Odds and ends via UPS

Bob_Keller · March 13, 2008, 1:54pm

First off is the new Atlas O 55 ton side panel hopper in The World’s Greatest Road Name.

Bob_Keller · March 13, 2008, 1:55pm

Next is the new Bachmann On30 4-4-0 (next to an Atlas F unit for a size reference).

Bob_Keller · March 13, 2008, 1:56pm

And the Atlas O Pennsy signal system

Bob_Keller · March 13, 2008, 1:57pm

And my feeble attempts at customizing an Atlas switch tower, which is, by-the-way, a snap together kit. No glue needed.

Bob_Keller · March 13, 2008, 1:58pm

And last but not least, a test shot of the CTT York button for April.

johnandjulie13 · March 13, 2008, 2:10pm

I like the hopper. I may grab one(or three) when I get my Legacy GP7.

Regards,

John

dougdagrump · March 13, 2008, 2:18pm

First off is the new Atlas O 55 ton side panel hopper in The World’s Greatest Road Name.

You must have used the wrong photo with your statement, it doesn’t have the B&O logo on that hopper. [:P] [swg]

jmkk · March 13, 2008, 2:23pm

[#ditto]

Jason

Bob_Keller · March 13, 2008, 2:31pm

Isn’t B&O a Swedish stereo-equipment maker?

anjdevil2 · March 13, 2008, 2:51pm

Nah, yer all wrong…if it ain’t PRR, it ain’t a railroad…(and me being a CNJ fan)[swg]

Hey Bob, if I can get my degree in writing, can I come & play with your toys?[:-^][sigh]

Bob_Keller · March 13, 2008, 2:57pm

I Carl & Kent are only members of the staff with a degree in Journalism or the paper sciences … Roger’s is history and mine Poli Science … so we’re eclectic in that regard.

Jumijo · March 13, 2008, 3:25pm

I like the hopper. It would look great with one of my kid’s patented coal loads. [tup]

Jim

Jumijo · March 13, 2008, 4:05pm

Roger is also a baseball freak. Ask him who won the 1994 World Series and see what he says.

traindaddy1 · March 13, 2008, 4:38pm

If not the “World’s”, certainly it’s “America’s” [bow]

johnandjulie13 · March 13, 2008, 4:47pm

Unless he is a White Sox fan, he should not be too upset. It was ours for the taking that year…[:(]

Regards,

John

cnw1995 · March 13, 2008, 5:24pm

Boy, wasn’t that the truth, John. That Atlas tower looks neat - and it’s all snap-together? Wow.

Buckeye_Riveter · March 13, 2008, 6:26pm

Bob…Do the UPS delivery people seem to hang around your office to watch you open your packages? You might think about opening a bar in your office, just so people could drink and watch the trains run. Isn’t drinking, ice fishing and trains Milwaukee’s favorite sport pastimes? [(-D]

alexweiihman · March 14, 2008, 5:28am

I like the badge above all else~! When does CT start giving these out at their stand?

3railguy · March 14, 2008, 6:22am

Doesn’t look like UP to me.

Bob_Keller · March 14, 2008, 7:09am

The badges are given out at our booth in the Orange hall Friday when the doors open. Be advised that there two lines - one from each of the nearby doorways.

Last Fall we tried a new system - rather than just leave them in baskets or on the table, where frankly, guys would often take a handful we’ll be passing them out - 1 per customer - but if you want a second, you’ll need to go to the end of the line.

More people were able to get them than previously.

And no, the UPS drivers don’t hang around - they dump the stuff in distribution and move along to their next stop!