Re: RGS No. 1 Replica

capchris Wrote:
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> The RGS Motor no. 1 was built by Karl Schaeffer
> around 2000, using a 1926 Buick. The original was
> a 1925 model.
>
> The cab is tiny. Karl and Bob, our usual motormen,
> just barely fit inside. I'm over 6 feet, and I
> literally cannot get my toes on the pedals; my
> knees are jammed against the dashboard. (Actually,
> I can touch the pedals, if I lay sideways in the
> seat.) Thus, I'm usually the guy-in-back.
>
> I recently bought an On30 model of no. 1. The
> instructions for putting the motorman figure in
> the cab started with popping off the top of the
> cab. Step 2 says to cut off the feet of the
> motorman.
>
> It seems that not even the modelers can stuff a
> modern human in the cab of no. 1!

Those old railcar and truck cabs are small. Our railroad has a 1930 Ford Model AA ton truck and only two can fit in the cab, as long as they get along well!

Stewart