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Dave, you and a couple of other's have 'put a bee in my bonnet' (oh gawd, another old groaner!) I'm going to be looking for those ole editions, diligently. I mave have to scratch build my longed for Class A, someday. Any ideas about where to locate back issues and 'antique' issues? VGN

shamus, haven't found what I was looking for yet...can you give me some information on the 'Geese'..? there are several books on railroad/logging that I have been looking at... but a precise time period would be helpful. And more than a vague memory that I've read that 'nick name' somewhere...

Another thought about the N vs HO debate: I just joined our local Model railroad club...the layout is HO...I'm doing N...I joined so I could use the Proto 2K 2-8-8-2 Mallet I'm buying...I'll continue to work on an N scale layout at home, but I could see having a club to participate in as a...

Hey George, I just had a thought...are you set up in the basement?? Or in a room above the basement? You could do a little trap door with attic access type steps if the 2nd is true, and do a little excavation work in the first case.. Seriously, sounds like you'll just have to "limbo"..hey...

OK Dave, I'll subdue my impulse to idolize ' The Artiste'.. but he is a genius after all.... VGN

..fire breathing,smoke belching Big Boy which was heading straight for...

Hi shamus, Yep, they came out in late Jan or early Feb. under several flags...VGN, N&W and Union Pacific, as far as I know, possibly more Road Names. As far as a loggin layout goes, there's alot of material for prototype research close to home, inclding the actual sites of some pretty intersing...

But shamus, I can't read the issue #s or dates so I can find them somewhere and read the articles!too!! It's not the same, lookin' and readin' on line...I can't carry the computer into the 'library', after all! . Please identify issue numbers and publication dates for all of us goggle eyed...

Hi y'all, Just thought I'd let everyone know..I'm joining the local rail club so's I can do some HO...there's that sweet Proto 2000 VGN 2-8-8-2 just sittin' in the display casat the train store, waitin' t' come on home! Last night, as a guest I got to run a members lumber train on their...

(Ya know, I do believe this is the longest 'run on sentence' I've ever seen in my entire life!! )

the little brakeman jumped off, one step ahead of the....

Hi 'Voice' Bummer...our cable co. doesn't have History channel...mabe it's time to squawk about that but I have family in town...if I can find out when it's on out here, maybe they'll tape it for me??? bet so Hey buddy, you've been a great help so far..I hope you 'hang around' for a while...

Hi Robin, thanks for the info...when was your Mallet made? That's another on my list. The VGN used 2-8-8-2's to haul coal out of the mountains up until about 1950 or shortly there after. They dieselized sooned than N&W; didn't build their own locomotives as N&W did. If you have any other...

Hey Shamus...I have several ref. books to check out..one is mine, and Fulton Station, 'my' train shop, has a number of 'vintage rail' type books ...I'll take a look and try to get you some photos, pronto. VGN

..clackity,rattle, and bump as the little Lionel tried to...

there loomed a long, steep grade, twisting and turning up to the top of a tall, tall,tall mountain where...

oops! I'm starting to catch on to some of your word play shamus...but I've been known to be incredibly gullible. Rivarossi!!!oh boy! and I thought I was the 'pun' master!!! So, I'll start looking for a Y6B made by "River Rossi". Who knows, maybe that'll be the 'guy' that comes out with the...

Hi shamus Well, N&W used a lot of Y6B's too. I'll keep my eyes open for one. Do you happen to know if Rossi still makes them? I've seen that name on "Manufacturer" lists, so I assume the 'person' has a company, but I infer that this was maybe a custom built Loco...??? Your reply prompts me...

Um...thought I'd fish this puddle for a bit. I'm starting a search for An N scale 2-6-6-4 Class A locomotive. N&W built the last one in their Roanoke Va. shops in 1950. Kinda a birth day present for yours truly. ( I was born in Roanoke in Feb. 1950). So if I could find such an engine, it...

Hi Voice, welcome aboard!! You've already made a friend on the gauge if you can give me more info. on that article about the ore loader. I'm designing a layout of the Norfolk and Western and the Virginian railways in Southwest Va. in the 50's to early 60's and will of course have a couple of...