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Sunday Photo Fun 4/29/2012
Posted by Seayakbill on Saturday, April 28, 2012 8:45 PM

Beep, Beep, Beep

 

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Posted by rtraincollector on Saturday, April 28, 2012 9:13 PM

Heres y latest addition a prewar #76 bell shack need to work on getting bell to keep ringing right now I can get it to ring once the it stops I have to move the ringer and it will repeat so it won't keep ringing but need to look at it more Tuesday when I'm off

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Posted by Frank53 on Saturday, April 28, 2012 11:52 PM

 

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Posted by ChiefEagles on Sunday, April 29, 2012 10:15 AM

Walls removed except for workshop room.  Getting ready to re-do ceiling, walls and floor.  Then start constructing layout.

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Posted by LL675 on Sunday, April 29, 2012 10:32 AM

nice score. gotta get one of theose.

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It's a TOY, A child's PLAYTHING!!! (Woody  from Toy Story)

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Posted by KRM on Sunday, April 29, 2012 10:32 AM

Working at the logging camp.

Some fun at the cabin.

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Posted by alank on Sunday, April 29, 2012 11:17 AM

Those trees must puff up when you cut them to get those logs...Ole Bobby on Swamp Cutter would like that..

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Posted by KRM on Sunday, April 29, 2012 1:16 PM

Yeah, that is why they call them TOY TRAINS,

If you look at the size of the logs provided on the Atlas, Lionel and other log cars the trees would have to be larger than the biggest redwoods. Surprise

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Posted by SantaFe158 on Sunday, April 29, 2012 3:07 PM

KRM

Yeah, that is why they call them TOY TRAINS,

If you look at the size of the logs provided on the Atlas, Lionel and other log cars the trees would have to be larger than the biggest redwoods. Surprise

 

 

Nope!

 

I have a book with more examples of logs even bigger than the one on the car above.

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Posted by Frank53 on Sunday, April 29, 2012 3:43 PM

KRM

Yeah, that is why they call them TOY TRAINS,

Thanks for the photos Kev. And of course, a battle of wits breaks out to dispute even the most well intended of photos/comments. 

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Posted by alank on Sunday, April 29, 2012 4:01 PM

Oh, I was only making a joke when I said they puffed up....When i was camping at Mt Rainier you didn't have to walk far in the woods to stumble across the stump of some gigantic tree.   Besides our log loaders probably work better with those logs then if you tried to put something small in there.   I enjoy your pictures.

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Posted by KRM on Sunday, April 29, 2012 4:35 PM

SantaFe158

 KRM:

Yeah, that is why they call them TOY TRAINS,

If you look at the size of the logs provided on the Atlas, Lionel and other log cars the trees would have to be larger than the biggest redwoods. Surprise

 

 

 

Nope!

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_473nrD5vEv8/S9Ao9hnBFTI/AAAAAAAACeI/hkXfScFLGAc/s1600/logging-train.jpg

 

I have a 'book" with more examples of logs even bigger than the one on the car above. History.

I have seen the pictures of trees long gone.

I never said it did not happen but all of those trees have been raped from the earth by the guys in those book pictures..

Woodland Scenics and others need to sell bigger trees I guess. Lets see how tall would they be on my layout. 3' ??

Show me some pictures of trees logged today of that size or better yet the ones on your layout and lets see the size of their stumps.

 Like I said "Classic Toy Trains". We play with my trains. They are TOYS. my grandkids do not care.

 There is a lot of places to do scale perfection but not on my layout.

 After all it is called Sunday Photo Fun.

 My thanks to all who post pictures of their layouts. Great shots and good ideas in everyone.

JMHO

 

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Sunday, April 29, 2012 9:39 PM

Kev: That's one BIG log!

 

 






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Posted by Seayakbill on Monday, April 30, 2012 6:13 AM

Yep, the early days of logging resulted in some gigantic Cedar and Redwood logs.

 

Jeffrey, the Air Force F unit is very nice, is it copied after a real deal diesel ?

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Monday, April 30, 2012 7:23 AM

Seayakbill

Jeffrey, the Air Force F unit is very nice, is it copied after a real deal diesel ?

Not that I know of. It's a trainset F2A Model Power shell on a Life-Like Proto 1000 drive with a can motor, Athearn trucks and drive shafts from God knows where. Quite a few of my locos are built from a mix new and used parts from different companies. Some of them are what I call 'shotgun weddings'.

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Posted by ChiefEagles on Monday, April 30, 2012 8:08 AM

Kev, great job. Will have to get you and "53" (a scenery expert) to do my scenery.

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Posted by KRM on Monday, April 30, 2012 11:26 AM

Thanks,

Well first off Chief, your going to need to raise the ceiling in the box to accommodate the 5’ tall Redwoods, that will have those large stumps.

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Posted by SantaFe158 on Monday, April 30, 2012 4:07 PM

KRM

 Like I said "Classic Toy Trains". We play with my trains. They are TOYS. my grandkids do not care.

 There is a lot of places to do scale perfection but not on my layout.

 After all it is called Sunday Photo Fun.

 

I'm not sure if that was directed at me, but here are some pictures from my various carpet centrals.  If that isn't a TOY train layout, I don't know what is...

 

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Posted by KRM on Monday, April 30, 2012 5:36 PM

Very nice Santa Fe. I did not mean to out anything on anyone.

Like I said all of the pictures posted are worth seeing.

 Our house has hardwood floors so I can't do carpet.

 Nice stuff! Big Smile

 Thanks

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Posted by Seayakbill on Tuesday, May 1, 2012 6:01 AM

Getting ready to re-do ceiling, walls and floor.  Then start constructing layout.

 

Chief, then the fun begins, looks like room enough for a nice size layout.

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Posted by SantaFe158 on Tuesday, May 1, 2012 6:26 AM

KRM

Very nice Santa Fe. I did not mean to out anything on anyone.

Like I said all of the pictures posted are worth seeing.

 Our house has hardwood floors so I can't do carpet.

 Nice stuff! Big Smile

 Thanks

 

I didn't think so, but needed an excuse to post some pictures this weekend Smile, Wink & Grin

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Posted by rtraincollector on Wednesday, May 2, 2012 7:30 PM

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhJOmbViKKs 

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhJOmbViKKs 

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second time around the shelf loop is better I added light also goto full screen and turn volume down to about 1/2

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Posted by ChiefEagles on Thursday, May 3, 2012 10:48 PM

Seayakbill

Getting ready to re-do ceiling, walls and floor.  Then start constructing layout.

 

Chief, then the fun begins, looks like room enough for a nice size layout.

Actually it is now down hill [even though more work].  Nice space but minimum 72 inch curves takes a lot.  Got 95% of materials for finishing Box and building layout ordered from Lowes this afternoon.  They gave me a great deal.

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