TT scale trains and models

What an awesome find, I'm genuinely jealous.

Yes. The fellow had imported them some years ago and I was intrigued by them, but not the price. I filed the thought away to acquire them at a future date. He had three at the show, two in a camouflage scheme and one in the purple and yellow scheme. They were $75.00 each. When I was hemming and haw...

Bill Dixon wrote: ↑Wed May 04, 2022 12:02 am two Manchurian Streamlined 4-4-4T engines

This guy?? Did you buy them?

I don't know them but I'm tempted to ask them about whether they'd be willing to scale up their N scale C415 shell to TT...

Tank cars varied immensely in their dimensions; the Taurus kit reminds me (off the top of my head, it's been a while since I've seen a photo) of cars used by Imperial Oil for asphalt shipments - would just need to shorten the dome to about half of what it is now.

Aren't the trains still running between Helsinki and SPB or are they gonna shut that too?

Well I'll be spending some money... echoing ConducTTor's question: when/how can we (pre)order?

Y'know, I've been longing to see Carp/Sta Barbara again for some time now... last time there was 1994: so I'm totally up for using a train show as an excuse to go down there again, 30th anniversary. And two years means I should have *something* built...

I'm really *very* tempted... I remember seeing one of these a lot at "O" Yard, ofc that's post-Hydro times. I'll have to think on it... but I am very tempted.

Oh that's awesome!