Christmas Additions

Discussion in 'General' started by meteor910, Dec 26, 2010.

  1. meteor910

    meteor910 2009 Engineer of the Year Staff Member Frisco.org Supporter

    Did any of you receive any neat railroad related items for Christmas? Let's hear about them.

    I got a model I have long wanted - an Atlas HO Alco HH-600 switcher. It's in Wabash colors - the Frisco didn't have any. As usual these days, Atlas did a terrific job on this model. It runs very smoothly and looks great - excellent detail.

    This was a pioneer diesel switcher - one of the first that was successful, and the first that saw mass production. It had an unusual layout - the front of the 600HP engine faced the cab, the generator was at the back of the engine up at the front of the chassis, the radiator and fans were back between the engine and the cab - all this is the reverse of what became standard on a diesel switcher.

    The hood is very tall, as the Alco engine sat on the frame rails, not between them - the hood is as tall as on a F-M. And, the exhaust stack is up front on the top of the hood, like on a steam locomotive. You steam guys might like this one. ;)

    It is rather ungainly looking - short, stubby, unusually tall, all of which of course makes it look really neat to my eye!

    Ken

    ps - Now we need Atlas to do the Lima end-cab switcher.
     
  2. MFreix

    MFreix Member

    Santa delivered a pair of Missouri Pacific MP15DC's on Christmas Eve.
     
  3. gjslsffan

    gjslsffan Staff Member Staff Member

    Santa could not come up with a RTR Frisco GP 40-2 for me this time. But he did promise he would keep looking for me. And if I am a good boy, might get it for my birthday:)
    He did give me DW 191 horns, and other detail parts and trees for scenery, which are always welcome around here.
    Tom H.
     
  4. klrwhizkid

    klrwhizkid Administrator Staff Member Administrator Frisco.org Supporter

    I got several neat RR things for Christmas:

    1) A "To the Trains" porcelain sign to place on the door to the railroad rooms was under the tree.
    2) Although my wife did not know it was not prototypical, she gave me one of the ExactRail Frisco Gunderson boxcars.
    3) My daughter, with her limited budget, gave me a $30 gift cert to one of our local hobby shops.
    4) My son, the penny-pincher, gave me a $100 gift cert to the same shop.

    But most of all, I got the blessing to continue with my on-going demolition, remodeling, and construction for my layout room.
     
  5. meteor910

    meteor910 2009 Engineer of the Year Staff Member Frisco.org Supporter

    Here's the Atlas catalog pic of my new Atlas HO Alco HH600 - Wabash 150.

    Exciting paint job, eh?

    Ken
     

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  6. MFreix

    MFreix Member

    I forgot to add - the old lady renewed my subscriptions to Model Railroader and Trains!
     
  7. gjslsffan

    gjslsffan Staff Member Staff Member


    Indeed, So ugly it's kinda cute. The face only a mother could love:D:D:D
    I wish you all the best,

    Tom
     
  8. SAFN SAAP

    SAFN SAAP Member

    I got a Dremel 4000 6 50 and a custom Mantua 2-12-0.
     
  9. Iantha_Branch

    Iantha_Branch Member

  10. wmrx

    wmrx MP Trainmaster

    Santa left an Athearn Genesis sound equipped SD70ACe in the MoPac Heritage Scheme. I also got some cash that will probably go to the LHS. :)
     
  11. Thanks to Gordon Mott I got the book "Frisco Diesel Power" by Louis A. Marre and John Baskin Harper. I also got some art supplies for my Railroad drawings, a Heisler locomotive Knife, and subsrictions to Classic Trains and Trains.:)
    Thank you Mr. Mott. Now my Frisco library is now complete(till something new comes out)
    Ship it on the Frisco!!!



    Murphy Jenkins
     
  12. HWB

    HWB FRISCO.org Supporter

    Saint Nick (wholesale trains) brought me some E-Z track so I can make a temporary layout on which I can run the few engines that aren't in boxes.
     
  13. Ozarktraveler

    Ozarktraveler Member

    SWMBO got me the "Frisco in Color" book... :)
     
  14. gstout

    gstout Member Frisco.org Supporter

    I got the "70 Years of Trains Magazine" DVD. However, I will say that although it claims to have a searchable data base, it does not work very well, as, for example, if you ask it to search for (say) Missouri Pacific, you will get every reference to the words "Missouri" and "Pacific." Also, and it may just be a glitch with our computers (we have several) it looks like it is a one-time upload. That said, there is a lot of material there and the scans are very legible.

    GS
     
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