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Show Me Something. April...2014

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Posted by G Paine on Thursday, May 1, 2014 3:11 PM

April Showme is closed, go to May with the previous request

http://cs.trains.com/mrr/f/88/t/229394.aspx

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Posted by GP-9_Man11786 on Wednesday, April 30, 2014 10:20 AM

Here's a frieght being overtaken by the Broadway Limited. Show me a freight train from any southern railroad.

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Posted by G Paine on Wednesday, April 30, 2014 10:07 AM

It's been a day and no more MOW, so here is a b&W somewhat old time train. 1930s mixed train coming to the depot at teh fishing village on the Boothbay Railway Village layout

Less than a day left for April ShowMe, let's try to get a few more photos in...

Show me a freight train from any Eastern US railroad

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Posted by BATMAN on Tuesday, April 29, 2014 10:52 AM

This old time MOW train is assigned to trestle duty. Inspection, repairs, and filling water barrels (thus the water cars and barrels on board).  The crew stops in Vulcan Alberta for lunch. There's a great little cafe near the grain elevator.

Show me another old time MOW train. B&W or colour.

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Posted by GP-9_Man11786 on Tuesday, April 29, 2014 10:39 AM

This one may be kind of s stretch an the whole farm country theme but here goes. A freight on theupper level passes a grain elavator and a farm supplier:

Let's see another grain elevator.

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Posted by BRVRR on Tuesday, April 29, 2014 7:16 AM

Here is an old photo from the Railroading Page on my website. New York Central GP-20 #6109 at the head of a short freight train passes the Farmers Union grain elevator near Pasture Curve on the Black River Valley layout.

Show me another freight in farm country.

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Posted by kbkchooch on Monday, April 28, 2014 11:26 AM

A Western Maryland freight passing the signal crew just past Main Street

Show me a freight train in farm country

 

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Posted by Grampys Trains on Monday, April 28, 2014 9:03 AM

An EB freight exits a tunnel.

Show me a freight train in a town setting.

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Posted by G Paine on Sunday, April 27, 2014 8:53 AM
OK, signs are not working. Show me a freight train in a mountain scene

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Posted by G Paine on Saturday, April 26, 2014 11:09 AM

4 Bar Mills signs that I have built, but do not have buildings to put them on yet

The Moxie sign on the background building is another Bar Mills sign; the Shamrock Hotel sign is a Miller Engineering EL sign

Show me more signs

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Posted by superbe on Saturday, April 26, 2014 10:30 AM

Another Miller sign

 

Let's continue with signs.

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Posted by GP-9_Man11786 on Friday, April 25, 2014 10:31 PM

Here's a Miller Engineering neon sign. Let's see another sign.

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Posted by Grampys Trains on Friday, April 25, 2014 9:24 PM

That's a great story and modeling, Ray.  I guess this would count for period business, Trailer on Flat Car. DJ.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Show me another sign.

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Posted by howmus on Friday, April 25, 2014 8:09 PM

Well...  Several hours here without an answer, so...  How about milk sold in Glass Bottles by a local dairy?

Howard's Dairy was owned by my Father's Uncle Eli and was the first dairy in Central NYS to use electric pasteurization.  He managed to corner the local market (as it didn't taste burned) and became quite rich for back in those days.  The logo on the Reefer was taken from the logo on a couple of Glass Milk Bottles I still have from that business.

Show me another local business that would be a "period" type of business on your layout.

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Posted by MisterBeasley on Friday, April 25, 2014 11:52 AM

Tall trees aren't common in Moose Bay, but there are a couple of them in the swamp.

Show me an advertisement for a long-gone product.

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Posted by GP-9_Man11786 on Thursday, April 24, 2014 10:23 AM

Well, nearly a day and no slugs. Somebody must haveput salt on them. Show me some tall evergreen trees.

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Posted by kbkchooch on Wednesday, April 23, 2014 10:57 AM

A blue road slug!

 

Show me another slug!

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Posted by G Paine on Wednesday, April 23, 2014 10:19 AM

Almost a day and ShowMe has fallen off Page 1 of the forum so a bump is needed. The closest I can come to something ficticious is a Turtle Creek Central boxcar. Not much if a history, just a name selected by MR for a layout project a few years ago.

Show me something blue

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Posted by Jimmy_Braum on Monday, April 21, 2014 1:06 PM

Since it has been 24 hours, here is a completely ficticious passenger car with a complete ficticious history

"In the late 1950's the Pennsylvania Railroad purchased a brand new type of car for it's crack train the Mon Valley rambler.  This train had a baggage car, two heavyweight coaches, a combine/snack car(in the baggage area).  The PRR felt like the higher class passengers deserved a car that would let them see the Mon Valley through a rear window.  Thus the "Uniontown" was purchased.  The Mon Valley Rambler ran until 1967, and the Theater car was stored on a siding at Pittsburgh's PRR station, until Penn Central auctioned it off, and it was purchased by the Austinville and Dynamite city Railroad owner-James Thaddius.

 SShow me another complete work of fantasy,and the fictional history behind it.

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Posted by ALEX WARSHAL on Sunday, April 20, 2014 6:36 PM

That's very funny bigpianoguy. I had a chocolate Easter bunny but.........Big Smile

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Posted by bigpianoguy on Sunday, April 20, 2014 6:19 PM

Wish I could show you something, but I'm just installing isolation tracks & soldering the yard track today. Being 4/20, I told friends & family I was taking the day off & getting wired.

I don't think I fooled anyone, though...

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Posted by BATMAN on Sunday, April 20, 2014 11:34 AM

Easter Bunnies!

Show me more Easter.........?

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Posted by Phoebe Vet on Sunday, April 20, 2014 10:54 AM

Something red, as requested.

Show me an Easter Bunny, if you can keep the Lion from eating it.

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Posted by GP-9_Man11786 on Sunday, April 20, 2014 9:41 AM

Here's five yellow somethings. The Awnings on the trailer, the forklift and the trck bumper. Show me something red.

 

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Posted by jacon12 on Saturday, April 19, 2014 9:54 PM

Car and a truck..

Show me something yellow.

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Posted by Heartland Division CB&Q on Saturday, April 19, 2014 9:59 AM

GP9 Man .... Funny! Laugh

Here is my Great Northern tractor/trailer

 

And here is Fiasco Transport tractor/trailer in trouble. 

 

 

Please show another truck, or a bus, or a car... 

 

 

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Posted by BRVRR on Saturday, April 19, 2014 9:37 AM

Here are a couple over the road trucks:

The tractors and trailers are store bought. The sideboards and tarp on the truck in the foreground are hand made. The load is finely ground corn meal held in place with white glue. The license plates and signs were made with my home computer. The figures are Woodland Scenics.

How about another over the road truck?

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Posted by SWFX on Saturday, April 19, 2014 9:15 AM

CSX_road_slug -wow, great work

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Posted by CSX_road_slug on Friday, April 18, 2014 9:39 PM

G Paine
More over the road trucks please

Here is a dry bulk cement trailer I scratchbuilt 2 years ago, hooked up to an Athearn Mack model 'R' tractor.  This is the kind of cement-hauling trailers I see all over the State of Maryland. There are a few cylinder-shaped ones here too, but most of them are of the triple-hopper design.

I didn't have a scenicked layout at the time I shot this pic so this was the best I could offer...

Show me another over-the-road truck

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

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