It does pretty well, Rich, much better than my Russian.

Paul G

Yes it will

PaulG

The Soundtrax rep did a clinic up here in Denver about three weeks ago at Caboose Hobbies and said that an aftermarket Sound Value decoder would only be about 10 to 15 dollars cheaper than the full Tsunami and that most people would probably prefer to spend the additional money on the full featured unit.

Paul G

Thank You Jeff.  My plan may bring my tracks well over two ft above ground level and I've been meaning to ask that very question for some time.  Thanks a bunch.

Paul G

Thanks, Tom.

Looking closely at Rich's photos of the 4-6-0 last week I noticed tiny phillips head screwheads in the pic of the inside of the boiler under the domes.  Hmm, might the fluted domes for the 4-4-0 fit the 4-6-0?  Tom?  Mr B?

Thanks all,

Paul G

You never cease to amaze, Jonathan. Thank You for sharing.

Now if I can only get you to start modeling in my era.

Paul G

Good ideas Bryce and J Ward.  There is never too much information. 

Paul G

Thank You mrf.

Paul G

Geared Steam- I think you pretty well nailed it, but, I think #40 has the low boiler's tender.  Was #40 originally owned by the Great Western?  As usual, I can't find the Great Western book I have when I need it.

PaulG

Most everyone on the board suggests the Soundtrax Tsunami for medium steam.

Paul G

The low boiler version was patterned after Ma and Pa #27.  The high boiler version I don't know about.  Bachmann calls both Baldwin catalogue loco's which works fine for Me.

Paul G

Fully agree, Doneldon, we are losing the form and texture of our language also.  Texting is making things even worse.  What disturbs me even more, however, is watching the people around me, constantly tuning out with electronics of every kind, never alone with their own minds and selves.  What's wrong with a little self annalyis once in a while?
My wife and I are watching a video about the decade of the "50's" and they show TV commercials of the day.  We were amazed that the ads seemed to be a full minute and people spoke much slower.  You can actually understand what they are saying.  People today speak so fast that with my artificially enhanced hearing I'm just not able to  process quickly enough in many cases to carry on a conversation.  End of rant!

History is still lots of fun tho.....

Paul G

To Donaldon & Woody

Hi guys.

Doneldon,  My original post to you and Les was done on a time deadline and I'm afraid that spelling, contect, and punctuation left a lot to be desired.  If you will reread that post carefully you will find that I did mention that the military used the trail but it was developed, as you mentioned, as a trade route.

Woody, thanks for the heads up about Wiki. As I said, I use Wiki merely to help confirm info I'm pretty familiar with already.  I'm well aware about their biases and get some pretty good laughs when they get political.  I't has reached the point where one must skeptically filter everything one reads, especialy from the media.  Thanks for your're concern.

Now back to railroading.   

Later, Paul G 

 

m1fredq,

I refreshed my memory with wickipedia before I posted, but was verifying info I had in my head, but the thing that sent my warning bells clattering was when someone said that the sft was built as a military road which I knew was false.  Over the years I have read many books and articles about the trail and the western U.S. so while I may be a little fuzzy about the details (hence the verifying on wiki, I have a pretty solid, tho not infalible, memory of history in the west.  don't know if this is all that helpfull, but my only advise is to read, read some more, and read read read.

Paul G

LES & DON
You guys are both right and..........................not so right. First off the Santa FE trail was not established by the military, but by a man named William Becknell in 1821 using pack mules and was so succesfull that he returned with wagons for a second trip more succesfull than the first.  The trail was then a trade route tho the military certainly used it in the years to come.  The mountain branch indeed used Raton Pass.  The Cimmaron Cutoff which was used in wet years as there was little water on the cuttoff split off from the main route west of what is now Dodge City, ks.  The Santa Fe trail was never used by the ATSF tho the RR paraleled the trail across ks.

Les, the route I think you're trying to include as part of the sf trl as Rt-66 and I-40 was actually the National Trail or hwy that was extended from Ft Smith, AR to the West Coast & was never a part of the SFT.  That story is very interesting as well and involves a man named Edward Fitzgerald Beale, Jefferson Davis, a flagstaff at what became Flagstaff, AZ, the camel corp and a man called Hi Jolly. 

History Is Fun.
later,

Paul G










   







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