TheSamba.com :: View topic - If you are into HO trains here is a rare BD.....

Tue Jan 02, 2007 8:07 am

http://cgi.ebay.com/HO-HOn3-BRASS-JONAN-VOLKSWAGON...dZViewItem

Didn't sell.... still a chance... :)

Wed Jan 03, 2007 10:12 pm

Any true barndoor guy would only have O gauge or pre war Standard.

Thu Jan 04, 2007 7:04 am

[email protected] wrote: Any true barndoor guy would only have O gauge or pre war Standard.

With outside third rail power pickup via collector shoes!

Thu Jan 04, 2007 3:39 pm

Here's how to mix O-gauge trains and a bus.[/img]

Thu Jan 04, 2007 3:49 pm

I couldnt buy that thing even if I had the spare change... I'm in the planning stages of the Huntington to Hinkle section of the Union Pacific, set between Sept. 2 1952 and mid 1955.... they simply didnt have such a real-life example of a bus running on the line or any of the local branch lines. Gotta keep it real.

Thu Jan 04, 2007 4:50 pm

Here's another look at VW's and trains. I saw the driver of the cabrio get out and put a penny on the track.

Thu Jan 04, 2007 4:53 pm

Fri Jan 05, 2007 2:22 pm

DaveM wrote: I couldnt buy that thing even if I had the spare change... I'm in the planning stages of the Huntington to Hinkle section of the Union Pacific, set between Sept. 2 1952 and mid 1955.... they simply didnt have such a real-life example of a bus running on the line or any of the local branch lines. Gotta keep it real.
Did they actually have a rail bus up there Dave?

Fri Jan 05, 2007 2:27 pm

no rail bus... doodle bugs yes, rail busses no.

Doodle bugs arent what you think:

Fri Jan 05, 2007 2:29 pm

DaveM wrote: no rail bus... doodle bugs yes, rail busses no.

Doodle bugs arent what you think:

That is crazy! I have a friend who still runs the Huntington to Hinkle route.. He also is into VW's but hasnt found anything to write home about so far.

Fri Jan 05, 2007 6:11 pm

I went through the model train museum in Balboa Park last weekend. They have quite a few VW buses scattered throughout the layouts. For our train/VW buffs it is worth the time to visit the museum. Didn't spot any BD's however. I'll have to drop one into a layout the next time I'm there. JJ, are you cool with letting me make up a BDM logo'ed panel for the clandestine mission?

Here are my latest HO scale VW creations. The cars are Brekina's, and Busch makes. The Bosch logo bus is a BD:

Fri Jan 05, 2007 6:13 pm

drpete wrote:

Here's another look at VW's and trains. I saw the driver of the cabrio get out and put a penny on the track.

Did he get stuck in the cow-catcher? I don't see him in the photo.

Fri Jan 05, 2007 6:26 pm

Anchovy wrote: drpete wrote:

Here's another look at VW's and trains. I saw the driver of the cabrio get out and put a penny on the track.

Did he get stuck in the cow-catcher? I don't see him in the photo.

Naw, he met the young woman driving the green cabrio on the other side of the tracks. That's them sittin' together on the bench at the station. Don't know if I can get them to pose for a picture or not. I think their working on one of those 3rd rate romances.

Fri Jan 05, 2007 10:49 pm

Man, always gotta be cutting the rear wheel wells...

Fri Jan 05, 2007 11:27 pm

Blue comet meets The bus

Thu Jan 18, 2007 12:47 pm

That's a very interesting little bus. What were the real one's used for? Repair crews? :?

Thu Jan 18, 2007 1:48 pm

53 0val wrote: That's a very interesting little bus. What were the real one's used for? Repair crews? :?

There should be a few pictures in the gallery of a real rail bus.

Thu Jan 18, 2007 1:53 pm

From the gallery, a BD no less.

Thu Jan 18, 2007 1:59 pm

note the bus in the gallery does NOT have cut wheel wells.

Thu Jan 18, 2007 2:06 pm

Anchovy wrote: JJ, are you cool with letting me make up a BDM logo'ed panel for the clandestine mission?

As the patent esquire for the BDM, this is a go!