Greetings,
                 A very informative and helpful thread here: thank you folks for sharing your knowledge.

   I have a model of the Bachmann "Annie" White Pass 10.  Modellers licence has allowed this to become No. 10 on the Oliver & North Fork Railroad.  I see, from the info on the link provided that the loco was damaged in what was a very serious fire in 1943 but there seems a good possibility that she was rebuilt  and purchased by the present owners the O&NF who retained the original running number.

   Well that's my story, and I am sticking to it yer 'onnor.     

Hi Woody,
                  Having problems with this site here,  This is the third attempt at a reply.
  I didn't say I wouldn't use the word "Dixie", after all I mentioned that I have a Dixie logo on one of my Big Hauler tank cars.  The comment was made that in certain quarters the word could cause me problems.   However, I feel safe enough at this distance away   

Hi,
         A very interesting thread and giving us on the eastern side of the Atlantic Ocean a good lesson in American history and the evolution of locos.

   We have many preserved locos in the UK dating from the 19th. century but only one or two are in the "as built" state, most were rebuilt or had substantial additions made to them.

  Also notable is the thread originators name.  Oliver Cromwell was of course the main player in the English Civil War.

  I note with interest the alternative names for the conflict -  I have added a logo on one of my UTLX Bachmann tank cars of the Dixie Oil company.  I have been informed on another American Forum that it is not politically
correct.   

Number of posts?  Why do we need to know?   I agree with The Bach-Man  - "quality not quantity"   

Greetings,
                  Virtually a month has now passed with the new board.  How great it has been to be rid of the "unwanted rubbish" that cluttered the posts.

  Long may it be so!     

Quote from: Lee Carlson on February 13, 2007, 01:36:55 AM
Not much joy in Mudville. 
Matthew, Kevin... Guess we can take a vacation with the money we've saved this time.

Lee 

Greetings folks,
                              Just for us Bachmann afficionados on the east side of the Atlantic Ocean please inform us (some may know of course) where Mudville is.  It doesn't sound a suitable place for a vacation     
   Actually with all the very heavy rain we have had in the UK recently it could well apply to anywhere here.   

   On the subject of locos (in G scale) the Bachmann range has few diesels to offer other than the 45T which is 1:20 and not the Big Hauler size.
   I am, however, quite happy with my two "Annies" but would prefer another diesel other than one in 1:29 scale.

Hi everyone,

   Four days have passed since my initial posting and comments on this new board.  It seems to be working well and is. I am sure, well received by most folk.

   It does seem strange, as others have commented, on all the "newbie" titles.  It wont be long, however, before the frequent posters get promoted 

   Anyway, at present it is quite egalitarian.

This looks a far more professional board.  Hopefully the unwanted posts will not be on it.

I am pleased to see it segregated into individual scales of interest and hopefully it will be used by more people.