Ralph's Engine Roster

[Ralph]

...and here's the crane coupled to a my track cleaning car (masonite block underneath). The crane is a Tyco that was originally painted red and lettered for the Santa Fe.


Ralph

[AF350]

Wow that is a neat track cleaning car. Was it a comercial piece of self built? I like MOW equipment. Good pic of crane.

[Ralph]

Its a commercial track cleaning car that originally had a motor in the cab that spun two posts with little sponges on the bottom that rubbed the track. The motor wasn't working when I got it so I removed it and the sponges, and then glued a piece of masonite to the posts so it glided along the tracks to pick up dust.
The car was lettered for the Southern Pacific so I painted and lettered it for the Penn Central.

Ralph

[Boomer]

Ralph,

On the rare occasion I get a few moments to stop by here on The Gauge- well I will reiterate my like for your approach, style and cleverness.

Thanks,

Mark

[Triplex]

With that E-unit, I had trouble figuring what I was seeing. At first, it reminded me of Australian GM cab units which have Flexicoil trucks. Then "no, why does it have GE trucks?" Then "oh... the trucks don't match."

[RobertInOntario]

Great pics and good work. Also looks like a neat layout.

But where are the steamers?

Rob