Railroad: Billerica & Bedford R.R.  1st or 2nd locos: please clarify  State: Maine  Time span: 1 year? 

Thanks for the extra info, Jerry!

Is it a C44-9W 

I've heard that there were Jeeps outfitted for rail use in WWII, too.

The Climax is gone?!    I was planning on getting one of those!  I miss the 0-6-0T, too.

Looks good.  I like the figures, too.

Not to mention the odd locomotive.

Stephen,
     If you liked gearedsteam.com, then you might like this site, too: www.shaylocomotives.com
HOplasser's pic is a Brill M.160 - It's now at the Dallas Railway Museum.

A friend sent this to me - the truck is an "EMD HD3500-2", I think.
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8trJgg3abs

My sister's Consol will do 9 3/4".

Gene,
   I had temporarily forgotten about the Spectrum SY, but it's still CHINESE!    For those who are good at modifying and superdetailing, then just buy an SY and "Americanize" it - but people like me, that aren't very good at heavily modifying models, need something that they can bring home and run without having to completely rebuild it first.

You win, Scotty.  If I have the rules straight, your up.

Okay, this will probably be an easy one, but here' goes; What 2 things make this Shay unique?

How many of you guys want to see Bachmann produce a generic 2-8-2 Mikado in HO Spectrum?  Something to go along with the 4-6-0, maybe.  I'd like an 8-coupled loco for my pike, but the 2-8-0 doesn't really jump out at me.  Who's with me?  I know they're disgussing it on the 4-6-2 thread, but I thought I'd give it a seperate topic to itself.

I was looking forward to participating in this game (by the way, great idea Guilford), but my first day back on the board has not seen one post on this topic.      My patience is getting stronger with all this exercise.