Bach-Man
Can you please make a model of the Union Pacific Challenger. If so would it feature working head light and smoke unit. Here is some images of it.
(http://www.trainnet.org/Libraries/Lib014/3985AB.GIF)
(http://www.craigsrailroadpages.com/guestimages/6065.jpg)
(http://www.hal-pc.org/~wmewrght/up3985.jpg)
(http://www.hal-pc.org/~wmewrght/up3985b.jpg)
why would they? with athearn, rivarossi, and bowser models already available, it wouldn' t make good business sence to add another.
Why go over the same argument again?
Gene
Sorry to bump an old post but could someone make a post in General Discussion on which models have an especially slim chance of being made within the lifetime of the questioner.....
Well this was already bumped so I just gotta ask.....If you call your team frog pulling and you call that messed up mower super frog....why is it red and not green? is it a tropical tree frog? doesn't resemble a frog at all. Might want to fix that.
Amazon poison arrow frog. ::)
Gene
Gene,
When you mentioned the 'Amazon poison arrow frog', were you talking about the 'tractor' or the 'Challenger' :D
Now I have one more comment, but before I write it, take a deep, deep breath and relax my friend, Gene, so this doesn't overly tax you for today :)
Here it is ... I really would kind of like to be standing near the RR track when that excursion Challenger went by. I've never been much of a UP fan, but when the recent #844 4-8-4 went by, it really, literally sent chills up my spine ... oh the memories of 'steam power'!
Okay, I'm done, Gene, you can exhale :D
lanny nicolet
But Lanny, suppose the B&O Museum were to bring their C&O 2-6-6-6 back into operation and you were to stand trackside at Alleghany as it crested the hill and headed east towards Clifton Forge.
My wife stood by the tracks as N&W 611 thundered by and even she was impressed. Those big ones were brutes, no question about it.
Gene
Hey look at the side of the tractor in this image and you'll see Kermit T. Frog flying along the side. You'll also see in white the word Super Frog. DUH! :P
(http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z154/FrogPullingTeam/SuperFrogRearImage.jpg)
Quote from: SteamGene on August 16, 2007, 10:15:18 AM
But Lanny, suppose the B&O Museum were to bring their C&O 2-6-6-6 back into operation and you were to stand trackside at Alleghany as it crested the hill and headed east towards Clifton Forge.
My wife stood by the tracks as N&W 611 thundered by and even she was impressed. Those big ones were brutes, no question about it.
Gene
Gene, I can assure you that if the C&O 2-6-6-6 were to be running exhibition/excursion anywhere (within a fairly reasonable distance from Central Iowa) I would drive there just for the thrill of seeing, hearing and feeling, once again, the raw, unparallelled power of big steam!
I read that the recent excursion #844 UP, when running south on mainline UP tracks in Iowa, hit 80MPH for a time. Wish I would have been there! :)
lanny nicolet
Lanny,
Imay be in your area in October. My wife and I are driving out to Idaho for a military brat event and we may swing by and see those famous covered bridges.
Gene
Gene,
The 'Covered Bridges' are about 30-40 south of where we live. Be glad to have a cup of coffee with you if you stop in this area (contact me privately when your plans are firm).
lanny nicolet
Lanny,
Will do.
Gene
Athearn Genesis makes a really nice Challenger Frog. It has sound, and it can pull A LOT. And most importantly, its not very expensive.
Thanks
And which one of you Tire Stabber was making fun of my dads tractor >:(