Hobo Jungle

[2railjon]

LOL, Marty! Why's that guy standing over a trash can drinkin' Bud? Is there some type of hidden message here?

[Tramp]

Those Dutch ones. I'm wearing the hat they sent me too.

You know the Foster ads? My joke is to put salt in my Fosters and say: "Dinner."

[2railjon]

Tramp!! That sounds as bad as a vegimite sandwich!!!

UPDATE: My Top Secret Project is just two days away from being completed!! All the tumblers have fallen into place except one. Repeat after me: (those that are not on double secret probation, that is.)

Oh oh oh oh
I got a girl named Rama Lama, Rama Lama Ding dong
she's everything to me
Rama Lama, Rama Lama Ding dong
I'll never set her free
For she's mine, all mine
Oh oh oh oh
I got a girl named Rama Lama, Rama Lama Ding Dong,
She's fine to me,
Rama Lama, Rama Lama Ding dong
You don't believe that she's mine, all mine
I love her,
love her, lover her so.
That I'll never, never let her go.
You may be certain she's mine, all mine,
She's mine all of the time.
Oh I got a girl named Rama Lama, Rama Lama Ding dong
she's everything to me
Rama Lama, Rama Lama Ding dong
I'll never set her free
For she's mine, all mine

"Rama Lama Ding Dong", by the Edsels

[Tramp]

Heads up on eBay. 3rd Rail Virginian 2-6-6-6 with TMCC.

[amalie]

Tramp - What is the minimum radius on that there Lima monster - will it run on 0-54?

[2railjon]

I'm holding out for a 3rd Rail Hudson J1e w/ Pt tender!!!!!!
Damn, there's those yellow dots again.

[Tramp]

It looks best on 096 or bigger, but will run on 072. This is one amazing engine. Only 40 on earth. The best--or the most lonesome--whistle I've heard.


Jon, A BEER? Do any of you hobos drink? Probably not.

[Tramp]

Popeye Burt, you in tonight or what?

[2railjon]

As usual, I've got your back covered, Bro!!! Cheers!!

That's one of the reasons I sold the scale Class A. Even though all my track curves are 72 dia., it just looked silly rounding those curves with all that over hang.

[amalie]

Im in for a cold one. Rolling Rock, my good man.

Since what I am going to build will likely minimum out at 0-54, I should probably shy away from anything with a scale length of more than 60'. The layout I shot this past week was running a pair of N&W Y6b's side by side and they looked massive even on the 0-96 stuff.

[2railjon]

Beers coming up!
The Virginian 2-6-6-6.ALLEGHENY"

LIMA Built 2-6-6-6
H-8 C&O "Allegheny" & Virginian "Blue Ridge"

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The C&O placed an order for ten of these 2-6-6-6 locomotives and Lima delivered them in December, 1941. They were designated Class H-8 and assigned road numbers 1600 through 1609. With a new wheel arrangement came a new name. The C&O selected the name "Allegheny" for the mountain range that this new locomotive would do its work.

The Virginian was the only other railroad to have bought the 2-6-6-6. It took delivery of eight of them in 1945 and used them for hauling coal trains well into the 1950s. On the Virginian these Lima built copies of the C&O "Allegheny" were called "Blue Ridge" type locomotives.

[amalie]

Allegheny....gotta love it - all brute strength, built by Lima with all the Superpower accessories. That design is my all-time favorite when it comes to articulated power. Two still standing (both C&O)-one in Baltimore and one in Dearborn at the Ford Museum. Man, wish I could have heard one run; I don't even recall seeing a VGN or C&O 2-6-6-6 in action on video with real sound...

Bottoms up - put another one on the bar, pal...

[Tramp]

Jon, it's the best puller I have. I paid 1,500. for mine. One hell of an engine. But needs big radius to look right.

Watching Pulp Fiction. Drinking those Dutch beers.

[2railjon]

The Virginia 38-24-36: Now this unit comes with it's own curves!!!!

[2railjon]

I gave up trying to watch grown up movies with my boy running around!! I'm still trying to finish watching the last half of The Lord Of The Rings III. I'm hot for the elf babe!!! Drink up, amalie, another round coming up!