Passenger locomotives

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Cicero did at least two RMC articles on Comets. The one you're thinking about is in fact on Comet IVs, but he also did one about 1995 on Comet IIs.

I would have liked to get more IHP stuff, but I found the guy hard to deal with. I still have an FP10 and some Jersey Arrows I need to get to.

Ah, i didn't see that article! I remember searching on the Model Railroad Magazine Index when it was up, and i never found that one, i'll have to look for it. where there every any articles on his layout itself? I can't find much on it. Clearly, he had similar modeling goals to me.

I wish i had some of those Arrow Is. when they originally came out, I was looking towards modeling the modern day, and i couldn't justify the cost of buying them. I've only ever seen Mike's display model and one that was kitbashed into a Comet IB at a hobby shop, but that was it. I've been lurking on Ebay, but no luck.

IHP stuff is nice when you can find it. He had me test out the new drives for the Silverliner IVs that were supposed to be in the SEPTA store. They were there for a while, but there was supposed to be another run this past summer. I've been visiting that store in my spare time week to week (school is in Philadelphia), and Nothing. When it comes to Mike and IHP, you just need copious amounts of patience.

I got a bunch of his other models, like Silverliner IIIs, IVs, Arrow IIIs, and a few diesel shells. What i really want are some of those Reading Green Cars, and some Arrow IIs. I already put in an order for Arrow IIs, but they won't come out for at least a decade at this rate.

Here's an old Gem brass Amtrak SDP40F. I regeared it with NWSL gears and remotored it with a can motor and flywheels. I also added a lot of detail and painted it. Still a mediocre runner, but the old Gems hardly ran at all.

cool SDP40!