The "Good Old Days" of Model Railroading

[Brakie]

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Like Lawrence Oates on Scott's Antarctic Expedition "you may be gone sometime"
Great Winters Reading - Enjoy

Be nice if those was Model Railroaders from the 40/50s.The Athearn drive is silent compared to those locomotives that either howled,grind and scream as they rolled down the track.

After its all said and done it was a fun time and a interesting time.

My favorite PFM locomotives..
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I had 2 of the GP9s and 1 SD9..The price at Frank P.Halls? $21.95 for the Geeps and $24.95 for the SD...Affordable for those that had good paying factory or construction jobs.I was only 12 and received the SD9 as a Christmas gift,one GP9 as a birthday gift and traded in a Penn-Line H9 and $6.00(my weekly allowance for doing chores*-dad was a railroader ) for the other geep at Halls.My dad let me do the haggling and he thought I did good for my first time..



*There was no free ride with my dad..My chores was cutting grass,taking out the trash,trimming hedges and other such things..I know I came out far better since I learned the true value of money and how to earn things I wanted.