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RVolskay

RVolskay

Kansas City area

40+ year model train collector, prototype railroad enthusiast (as is often the case), but I'm not a "rivet counter".

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The Model Railroader - Model Trainsin Model Trains
Tanks (Athearn, not Abrams) - Model Trainsin Model Trains
Volume One, 1934 The Model Railroader - Model Trainsin Model Trains
The lindberg Line - Model Trainsin Model Trains
Early HO boxcar models of a famous prototype - Model Trainsin Model Trains
Same car, different scale (and different numbers) - Model Trainsin Model Trains
Cox Model Trains - Model Trainsin Model Trains
One of a kind? - Model Trainsin Model Trains
UP 844 - Railroadianain Railroadiana
Athearn GP30 - Model Trainsin Model Trains

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  1. One of the lesser known, but rather exotic, locos of the PRR. I’d bet you shelled out just as much, or more, for the parts! Beautiful model, of a beautiful locomotive!
  2. AHM quit the business in the mid to late 1980’s. A blue box is early 1970’s, they switched to a silver/gray, about 79 or so. These are cool models, for sure. Nowadays, the wreck cleanup, and retailing...
  3. I don’t know…personally, I’d consider AHM to be light years better than anything Tyco put out, at that time. Plus, they had locomotives that no one else would even consider (it was a long time before ...
  4. RIVAROSSI is an old hat, in the model train business. They started in the 50’s, if memory serves me correctly, and are, as their name implies, an Italian firm, noted for being VERY high quality. For a...
  5. Your appreciation, and kind remarks, have certainly brightened my day. I've never ridden behind these, but, in 1984, I rode behind the NW 611, which was also active, at that time. I found out, then, t...
  6. My favorite "generation" of EMD. I'm very much an F unit fan, and these rate a close second. Love the sound of their engines, which were very distinct sounding. Visibility on these was actually b...
  7. The Santa Fe used this type of caboose, in the plain jane caboose red, almost like an automotive primer color. I remember seeing dozens of the type, right into the 1980's, on the trains I'd watch. Som...
  8. Awesome model, in great condition, still doing its thing! Not sure those ever came out in the "Black Widow" scheme, either the models, or the prototypes, though, even though I'm in my mid 50's, there'...
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PRR S1 Rebuilding my Pop-Pop's legacy MY trains sets I posted here, where are they? Searching For The Erie Railroad Taking a Ride in a GP-9 Locomotive Railroad Hardware and Miniature Counterparts three more boxes of 'old LIONEL model train' stuff Athearn HO Guage Cupola Caboose Steel Body Southern Pacific Old School Athearn Diesel Electric Locomotives Athearn HO Gauge Santa Fe EMD GP9 Locomotives PENN LINE Reading Crusaders, HO Scale 1957 Revell HO SCALE 0-6-0 Locomotive Athern HO Gauge Model Train Locomotives

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Vintage AHM Railway Wrecking Crane AT&SF Santa Fe HO Scale Bachmann 89' Tri-Level Auto Carrier With 8 Cars HO Scale Athearn EMD GP9 Locomotive Santa Fe HO Guage 1970s Athearn HO Guage GP38-2 Locomotive in The Southern Pacific Black Widow Paint Scheme Polaroid camera

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