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Show Me Something. March..2014

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Posted by gmpullman on Saturday, April 15, 2017 2:43 PM

I'm not sure what a Ur guide is but I believe you are looking for a coke oven guide and pusher/door car.

There are a few special interest groups related to steel modeling.

http://www.smmsig.org/mike-rabbitt.html

Mike Rabbitt has (or had?) many prints of steel mill equipment.

Peachcreek Shops may still have some steel mill information as well:

**oops, sorry. Peachcreek Shops is no moreSad

The later Walthers Coke Ovens had the charging lorry and reciever (quenching) car but you'll have to scratch the coke guide. You might be able to use parts from the charging lorry and add your own home-grown guide "cage".

The Dean Freytag book only has one very small shot of a coke guide car. The Model Railroader's Guide to Steel Mills book has a few photos.

 

 

 Just an idea, why don't you give CSX_road_slug an instant message and ask him about how he built his coke guide?

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Posted by tonto2000 on Saturday, April 15, 2017 2:20 PM

I was referring to ur scratch built coke guide for the come oven. Im filling a large space with 3 blast furnaces and combining two coke ovens and would like to figure out how to build a guide

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Posted by mbinsewi on Saturday, April 15, 2017 2:09 PM

OK, a ressurected Show Me thread, 3 years old.  Most of the pictures are gone.

What is this guide you speak of?

Just curious, Whistling

Mike.

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Posted by tonto2000 on Saturday, April 15, 2017 1:55 PM

Ur guide looks awsome. Im looking to do the same and am having little to no luck figuring out how to build one. Do you have plans or a direction in which to point me?  Thanks mike

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Posted by GP-9_Man11786 on Tuesday, April 1, 2014 8:57 AM

I went ahead and startedthe April Show Me Something thread.

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Posted by SWFX on Monday, March 31, 2014 8:12 PM

 photo 56.jpgApache Railway # 84......lets see 90-100

 

 

 

 

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Posted by GP-9_Man11786 on Monday, March 31, 2014 10:55 AM

One GE 70 Tonner. I guess we're up to 80-90 now.

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Posted by G Paine on Sunday, March 30, 2014 9:55 AM
Or numbered between 60 and 70??

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Posted by CSX_road_slug on Saturday, March 29, 2014 5:43 PM

Guy Papillon
Show me a 50-60

Here is a weatherbeaten ACF quad covered hopper, somewhere between 50 and 60ft in length, just not sure of the exact number.

Show something in the 60-70 range

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Posted by Guy Papillon on Saturday, March 29, 2014 3:18 PM

Here is a 40' boxcar.

 

Show me a 50-60.

Guy

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Posted by jacon12 on Saturday, March 29, 2014 8:15 AM

Southern Railways GP-30 waiting on the passing track.

Now we're looking for a 40-50

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Posted by GP-9_Man11786 on Friday, March 28, 2014 3:54 PM

Here's a GP20. How about 20-30?

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Posted by Grampys Trains on Friday, March 28, 2014 12:13 PM

Here's a GP7 entering the yard. DJ.

Show me 10-20

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Posted by G Paine on Friday, March 28, 2014 10:33 AM

It's been about a day, so I will post an old photo from Boothbay Railway Village, working in the pumpkin patch

It has been a while since we have run the numbers, so show me something numbered between 1 and 10

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Posted by howmus on Thursday, March 27, 2014 11:26 AM

Young lovers sitting on the dock at the Ice Pond...

More people scenes please.

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We'll get there sooner or later! 

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Posted by GP-9_Man11786 on Thursday, March 27, 2014 9:54 AM

Here you go, father and son enjoying the deck on their rental cabin on the lake. Let's keep the people theme going.

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Posted by superbe on Thursday, March 27, 2014 8:21 AM

The request is for couples. Here are sveral couples waiting for the train.

Show us more people.

Bob

 

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Posted by hon30critter on Thursday, March 27, 2014 1:46 AM

Garry!

LaughLaughLaughLaughLaugh

Dave

I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!

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Posted by shayfan84325 on Wednesday, March 26, 2014 10:53 PM

Twilight at the Blackwater station:

Show me a couple.

Phil,
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Posted by bogp40 on Wednesday, March 26, 2014 10:30 PM

Heartland Division CB&Q

Night view. Interior of Amish farm house.  Notice the details.

 

 

Please show another nught scene.

 

Garry, thought you'd be looking for that polar bear in the snowstorm!

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Posted by Heartland Division CB&Q on Wednesday, March 26, 2014 9:34 PM

Night view. Interior of Amish farm house.  Notice the details.

 

 

Please show another nught scene.

GARRY

HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR

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Posted by jacon12 on Wednesday, March 26, 2014 9:14 PM

Deep Step passenger station at night..

Another night shot please!

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Posted by Jimmy_Braum on Wednesday, March 26, 2014 9:16 AM

Since Allan didn't specify a category, Let me share a picture of a steel mill at night

 Show me sometthing else taken at night.

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Posted by BRVRR on Wednesday, March 26, 2014 8:08 AM

Here are a couple of highly modified locomotives.

The Pennsylvania E-8s shown here were in Atlantic Coast Line livery when they started out. I stripped, modified, painted, decaled and detailed both shells to make the locos you see in the thumbnail. I fabricated the locomotive radio antenna for the A-unit from the stanchions from an Athearn BB SD40 kit and a few lengths of .015-inch music wire. For the A-unit, #5713 i installed a new headlight arrangement and an MRC Sound Decoder and a Soundtraxx #810112 Oval Speaker. The B-unit is powered and equipped with a Lenz decoder for motor control. I speed matched the locos with DecoderPro and my desk top computer. They opperate very well together and can pull the paint off of the walls.

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Posted by G Paine on Tuesday, March 25, 2014 11:47 AM

My Specturm Consolidation has a number of details added including a CalScale boiler tube pilot, scatchbuilt pilot steps, whistle, engineer and fireman figures, railings around the tender deck, MEC speed lettering decals, and a Tsnaumi sound secoder

Show me something else that you detailed

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Posted by GP-9_Man11786 on Tuesday, March 25, 2014 10:52 AM

Here you go, a PRR I1sa bashed from an old Minitrix 2-10-0. Let's see another locomotive that you built or re-worked extansivly.

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Posted by middleman on Tuesday, March 25, 2014 10:44 AM

I rediscovered this while moving some boxes around recently. It's a DJH Models kit I built,probably about 1990.

Show me a loco you built,or re-worked extensively.

Mike

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Posted by Phoebe Vet on Tuesday, March 25, 2014 7:03 AM

jacon12

21 hours and counting so let's move on.

Show me something you've had for over 10 years.

 

I've had her for 46 years.

Dave

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Posted by jacon12 on Tuesday, March 25, 2014 6:42 AM

21 hours and counting so let's move on.

Show me something you've had for over 10 years.

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