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Posted by wallyworld on Saturday, October 13, 2012 2:17 PM

Along the tinplate right of way..

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Posted by wrconstruction on Friday, October 12, 2012 10:25 PM

Jeff grain elevator is coming along nice

Pete, I always wandered what those pipes were for on the front of peoples trucks....  I still don't get the point of it, though

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Posted by GearDrivenSteam on Wednesday, October 10, 2012 7:24 AM

Looks good guys. All of you. Jeffrey, your grain elevator looks good over here, too. lol

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Posted by bogaziddy on Tuesday, October 2, 2012 5:54 PM

Frank,

Very nicely done. Looks like the down-and-out part of town.

Wonderin' which one of those gents ( probably not the Drunk exiting the bar) will see the Lady home. Looks like the hotel down the street has hourly rates If ya' know what I mean.

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Monday, October 1, 2012 4:13 PM

Frank53

Fantastic work! I had to look a couple of times.

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Monday, October 1, 2012 4:09 PM

Texas Pete
  A fishin' rod rack for the front of yer van, right?

Nope, but that is an idea.

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Posted by Texas Pete on Monday, October 1, 2012 2:48 PM

jeffrey-wimberly


  A fishin' rod rack for the front of yer van, right?

Pete

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Posted by KRM on Monday, October 1, 2012 12:09 PM

Here is a Real Plymouth Switcher I saw last week. It is still in use everyday in Crivitz WI. at the log transfer yard.

Not much room in the cab.
 

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Posted by Frank53 on Monday, October 1, 2012 2:32 AM

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Monday, October 1, 2012 12:54 AM

Well this week I'm working on my first big scratchbuild since 2003. A concrete grain elevator. Don't ask why, I just felt like building one. So far I have the eight silos mostly done. They're made from 2" schedule 40 PVC pipe, a bit of plaster and glue and some gray latex house paint. I sanded the silos before painting so they look to have a texture like concrete. Each one is 11 and 13/16 inches tall or eighty-six scale feet in HO. Each silo has a plaster plug in the top so holes can be easily drilled later to mount details.



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Posted by Frank53 on Monday, October 1, 2012 12:25 AM

steve24944

Frank - Nice pictures as always! 

Question, In the second picture that righthand O-22 switch does not have a Lionel switch motor.  Have you mounted the switch machine under the benchwork ?  Are you using another type of switch control ?

Steve

Thank you. I removed the switch mechanisms on two switches running diagonally across the layout. They are rarely used and within a foot or so of the operator area. If I opt to use these switches, I flip them by hand. It works fine. The switch mechanisms really compromised the scene I was building. I wish I had thought of this sooner, as there are two other rarely used switches from which I would also remove the mechanism for better scenes.

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Posted by steve24944 on Sunday, September 30, 2012 10:49 PM

Frank - Nice pictures as always! 

Question, In the second picture that righthand O-22 switch does not have a Lionel switch motor.  Have you mounted the switch machine under the benchwork ?  Are you using another type of switch control ?

Steve

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Posted by sir james I on Sunday, September 30, 2012 9:01 PM

I always like SPF. Charlie good video. We had a fun time yesterday with friends and trains.

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Posted by MichRR714 on Sunday, September 30, 2012 7:02 PM

The Detroit 3 Railers were invited to Norm Charbonneau's for some fun running trains.  We took some pics and video while playing.

watch?v=k8oTVU1p2vA&feature=share&list=UUbfHGkdDrAAUP93lIDLVk0A

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Posted by stebbycentral on Sunday, September 30, 2012 3:51 PM

Trains are running on the new layout.  My two steamers (an Atlantic and a Pacific) seem to navigate the grades just fine.  Though for now I'm sticking to a 4-car consist.  My 355 Baldwin has some issues, a lot of wheel spinning going uphill.  I may have to see about putting a litle weight in it somewhere.

Also need to get some structure under the two crossings of the creek in the front.  There is a track joint in the middle of the crossing, and it deflects some when the engines pass over.  Don't need to have any derailments due to a washout!

 

 

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Posted by spankybird on Sunday, September 30, 2012 3:47 PM

cmulligan01

Pretty sure that's a Kusan "Atomic Train". Early postwar I think.

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Posted by cmulligan01 on Sunday, September 30, 2012 1:19 PM

Pretty sure that's a Kusan "Atomic Train". Early postwar I think.

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Posted by spankybird on Sunday, September 30, 2012 11:50 AM

OK - Lets see if you know who made this Army Train, and no it is not by K-Line. It is not 3 rail, but 2 rail DC.

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Posted by billbarman on Sunday, September 30, 2012 11:32 AM

I don't have photos, but I do have a video!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ea_ZaJo1R_c&list=UULGkL-NvMcM7px8y7PHZOHA&index=1&feature=plcp

My 2 K-line MP15s double heading a freight.

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Posted by AF53 on Sunday, September 30, 2012 9:32 AM

Does anyone know when the next train arrives?

Ps. The girls are looking at the pigeons nesting in the rafters!

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Posted by Frank53 on Sunday, September 30, 2012 9:07 AM

Nice Southerns.

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09/30/2012 Sunday Photo Fun
Posted by rtraincollector on Sunday, September 30, 2012 7:14 AM

Doesn't look like anyone started it so here goes hope these pics of my neww AA Southern 2356 from 1954-56 come out as had to goto another site I had them posted and copy the codes as can't access photbucket from work and I can't tell from work

 

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