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You can still get them http://www.bowser-trains.com/holocos/nyc_k11/nyc_k11.htm but they cost a bit more and aren't made out of brass anymore 
neil
neil
Hey that tender looks familiar.
I have one behind my John English 2-8-2. I wasn't sure who made it.
Thanks.:thumb:
I have one behind my John English 2-8-2. I wasn't sure who made it.
Thanks.:thumb:
Just remember, in the 1950s my father was paying $50 or $55 a month for a two bedroom apartment.
Now, how much is a two bedroom apartment now?
I see the tender is cast brass. I always though the locos were cast something else.
Now, how much is a two bedroom apartment now?
I see the tender is cast brass. I always though the locos were cast something else.
hudsonelectric
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Note, too, the the tender is NOT included. It's an optional extra! Probably because they had other tenders available seperately so that you could get a Vanderbilt tender (Erie, etc.) long haul tender (PRR etc.) for it.
Russ :sleeping: :sleeping: :sleeping:
Russ :sleeping: :sleeping: :sleeping:
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Fred_M
That link to that new loco looks interesting. Anyone out there build/see/hear about one of these locos? THX for the link Neil. FRED
That is a cool model, Niel!
Fred, those old mags are sooooo coooool. I greab up all the 30's 40's 50's and 60's mags I can get whenever they are available at the LHS or where ever. Then I go for the 70's and 80's if I still have some money left Great stuff. It always amazes me how many of hte new techniques were used 40 years ago!
Fred, those old mags are sooooo coooool. I greab up all the 30's 40's 50's and 60's mags I can get whenever they are available at the LHS or where ever. Then I go for the 70's and 80's if I still have some money left
Great stuff. It always amazes me how many of hte new techniques were used 40 years ago!
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Fred_M
Yeah jon, I get them to learn the new old way of making things. Them guys back then knew how to scratch build because they didn't have much choice. I can buy a lot of paper/wood/plaster for what a nice kit costs. Our LHS has lots of old mags and I buy 5 every week for $2.50. I read them all cover to cover and run out by tuesday. I luv em. FRED
Them guys back then knew how to scratch build because they didn't have much choice. I can buy a lot of paper/wood/plaster for what a nice kit costs. Our LHS has lots of old mags and I buy 5 every week for $2.50. I read them all cover to cover and run out by tuesday. I luv em. FREDFlangehead
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I like the old Trains , RMC and MR mags.
I know things were far from perfect back then,and there were no neat things like train websites. But the magazines of that time contained a lot more actual train related stuff instead of ads. ( I know, ads are good, informs the reader,pays the bill etc..) .
They were just more nuts and bolts back then.
Rose colored glasses firmly in place...
I know things were far from perfect back then,and there were no neat things like train websites. But the magazines of that time contained a lot more actual train related stuff instead of ads. ( I know, ads are good, informs the reader,pays the bill etc..) .
They were just more nuts and bolts back then.
Rose colored glasses firmly in place...
Guys,At the ripe old age of 10 I built my first Penn-Line(now Bowser) locomotive kit-a PRR H9 2-8-0.My Daddy would check on my progress if I saw him smile and nod his head I knew I was doing well..If he smile and shook his head I knew I made a mistake.My Daddy thought it was best if I built that kit on my own so I could learn how to build and repair steam locomotives.
My next kit was a Hobbytown of Boston RS3.Again my Daddy repeated the same thing as he did when I built the H9.
I will always be grateful to Dad for doing that..As I learn many lesions concerning locomotives and how to repair them or tweak the drive to get a locomotive to run smoother..
My next kit was a Hobbytown of Boston RS3.Again my Daddy repeated the same thing as he did when I built the H9.
I will always be grateful to Dad for doing that..As I learn many lesions concerning locomotives and how to repair them or tweak the drive to get a locomotive to run smoother..