A little bit of logging...

As many of you know, I've built (just in time for the Anaheim National Train Show) a small 3' module with a logging scene, placed into recent years as a museum and visitor center.

Thursday afternoon, the day before the opening of the show, I had nothing to run on the inner logging section of this module. I ran home, and quickly converted an already assembled German ET194 electric freight railcar's brass shell to a freelance American gasoline powered logging boxcab. As we know, modeling logging scenes is a kind of "forgiving", because logging railroads used anything available to make their operation work. Beside the classic Shay, Climax and Heisler locomotives, logging railroads experimented with gasoline and even electric powered locomotives to haul the heavy loads.


Yesterday I've built another boxcab to illustrate how this "dreamed up" boxcab can be built from the etched brass shell and machined detail components of a kit, now available for everybody, who wants to add charming accents to their layouts, modules and dioramas.

The built kit snaps on any easily modified Marklin 0-6-0 steam locomotive chassis.

Well done makes me want to break out my dirt bike & go ride.

Now, the kit is available, and it's a real bargain
www.zthek.com/id117.htm

looks great!! ARE THEY ON YOUR WEBSITE YET??? LILTOOT!