Well, a company has created an upgrade kit for the coaling tower. (See threads list, posted by the Bach-Man)
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Show posts MenuQuote from: Rohonda on September 24, 2008, 06:56:22 PM
Thank you Jay. They're all steam locomotives and I don't remember for sure, but I'm guessing they were bought 15, maybe 20, years ago at most. I'm actually making some progress on this. It suddenly occurred to me that the number on the side of the locomotive might not just be there for the fun of it (duh). So far, I've used the numbers to locate 3 Bachmanns and I've discovered that 2 of the others are not Bachmann. The Bachmanns so far are:
2-6-0 Mogul & Tender - New York Central 1905
K4 4-6-2 Pacific (Pre-War with Slat Pilot) - Pennsylvania 5475
4-4-0 American & Tender - Union Pacific 119
The colors on the last one do not match the picture on the Bachmann or Walthers sites. Every other detail matches. What might that mean? (It's definitely a Bachmann - it says so on the bottom.)
Thanks again for your response. The reference to Walthers is helpful.
Now, two more to go....
Quote from: Woody Elmore on July 12, 2008, 09:25:25 PM
Hey Gene: in 1963, the year I finished HS, the minimum wage in NYC was $1.15 an hour. MR was fifty cents and Craftsman was 35 cents. An Athearn 40 foot boxcar kit was $1.29 and little jars of Pactra paint were ten cents each.
I used to stop for pizza once a week and it cost 15 cents a slice. A hot dog and papaya drink were 35 cents from Papaya King and Orange Julius was 25 cents.
The day I finished college I bought my first HO engine kit - a Penn Line mikado. It was on sale for $29.95. You can still get one close to that price on Ebay.
I once had every issue of MR from 1959 and Craftsman from 1963. I happily gave them away (I didn't have the room to keep them.) I wish I had them now!
Quote from: SteamGene on July 12, 2008, 08:36:08 PM
Let's see - in 1960 35 cents would be worth something like $3.35 or more today. In perspective, in September 1959 I bought my cadet sword, brand new, for $25. A new cadet sword today costs something like $350. In ca 1962, the minimum wage was $0.50 an hour.
Gene
Quote from: mudhen on July 25, 2008, 03:46:56 AM
No one mentioned North America's largest road Canadian National and its 2nd largest in Canada, the Canadian Pacific.
CN Owns Grand Trunk, Grand Trunk Western, Central Vermont, DW&P, to just mention a few and many I will list to you later. CN is the largest railroad in North America. Hope this helps