I have a railroading friend who got diagnosed with Stage IV
Lung Cancer out of the blue 4-5 months back. He went home to be with the Lord
Thursday. Kinda makes you stop and re-evaluate. I am starting to pile up the
years and "expecting" to be able to actively participate with my
"N" scale railroad for at least another 10 years. Having said that, I
no longer have the capability to do the same modeling projects I could do when
I was younger, had better eyesight, dexterity, and more money! So I have
decided to document my bucket list - things I would like to get done before I
depart the hobby (one way or another).
Some projects on my "Train Bucket List (feel free to
volunteer to help):
High Priority:
- Woodbury Station (Woodbury is the front and
center focal point of my layout). Model does not have to be detailed but does
have to capture the structural outlines and look. The locals have to be able to
say: "O look, there's the Woodbury train station!"
Woodbury 1951 PRSL Vol 2 p104b |
Woodbury Station - Back Side |
- Decal (and paint touch up) 3 RDCs (and the
decaling has to be perfectly placed or I will receive massive aggravation from
the Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines Historical Society. (I have the decals.))
+ Cut
my freight car inventory in half (currently 657 646 588cars) by sale or trade for
work.
+ Cut
my locomotive roster (126 119115) in half (mostly older ("classic") engines;
by sale or trade for work.
+ Sell
my unused HO BLI PRR 2-10-0
Decapod & HO BLI PRR Centipede.
- Manayunk
bridges (tough assignment here since it has to have the look but span the
existing scenery).
Mid-Level
Priority:
- Remove
lettering (does not seem to want to budge) from 4 Model Power/AHM PRR P70
coaches and decal for PRSL (I have the decals).
- Del
Monte Food distributors (2 story with a rounded quanson hut type roof
structure)
- Get
at least 3 of my 5 Bachmann Plus PRR F7s fixed (the typical old Bachmann
problem: all gears split and no parts available from Bachmann)
Lower Priority:
- GHQ
PRR L1 Mikado brass conversion (and paint) (I have the GHQ kit and (2) Kato
Mikados).
- Get
3 Bachmann Plus ATSF F7s fixed (split gears)
- Get
a Kato Reading Bee-Line SD45 fixed (no idea why it stopped running)
? Add KD couplers to several engines
Key:
+ = I can still do
- = I can no longer do; looking for trade
partners
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