The Flying Yankee was the second Budd shovelnose built. This is a place-marker page until I write a proper one!
UPDATED 19 Nov 2005 I guess it will do for now... 
The Flying Yankee body masters under construction in the ProtoTrains "R&D facility", i.e. my garage!
OK, that was several years ago in the rental house in Benicia. It has been a "long and winding road" but I have resumed direct work on the FY.
Here are a couple of shots of the current effort:
Dramatic action shot of the FY tail car core on the CNC mill.
Two FY tailcar chassis boards on the reprofiling fixture on the CNC mill.
Here's an N-scale PDF drawing of the FY.
Richmond Controls sells several lighting kits for the Pioneer Zephyr, which will be applicable to the FY too.
This article is ©2002-2005 Randy Gordon-Gilmore. Last updated: 19 Nov 2005.