Hines engines

Hello all ...fun video link    thank you ...here is another link with more Minirama info ...

https://ogrforum.ogaugerr.com/...onsin-dells-minirama

Dwight Owens was the Milwaukee "guy" ......   he I believe got the winning bid for Minirama layout and rolling stock  

Minirama had a number of All Nation (Atwater) diesels .....but they ran the All Nation ( ex General Model) articulated  there at least once ...as it graced an All Nation catalog cover .... 

Here is a video link to see a General Motors articulated in action ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jw4XUSh2JmA

Cheers Carey 

Thanks for the additional information, Carey. 

What a great thread fellas.

yes, but from a year and a half ago.  Hines Mike on eBay right now.  Seller separates tenders.

@bob2 posted:

yes, but from a year and a half ago.  Hines Mike on eBay right now.  Seller separates tenders.

I didn’t know OGR threads became stale if not seen after a period of time. Expiration date.

I don't trust sellers who do that.   Just personal opinion.

Nothing wrong with resurrecting.  Just that sometimes it isn't obvious that the thread is old.  One forumite suggested special tags - I don't think that is necessary.

Me neither - separating stuff hoping to force extra bidding is unseemly - but perfectly legal.  I was going to bid on the tender, but it is out of my price range now.  I don't need extra stuff.

I found this thread doing a google search for new content on the WWW of Dells Minirama and up this baby popped on the browser and learned Hines was the basis of those steamers used on the display. Personally I could give 2 … if I resurrected stale cheese or not anything Carey writes is worth a second look for years to come. For what's it worth you as well! I was just looking at you article on Loco Conversion Techniques No 105 November 1990 O Scale News. I supoose that's stale now too.

Agree 100%.  Resurrect away!  I did read the whole thing as if it were new material.  And I note that Hines Mike is starting for the stratosphere, price-wise.

@Carey Williams posted:

Hello all ...fun video link    thank you ...here is another link with more Minirama info ...

https://ogrforum.ogaugerr.com/...onsin-dells-minirama

Dwight Owens was the Milwaukee "guy" ......   he I believe got the winning bid for Minirama layout and rolling stock 

Minirama had a number of All Nation (Atwater) diesels .....but they ran the All Nation ( ex General Model) articulated  there at least once ...as it graced an All Nation catalog cover ....

Here is a video link to see a General Motors articulated in action ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jw4XUSh2JmA

Cheers Carey

The fellow who bought the MINIRAMA was Dwight Ingalls, not Owen(s)! Many people who went to his store thought that, because he worded his store as a play on words.

O (as in O gauge) and Upp, meaning O scale and up from there. Owen meant O 'an

Hope that clarifies a few things. By the way, I am looking for photos and movies taken by the tourist that visited.

Jeff Haertlein

@Mill City posted:

incidentally, the Reese's spearheaded the comity to rebuild the historic Wis Dells after it was demolished due to a derailment. Original...

And current station...

And my all-time favorite, the interim station...

Now, back to the topic...

This shot of the circus train was posted on the State Historical Societies website because I ordered the print. The Society keeps a list of the photos available, everytime a person buys an image. But there are hundreds of photos taken by Ollie in the State archives of MINIRAMA.