Reply to "how about a "gold mine" for your layout...."

Mike H MottlerOGR Forum Member SUPPORTING MEMBER

About Gold ...

Today's gold miners (like Parker and his crew) shown on cable TV seem to have lots of CAT and VOLVO equipment, but no railroad spur to a main line in Alaska or the Yukon or wherever. Apparently steel rails and gold nuggets are mutually and geographically exclusive.

The Lionel gold mine set cited by another hobbyist in this thread includes a hopper car "loaded with (faux) gold." That load (if only it was real) would be worth a fortune! The gold bars displayed through the windows of the MINT CAR series is another manifestation of our fascination with gold via railroads. I wonder, were there actual RR cars in service and dedicated to hauling gold from mining or refinery sites to Fort Knox (or wherever)? Perhaps ordinary baggage cars were used -- and sometimes robbed -- as in old time western movies.

Mike Mottler LCCA 12394

5/20/2011:22 PM

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