Tim A.
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Me too. I was a little premature with putting primer on as I still have to make the air tanks that mount underneath the floor.You gotta be proud of this Tim. Looking forward to see this get some color.
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G scale locomotive.
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That fella looks like he knew Casey Jones. Great fit!
Tim A.
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I hear ya. A lot of the smaller engines had cabs that weren't big enough for a average height dude of the time to stand up in. Now I know how high to make the seats. If an engineer or fireman was 6 ft back then the boss probably thought they must really like their job. This photo of a similar engine I'm building shows the guys standing would barely stand up straight in the cab.
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Tim A.
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He might have...haha. Casey Jones' fireman the night he crashed was a guy named Sim Webb. He went on to live a long life and till his death defended Casey actions. I guess the railroad tried to railroad Casey by blaming him.That fella looks like he knew Casey Jones. Great fit!
Dang man! Looks like Iron!
Greg Kimsey
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I was looking to get my grandson a train set for Christmas so I did some research, and according to the Bachmann Trains catalog, the G stands for Garden since the trains are intended to be set up outdoors in gardens and yards and are made to withstand weather. I thought that was neato. This is a marvelous engine you are building! Casey Jones was quite the engineer. T'was a rough way to become famous though...
Tim A.
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Yep. "G" is a general name given to the 1.20.3 (narrow gauge), 1:22.5 and 1:29 scales. The Bachmann Big Hauler are good starter sets. LGB is another. They are the cheapest. Everything in G scale is stupid expensive (which is why I'm building my own!), with some locomotives at 2 grand and cars a hundred a pop. Ebay, Ebay, Ebay!
Casy Jones loved his job. He even built his own whistle that had a distinctive sound, so that folks new it was his locomotive coming through.
Love it Tim!
Tim A.
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Thanks Bob!Love it Tim!
Greg Kimsey
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Some accounts say he still had that whistle handle in his hand when his body was found. I loved the story of him scooping up the girl off the track while hanging onto the cattle guard.
Tim A.
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He was a unique individual. His name "Casey" was a nickname, given to him, I think, because he was a gifted baseball player in his school days. Can't remember if it was the town or the school named Casey where he played?
The night of his crash he had already worked a full shift. The boss asked if he would run through the night because an engineer was sick. The passenger train he agreed to run was a hour and a half late. Casey stickler for time and told his boss he would try to make up the time.
I don't usually trust Wikipedia but there is a Cayce town:
"The Jones family moved to Cayce, Kentucky[2] after his mother Ann Nolan Jones and his father Frank Jones, a schoolteacher, decided that the rural areas of Missouri offered few opportunities for their family.[3] It was there that he acquired the nickname of "Cayce", which he chose to spell as "Casey"."
If you live or work close to tracks you'll pick up even today how unique an engineer's touch is on the whistle. I talked to one of those guys about it and they say they do develop their own style of laying on the horn. Back in the steam days they could change the tone on how much they opened the valve.
Tim A.
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We're not a 10th of a mile from double mainline. Trains come through here all day and night. Some engineers will attempt a little tune when they come through town.
