It takes several of us just to keep up with one crazy auto mechanic
Guys;
It’s probably down in those 666+ posts somewhere, but lest we forget - the stout wooden post joining two logging disconnect trucks is also called a rooster!
Regards, David Meashey
Yep. It’s also the pole that connects link & pin cars to a loco with a different style or height of coupler (so I’ve been told).
It may also refer to the pole that a certain Grover figure dances on, not sure.
Cliff said: pole and has been reported to the moderator.
A few leetle issues with the track and mechanism, but otherwise a fairly accurate rendering by ChatGPT of Rooster at his day job. And yep, he only has six fingers.
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I would really like to see those Superliners up close, is there abuild log on them at all? Guess I will need to schedule a Penn. visit in the near future.
For the right price, he will sell the whole train
John,
Nobody wants to buy that handmade almost 15yr old crap. He would be better off buying the German made models. Although I do have and have had a Viewliner baggage for about 5yrs now. Only one in the large scale modeling world I believe.
The roof vents were made in a mold by someone other than me.
Thought you modeled by the 10’ rule like me? Nothing to see here so move along and buy the German made models.
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What if pete Lassens eyes aren’t so good?
I’m guessing the hint is you used a tablesaw to whack up a lot of aluminum cars. Wow was it more than 2 for each car???
Tried to do some Amtrak railfanning today, but my timing was off. No passenger trains but I caught three freight on the Pittsburgh line. Got a video of a stack train, but it’s too long at 3 minutes to upload from here, so you will have to settle for an EBT short.
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Jon, those green coaches are the most shiney 1:1’s I’ve ever seen, like scaled up new plastic Bachmanns. Beautiful. Part of me thinks they need weathering. 
So what’s the price for the various amtrak items?
i am beginning to suspect, that there is a certain obsession for ondulated metal, mixed with a certain rejection of wooden sidings.
now i’m waiting, to see, if a certain someone will pre-order a casket. not at the carpenter’s, but at the blacksmith… 
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Pete, here’s what I think is the build thread on those.
Sadly, the photos don’t show up. But it’s a great read; you can “see” the incredible effort Rooster put in, even without the photos.
I’ve seen these cars personally, and they’re amazing… especially once you understand he built them, not bought them. To quote Jon Radder from 15 years ago,
David, do you still have access to your Photobucket account? If so you could just dump them into a zip file and park that here for folks to download.