Mark Boyce posted:Mike, I'll let it melt.
Mike, Lew, Lee, I got out my gantry crane and have to apologize. It is not the postwar, but is Lionel 6-12700 from 1987. I'm going to set it up on the workbench, because I think there was one function I had trouble with.
Ray, the real parts mockup looks great!! It is just like we were discussing at of all places my Thursday morning breakfast-Bible study. We get on a variety of topics while waiting for the food and when we start eating. One was about one of the guys mentioning being in New York, and driving a steer and the elevated line seemed to go on forever. I have never been to NYC or Chicago, but I have been to Philly once back in the '80s and saw theirs. Anyway, the remark was made about the residents and hotel guests having to listen to the trains right outside their windows. Your mockup is like what they were talking about.
yes ..Mark and Lew, these were terrible if you stayed at a hotel near them or worse had to live by one, I only remember New York way back, very noisy and rough riding.
But in '67 was in Montreal when they first had their rubber tired Metro, what a difference and very clean and quiet. I haven't been back so don't know how they have held up over the years.
