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Well, I'd probably buy any commuter cars I think I need (they are rare and expensive, $1000 wouldn't even be enough for a single rushour train at the current prices).
If not that, I'd seek a Prescision Scale "Old Rivets GG1" in Conrail Blue.
My third choice would be a new layout with Catenary paid for.
Modeling New Jersey Under the Wire 1978-1979.
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Like an old wiseman said :hey: :" you can never have enough brass"
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It's a toss-up for me. Do I purchase a handful of craftsman structure kits or do I convert the layout and 65+ engines to DCC? Let's go for $2000!
willie
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santafewillie Wrote:It's a toss-up for me. Do I purchase a handful of craftsman structure kits or do I convert the layout and 65+ engines to DCC? Let's go for $2000!
willie
First, you buy the kits...
then you tell your wife that you need more funds in order to upgrade your layout to the new standard of operation.
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Does a new iMac to browse Big Blue with count? :mrgreen:
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I could spend a $1000 easy since I'm retiring my older BB locomotives (except my SW1500s) and upgrading my motive power fleet..Most of these locomotives are 30 years old and well used and its time to put them in storage and no it wasn't a easy decision to make.
Larry
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Summerset Ry
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A pair of On3 2-8-2s...MMI's K-28s
The 2-8-2s would have their tenders junked (details & trucks harvested), the locomotive details stripped, and correct Oahu Railway details added for OR&L #60 and #70. If another $800 was included, I'd add two more 2-8-2s for OR&L #80 & #90.
Michael
My primary goal is a large Oahu Railway layout in On3
My secondary interests are modeling the Denver, South Park, & Pacific in On3 and NKP in HO
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Enough scratch building materials to last a lifetime .
Terry
To err is human, to blame it on somebody else shows management potential.
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I would pay some one to build&setup my benchwork and lighting for me.I have all the engines and rolling stock i need,with the exception of a couple of pieces.
Don Shriner
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Instead of DCC as I mentioned earlier, I might spend it on more track or equipment for the back yard trains.
Life is simple - Eat, Drink, Play with trains
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You're too late!!! I just spent it on HOn3 locomotives.
Bob
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Make my train shed bigger, I have run out of space. 400 square feet is to small.
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I'd probably buy enough Kadee couplers to finish converting my stock.
David
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Perth & Exeter Railway Company
Esquesing & Chinguacousy Radial Railway
In model railroading, there are between six and two hundred ways of performing a given task.
Most modellers can get two of them to work.
