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Show Me Something August 2017
Posted by superbe on Tuesday, August 1, 2017 10:40 AM

SHOW ME SOMETHING!

August, 2017

Welcome to the August "Show Me Something" thread! This is a place where forum members can post their photos containing a view of the "requested" scene or object.

No "real-life" photos but models only. After 24 hours, if the requested scene is not posted anyone is welcome to make their own submission and make their own request. It's all about having fun!

Recently I was working on a scene with water towers:

DSC01564.jpg

Please Show Me any type of water tanks

Bob

 

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Posted by gmpullman on Tuesday, August 1, 2017 4:04 PM

superbe
Please Show Me any type of water tanks

Here's a "Water Tank" on wheels. A B&O auxiliary tender...

 IMG_8556_fix by Edmund, on Flickr

Welcome to August!

Show me more water tanks, please.

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Posted by rogerhensley on Wednesday, August 2, 2017 5:54 AM

Ok, how about another water tower.

 

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Posted by NYBW-John on Wednesday, August 2, 2017 7:00 AM

Here's a municipal water tower that serves the northern New Jersey bedroom community of West Chester on my New York, Binghamton, & Western Railroad.

More water towers/tanks

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Posted by doctorwayne on Wednesday, August 2, 2017 9:44 AM

Here's a view of the water tower at Elfrida, shot from above the lower mouth of the tunnel on the tracks to South Cayuga...

It's an Atlas kit, with some added details, and a Grandt Line spout.

More water towers/tanks, please.

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Posted by BRVRR on Wednesday, August 2, 2017 10:50 AM

doctorwayne wrote: "More water towers/tanks, please."

The water tank on top of the General Industries building came out of the scrap box.

More water tanks/towers, please.

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Posted by GP-9_Man11786 on Wednesday, August 2, 2017 1:57 PM

Water tower in Gallitzin. Let's keep the water towers/tanks going.

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Posted by G Paine on Wednesday, August 2, 2017 11:01 PM

A small water tank on the roof of the Dragon Products cement bagging plant on the Boothbay Railway Village layout

Show me a waterfall

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Posted by NYBW-John on Thursday, August 3, 2017 10:26 AM

I posted this in WPF a couple months ago. It's my recently completed Mill Creek gorge and trestle.

 

More water features please.

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Posted by doctorwayne on Thursday, August 3, 2017 11:40 AM

A friend and I were fishing on the Maitland River, and I caught this shot as our boat drifted towards Lake Erie, visible in the distance below the truss span...

More water scenes, please.

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Posted by doctorwayne on Friday, August 4, 2017 1:43 PM

Hmm, more than 24 hours and nobody has a water scene?

Let's try something different...

Show me another scene in black and white, please.

Wayne

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Posted by gmpullman on Friday, August 4, 2017 10:23 PM

doctorwayne
Show me another scene in black and white, please.

A New York Central L-3 gets down to business with a string of empty reefers.

 IMG_6914_fix_bw_edited-1 by Edmund, on Flickr

Show me more steam on freights.

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Posted by howmus on Saturday, August 5, 2017 7:57 PM

Mallet (2-6-6-2) #326 pulls a long string of boxcars upgrade on the SLOW...

Show me more steam pulling frieghts.

Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO

We'll get there sooner or later! 

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Posted by rogerhensley on Sunday, August 6, 2017 6:34 AM

As you wish...

More steam and freights, please.

 

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Posted by Heartland Division CB&Q on Sunday, August 6, 2017 5:15 PM

Steam freight

Please show more steam. 

GARRY

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Posted by BRVRR on Monday, August 7, 2017 8:42 AM

Heartland Division CB&Q: "Please show more steam.

A Pennsylvania J1A 2-10-4, passes under the Route 32 highway overpass at the head of a long mixed freight on the BRVRR layout.

More steam powered freight trains please.

Tags: BRVRR , NYC , PRR

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Posted by NYBW-John on Monday, August 7, 2017 7:08 PM

A Consolidation pulls the local freight upgrade toward Bedford Falls on the NYB&W divided mainline.

Let's shift gears.

A night scene please.

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Posted by gmpullman on Tuesday, August 8, 2017 5:12 AM

NYBW-John
A night scene please.

Third trick is working the Parcel Post Annex...

 IMG_3259_fix_web by Edmund, on Flickr

More night scenes, please...

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Posted by G Paine on Thursday, August 10, 2017 9:21 AM

Stalled for 2 days on night scenes

A Swift reefer making a delivery at Reilly Meat Packing on my layout

Show me some cattle cars

 

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Posted by doctorwayne on Thursday, August 10, 2017 1:22 PM

Here's one...

More stock cars, please.

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Posted by JOHN C TARANTO on Thursday, August 10, 2017 9:11 PM

I built this car from a Proto 2000 kit.  It's a double-decker with two floors.  Note the poop stains.  I wouldn't want to ride on the first floor.  Or anywhere for that matter!  Confused

More livestock cars, please.

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Posted by doctorwayne on Friday, August 11, 2017 12:58 AM

Here's an express horse car...

Its prototypes were used mostly for transporting racehorses, but had collapsible stalls, so they could also be used as regular baggage/express cars.
I built mine to match a photo of the real one, replacing the sides of a Rivarossi coach with Evergreen passenger car siding, then added scratchbuilt doors and a few details.  Lettering is from C-D-S, and paint is SMP Accupaint.

More livestock cars, please.

Wayne

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Posted by Heartland Division CB&Q on Saturday, August 12, 2017 9:25 AM

Stock cars... 

Please show boxcars .... 

GARRY

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Posted by G Paine on Saturday, August 12, 2017 10:25 AM

How big is small? A G scale 2 ft gauge SRRL boxcar next to the same car (unfinished) in HO scale

Show me somerhing else in large scale

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Posted by GP-9_Man11786 on Saturday, August 12, 2017 6:55 PM

Here's a large-scale 10-wheeler right after replaing its filament bulb headlight with an LED.

Show me a timber trestle.

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Posted by gmpullman on Saturday, August 12, 2017 10:13 PM

Barely time to get photos transfered from PB to Flickr in order to respond to a request...

Here's some large scale as requested by George:

 IMG_1130 by Edmund, on Flickr

And a timber trestle for GP man:

 IMG_1857 by Edmund, on Flickr

Show me 1) more large-scale OR 2) a timber trestle Yes

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Posted by RR_Mel on Saturday, August 12, 2017 10:39 PM

Here is my timber trestle, HO 10½” high by 36” long with a slight curve.  Constructed from scale basswood with oak stain.
 
  
 
More trestles please.
 
 
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Posted by doctorwayne on Monday, August 14, 2017 9:51 PM

Hmmm!  Two days have passed, so I guess you'll have to settle for this steel trestle, Mel...

The railroad calls it the Park Head trestle, but to most folks in nearby Park Head, it's just "the bridge".

Show me a rail-served industry, please - one with a locomotive in view.

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Posted by JOHN C TARANTO on Monday, August 14, 2017 10:51 PM

Show me a rail-served industry, please - one with a locomotive in view.

Here's a small bulk oil facility.

Please show more railside industries.

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Posted by gmpullman on Tuesday, August 15, 2017 4:37 AM

JOHN C TARANTO
Please show more railside industries.

A switcher sets off the caboose before pulling the loads out and empties in to the Quigley Mine #7...

 IMG_7345_fix_web by Edmund, on Flickr

More rail served industries, please.

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