[Accrs] Military Vehicle Show Trains

[Alameda County Central Railroad Society]

Hi Tony,

If you haven't already done so, you can add halftracks to that M4 train. I
believe ROCO made them.

Did the Rock Island service Fort Riley? I believe there were armored units
there in WW2.

Regards,

Ted

On Sun, Jul 24, 2016 at 4:08 PM, Alameda County Central Railroad Society <
accrs at mail.accrs.org> wrote:

> Message From: Dean & Margaret Lewis  lewis2 at earthlink.net
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> Sounds like something you should run.   Pick a day or "two".
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> Dean
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> On 7/24/2016 3:30 PM, Alameda County Central Railroad Society wrote:
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> Message From: Tony Long  tony.long at outlook.com
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> Greetings!
> In my collection I've been accumulating items for three military trains.
> These are in 1:87 scale because of availability of items.
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> 1.) Troop Train ca. 1943 - Walthers troop train cars and a few
> heavyweights.  Goal is to model something that might have been used on the
> Rock Island using 4-8-2 as lead locomotive.   Status: still need
> information on Rock Island troop trains in the 1940's.
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> 2.) WWII Tank Train  ca. 1942 - loads and loads of M4 Sherman tanks and
> related equipment on flat cars.  Status:  need accurate 50' 1940's era flat
> cars.  Lead locomotive: TBD.
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> 3.) Desert Storm ca. 1990 (Gulf War) - loads and loads of M1A1 Abrams
> tanks and M2 Bradleys.  Status: awaiting the new DODX tank flat cars are
> coming 2016/2017.   Lead locomotives Union Pacific SD60M's; or Burlington
> Northern SD60M's.
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> Unfortunately,  nothing to run at this time.  Curious if anyone else is
> modeling these types and era's and the information gathered.
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> Tony
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