By the way, every gaggle of collectors has its number crunchers, so all y'all ain't no different from the Lionel collectors and such.

Y'ought to hear the discussions in the model railroad field about engines, freight cars and passenger cars. Dreadnaught ends, AB vs. K brake systems, National or Bettendorf sideframes on the trucks (no, "truck" on a railcar is the entire wheel and frame system supporting the car), number of rivets in some obscure place (yep! they're known as "rivet counters"), the style of air filters on an engine, and whether the presence of a 10-3-2 "Blue" series Pullman in a photograph dated the train as before or after December 12, 1952 or some such date.

Makes my eyes roll back in my head.


Drivin' down a 2 lane country road in a stovebolt.....cowboy, it don't get no better than this!

1946 1-1/2 ton Chevy
"Ol Blue", or "THE BIG 'UN"