept me a bit busy and > away from the trains. Spring has also sprung, and so garden work is already > coming into play. > > But this week – goodies!! I got my new RRM 0-6-0 and a separate USRA > tender! The tender got put behind my Omnicon 4-6-0 which had donated its > tender to a SWM 4-4-2. This pretty much completes the loco roster... The > 0-6-0 will need some “adjustments” to make it a SLE&P loco. The biggie will > be to modify the drawbar and cab apron to allow close coupling. It is > obvious that the loco was designed for both the scale and hi-rail guys in > that particular area, but I am not sure the fireman really wants to carry the > coal an extra 3 feet (well, maybe two) from the tender to the firebox door... > Also arrived today is the latest volume of the Railway Cyclopedia which > covers the X29 series of boxcars and steel sided rebuilds of the double > sheathed USRA boxcars. And, I actually did some work on the layout putting > tie plates and spikes in a few places (LOTS more to do of that!). > > I hope everyone has had a good week and will enjoy the holiday weekend. > > Bill Winans >
