Metro North Nirvana

Well, where are the pics?  Inquiring minds, want to see.

Richie

Congratulations; enjoy.

How about some photos & video that your famous for.

PICS Coming, LOL !!

For you guys who have an interest in Metro North, here are two scratch-built FL9s.

Nice job, Joe. They look great.

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Quote: .......Why am I so happy?

I'm only a year or so late with the answer to this question, but I think I know why, Eliot.

While everyone else in the country was watching F3s, F7s, and E units in all sorts of road names, we guys in the south Bronx never got to see any of these on the tracks running through the neighborhood.

The FL-9s were the only engines with the F unit nose we ever saw. It's nice to finally have them for our layouts.

Jim

Thanks Jim. I was fortunate enough to have spent my youth in Colorado Springs in the 50s and early 60s, with no shortage of E and F units running through town. We had service from the Rocky Mountain Rocket, the Missouri Pacific Eagle, the Santa Fe Chief, the CB&Q Zephyr, and the Rio Grande. This in a time when liveries were still vibrant and colorful. We moved east to Westford, MA in '64; on the north side of town were the B&M bluebirds and on the south side were the New Haven and Penn Central pulling freight into Lowell.

Neat stuff!

Peter

Great to see the FL9's and see the interest we have in them.

Great work on those units above.

Thanks for all of the nice comments and all the info and pics on the FL9's and Metro North.

Jim . . . .  we missed you at York.

Peter . . . . great to see you and Chris.

I agree with Mr. Scher the Sunset Models/Third Rail FL9s are truly fine looking and operating models. I am amazed that these locomotive models with one motor powering all axles can easily pull 8 passenger cars and 3 head end cars. I have two of the New Haven models and one of the New York Central models. Recently I purchased 2 of the FP7s from them, Union Pacific and Canadian Pacific models. The C.P. model has added on details on the roof such as a hatch covering the air intake for winter operations and 3 ice breakers for breaking ice hanging down in tunnels so they won't damage the glass of the dome cars. Hope they continuing making more fine looking and operating locomotives.