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  • Member since
    July 2015
  • From: central Illinois
  • 24 posts
Posted by ejeman on Thursday, August 13, 2015 8:26 PM

Do you know---is CN repainting/patching most of the EJE rolling stock?  I rarely seen any more J gondolas or coil cars go thru my town (Tolono, Il--central Ill ) 

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    July 2005
  • From: Dyer, IN
  • 156 posts
Posted by m sharp on Thursday, August 13, 2015 5:50 PM

ejeman
Who makes that model?

A company called Division Point (from Canada, I think) produced this excellent brass model. 

Mike

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    January 2001
  • From: US
  • 154 posts
Posted by greendiamond on Wednesday, August 12, 2015 4:23 PM

Try the following link to a railroad in South East Michigan.

John has the entire J in his basement.

http://clinchfieldcountry.com/mr_layouts/elgin_joliet_eastern.htm

M. Tyl

  • Member since
    October 2007
  • From: Dearborn Heights, Michigan
  • 364 posts
Posted by delray1967 on Monday, August 10, 2015 1:35 PM

I think one of the guys I met at a Free Mo event in Van Wert, OH was interested in the EJ&E. You might want to ask your question on the Yahoo Group for Western Reserve Free Mo (and the other local groups...SE Michigan Free Mo and Michiana Free Mo).

http://delray1967.shutterfly.com/pictures/5

SEMI Free-Mo@groups.io

  • Member since
    July 2015
  • From: central Illinois
  • 24 posts
Posted by ejeman on Sunday, August 9, 2015 9:01 PM

I like the center cab also. Who makes that model? I currently only have 3 EJE locos; my favorite of the 3 is a Bowser model of a VO1000.

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    April 2011
  • From: About 20 minutes from IRM
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Posted by CGW121 on Thursday, August 6, 2015 6:26 PM

If you ever want to sell the center cab I will buy it! Lived near the  J till I moved out of my parents home. Dont model it but love the rr. Can still hear the sound of the center cabs hitting the crossing at JB tower.

  • Member since
    July 2005
  • From: Dyer, IN
  • 156 posts
Posted by m sharp on Thursday, August 6, 2015 5:32 PM

ejeman

Thanks for responding Ray. I model a small section of the "J" near the siding at Sun Steel in Chicago Heights. I saw a lot of orange locos near my old fishing hole near Sun Steel!

 

I live in NW Indiana, and am modeling EJ&E among others.  Here is a photo of my work-in-progress layout.

 

Mike

  • Member since
    July 2015
  • From: central Illinois
  • 24 posts
Posted by ejeman on Tuesday, July 28, 2015 9:33 PM

Thanks for responding Ray. I model a small section of the "J" near the siding at Sun Steel in Chicago Heights. I saw a lot of orange locos near my old fishing hole near Sun Steel!

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    March 2013
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Posted by Colorado Ray on Sunday, July 26, 2015 10:59 PM

The lack of response would seem to indicate that no one is.

My grandparents lived in Joliet, and a number of relatives worked for the "J".  I spent many a hot summer's day at the Joliet Swim Club beach.  The j's mainline ran just on the other side of the lake.

i thought about modeling the EJ&E and went so far as designing a basement layout of the line from Joliet east to Porter, IN with all of the myriad interchanges.  Never got off the drawing board because I decided it would be more layout than I could build or maintain.

Ray

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    July 2015
  • From: central Illinois
  • 24 posts
ej&e
Posted by ejeman on Thursday, July 23, 2015 9:21 PM
Anyone currently modeling the EJ&E?

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