Thank you for the compliment. I kitbashed a Bachman Coach, USA Trains powered truck, and a whole bunch of made up cast pieces to come up with Pacific Electric 5167. The protoype, with its earlier number PE 717, still runs at Orange Empire Railway Museum in Perris, California.
Yes, I built it, using USA Trains trucks, a Hartland flat car, an LGB Eureopean coach body, the remnants of an LGB small steeple cab switcher, Kadee couplers, handrails made from paper clip type wire, wood coffee stirrers for the trolley boards and a Bachmann trolley pole and headlights. I had to...
The strange music is "Remember When..." I thought it fit! The sound system is an onboard air compressor powering an authentic PE whistle -- on the prototype at Orange Empire Railway Museum in Perris, CA. The sound was recorded and then dubbed on to the video.
Thank you for the compliment. I kitbashed a Bachman Coach, USA Trains powered truck, and a whole bunch of made up cast pieces to come up with Pacific Electric 5167. The protoype, with its earlier number PE 717, still runs at Orange Empire Railway Museum in Perris, California.