Re: The adventures of a ColoradoNarrowGauge Cowboy and his Baldwin Belt buckel in Brazil
| August 21, 2009 10:23PM |
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Ron,
We have upwards of a 140 odd side discharge Koppel cars and we don't have room for them so they will sit where they are for now in Cajamar and Perus. If anyone whats to buy or trade something for say 115 beat up cars just let us know. But I think the South Africa railways tried to sell a lot of there 2 ft. gauge cars some years ago and didn't find many takers, they are not as useful as the East Broad Top hoppers...but for now they won't be scrapped and we will be sure to save a good 20 or so to make a nice long photo train going around the corners in a few years...If any one has any better copies of the foto from KoppelcarBrazilianPortlandCementCo.MagorKoppelandPressedSteelfrom carBuildersCyclopaedia1937 we'd be grateful for any information.
Thor Windbergs
Ludwigsburg, Germany
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Volunteer G&L RR 86-88
Fireman/Engine Watchman D&S 90-94
Member Frankfurter Feldbahn Musuem, feldbahn-ffm.de
Member IFPPC (Society for Preservation of Perus Pirapora Railroad) Brazil www.internationalsteam.co.uk/trains/brazil54.htm
Member German Standard gauge Group www.eisenbahnfreunde-zollernbahn.de
We have upwards of a 140 odd side discharge Koppel cars and we don't have room for them so they will sit where they are for now in Cajamar and Perus. If anyone whats to buy or trade something for say 115 beat up cars just let us know. But I think the South Africa railways tried to sell a lot of there 2 ft. gauge cars some years ago and didn't find many takers, they are not as useful as the East Broad Top hoppers...but for now they won't be scrapped and we will be sure to save a good 20 or so to make a nice long photo train going around the corners in a few years...If any one has any better copies of the foto from KoppelcarBrazilianPortlandCementCo.MagorKoppelandPressedSteelfrom carBuildersCyclopaedia1937 we'd be grateful for any information.
Thor Windbergs
Ludwigsburg, Germany
Facebook: Thor Windbergs
Volunteer G&L RR 86-88
Fireman/Engine Watchman D&S 90-94
Member Frankfurter Feldbahn Musuem, feldbahn-ffm.de
Member IFPPC (Society for Preservation of Perus Pirapora Railroad) Brazil www.internationalsteam.co.uk/trains/brazil54.htm
Member German Standard gauge Group www.eisenbahnfreunde-zollernbahn.de
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