Yea, Joe is whom I talked to when I ordered and my paperwork had Karen's card with it.?
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Wow! I had no idea there were so many of you all enjoying this model.?
Guys, I am not going to deal with the truck issue. This model runs like its on a magic carpet. The reason I purchased it was to bring the benefits of a diesel to my yard switching and when I found pictures of a? MP S 12. I realized this was my answer. I already had picked up an S 12 from Ebay maybe close to 20 yrs ago but really never used it since it is for the Rio Grande and I have a lot of yard steam. I did contemplate coloring it for the MP but I am also and DRGW fan and just could not bring my self to remove the paint scheme. I will stay on the layout in its present switching duties.?
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But as I started to move into switch list I wanted more power in other locations on the layout and out came the DRGW S12. No modifications just a Baldwin Tsunami and good LEDS. Even the handrailing was broken and missing on one end. I did not care because it runs so good, switching with out issue and I fell in love with the gurgling of the Baldwin sound. It is so different from the EMD sounds I am use to. Every time I hear the sound I think of the RGS Galloping Goose sound from back in my narrow days. That is what made me do some FAs. I wanted a different sound on the layout and those Alco diesels give that to me on the main line.?
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So, in short, I plan to do some small details on the shell such as all weather cab windows, hand railing down the long hood, long grabs at the cab end, bell, windshield wipers, lift rings, coupler lift bars and maybe air hoses. The air hoses are a maybe since all the other rolling stock that I switch usually wind up loosing them due to using my magnet stick or pick from the side of the coupler. All the details depend on what I may have in my inventory and just how far I feel I need to go to be happy while switching with the new motive power.?
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Mike Swederska
Meramec Valley Lines
Modeling Mopac equipment in 3/16
https://www.youtube.com/@mikesscale3149
Don't let perfection get in the way of good enough! Keep model railroading fun!
