The S west is over and I think every one is heading home. We did not have
20,000 show up, more like 5 S scalers, possibly 7.
Lots of used brass for sale,,,,, CHEAP..... N&W 2-6-6-4 , 2 of them $850
each, SP GS-4 painted Daylight for $850. Even a PRR decapod for $800, UP 4-8-4
for $850.
I think we had one S scaler from St Louis Missouri and one from Florida.
The other 2 or 3 were from the West Coast. OK, So Arizona and Nevada isn't
really on the west coast but close enough. It did sprinkle a little and got
down to the frigid low 50's. The sun was out and shining during the afternoon
but it only got up to 63,,,, so the weather was terrible.
I heard one complaint about the 50% humidity. It usually is 50% here
--ALL-- the time, no matter what the temperature is. I know that is the main
reason no one likes to visit here. The weather is,,,,,,,,,,
boring,,,,,,,,extremely boring,,,,,,,,,,, I think the other reason is the
Mosquitos, they are so hard to find during the summer months. Just ask McCoy.
When he was here I could only find one flying bug and that one just would not
bother him.
I remember being a kid in Nebraska and my dad's Ford. The radiator would
get plugged with bug butts so bad that old Flathead would overheat and boil
over. I keep looking at my GMC,,,, and nothing, no bugs at all! I should move
to North Dakota.
I had the opportunity to play with the Y-3 last week thanks to Ed L. and
Fred R. I do have some old AF but I will never admit to it in public. I am an
S Scaler!!!! This new Y-3 isn't the same as the old AF, not even close. I ran
it on an old 30B AF transformer. No whistle or bell but the rest of the sound
worked just fine, and it looks scale. It ---DOES NOT---, look like that piece
of ---- that was brought in posing as a UP big boy.
Rusty, or whatever.
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