Nick_Burman

Eddie, More than one Brazilian modeller is on its knees praying for Frateschi to crank out a Joe...in the meantime they obliged with a V-8 and a "Wanderleia" (semistreamlined C-C motor), both in proper HO scale. That slip access was one of the best locations to take roster shots around the whole of the station, short of obtaining admittance to the shed itself... Cheers NB

Some Frateschi locos - mainly those representing broad gauge prototypes, like the streamlined GE motor, the FA-1 and the 2-8-0 - are to 1:87 scale. Those locos which are of meter-gauge prototypes are made to approximately 1:78 scale. Cheers NB

The loco is not a "Joe" - rather it's a model of the GE 2-C+C-2 motors delivered to the Paulista Railway in the 1940's. Cheers NB

Tough, short of trying to find brass models...however Brawa has models of the "American Style" 4-axle open balcony coaches, these were also used on local lines. Cheers NB

I love the CP T-shirts...in fact I'm liking the whole post, to be read while listening to Madredeus... Cheers NB

Internet is your friend - the whole world of Weinert parts at your hands: https://www.weinert-bauteile.de/ Cheers NB

WTB GF/Bachmann 08. The loco might be in any condition but the chassis must be in good shape and the loco a good runner. Any version will suit, preferably with yellow side rods. Please PM me with price. Cheers NB

WTB GF/Bachmann 08. The loco might be in any condition but the chassis must be in good shape and the loco a good runner. Any version will suit, preferably with yellow side rods. Please PM me with price. Cheers NB

Use Weinert screw couplers instead. They have the right length. Not cheap tho' - 7€ the pair. Cheers NB

The yellow side-rods make a ton of difference... Cheers NB

Felicitaciones, muy bueno! Cheers NB

No need to be fictitious - Hershey's Santa Cruz del Norte branch ended inside a rum distillery... Cheers NB

You aren't the first one to reason like that. A new crop of historians have been revisiting the Revolution and looking at facts and documents (including official post-Revolution government sources) as they are, without the tinted glasses of politics. What they have found was that Cuba was already on the way up when Fidel & Co. happened on the scene, and that many things actually went down after the Revolution - like a nascent but thriving rock and pop music scene, driven either underground or into exile and replaced by today's musical poverty (Mother was in Cuba a few years ago and was almost driven crazy...being a former musician herself she knows her notes) on Guevara's orders. No mistakes, I'm a fan of Compay Segundo and songs like "Chan Chan" and "Pico y Pala" but I do like variety... :-D Concerning names, you could letter the locos "The Smith Sugar Company" - many Cuban steam locos carried their owner's names in plain English on their tanks and tenders. Lots of examples in Chris Walkers' "Narrow Gauge in Cuba" book, a must-have even if you aren't into narrow gauge. Cheers NB

Just plain "Central Alonzo" would ring better - full names tend to give post-Revolution connotations. Cheers NB