flightops
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My missus told me the other day no more train stuff for a while. I (or ourse) agreed. And I genuinely meant it, not one of those cross your fingers and agree things.
Then an email notice showed up today. A seller was offering an Athern Fairbanks Morse H24-66 for 20 bucks. I had a search setup on ebay and hadn't yet deleted it (as per wife request to not buy more train stuff for a month or two).
Then I made the mistake of viewing the offer:
Used for sure, but original packing at least gives some hope it's been fairly well taken care of. Check out the seller and it seems to be one of those estate sale people. You know, they buy a lot and sell it off as "smalls". This is the only train thing.
After shipping and taxes (ebay charges tax for Canadian sellers and buyers in Canada, it's a gov't law type thing).
Should be here within the week.
Wife is at work today but I'll have to come clean and ask for "penance" when she gets home, but I just couldn't pass up the price.
Dominion Central was a rail line in central Canada around mid 50's IIRC. We had an Atlantic Central Rail line here, but they never used this particular Diesel Loco, they used Alco S-3's and replaced them with SW1200RSes. But the era of the Athern model is at least right.
DAR, even though the SW tracks were pulled up in about 86 and the line was totally defunct province wide around 2010, it did play a significant role in WWI and WWII, shuttling Soldiers from our major training camp to Halifax, where they would cross the Atlantic. Before WWi it was a "luxury passenger" line, ferrying people between steamship ports and similar after WWII. Local industry had problem and ridership trailed off and the rail eventually failed/became unprofitable. Same old story most places where rail lines eventually get pulled up I'd guess....
I'm thinking I'll do a "fantasy" Dominion Atlantic Rail train with it and some era correct Pullman cars (which DAR did use). DAR was also a subsidiary of CP Rail, which did use some H24-66 diesel Locos. I do already have a CN Pullman passenger caboose car....
So if you squint real hard and look a little sideways out the corner of your eye, all the while with your hand up and through your fingers, an H24-66 on the DAR could have been a possibility/fantasy.....
Then an email notice showed up today. A seller was offering an Athern Fairbanks Morse H24-66 for 20 bucks. I had a search setup on ebay and hadn't yet deleted it (as per wife request to not buy more train stuff for a month or two).
Then I made the mistake of viewing the offer:
Used for sure, but original packing at least gives some hope it's been fairly well taken care of. Check out the seller and it seems to be one of those estate sale people. You know, they buy a lot and sell it off as "smalls". This is the only train thing.
After shipping and taxes (ebay charges tax for Canadian sellers and buyers in Canada, it's a gov't law type thing).
Should be here within the week.
Wife is at work today but I'll have to come clean and ask for "penance" when she gets home, but I just couldn't pass up the price.
Dominion Central was a rail line in central Canada around mid 50's IIRC. We had an Atlantic Central Rail line here, but they never used this particular Diesel Loco, they used Alco S-3's and replaced them with SW1200RSes. But the era of the Athern model is at least right.
DAR, even though the SW tracks were pulled up in about 86 and the line was totally defunct province wide around 2010, it did play a significant role in WWI and WWII, shuttling Soldiers from our major training camp to Halifax, where they would cross the Atlantic. Before WWi it was a "luxury passenger" line, ferrying people between steamship ports and similar after WWII. Local industry had problem and ridership trailed off and the rail eventually failed/became unprofitable. Same old story most places where rail lines eventually get pulled up I'd guess....
I'm thinking I'll do a "fantasy" Dominion Atlantic Rail train with it and some era correct Pullman cars (which DAR did use). DAR was also a subsidiary of CP Rail, which did use some H24-66 diesel Locos. I do already have a CN Pullman passenger caboose car....
So if you squint real hard and look a little sideways out the corner of your eye, all the while with your hand up and through your fingers, an H24-66 on the DAR could have been a possibility/fantasy.....
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