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Jarrel's Show Me Something for September, 2020

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Posted by doctorwayne on Monday, September 7, 2020 12:09 PM

BRVRR
Ringo58: "Lets keep going with the engines with caboose."

...a caboose hop...

....and a caboose with a pusher...

Wayne

Please show us some more locomotives in pusher service.

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Posted by BRVRR on Monday, September 7, 2020 11:40 AM

Ringo58: "Lets keep going with the engines with caboose."

The sum total of the motive power and rolling stock for the home road.

Lets continue the theme. One or two extra cars even.

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Posted by Ringo58 on Monday, September 7, 2020 9:39 AM

BN 2084 Shoves a string of cars into the bakery. 

Lets keep going with the engines with cabooses

 

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Posted by gmpullman on Monday, September 7, 2020 1:33 AM

SeeYou190
More train stuff from the Northeastern U.S. or Canada, please.

The New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad operated in a pretty big chunk of Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts:

 N-H_RS11_1414b by Edmund, on Flickr

Please show another engine coupled to a caboose.

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Monday, September 7, 2020 12:46 AM

doctorwayne
More train stuff from the Northeastern U.S. or Canada, please.

The CENTRAL ALBERTA has a few covered hoppers in their fleet.

More train stuff from the Northeastern U.S. or Canada, please.

-Kevin

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Posted by doctorwayne on Sunday, September 6, 2020 11:03 PM

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Please show something from a Northeast US or Canada railroad.

The TH&B was my hometown railroad, and about 20 years ago, I built a couple of these Stewart (now Bowser) U-channel hoppers, modifying them into cars closer to the appearance of the real ones, following a well-done article in RMC...

The real ones were built in 1914, and lasted into the mid-'60s, the final ones in company service.

Recently, I looked them over again, and realised that I could have done better.  To that end, I've started re-doing the two original cars, and adding another 10.  They'll represent the cars in the period between the mid-'30s and mid-'40s, when they were undergoing updates and improvements.

Wayne

More train stuff from the Northeastern U.S. or Canada, please.

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Posted by gmpullman on Sunday, September 6, 2020 11:58 AM

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Show me something else that is not where it belongs.

The Energizer Bunny belongs on a flat car, not the Turbotrain!

 Energizer by Edmund, on Flickr

Please show something from a Northeast US or Canada railroad.

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Saturday, September 5, 2020 10:29 PM

gmpullman
More odd, out of place, shouldn't be there scenes, please.

That alligator does not belong on the roadway.

Show me something else that is not where it belongs.

-Kevin

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Posted by gmpullman on Saturday, September 5, 2020 4:30 PM

SeeYou190
Show me something that is out of place or should not be there.

Oh, you mean like the bottle of glue I forgot to remove before taking the picture?

 Erie_nose2 by Edmund, on Flickr

More odd, out of place, shouldn't be there scenes, please.

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Saturday, September 5, 2020 9:49 AM

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Please show a locomotive you have modified or added details in any way.

This is an old under construction model of my beloved Athearn Trainmaster.

The roof on these models is very boring, so I spiced it up a bit. I added a taller fan housing from Details West. There are four sand hatches added to the roof in a completely nonsensical way just to dress it up a bit. I added a big horn and a big bell just for fun. The EMD all weather window is a bit out of place on this model, and it the late knuckle tray above the pilot.

All in good fun.

Show me something that is out of place or should not be there.

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Posted by gmpullman on Saturday, September 5, 2020 6:11 AM

rogerhensley
More Alcos if you please.

The New York Central modified some of their RS-3s and moved one of the air reservoirs to the roof to allow for more water capacity for the steam generator:

 NYC_8209 by Edmund, on Flickr

Please show a locomotive you have modified or added details in any way.

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Posted by rogerhensley on Saturday, September 5, 2020 5:51 AM

An Alco? Here's one.

More Alcos if you please.

 

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Friday, September 4, 2020 11:19 PM

doctorwayne
More ALCos please.

Here is a PENNSYLVANIA PA on Mr. Muffins Lionel Layout in Atlanta, Indiana.

Let's open the category up just a little bit. Show me any diesel not made by EMD or GE.

-Kevin

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Posted by doctorwayne on Friday, September 4, 2020 10:20 PM

SeeYou190
Show me another ALCO locomotive please.

Atlas RS-1, detailed and painted for a friend....

...and later sold to another friend.

More ALCos please.

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Friday, September 4, 2020 8:19 PM

BRVRR
Lets continue with the ALCO locomotive theme.

This is one of my favorite scenes on the HO scale layout at the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry. Restoration of their old Alco PA:

Show me another ALCO locomotive please.

-Kevin

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Posted by BRVRR on Friday, September 4, 2020 5:28 PM

Ed: "More Alcos (steam or diesel) please.

The New York Central "Niagara" 4-8-4 is one of the most famous of ALCO locomotives.

Lets continue with the ALCO locomotive theme.

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Posted by gmpullman on Friday, September 4, 2020 4:10 PM

Ringo58
How about some ALCO power

Yes, to Alco power!

 

 PRR_Ore-dock4 by Edmund, on Flickr

 

More Alcos (steam or diesel) please.

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Posted by Ringo58 on Friday, September 4, 2020 1:29 PM

Heres my ES4400 (I think). I can never tell between them all.  But hey its a GEVO nontheless.

How about some ALCO power

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Posted by doctorwayne on Friday, September 4, 2020 12:50 PM

dti406
...How about 6 Axle GE Power!

This is old Athearn Blue Box, one of three modified with two motors each, and ballasted to 33oz. apiece, each yielding a measured 8.3oz. of drawbar pull...

Wayne

How about some more GE power, please.

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Posted by dti406 on Friday, September 4, 2020 12:27 PM

Ringo58

How about some more SD stuff

 

PC SD45 & SD40 with a general freight train!

How about 6 Axle GE Power!

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Posted by Ringo58 on Friday, September 4, 2020 12:06 PM

That was a GP7, how about an SD7! CNW SD 7 rounds the curve with a short local

How about some more SD stuff

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Friday, September 4, 2020 12:02 PM

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Kevin, your photo of the Great American Train Story layout at the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry brings back some great memories. There is a photo Essay on my website of our trip in 2008 here:

I wish I would have seen it in 2008. When I was there in 2018 the layout was very dirty/dusty, and some parts had suffered damage.

It is still impressive, and maybe some restoration work has been done.

BRVRR
More freight trains, please.

Just a simple scene with a freight train and a country road:

Show me another train hauling freight.

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Posted by BRVRR on Friday, September 4, 2020 11:37 AM

Kevin: "Show me another freight train scene."

Kevin, your photo of the Great American Train Story layout at the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry brings back some great memories. There is a photo Essay on my website of our trip in 2008 here:

http://www.brvrr.com/GTS.html

NYC GP-7 #5809 at the head of the 'Grafton Turn' makes its way westbound.

More freight trains, please.

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Thursday, September 3, 2020 8:36 PM

doctorwayne
More freight trains, please.

I will be like Ringo and share a picture from my visit to the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry.

This is the same area as his second picture.

Show me another freight train scene.

-Kevin

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Posted by doctorwayne on Thursday, September 3, 2020 6:55 PM

Ringo58
More frieghts please

Here's one in the unfinished wilderness....

...but wouldn't quite fit into a single photo...

Wayne

More freight trains, please.

 

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Posted by Ringo58 on Thursday, September 3, 2020 4:25 PM

This is from the huge layout at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago

I had to throw in a picture of that blackhawks auto rack. Really cool stuff running around there.

 

More frieghts please

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Posted by Heartland Division CB&Q on Thursday, September 3, 2020 4:13 PM

Freight Train 

 

Another freight train, please. 

GARRY

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Posted by G Paine on Thursday, September 3, 2020 3:24 PM

This is a photo comparing the lighting in LW vs HW passenger cars. The HW car on the right had incandescent lights, represented by yelloglow LEDS. The LW car has fluroescent lighting, represented by blue-white LEDs. 

Show me a freight train

 

 

 

 

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Posted by gmpullman on Thursday, September 3, 2020 3:02 PM

doctorwayne
More passenger cars, please.

The rear platform of U.S. No. 1, the Ferdinand Magellan is populated with some famous faces in 1944:

 IMG_8223_fix by Edmund, on Flickr

More passenger scenes, please.

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Posted by doctorwayne on Thursday, September 3, 2020 1:47 PM

Here's a very short train, with an express car and a combine...

Wayne

More passenger cars, please.

EDIT:  Wow! Photobucket musta hit the wrong button somewhere - I clicked on my first photo here, and it's actually full-screen!  Betcha my bill's gonna increase.

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