| 5-3 3:04:42 | GNFan | I'll lock upp..... |
| 5-3 3:04:25 | GNFan | Later, John. |
| 5-3 3:04:04 | soccrdad30 | and time for me too. Nite all |
| 5-3 3:03:49 | soccrdad30 | Adios Thom |
| 5-3 3:03:21 | GNFan | Bye, Thom. |
| 5-3 3:03:02 | rvn2001 | I guess I'll go check to see that all of my trains are still running. Z y'all later. |
| 5-3 3:00:50 | GNFan | ZU, Ellen. |
| 5-3 3:00:11 | soccrdad30 | nite Ellen |
| 5-3 2:59:29 | rvn2001 | Nite Ellen. |
| 5-3 2:59:11 | ejshelton | Time for me to go ZU all |
| 5-3 2:48:22 | rvn2001 | I take the Z and T to the NTS and include the Nn3 at the local show I do. |
| 5-3 2:47:25 | soccrdad30 | Thomas had other scales too, but they were all being run. there were shows when he had mostly Z running but several other scales running too |
| 5-3 2:46:14 | soccrdad30 | ah, okay |
| 5-3 2:45:41 | rvn2001 | Yes, John, but Z is my main scale...the T and then Nn3. The other scales are in boxes. |
| 5-3 2:44:55 | soccrdad30 | Thom, you have other trains in other scales too? |
| 5-3 2:43:00 | rvn2001 | John, I don't have anything else to do.... |
| 5-3 2:42:58 | soccrdad30 | and I fall behind most of the time on my projects |
| 5-3 2:42:37 | soccrdad30 | Thom, you stay very busy with y our projects |
| 5-3 2:41:53 | rvn2001 | match |
| 5-3 2:41:23 | rvn2001 | It will be painted to math the "A" unit I painted for Wabash. |
| 5-3 2:39:11 | rvn2001 | It is a E7/8/9 "B" unit. |
| 5-3 2:38:42 | GNFan | Just don't let it get close to any fire.... |
| 5-3 2:38:04 | rvn2001 | Yup, Mike. |
| 5-3 2:38:04 | GNFan | Thom |
| 5-3 2:37:49 | GNFan |
Thome, oes it sing and dance to "Puttin' On The Ritz"?  |
| 5-3 2:37:45 | soccrdad30 | that is great Thom |
| 5-3 2:37:32 | rvn2001 |
Not from me |
| 5-3 2:36:06 | rvn2001 | I re-animated a loco that was inanimate yesterday. |
| 5-3 2:36:06 | GNFan | Come to think of it, I think I have one (not from the *bay auction in question) in my fleet. I'm trying to remember how I got it and from whom. |
| 5-3 2:33:50 | soccrdad30 | almost 60 feet long |
| 5-3 2:33:05 | soccrdad30 | "The Hutch" it is called |
| 5-3 2:32:51 | GNFan | Also, territory for the line suggests choices of equipment: GN bought some E7s for Empire Builder service, but gave up on them and went to F7s instead. The E7s handled the Rockies okay, but couldn't handle the Cascades (lower range, but steeper grades). |
| 5-3 2:31:43 | soccrdad30 | maybe it was this guy? «link» |
| 5-3 2:31:29 | rvn2001 | It looks like they did |
| 5-3 2:30:46 | soccrdad30 | here «link» |
| 5-3 2:29:49 | soccrdad30 | I think they had something similar |
| 5-3 2:29:06 | GNFan | "...same as the others, except the smokestack needs to go over HERE..." |
| 5-3 2:28:46 | rvn2001 | True |
| 5-3 2:28:25 | GNFan | ....or modified an existing design to their own liking. |
| 5-3 2:27:22 | rvn2001 | It wouldn't surprise me since a lot of RR built their own cabeese. |
| 5-3 2:26:23 | GNFan | I don't recognize them, but I can't guarantee they didn't exist. |
| 5-3 2:25:27 | rvn2001 | Now for the big question....did GN have those?? |
| 5-3 2:23:16 | GNFan | In this case, I wouldn't have known how to come up with a suitable chassis for them. So, no disappointment. |
| 5-3 2:22:35 | soccrdad30 | if your missed opportunities don't bother you, then no worries |
| 5-3 2:21:17 | GNFan | I'm used to missing auctions and other opportunities, Thom. |
| 5-3 2:19:46 | rvn2001 | So...are you upset, Mike? |
| 5-3 2:19:43 | soccrdad30 | Mike, we thought you were 'the GN superfan' |
| 5-3 2:17:32 | GNFan |
Thom, that's MY job! |
| 5-3 2:17:11 | soccrdad30 | especially at that price |
| 5-3 2:16:48 | rvn2001 | It's a good thing I'm not a GN super-fan or I'd be upset that I missed them. |
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