I THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR OVERWHELMING SUPPORT!!
THANKS!!!:cry: . **Miles, i laughed my ____ off at the post you put under the pic Steven posted!sign1 i just imagined knocking on my dads door telling him the big boy i ordered is here, the look i imagined would be on his face was...priceless . **Wayne, i know you asked the question to Steven, but i have some insight on the pic. the engine was moved to Kenefick park, i seen the story on moving that big boy:thumb: , it was quite a task. if i remember right, it only had to be moved about 5-7 miles(cripes, been a while since i seen it, cant rememberops: ). the problem was, sure big boys weighed a lot, but this was one of the last five ordered by UP, and those were the HEAVIEST!!! they blew out many tires in the move, amongst dozens of other problems. now the big boy sits on a hill in Kenefick park by a DD40AX:thumb:. sorry i cant remember more. THANKS again guys!!! -Deano View attachment 31249 View attachment 31250
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At the rate you're going, you'll have 1000 before your first year is up. Thanks for the info on that Big Boy on the move. I thought that it looked fairly recent, so it was nice to see that it appears to be well-taken-care-of. Around here, we're lucky if a park has a set of swings.
**announce1 i thought i would post something different, the "older" ones of us would recognize this type of advertising . i had to reduce them to put them on here
, but i hope you enjoy them:thumb: . -Deano View attachment 31288 View attachment 31289 View attachment 31290 View attachment 31291 View attachment 31292 , and the one before that, with the U.P. Shield, from my modelled era. Even the first one, obviously the most modern, is interesting: very late '60-ish, early '70-ish.. ..."So, like, what's your sign....?" i was hoping you would catch a glimse of them:thumb: . they are pics of the REAL thing, saved them from various places online . have a few more, but would take a day to go through all my files . heres two i found in the same folder that ARE NOT UP. check out the inside of the dome car in the Zephyr add:thumb: . announce1 heres a "fun fact" for you folks, MANY roads had the dome cars, but did you know that UP was THE ONLY ROAD that had "dome diners". thats right! , you could eat while riding in the dome enjoying the view!:thumb: THANKS! -Deano View attachment 31297 View attachment 31298ops: MilesMilesWestern said:Gosh, I'm SO sorry! I never suspected with all the pictures you post that you're a dail-upper!
The only thing that bugged me was they put EMD style fans on the top of the locomotive, even though the GE's never had fans on the roofs.
Say...why don't they? They'rea staple of EMD design, yet they're COMPLETELY absent from nearly every GE locomotive...why?
, DON'T BE SORRY:thumb: , that was a VERY COOL VID!:thumb: when i seen it, i did a double take, i couldn't believe it either, the placement of the fans. then i realized it was a made up engineops: . GE's cooling system is different from EMD's, thats why you don't see fans or vents in that part of the roof. sorry, don't know exactly how they do it . THANKS! again Miles!:thumb: -Deano
