Bug discovered! Already over 90 years old!

[GreatNortherner]

Hehe.

[Kali]

Hah, awesome! is that an existing vehicle or freelanced?

[thecanadianrail]

DOODLEBUG!!!!!! a real veichle.

i will hafto ask mike to do a CN repaint of one, also are you going to have it avalable in Great Northern?

[Toripony]

ALLLLRIGHT... Now we're starting to have some FUN!

[PapaXpress]

This is sweet. Yet another to add to add to my collection.

NCRR has one (the family took a ride on it, great fun), and thus it will be running in my route!
http://www.ncry.org/rent_m200.htm

[micaelcorleone]

What the is this?

Looks very interesing.

[PapaXpress]

What the is this?

Looks very interesing.

If you think that is interesting, we need a few of these:
http://www.ncry.org/pdf/2011-speeders-info.pdf

[Kali]

There's one similar that comes with the Isle of Wight. I have plans to a Wickham Trolley ( which is the same thing, looks rather like someone chopped a bit out of a corrugated shed & stuck an engine in it ) but lack of modelling ability atm.

What I do want now is one of those anicent railbuses that looked like... well, an ancient bus on rail wheels :p

[arizonachris]

This is the one I want to see: http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=htt ... 29,r:4,s:0

The Z1 electric.

[thecanadianrail]

What I do want now is one of those anicent railbuses that looked like... well, an ancient bus on rail wheels :p

you mean the socalled "galloping goose"?

imagesCAK1MCOR.jpg

[GreatNortherner]

Whoohoo, I had no idea this old engine had so many fans!

Anybody up for a public beta?
http://www.humyo.com/FFYgFYd/Public/Moo ... AWFjBDsa-w

This is the doodlebug in its current state. Fully operational but with quite a few 'known issues'. But it should run fine enough to let you have some fun with it.
It installs to GreatNortherner / SteamEra.


To answer the questions:

Yes, it is a prototypical model, the original was really Montana Western 31, originally Great Northern 2313. Built in the 1920s, it ran on the Montana Western's 20-odd mile line from Conrad to Valier, MT, for quite a while.

Railbuses. Yes, that's a fascinating topic! I have some vague data collections, mostly pictures, that should be good enough a base for a freelanced model. Some day.

Cheers,
Michael

[micaelcorleone]

If you think that is interesting, we need a few of these:
http://www.ncry.org/pdf/2011-speeders-info.pdf

Yeaaahhh, I want some speeders and MOV trucks. Would be awesome.

you mean the socalled "galloping goose"?

There is a big surprise for you in the future which is closely related to this little railbus.

[thecanadianrail]

There is a big surprise for you in the future which is closely related to this little railbus.

i assume this is one of those secrets?

[Hawk]

Yeaaahhh, I want some speeders and MOV trucks. Would be awesome.

I guess you know about the speeder in the library here.

http://railworksamerica.com/FileLibrary ... ht=speeder

[styckx]

If you're doing odd third rail.. This is a must.. One of the coolest ever.