New Arrivals

As promised, here are our new arrivals.  If past performance is any guide, you won't have to wait long before these cars too are running down the main line.  

However, it seems rather counter-intuitive to me to have a museum piece with a URL painted on the sides.  Perhaps I could letter "hickscarworks.blogspot.com" just below the Sunset Lines heralds on the 309.  That might help.

I worked some more on the 36.  The areas of the bumper and side sill which Frank and Dan had needle-chipped last time were wire-wheeled, and then painted with primer.   Next time, blue!

I also fixed (I hope) a couple of side doors on the car that kept popping open when the car was in motion.  That's mildly embarrassing.  They now latch firmly when the car is stationary, and didn't pop open during the short trip out to Central Avenue, which is a good sign.  I also helped with switching for a while.

For the Vintage Transport Extravaganza this Sunday, I'm planning to run the 36 and 309.  So the three blue cars had to be swapped around again.  You may notice that we have a recalcitrant retriever, but I'm sure our ace Wheaton Shop forces will replace it quickly.

This will be vintage transport at its finest!

And by the way, we could still use another trainman!

I've been away for three weeks, and in the meantime the landscape continues to change at an impressive rate.  The new alignment for Railroad Ave. appears to be nearly complete, angling off to the left in this view SSW, and Archer Ave. (I think) will continue off to the right.