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Post by slowfreight on Jun 23, 2015 15:42:11 GMT -8
I've been enjoying the comments, but I can't say much for fear of giving anything away. -Jason You're just bragging because you know the answer! (And he wonders why haters gotta hate...)
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Post by rockisland652 on Jun 23, 2015 21:11:20 GMT -8
Jason, if you're crazy enough to make an E8, dinner is on me the next time you're in Chicago.
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Post by bnsf971 on Jun 24, 2015 3:14:09 GMT -8
Loose lips sink ships... On another forum Jason and I belong to, he seems to have slipped and mentioned the new thing is a locomotive.
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Post by cvsne on Jun 24, 2015 4:44:55 GMT -8
Well, if the photo of White River Junction is something of a clue as to the identity of the mystery guest it could be an E7, an E8, or maybe some FAs (or TrainMasters, or Baby TrainMasters or C-Liners or GP7s or GP9s....) all of which ran through WRJ. Of course, it could also be some new variant of the RDC (B&M and CP RDCs were regular guests there...) Or it could be a heavyweight passenger car of some ilk.... But I can be hopeful and think it's a Central Vermont U-1-a class 4-8-2. Failing to deny this conjecture will be taken as tacit confirmation that this is indeed the case.
Or none of the above. (Guessing games are fun...)
Of course, it could have nothing to do with what did or didn't run through White River Junction, Vt.
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Post by umtrrauthor on Jun 24, 2015 7:13:17 GMT -8
Jason, some people seem to be in this hobby just so they can kvetch. How a private individual spends their honestly acquired gains is no one else's business but theirs. Remember, don't feed the troll... Numerous trolls, here and elsewhere, have earned well-deserved places on my Ignore Lists. Haters gotta hate but we don't have to pay attention. Blather on, and enjoy pretending that we care.
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Post by jaygee on Jun 24, 2015 16:28:25 GMT -8
GM Aerotrain ....O Gauge....FTW !
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Post by jaygee on Jun 25, 2015 16:28:01 GMT -8
OTOH, It might be a big 12" super Hoagie sub with triple meats, quad cheese, and enough veggies to embarrass the Uncle Pete produce shipping Dept. Hold the onions, there, Jason !
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Post by Spikre on Jun 26, 2015 7:58:56 GMT -8
?? Marty, thought most of the CP F-M fleet was used out west after being broken in ? would like to see a picture of a Train Master at WRJ. Edit -- thanks Mr Judge for the Train Master at WRJ !! now I've seen one !! would also like to see a model of the T-Ms with Dual Steam Genorators someday. they looked rather strange. CP was the only buyer of the CPA/B16-44 units,did they stay East for any length of time ? Spikre
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Post by Judge Doom on Jun 26, 2015 9:30:07 GMT -8
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Post by roadkill on Jun 26, 2015 16:53:24 GMT -8
An E8 would be just great! I sold off my P2K models after reading posts here about all the issues that need to be corrected. And the Highliner/BLI hybrid project is just too far beyond my modeling skill set to pull off with good results. People like Onequicknova and others have made some outstanding models, so it can be done, just not by me. Just thinking of all the roads and variations on the E8 that Rapido “could” offer is very tantalizing. We know they’re watching the model forums, so maybe they’ve seen that the market can handle a top notch E8. This will be an interesting reveal. Mark An SD 40-2 would outsell an E unit by a large margin. give it up already, it ain't happening. Keep up the whining and I'll start praying it DOESN'T happen...
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Post by carrman on Jun 26, 2015 22:43:05 GMT -8
He's as free to state what he's wishing for as you are Roger. That being said, Rapido DID show a pic of some handrail tooling that looked awful SD40-2 like.
Dave
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Post by Spikre on Jun 27, 2015 8:58:21 GMT -8
Ok,we got the Train Master at WRJ,but how about the Empress ? did the Empress ever escape Agincourt for any over the road runs in its Chop nosed form ? Rapido could do the RSD-17 in both High Nose and Chopped Nose versions, and several classic and modern paint schemes. and there is always the RS-24s lurking on CN rails. Spikre
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Post by notabob on Jun 28, 2015 14:26:08 GMT -8
He's as free to state what he's wishing for as you are Roger. That being said, Rapido DID show a pic of some handrail tooling that looked awful SD40-2 like. Dave That tooling is for 1400/1600 series HO GMD-1s.
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Post by thelastspike on Jun 28, 2015 18:04:56 GMT -8
You are not fooling anyone it is the 1939 Royal Train. CP 2850 sure looks good in blue.
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Post by mandealco on Jun 28, 2015 22:47:48 GMT -8
Spikre Although I can't quickly find the evidence, I do recall 8921 doing a farewell trip, maybe on the D&H, in her last days. Seems she was well liked and deserved her fame. Cheers Steve NZ
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Post by atsfan on Jun 29, 2015 3:14:04 GMT -8
An SD 40-2 would outsell an E unit by a large margin. give it up already, it ain't happening. Keep up the whining and I'll start praying it DOESN'T happen... Starting praying sounds like a good idea.
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Post by atsfan on Jun 29, 2015 3:14:41 GMT -8
An SD 40-2 would outsell an E unit by a large margin. give it up already, it ain't happening. Keep up the whining and I'll start praying it DOESN'T happen... Starting praying sounds like a good idea.
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Post by cvsne on Jun 29, 2015 4:45:05 GMT -8
?? Marty, thought most of the CP F-M fleet was used out west after being broken in ? would like to see a picture of a Train Master at WRJ. Edit -- thanks Mr Judge for the Train Master at WRJ !! now I've seen one !! would also like to see a model of the T-Ms with Dual Steam Genorators someday. they looked rather strange. CP was the only buyer of the CPA/B16-44 units,did they stay East for any length of time ? Spikre CP fleet of C-Liners may have been out west but the CP E8s were in WRJ pretty regularly. Of course, the C-Liners, FAs etc... that I was referring to were CN which appeared as run-through power on the Central Vermont starting in 1951.
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Post by roadkill on Jun 30, 2015 17:19:24 GMT -8
give it up already, it ain't happening. Keep up the whining and I'll start praying it DOESN'T happen... Starting praying sounds like a good idea. Yea, sure, and I'll start saving a down payment on a bridge in Brooklyn. Let me explain what a Gennie quality SD40-2 is a bad idea. Quite simply, the market's just about saturated. SD40-2 models: Athearn blue box original GSB (not really an option since it was basically a steaming pile of crap) Bachmann Broadway Limited Kato Athearn retooled R-T-R Intermountain Bowser (albeit GMD) Now let's say for argument we get a Gennie level SD40-2, now who's going to buy it? You, Mr. ATSFan, and how many others? The train set crowd ain't gonna buy it cuz it's too expensive. the "good enough" crowd ain't gonna buy it cuz BLI, Athearn R-T-R is, well, "good enough". The prototype moders that actually BUILD models (HORRORS!!!) won't buy many because "it's not available in undec" (and that includes me for the very small number of SD40-2's that I'd like to model (N&W). Would YOU be willing to put up the scratch (100k easy) based on this? I think not. And... Bowser seems to feel the same way as I do seeing as time after time they've said an EMD SD40-2 ain't gonna happen. I'll put my faith in what Bowser has to say than I will with one single poster here who thinks it'll sell like gangbusters. It's just plain simple logic and simple economics. Maybe, just MAYBE, I could be wrong. But I seriously doubt it, unless there's a manufacturer that wants to bring a "loss leader" onto the HO market.
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Post by Spikre on Jul 1, 2015 12:34:51 GMT -8
Marty, was just thinking CP as You didn't put down CN also. read sometime back in Trains that the CN C-liners didn't stay on the CV run all that long,thought the RS-11s replaced them ? the CP E8s later went to the run thru Maine after the B&M ceased the Montreal/long distance runs. but please state the Road{s} in the future. Steve, any pics of the "Empress' running along the "Red Rocks" area ? in at least 3 trips to Toronto never cpould find the Empress,or M640 4744. but did see plenty of C424s,M630s and M636s,plus those GP40-2WLs. Spikre not sure where those lines came from, or how to delete them yet ??
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Post by Judge Doom on Jul 1, 2015 16:46:59 GMT -8
Marty, was just thinking CP as You didn't put down CN also. read sometime back in Trains that the CN C-liners didn't stay on the CV run all that long,thought the RS-11s replaced them ? the CP E8s later went to the run thru Maine after the B&M ceased the Montreal/long distance runs. but please state the Road in the future. Steve, any pics of the "Empress' running along the "Red Rocks" area ? in at least 3 trips to Toronto never cpould find the Empress,or M640 4744. but did see plenty of C424s,M630s and M636s,plus those GP40-2WLs. Spikre not sure where those lines came from, or how to delete them yet ?? Get rid of the "[ s ]" tag after "Road". Using square brackets [ and ] trigger the text codes, try ( and ) next time.
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Post by mandealco on Jul 2, 2015 11:27:31 GMT -8
Spikre Only saw the Empress once, in her high hood days, tied up for the weekend at Agincourt (Sept-85). Felt a bit special at the time, Royalty!
To keep this a little more on topic: When I was last in White River Jct (Oct-1980), there wasn't anything at the depot, not even a large black profile cut out. Cheers Steve NZ
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Post by jaygee on Jul 3, 2015 6:13:34 GMT -8
Newfie Bullet......beauty, eh !
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Post by Spikre on Jul 4, 2015 7:46:59 GMT -8
?? what would a "Newfie" be doing at WRJ ? Spikre
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Post by rapidotrains on Jul 4, 2015 19:22:54 GMT -8
?? what would a "Newfie" be doing at WRJ ? Spikre Last time I was at WRJ I saw a big, red herring. -Jason
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Post by bnsf971 on Jul 5, 2015 5:47:52 GMT -8
?? what would a "Newfie" be doing at WRJ ? Spikre Last time I was at WRJ I saw a big, red herring. -Jason Was the herring in question shaped like a big, black, locomotive-size blob?
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Post by rapidotrains on Jul 5, 2015 7:38:13 GMT -8
Last time I was at WRJ I saw a big, red herring. -Jason Was the herring in question shaped like a big, black, locomotive-size blob? Actually, it was being used to cut down the largest tree in the forest. With little to no success, I might add. -Jason
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Post by milgentrains on Jul 5, 2015 12:45:44 GMT -8
Was the herring in question shaped like a big, black, locomotive-size blob? Actually, it was being used to cut down the largest tree in the forest. With little to no success, I might add. -Jason IT can't be done!
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Post by thelastspike on Jul 5, 2015 14:44:33 GMT -8
?? what would a "Newfie" be doing at WRJ ? Spikre Last time I was at WRJ I saw a big, red herring. -Jason 2850 from the 1939 Royal Train is at expo rail? What a coincidence because is that not where the big announcement is?
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Post by rapidotrains on Jul 5, 2015 15:28:22 GMT -8
Last time I was at WRJ I saw a big, red herring. -Jason 2850 from the 1939 Royal Train is at expo rail? What a coincidence because is that not where the big announcement is? I have absolutely no use for 2850. I don't believe it ever operated at Spadina or on the Kingston Sub, and it certainly couldn't have been there in my layout era. Keep guessing. -Jason
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