Re: How about a mid-thirties or mid-sixties work train?
| November 30, 2016 07:59AM |
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Johnson Barr Wrote:
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> Or any other era, for that matter -
>
> #315, #463 or even a K-36 pulling a long string of
> tool cars, tie cars, sleepers, diners,
> commissaries - and the pile driver & crane - all
> boxcar red or all m-o-w gray - headed out to
> repair the trestles at 287.5, 296.1 and/or
> 324.7. It would be an authentic-looking
> train, with plenty of room for 40 or 50
> Phraud-O-Graphers™ - maybe more - especially
> with two long cabeese in tow . . .
>
Brian Jansky
Houston, Tx
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> Or any other era, for that matter -
>
> #315, #463 or even a K-36 pulling a long string of
> tool cars, tie cars, sleepers, diners,
> commissaries - and the pile driver & crane - all
> boxcar red or all m-o-w gray - headed out to
> repair the trestles at 287.5, 296.1 and/or
> 324.7. It would be an authentic-looking
> train, with plenty of room for 40 or 50
> Phraud-O-Graphers™ - maybe more - especially
> with two long cabeese in tow . . .
>
Brian Jansky
Houston, Tx
To My NG Photos
To My Trip Reports
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