The 501 is the first run of the day out of Seattle...
At NTS in Orlando, a few of the children shook the modules, so there were a couple of *small* "Big One"s while we were there. :-)
The nickname is a "bruck" ("bus" and "truck" combined). No diagram yet, but here's a history:...
Great Northern had their own buses: http://www.gngoat.org/Bruck_by_Jan.JPG, http://www.gngoat.org/Bruck2_by_Jan.JPG, so there's a possibility.
My turn! My video is also from NTS, and includes Loren Snyder's working highway [MEDIA]
I did that a few years ago on several MTL Great Northern dome cars. The only warning to anyone considering it is that the seat heights are too...
Oddly enough, Hans, I have the *same* two words for you! :-)
Mine arrived from ZSM today. I'm looking forward to working on this one. :-)
Keep us updated, Loren. I for one am looking forward to it. :-)
Gosh, is your name Craig Samuel Xavier? And all this time I thought it was "John". ;-)
The connection from Seattle to Vancouver includes bus service, but there are also two daily runs each way between Seattle and Vancouver, B.C. I...
The Snyderbaun? ;-)
You would want the Coast Starlight. The code for Seattle is SEA. The code for the Bay Area station at Emeryville is EMY. Emeryville is across...
*Tim* does? I wonder if it's more like *John* wants CSX Ace. ;-)
None of my housing situations after leaving my folks' home (amicably, before you get any ideas), in 1975, have ever included what could be...
I'M NOT THAT LOUD, AM I? ;-) I have to agree with Joe, though: the heavy mikes (mine are GN, of course*) are very quiet *So, GN Mike's Mikes...
Because snow plows on locomotives in Florida where John lives is *so* prototypical. ;-)
Wait! *Non*-CSX colors (or colours)? John, are you sick or something? ;-)
Yes, Thom, light sanding with fine-grit sandpaper will have the same effect as the sand blaster - but the sand blaster is more fun. ;-)
Looks as if both are in the same issue of the journal:...