This Leopard may not be as fast as a cheetah, but you, Oh Mortal Primate will not out run the likes of him. (You can pet him if you want, and if you do not need that arm for anything).
Anyway, the LION and his Great Felids have written a missive to the mortals at Walthers taking them to task for the lack of new SUBWAY CARS, and for PARTS for these subway cars. We have instructed them to make them available before dinner time.
Maybe then the LEOPARD will return to the train room and not have them on his mind for it is not a good thing to be on the mind of a LEOPARD at dinner time, now is it?
Not sure about the Leopard and Cheetah but a few years back I bought a set of those Wathers cars and for whatever reasons Walthers did not glue the pantographs on and to make along story short when I called Walthers about replacing lost ones I was told that we don’t stock replacements.
Now I am not the only one with lost parts as Lion and others have posted here over the years and I do not understand why the Pantographs are a) not attached and b) Why they cannot be replaced.
I read in the paper that a 16 month old female mountain lion sucessufelly crossed a 8 lane freeway a little northwest of Los Angeles. Scientest are very happy because the mountain lions in this area are contained by the freeways and development so cross breeding is a problem. Now this lion can breed to unrelated mates. They have cameras set up and know about the lions in the area. The freeways are always buisy even at 3 AM, one got killed awhile ago.
A mountain lion lives in Griffith Park, a huge park in Los Angeles surrounded by freeways and development.
His name is Jerry. I have been told the name of his mate, but since I cannot pronounce it or spell it I have long since forgotten it.
But somebody has to awaken Walthers on the need to stock parts again.
I realize that manufactories in China make this more difficult, but they COULD order parts.
Maybe the Abbey I Tech (who could that be) could order up a 3D lazer scanner and 3D printer for the joint. Surely the boss would give his Okee Dokee. Not your first choice I am sure, but some parts may possibly be replicated as suitable replacements.
LION looked there. They want $180 for a single power car, and almost $400 for a four car train set. Walthers used to list these sets at $250, and Trainland used to sell them at $150. The LION is looking to bet more cars if him can.
LION is waiting to see what MTH comes up with. It will likely enough be far to expensive for a LION to consider, and him would have to rip out all of that useless DCC junk to make them run on the layout of him. 16 volts DC, MY TAIL!
This is why I want Walthers to get off of its BUTT and make trains.
They are snow leopards, and they have been trying to mate them for two years. They have been tested, are fertile, and have tried, but as far as I know there are no little snow cubs.
This makes me curious to ask a question. If I buy a recent Athearn or BLI loco and have an issue, I hope that I can get a needed part. Example…Athearn HO challenger where I got some needed valve gear. Does Walthers typically have some spare parts on locos such as 0-8-0, E-diesels, etc, or is the subway parts issue applicable to the locos also? If so, I’d take that into account into what I buy.
On the animals, I think the leopards are just cheetahs with spots (or vice-versa if I have it backwards). So they are both equally fast. The “cheetahs are faster” thing is an urban myth, as they seem so quick (compared to the humans) in zoos. Regarding the fertile snow leopards that seem to be unsuccessful, one may have a headache.
“I think the leopards are just cheetahs with spots (or vice-versa if I have it backwards). So they are both equally fast.”
(sorry, my quote feature isn’t working)
I don’t think this is true. Cheetahs are about twice as fast as leopards (70mph vs 35mph) as leopards are built more for power as opposed to speed. They are both felines (Felidae family) but cheetahs are taxonomically unique as they are the only living member of the Acinonyx genus, while leopards are in the Panthera genus, along with lions, tigers, and jaguars. The Panthera species share the ability to roar (snow leopard being the exception) and certain cranial features, while cheetahs do not.
That being said, you are probably spot on about the snow leopard having a headache
Sorry for the detail, but now you folks know how I feel when you talk about trains.
HINT: you might check the truck sideframes for third rail shoes.
The only subway I ever encountered that ran pans was one route in Tokyo. The third rail was an insulator length below the center of the tube overhead.
If you really want pans, they are available from several Japanese sources - for just a little less than the price of the cars you want to mount them on, plus postage, handling and customs.
Chuck (Modeling Central Japan in September, 1964 - with catenary motors and EMU)
Blue Line in Boston… Third rail in town and tunnel, Wire and Pans out in the sthicks.
LEOPARD has the longest tail of all of the felids. That tail acts as a counter weight, the the leopard is far more manuverable than said cheatah. I thought that the leopards were far faster than 35 mph, but what would a LION know, him will sit in the shade and wait for a Wildebeest to wander within range.
Leopard likes to rest up in tall trees and then drop in for his lunch.
What about the Serval, him is not a pantheris, is he? He has the longest legs of all cats in proportion to the size of him. From lying on the ground him can leap up nine feet to catch a bird in flight.
Märklin makes a number of HO scale pantographs that look pretty generic. Some are in stock at Walthers and some are not. Would LION find any of these suitable to carry electricity to the subway cars of him?
It was Joe323 that wanted the pantographs, I on the otter hand am looking for trucks to fit my Proto-1000 subway cars, and especially powered trucks. I have one powered unit that needs repair, and I have a mind to add more powered units to some of my trains. Witht he correct trucks I should be able to do it myself.
I did see some Atheran geered wheelsets and ideler gears which I could probably use on the Life-Like product since the drives look so similar.
LION is even willing to use a diesel truck and not worry about the sideframes if him could make it work.
“What about the Serval, him is not a pantheris, is he?”
Servals are like cheetahs and have their very own genus, Leptailurus.
Within the Felidae family, the Pantheras and the Neofelis (clouded leopards) are the only genuses in the subfamiliy Pantherinae. All other cats fall within the Felinae subfamily divided into 12 genuses.
Of everything I’ve posted, I only knew that cheetahs and panthers were different. I had to look everything else up. I’m an environmental compliance consultant so it’s my tendency to research and communicate the details.
Lion could measure the wheel to wheel distance on him subway truck and see what the rest of the world has to offer. Then cast copy sideframes from his.
BTW, I’ m confused; is it Cheatahs or Leopards running through the subway?
