"M> >> On Fri, 11 Jul 2003 11:56:52 -0400, Steve Woodward wrote: "M> >>
"M> >> =>My question "M> >> =>is, how do you guys limit yourself to one road/era? "M> >>
"M> >It is not easy. "M> "M> "M> "M> Sure, it's easy. :-) I model the New York, New Haven & Hartford "M> Railroad Co., and all it's subsidiaries and predecessors, and in all eras. "M> But absolutely before 1/1/69 (when the NH was forced into PC). I have done "M> a"what-if" engine or two (a NH B40-8, for example), but my "master" plan is "M> to have one of everything the NH had in every paint scheme variation. That "M> should keep me busy for decades (if you know the NH, you know they had "M> different paint schemes). "M> I admit to owning a few foriegn-road engines, but these all date to the "M> time before I decided to model the New Haven before all others in 1990. "M> So when I see people nashing their teeth about the lastest SD-whatever "M> or Dash-whatever, I just sit back and relax, because I know it's nothing I'm "M> interested in. "M> Lately, I've had my hands full just trying to keep up with all the NH "M> engines coming out: RDC-1's, 2's, & 3's, DL-109's, RS-2's, RS-1's, RS-11's, "M> H16-44's, etc. And you think I need to model other RR's? Pah! ;-)
No FL9s? After all, ALL of the *original* FL9s were NH -- they were the
*only* railroad to buy them from EMD.
"M> "M> Paul A. Cutler III "M> ************** "M> Weather Or No Go New Haven "M> ************** "M> "M> "M> "M> "M> "M> "M>