Yeah Chuck, this IS the pusher district. Chuck knows what he's talking about, he's seen the '87 BMW I drive everywhere that has 320Kmi + on it.
Not exactly a Tennessee hill and country moonshiner car....

Stamina or no, I'm going over to a fellow's house today to continue assisting his Model pike build: a decent replica of the pusher district and "Mountain Goat" branch line near here, backdated to about 1950. All the tracks through Cowan downtown will be exactly as they were then....11 of the 17 original yard tracks are being represented. . All this in a 30 X30 room with a helix in a closet. Gonna be nice!

He bought a set of Labelle coaches for me to build. A modern take from Labelle on the old-time craftsman style wooden cars, made in ood of all things. The kits look amazing, excellent milling. Right now, I am concentrating on a kit-bash of the Walthers cement plant as a model to fit his space of the former Cumberland Portland Cement plant that was here 'till 1980. Can't build a model of Cowan without that imposing structure looming in the background. He bought the new Bachmann 45 tonner GE with siderods. like the Whitcomb that used to switch that plant. Surprisingly, the 45 tonner is a smaller model than the 44 tonner, This one is a real deal having DCC already installed for $60! Looks like Basset Hound snuffling along with its nose to the ground. Too bad the horn isn't a Hound's "bay". That would complete the illusion.

Tom Knowles

On 1/7/2013 9:30 PM, lnnrr wrote: