Mike has done nearly all of this work from the work shop behind his house. Every week he would get boxes and boxes of parts and trains to photograph, measure and catalog. There were many parts with no indication of what they were and what they went to. For instance I saw him with a box full of handcar trucks. It was amazing to see how many different variations there were just for handcar trucks. "They look the same to me". Mike would look and say "no, see this one has a notch on this end. and this one has..." Each was measured and the variations were noted.
So while we have been waiting all these months Mike has spent long days and evenings cataloging parts for us. It's a job I wouldn't have wanted.
I want to say thank you Mike for your hard work creating a parts catalog almost out of thin air.
Scott Smith
