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rdjeep:
Greetings All!

I just recently resumed a quest that started way, way back when I was about 12 years old.  I noted a Shay locomotive on the back cover of a modeling magazine and was instantly fascinated by it to the core.  In years since I have built one in HO scale, adding detail to the rather barren kit.  This was followed by actually seeing the real thing running in West Virginia.  But this was the year I started making a cardboard & wood example of the scale I wish to build a working model in... to get the feel.  I reason that if I'm going down this rabbit-hole, it might as well be big enough to ride on somewhat comfortably!  Aiming for a three-truck Shay.

As you can see from my screen name, I have another fascination in my spare time, the Jeep.  That is another career that surfaces now and then.  It was this aspect of life that I used as an excuse to build up a home shop.  This will also work for constructing a live steam engine.

Let the journey begin!

Dean

crueby:
Welcome to the group!   Shays make great models, getting down to see the ones at Cass WV is a great motivator!

mklotz:
Welcome aboard.  I think you'll enjoy your time here; lots of helpful folks.

Where in SE PA? (I grew up in Allentown.)

crueby:
Oh, and the Cabin Fever show is coming up in January in that area, great show to see other models/tools/etc.

https://www.cabinfeverexpo.com/

RReid:
Hello Dean, and Welcome! Enjoyed the CJ-5 we had years ago, but when the second and third kids arrived the Jeep had to go.

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