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Show Me Something...March 2013.

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Show Me Something...March 2013.
Posted by BATMAN on Saturday, March 2, 2013 10:27 AM

Brent

"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."

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Posted by G Paine on Saturday, March 2, 2013 11:01 AM

This is what Sir Toppam Hat wants to see, and it is a 2 foot gauge scale model of Thomas

But, this is another tank engine (yes, I know I posted this last month, a few days ago)

show me any switcher locomotive

George In Midcoast Maine, 'bout halfway up the Rockland branch 

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Posted by kbkchooch on Saturday, March 2, 2013 12:35 PM

Here's one!

Show me a weathered engine

Karl

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Posted by jep1267 on Saturday, March 2, 2013 2:32 PM

Nice weathering on this one.

kbkchooch

Here's one!

Show me a weathered engine

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Posted by jep1267 on Saturday, March 2, 2013 2:46 PM

Nice weathering on this one.

kbkchooch

Here's one!

Show me a weathered engine

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Posted by jep1267 on Saturday, March 2, 2013 2:57 PM

Whoops, sorry for the double post.

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Posted by ChadLRyan on Saturday, March 2, 2013 5:47 PM

Bet you thought 'I' was gonna show something else.... I weathered this one, as it were a long line runner, a little dirty...

Show Me Something New!!!

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Posted by farrellaa on Saturday, March 2, 2013 6:02 PM

 

Show me something New York Central!

Life is what happens while you are making other plans!

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Posted by jacon12 on Sunday, March 3, 2013 8:58 AM

Time to move on.

Show me the number 3... three of something, three in it's number etc.

 

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Posted by kbkchooch on Sunday, March 3, 2013 9:16 AM

3 Consolidations!

show me a reclaimed, or repurposed piece of railroad equipment.

Karl

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Posted by superbe on Sunday, March 3, 2013 10:24 PM

Well it's been over 12 hours without a response so some one has to get things moving.

Pictured is a vinegar car for Nstional Fruit Products Company Products Company, Winchester, VA.

 

Lets see another car used for a special load

Bob

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Posted by CSX_road_slug on Monday, March 4, 2013 5:02 AM

superbe
Lets see another car used for a special load

These bottle cars are designed to haul liquid iron:

Show me a gondola

-Ken in Maryland  (B&O modeler, former CSX modeler)

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Posted by jacon12 on Monday, March 4, 2013 10:20 AM

Snake Eye Bennett uses one as a storage bin for scrap metal.

Snake Eye's business was named after a real character in the small town where I grew up.  He owned a parrot that knew more huh... colorful words than the average sailor.  In good weather the bird stayed in a large cage on the front porch and would give pedestrians an earful as they came down the sidewalk.

Show me your oldest tank car.

 

 

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Posted by G Paine on Monday, March 4, 2013 11:26 AM

I found these Athearn BB 3-dome tank cars at a train show a few years ago. The price on the box end was $2.35, so that probably dates them sometime in the 1950s. I fixed them up a bit with Kadees, metal wheels, a bit more weight and placards

Show me another old piece of rolling stock, locomotive or building

George In Midcoast Maine, 'bout halfway up the Rockland branch 

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Posted by leighant on Monday, March 4, 2013 11:54 AM

This is an old piece of rolling stock OR building.  Ambiguity intended.  I bought it as one of the rare old-style craftsman kits mftd for N scale about 1975.  It came with decal for ICG "split rail" supergraphic, not at all appropriate for this old wood car OR for my 1957-era layout.  Looked and looked for a prototype and a decal. 

Ended up using it as a retired railcar in service as storage shed at a creosote treating yard on my "old layout."

So.... show me. your "old layout."

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Posted by BroadwayLion on Monday, March 4, 2013 12:31 PM

Here is the first monastic layout of the LION. It was called the Eastern South-west North Dakota Central Railroad, serving the middle of nowhere.

Show me some of your primitave work

ROAR

The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.

Here there be cats.                                LIONS with CAMERAS

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Posted by kbkchooch on Monday, March 4, 2013 3:46 PM

Primitive, like back in the stone age, it seems.

When I was just a lad of 14 (1975) when Tyco and Lionel HO ruled!

Show me something RED !!

Karl

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Posted by BroadwayLion on Monday, March 4, 2013 5:00 PM

Or, in HO scale, here is a red subway car.

Now who has the Green?

ROAR

The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.

Here there be cats.                                LIONS with CAMERAS

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Posted by farrellaa on Monday, March 4, 2013 5:03 PM

Well, it is green for the moment!

   -Bob

Show me something MOW

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Posted by BroadwayLion on Monday, March 4, 2013 5:28 PM

Well, I like that!

The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.

Here there be cats.                                LIONS with CAMERAS

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Posted by BroadwayLion on Tuesday, March 5, 2013 8:55 AM

Yikes, our nice thread needs to be bumped back up to the top.

OK, *here* is an MOW train (The signal dolly, actually) and as you can see, we are doing actual work on the ROW.

Now show me a blue light. If you cannot find a blue light, I'll take two yellow ones.

ROAR

The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.

Here there be cats.                                LIONS with CAMERAS

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Posted by BRVRR on Tuesday, March 5, 2013 3:14 PM

Here are two blue lights. AMTRAK #120 coming right at you!

How about a NYC Caboose?

Remember its your railroad

Allan

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Posted by steamage on Tuesday, March 5, 2013 8:17 PM

A club members SP, Cab Forward is test run after leaving the Taylor Yard Shops, LA.

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Posted by jacon12 on Wednesday, March 6, 2013 7:34 AM

Time's up on the caboose

show me an advertising billboard beside a roadway

 

 

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Posted by Motley on Wednesday, March 6, 2013 10:11 AM

Champion Spark Plugs animated neon sign.

Show me a grade crossing with gates.

Michael


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Posted by jacon12 on Thursday, March 7, 2013 6:57 AM

Looks like we're fresh out of grade crossings with gates at the moment.

Show me some wider/longer than it is tall.

 

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Posted by Heartland Division CB&Q on Thursday, March 7, 2013 6:32 PM

Gondolas are wider and longer than they are tall .... 

Please show a favorite steam locomotive. 

GARRY

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Posted by twhite on Thursday, March 7, 2013 6:54 PM

It isn't all 'big' steam on the Yuba River Sub.  Here's a favorite 'little' steamer, my Rio Grande C-48 2-8-0.

Tom

Show me another favorite steamer.

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Posted by Southwest Chief on Thursday, March 7, 2013 7:08 PM

How about two favorite steamers.

My two favorite on our G scale layout:

Show me a powerful diesel

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Posted by UPinCT on Thursday, March 7, 2013 7:24 PM

One modern powerful diesel coming up.  UP SD70ACe

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Show me something that is your favorite on your layout.

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