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One of the nicer looking Challengers out there!
No Whining if You can't afford it!
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Rufus T. Firefly
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E7 wrote:One of the nicer looking Challengers out there!
Indeed, but all it would do is sit on the mantel gathering dust. Damned expensive dust gatherer and damned few of these ran on the CVRR,
I expect nothing and I’m still let down.
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rex desilets
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Why gathering dust? Bad runner?Rufus T. Firefly wrote:E7 wrote:One of the nicer looking Challengers out there!
Indeed, but all it would do is sit on the mantel gathering dust. Damned expensive dust gatherer and damned few of these ran on the CVRR,
Running one of those at the club would be sort of like driving around town in a Lambo...
Anyway, it is a good thingthe loco is not CVRR-appropriate.
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Re: No Whining if You can't afford it!
No, some of the best runners. We talked of Henry Bultmann's imports before.
He used to deliver these by hand in person, and a nicer gentleman who cared more about his product was hard to find.
He used to deliver these by hand in person, and a nicer gentleman who cared more about his product was hard to find.
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Rufus T. Firefly
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Re: No Whining if You can't afford it!
rex desilets wrote:Why gathering dust? Bad runner?Rufus T. Firefly wrote:E7 wrote:One of the nicer looking Challengers out there!
Indeed, but all it would do is sit on the mantel gathering dust. Damned expensive dust gatherer and damned few of these ran on the CVRR,
It's not going around 31" curves. Probably runs like a nice watch....
Running one of those at the club would be sort of like driving around town in a Lambo...
What club would that be?
Anyway, it is a good thing the loco is not CVRR-appropriate.
WM was a direct competitor of the CVRR to the point that the CVRR refused to permit the WM to cross its lines forcing the WM to build overpasses.
I expect nothing and I’m still let down.
Re: No Whining if You can't afford it!
Rufus T. Firefly wrote:WM was a direct competitor of the CVRR to the point that the CVRR refused to permit the WM to cross its lines forcing the WM to build overpasses.
So you put in an overpass on your pike and a bid or two later you have the CVRR and the Wild Mary Way Kool!
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Rufus T. Firefly
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Re: No Whining if You can't afford it!
E7 wrote:Rufus T. Firefly wrote:WM was a direct competitor of the CVRR to the point that the CVRR refused to permit the WM to cross its lines forcing the WM to build overpasses.
So you put in an overpass on your pike and a bid or two later you have the CVRR and the Wild Mary Way Kool!
My layout is in a 9'x11' room. That engine is larger than the width of much of my layout.
For reasons that escape me to this day, folks think that all O scale layouts are in a barn somewhere and they are all using massive space and engines. That mythology is just one of the problems that holds O Scale back from having greater numbers involved.
I expect nothing and I’m still let down.
Re: No Whining if You can't afford it!
Any of you that feel O Scale layouts should be in barn like structures, please bring hammers, nails, and barn material to my place!
Running that red block Charlie.
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Rufus T. Firefly
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Re: No Whining if You can't afford it!
2railjon wrote:Any of you that feel O Scale layouts should be in barn like structures, please bring hammers, nails, and barn material to my place!
What, no Amish down you neck of the woods to raise a barn for you,
I expect nothing and I’m still let down.
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rex desilets
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Re: No Whining if You can't afford it!
I If you want to run a WM Challenger I suppose you'll need a barn, especially if your curves are larger than 31"Rufus T. Firefly wrote:E7 wrote:Rufus T. Firefly wrote:WM was a direct competitor of the CVRR to the point that the CVRR refused to permit the WM to cross its lines forcing the WM to build overpasses.
So you put in an overpass on your pike and a bid or two later you have the CVRR and the Wild Mary Way Kool!
My layout is in a 9'x11' room. That engine is larger than the width of much of my layout.
For reasons that escape me to this day, folks think that all O scale layouts are in a barn somewhere and they are all using massive space and engine
“Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” – John Adams
Re: No Whining if You can't afford it!
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What, no Amish down you neck of the woods to raise a barn for you,“
We’re overrun with Amish that speak Spanish. But Trump is slowly fixing that!
What, no Amish down you neck of the woods to raise a barn for you,“
We’re overrun with Amish that speak Spanish. But Trump is slowly fixing that!
Running that red block Charlie.
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Rufus T. Firefly
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Re: No Whining if You can't afford it!
2railjon wrote:“
What, no Amish down you neck of the woods to raise a barn for you,“
We’re overrun with Amish that speak Spanish. But Trump is slowly fixing that!
If they can build you a barn, learn to speak Spanish,
I expect nothing and I’m still let down.
Re: No Whining if You can't afford it!
If they can build you a barn, learn to speak Spanish
They de-bone chickens and mow lawns. No barn building.
Running that red block Charlie.
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milepost57
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Re: No Whining if You can't afford it!
minimum radius for the C&LS WM M2 is 62 inches.
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