Have a Blessed 2023!

  We here at the Arizona Southern would like to take a moment and wish all of you and your loved ones a most happy and prosperous new year.  I mean we can still dream right?

Enjoy Your Trains,

John Huey

Spoke Too Soon

   Seems another way to spend money has raised its head.  Wanting a RAILCO engine to switch one of the larger cement plants, we missed the earlier runs of similarly painted units.  Would have missed this too as funding was a tad short, but then the seller sent a 10% off coupon with their email and they still had one DCC/Sound version in stock this morning. Who am I to argue with fate?

   

   Well anyways, the engine is in the shipping box and allegedly in transit to our location. It's a tad bright, but that will be remedied before it is pressed into service.  I figure the cement plant just got tired of paying the fees to Arizona Southern for switching out their location, and this unit offers a cost savings in the long run. It's nice to save when one can.  It is still circa 1976ish on the layout, so a HH660 is still a viable option for day to day operations; not to mention I have yet to have a model of one of these and as an Alco lover, well that needed being remedied. Enjoy Your Trains!

Good night, and God bless,

John Huey

CEO Arizona Southern RR

Last Model Bought in 2022

   Well, thought I did all the damage I could do to my modeling budget for the year. Figured no problem making it to January with a few bucks still in the old bank. Such was not to be the case I guess.  I was minding my own business, looking at a buddies HO Scale Pontiac model and made the mistake of scrolling down a few posts on the HO Vehicle Board we belong to.

  There it was, in all its oil dripping, rusty, squeaking, rattling, glory; the Brekina Needle Nose Peterbilt I've been wanting, done up in an homage to the Pete in Duel.

   I'm actually using an ancient Ulrich Pete to make a similar homage to the movie Duel's tractor, this one will be fixed up as an outlaw running the backroads of Arizona, hauling whatever needs transportation. I have a resin kit for one too, just have not taken that step yet. Brekina did it for me mostly.

   A nose only a mother could love, well and classic truck fans too; quite stylish really. Seems I love classic trucks a bit more than I should; whoops!

MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Write or just say hello if the mood strikes you.

John Huey

CEO AZSO Railroad