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Re: (erielack) NMRA Convention



The Pulinskill module is currently on sale on ebay.

Tim


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From: "Paul Brezicki" <doctorpb_@_bellsouth.net>
To: "EL Mailing List" <erielack_@_lists.railfan.net>
Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2005 07:36
Subject: (erielack) NMRA Convention


> As promised, I'm reporting back on the new Athearn diesels as well as some
> other goodies. If you go to Cincinnati, check out a location north of
> downtown called "Winton Place", which sees most of the rail traffic into
and
> out of the city. As we sat there one evening observing the trains rolling
by
> with commuter train frequency, I realized that just across the valley,
> eventual B&O affiliate Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton added a third rail to
> permit the A&GW to enter Cincinnati and connect with another future B&O
> acquisition, the 6' gauge Ohio & Mississippi. A century and a half of rail
> history, and traffic still going strong.
>
> Back to the convention. The Athearn SD45-2 is a beauty, with it's jumbo
fuel
> tank and crisp painting/lettering. I can't comment on performance, but
> according to the MR review they tend to go overboard with the lubrication,
> and perform well once you clean that up. The RS-3 looks nice too, and the
> trucks are well suspended.
>
> Bowser had on display some of those 50' boxcar-into-stockcar conversions
> lettered PRR that we discussed a few weeks ago. Richard the Sales Manager
> was unaware that Erie had some (I believe acquired from PRR), and said
he'd
> do them if we could get him some photos.
> Paul T, I think you had the pics (?), so if you contact me off-list I'll
> give you his email if you don't have it already.
>
> Other new HO products include:
> Kadee "whisker" coupler #148, and under-track electromagnetic uncoupler
> #309, available this fall.
> Digitrax announced a sound decoder for around $65.
>
> Finally, an HO modular club from NC had an (almost) exact scale model of
the
> Paulin's Kill viaduct. I ran into several Erie/DL&W/EL fans who were not
> ELHS members, and I encouraged them to join.
>
> Paul Brezicki
>
>
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