James that is a great haul for July purchases, congrats. On the way home from the hobby shop today we drove through Eagle, Wi. I said hi to the water tower for you
TomO
James, interesting story, thanks.TomO
I actually knew the lady that came up with the design idea for the town. I believe this all transpired in 1977 or 78 if I recall correctly. Her name was Melody Erd, she was an incredible person and artist. A good friend of my mother's. Her son is the founder of the the cheer that we all know as the "wave" that sports fans do in the stadiums. He was the original and 1st mascot for the Milwaukee Wave soccer team "Dave the Wave" as his name is Dave Erd. He was 2 years ahead of me in school. I think in my older sister class. Anyways something happened in 1984 thru 1986 as the teams were officially started in 84. There was some dispute in the franchise on the mascot situation and of course royalties $ and credits. In the end Dave ended up leaving the franchise. I do not know what happened, all I know is they changed the mascot name to Mike or Beach guy or whatever. The Erd family were great people with creative minds. As families growing up, we would all go to the World's Fair together every year back then that was hosted in both Milwaukee and Chicago.
Thanks for saying "Hi" I will have to get back that way again. I went through there about 12 years ago. Need to pay a visit. I want to get up there to do some Musky fishing and then head to Canada to the Lake of the Woods. We shall see.
As for the Christmas in July.....well the gifts to me kept on coming! LOL it's out of control now. I picked up 8 new & used locos on the fly with DCC and sound. Still haven't gotten a deal settled on a GBW Alco yet. I have a line on one and 5 other locos. One being the Caterpillar SD70Ace for my CAT dealership. I even picked up more tankers for the JR fuels industry and a couple hoppers for the Big Stones Aggregate company. Then couple dozen box cars mostly 50 footers etc. Switches are slowly coming in too. I have to pick up 4 more pieces of lumber to finish up my shelving above the layout as well. List is on going and seems to be like 1 step forward 2 steps back and so forth. No worries though it's all good.
James that is a great haul for July purchases, congrats. On the way home from the hobby shop today we drove through Eagle, Wi. I said hi to the water tower for you
Tom, why must you hurt my feelings like this?!My first caboose for the layout and I think the 1st purchased caboose since 1975.
Fox Valley Models Milwaukee Road Transfer Caboose. It will be stripped unfortunately and painted for my free lance road the Wisconsin River Valley and Terminal RR.
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TomO
Oh man, lucky. That's one of the few modern locos I still would like to own. I love the paint, even if it didn't last long.and yes the hits keep coming.......
A CAT's meow!
Athearn Genesis #G68823-EMD Lease SD70ACE w DCC & Sound Demo #1201 CAT scheme!
This unit will be used to handle all of my Caterpillar freight for the dealership/distribution center I will have on my layout.
Although in real life this unit actually went to A&M along with 1202 and 1203 blue scheme units.
The locomotives, EMD road numbers 1201-1203, were delivered to A&M from Progress Rail’s Mayfield, Ky., facility. EMD 1201 made its debut at the MINExpo Show in Las Vegas, Nev., painted in Caterpillar® yellow. Modifications at the Mayfield shop included a new, modern paint design reflecting A&M’s corporate colors and renumbering to A&M road numbers 70-72.
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