Went to a run today at one of my operator’s place. Not a bad railroad at all, fit into a very small city backyard.
But, in the garage, he had shelves of New Blight and Scientology trains. Stacks of the buggers.
What he runs are LGB, Bachmann, and Kalamzoo, I think.
I mentioned that if he ever cam across a New Blight tank car he didn’t need, I needed one. He turns around, reaches down under this pile, and pulls one out…handing it to me.
Several (many?) years ago, when I had to order out a bunch of Aristo water tank parts, I had an idea…since I had three New Blight tankers, I asked Navin if he had any of the bases with legs.
Man, they had a LOT of those! Sold the tanks, ladders, spouts and spout supports.
I cut the bases apart for supports for…locomotive oil refueling tanks. I have three out there, next to water tanks, and I have a fourth set of legs…now to pull the tank apart, seal the handrail support holes, paint black, and mount it up.
Another project in the “done” book shortly!
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