Hobo Jungle

[Daisy]

Tippy English. Meow.

[amalie]

Tramp, Chirp Ontario - sounds like a B-film actor from some late night street racing flick...

Jackie, I would be inclined to think Percy Kraay would be sweatin' straight Jack Danials and wailing into a mike in a smoke-filled, full-brass night-club on the south side of Chi-Town. A Southern boy like me wouldn't last a minute in there...

[clouser]

Bubba "E" would be my handle.

I like this thread.

Here is a pic of what Bubba was


credit to:
http://frontosa.com/pics/gallery/653.jpg

A face only a mother could love

[jlong]

Jlong, if you don't know by now, then all I can say is "Oh, you poor baby!"

Jackie, I know now. Your avitar belongs on the side of Lionel's Collector Club milk car.

[2railjon]

I found it. For anyone else interested in applying a real coal load to a tender or hopper, this is how it is done professionally. Mix coal granules with clear lacquer into a slurry, then apply with a spoon, shape and let dry.

[Tramp]

Thanks, Jon. I tried a mix of white glue and water as a slurry, but it dulls the sparkle of the coal. The varnish is it, obviously.

[clouser]

I got a cherry "slurree" at the "quickee stop" on the way home. A coal slurree sure sounds interesting

[2railjon]

Clouser, beer slurppiee's from the 7/11 are better! And if I had a fish that ugly, i'd have to name him Bubba as well!!!!!
Tramp, yep, the clear lacquer is the trick, it's exactly the method 3rd Rail uses.

[Tramp]

Bubba is a hobo. No doubt about that. Anyone have a guess at what kind of monkey Chirp was?

[San Diegan]

Chirp? I don't know Chirp.



San

[Tramp]

Bingo, San! I lied. It wasn't a monkey. Nothing against monkeys mind you. Some of my best friends are monkeys.

[clouser]

I am going to talk to my nephew(who just happens to work at the 7-11) about beer slurpees. I just have to not do it in front of his ma.

[Tramp]

Jon, I think one of the big differences (there are many) of 3rd Rail brass over cast is the way the engines move down the tracks. Cast hobbles like like clumsy accountant with a ruler in the wrong orifice. Brass, with sprung drivers, looks steady and true like a real steam engine. This is comparison based on the Lionel Dreyfuss Hudson and my 3rd Rail 3751. The Hudson is a huge disappointment. Dud. I'm not sure if the NYC engine you want is a good 3rd Rail offering. They vary. I hope so, brother, because brass is the metal nuts.

[clouser]

As soon as I get the cam set up, you can view bubba's cousins. I will be doing a fish cam.
He was really ugly, but I thought he was great. My first dog was kinda kooky looking too.
He was a "dogo argentino", I got him at the pound, and some spanish guy told me what he was.

[Tramp]

My buddy, Pierre, the wild French hair, had a dog called Deeogee. Get it? Sadly he drove over it with his pickup truck.