Remember Mi-Train?

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Remember Mi-Train?

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Looks like that worked out real well.

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Y@ wrote:Looks like that worked out real well.

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Mi Train is awesome yo dawgggg
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you're about a year late on that news of the engine (too dang ugly anyway :lol:)

Mi train is still alive and well. Looking to start trains in spring (even as early as the winter classic in AA)

My last talk with semcog was in August, but sounded liket they have their act mostly together and should have trains next year.. But my hopes are still not too high as "next spring" has been the word for a couple years now.. Nice to see the engine kept it's ugly paint for metro link though!
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Color me skeptical. :roll:
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The engine was never actually owned by the state and it was painted before an actual sale/lease was worked out. It was not, and the leaser took the engine back. It had been working for AMT in Quebec until recently when it was leased out to Metrolink.
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What is the rectangle shaped object on the nose?
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J T wrote:What is the rectangle shaped object on the nose?
Looks like a thin piece of metal for mounting the logo or something like that
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AARR wrote:
J T wrote:What is the rectangle shaped object on the nose?
Looks like a thin piece of metal for mounting the logo or something like that
Looks like it's got some depth to it...like about 6 inches or so.
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It's basically a big sheet of metal that GO Transit (the original owner) put their logo on instead of the nose itself. Might also have been some sort of debris shield, idk.

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Y@ wrote:Looks like that worked out real well.

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.p ... 13&nseq=12
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We're smart enough to (sometimes) not start things that will clearly fail. :lol:
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SD80MAC wrote:It's basically a big sheet of metal that GO Transit (the original owner) put their logo on instead of the nose itself. Might also have been some sort of debris shield, idk.

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We killed 3c before it had time to fester.

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At least buried it, as long as the Ohio Association of Rail Passengers is still around, they'll still try to push that turd up the hill...
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Honestly I believe a better engine then that should be a F40PH. If this thing ever happens they should use that engine then a F59ph
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Resurrect a thread that has been at rest for over 8 years to add that?
Okay :roll:

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DaveO wrote:
Tue Jan 11, 2022 6:08 am
Resurrect a thread that has been at rest for over 8 years to add that?
Okay :roll:
Well this was back in 2013 and I wasn't in Elementray. I saw this and I wanted to add on to it. didn't know I could not do that. :|
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Dalek ling, It's fine you brought up the thread again.
dalek ling wrote:
Tue Jan 11, 2022 8:48 am
DaveO wrote:
Tue Jan 11, 2022 6:08 am
Resurrect a thread that has been at rest for over 8 years to add that?
Okay :roll:
Well this was back in 2013 and I wasn't in Elementray. I saw this and I wanted to add on to it. didn't know I could not do that. :|
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dalek ling wrote:
Mon Jan 10, 2022 9:54 pm
If this thing ever happens...
But it's not.
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