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Edit:  Somebody, let me know if you're able to access the photo.  I linked to my facebook page.

While perusing the "parts department" last week I noticed the availability of
drive-train parts and gears, etc. for the subject loco.  I sent and E-mail ordering the parts on the 30th of November.  That afternoon, I received a
status "confirmation of receipt" E-mail.  The following day (early A.M.) I received a status "update" from 'confirmation' to 'picking/packing'.  That afternoon I received another status update from 'picking/packing' to 'shipped'.
Now all I had to do was wait for the good ol' snail-mail to arrive...got it today !
Less than a week after ordering.  Even taking into considering of the massive blizzard that hit the Northeast last week, even the USPS did a good job.
Thanks Backmann for have a top of the line parts/shipping/customer notification department.

Ken Huck

Just finished regearing 3 out of 4 of my Shays.  WOW !  It's a lot easier than it
looks.  A high quality needle pliers is an absolute must.  The performance of
these engines can't be beat.  Super slow crawl, up steep grades, short radius
turns, and traction out the yingyang !  Don't be afraid to dive in if you haven't
already done so.  I'm glad I did.

Here's some pictures of my layout.  The photo quality isn't the best but you
should get a pretty good idea of my operation.  The two lower levels consist
of a folded dog-bone which provide continuous running with two sidings and
a lot of spurs, along with small turntable (big enough to turn my Shays and
Heisler) and a small yard.  The upper lever is a reverse loop.

This is the scratch-build matchstick trestle on the 'downside' of the reverse
loop.

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Here's two and the stack of a third my Bachmann Shays.  I have four

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This is the Woodland Scenics Moonshine still installed just above the turntable.

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The fourth Bachmann Shay out to pick up a work crew.

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The rest of the Bachmann Shay that you only saw the smokestack of in the
second picture.

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The only other motive power I have is a Mantua 2-6-6-2.  It doesn't get
used very much...it's just too much fun watching those Shay's.  The coaling
and water tower are scratch-built items.

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This is a Campbell kit of an ore mine.  I can't remember the name of the kit
but two Bachmann Ore cars are taking their turns on getting filled.

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Everybody needs a junkyard.  These are Jordan kits.

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Here's my scratch-built turntable, I got the plans from Model Railroader
magazine February 1987 issue

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Well, that's pretty much about it, I still got a lot of scenery to go yet but I
keep getting side-tracked (pun intended).

I use ImageShack to host my pictures.  Hope you enjoy them

Ken

I ordered (successfully, I might add) parts from the 'Order Parts' page and
received my verification E-mail saying my 'order would be shipped as soon
as possible'.  Anybody know off hand how long that might be ?