@Don McErlean posted:Well "Midwest" fans great pictures and this is my first post to this thread...your beautiful scale locomotives and cars are wonderful but they are not from my humble beginnings. So here are a few of the "poor brothers and sisters" to brighten up your Monday.
First the Marx FM Monon from Indiana:
Then the Marx 588 from the "Rock Island Line"
Next the Rock Island E-7
Who could forget the Marx 588 for the Missouri Pacific RR or "MOPAC"
Finally in a nod to all of you scale fans, here is a 1:1 scale picture of the BNSF traveling past a grain loading facility in the "booming metropolis" of Crawford Tx (population 760 in 2019) . Its a Sunday morning, this a a mostly double stack train with 3 engines (2 on front and one in rear). Crawford is about 5 miles from my home. This crossing is more or less in the center of town - which would be a great modeling project for someone...Town Center is four corners, Grain Loading facility with tanks and a single siding, one coffee shop, and 2 gas stations one next to a "Dollar Store" all on one side of tracks. Other side has small residences and a very small park.
Well that's it for me this Monday, have a great week everyone!
Don
Welcome Aboard Don. It doesn’t matter what you have as long as it is Midwest or affiliated hope you will join us next week and thanks for posting.