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Jarrells' Show Me Something, December, 2022 Edition

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Posted by gmpullman on Friday, December 30, 2022 11:47 AM

SeeYou190
Show me another tower please.

A photographer gets a lucky break:

 MG_tower by Edmund, on Flickr

 EL_3638b by Edmund, on Flickr

Any more towers out there?

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Friday, December 30, 2022 10:53 AM

gmpullman
More signal/interlocking towers, please.

Tower in the tropics:

-Photograph by Kevin Parson

Show me another tower please.

-Kevin

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Posted by Attuvian1 on Friday, December 30, 2022 2:06 AM

Thanks for the background, Ed.

Off Topic  Old family stomping grounds back in Northern Ohio.  Had aunts, uncles and cousins in places like Hiram and Canal Fulton.

John  

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Posted by gmpullman on Thursday, December 29, 2022 8:56 PM

Attuvian1
Your mention of Harshaw Chemical hit me instantly. 

Hi, John

In the mid-1970s I was fireman on the Cuyahoga Valley Line's USRA 2-8-2 and our train passed by the Harshaw plant on Harvard Road in Old Brooklyn twice a day on weekends. I used to like seeing the old buildings and equipment and the name just stuck with me all these years.

 4070_Stopped at RD Jct. by Edmund, on Flickr

Look at all those tank cars...

Of course the place was a mess to clean up after they closed. Fascinating history of the company, though.

 Harshaw_coal-tar-tank by Edmund, on Flickr

A PRR brick tower:

 PRR_SG_tower2 by Edmund, on Flickr

 PRR_SG_tower-bay-2 by Edmund, on Flickr

More signal/interlocking towers, please.

Regards, Ed.

 

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Thursday, December 29, 2022 8:50 PM

NVSRR
So lets see towers please.

Once again at the store layout at Dana's Railroad Supply in Spring Hill, Florida:

-Photograph by Kevin Parson

More towers again please.

-Kevin

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Posted by Attuvian1 on Thursday, December 29, 2022 7:30 PM

gmpullman
NVSRR
More loading dock scenes please

The loading dock at Harshaw Chemical:

 Harshaw_shipping by Edmund, on Flickr

Ed,

I'm just catching up on this month's Show Me Something so this is way out of order as to page.  Your mention of Harshaw Chemical hit me instantly.  My late father worked for them as a salesman!  Talk about an arcane name out of the past!

Did you assign the name to the building by just picking it out of the air or do you have a remembrance of the actual company?  My dad worked Ohio and Michigan for them in the late 50s.  Always bringing home items interesting to a young lad.

Thanks!

(Attuvian) John

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Posted by NVSRR on Thursday, December 29, 2022 6:36 PM

I hit three here.  Electric, steam and stations. 

 

So lets see towersplease

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Posted by gmpullman on Thursday, December 29, 2022 10:19 AM

John-NYBW
More passenger stations, large or small.

The commuter side:

 CNW_Bilevel-station by Edmund, on Flickr

The Steam concourse:

 Union_Sta_departure2_crop by Edmund, on Flickr

More stations, please.

 

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Posted by John-NYBW on Thursday, December 29, 2022 8:58 AM

SeeYou190

Show me another passenger station scene please.

-Kevin

 

This is the second largest station on my layout. It is a kitbash of Walthers modulars and a Volmer Baden-Baden station.

More passenger stations, large or small.

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Thursday, December 29, 2022 7:50 AM

John-NYBW
Let's stay with the electric loco request, either 3rd rail or overhead. 

Amtrak GG1:

-Photograph by Kevin Parson

The above scene is featured on the store layout at Dana'a Railroad Supply in Spring Hill, Florida.

Show me another passenger station scene please.

-Kevin

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Posted by John-NYBW on Wednesday, December 28, 2022 5:53 PM

gmpullman

Any more electrics, AKA "Motors"?

 

I own one electric, a Pemco Pennsy GG-1 which was a gift from my sister about 35 years ago. At the time, I was modeling the UP so this didn't fit at all but whenever she would visit, I would bring it out and run it for her, not having the heart to tell her why it didn't belong on the layout. For most of the past 35 years, it has remained boxed up. Even though my current layout is set in the east and the Pennsy has trackage rights, it didn't make sense to string up caternary for one loco. I had forgotten I even had it until I came across a storage box a few months ago.

Here is the GG-1 with the raised pantograph but no catenary. All dressed up with no place to go. 

Let's stay with the electric loco request, either 3rd rail or overhead.  

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Posted by gmpullman on Wednesday, December 28, 2022 3:12 PM

pt714
How about some electric motive power?

Here's a diesel-electric/electric on the left (FL9) and an electric/electric (EP-5) on the right. The EP-5 can run on straight 660V DC third rail or 11,000 AC from the overhead.

 NH_EP5_Jet-FL9 by Edmund, on Flickr

Any more electrics, AKA "Motors"?

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Posted by pt714 on Wednesday, December 28, 2022 2:27 PM

Reaching into my past layouts for this one.

How about some electric motive power?

Phil

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Posted by NorthBrit on Wednesday, December 28, 2022 2:05 PM

Ed wants diesels.

 

Class 47, 55 & 52  on shed.

 

 IMG_2011 by David Harrison, on Flickr

 

Diesels are required

 

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Posted by gmpullman on Wednesday, December 28, 2022 1:27 PM

BATMAN
More diesels, please.

Another slant on a Baldwin product. Lotsa' Wheels!

 Centipede PRR style by Edmund, on Flickr

Diesels, diesels, diesels, please.

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Posted by BATMAN on Wednesday, December 28, 2022 12:18 PM

More diesels, please.

 

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Posted by "JaBear" on Wednesday, December 28, 2022 11:51 AM

NorthBrit
Staying with diesels

Baldwin by Bear, on Flickr

 Staying on a roll? More diesels, please. Smile

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Posted by NorthBrit on Wednesday, December 28, 2022 11:46 AM

A foggy evening at Clarence Dock Junction

 

 IMG_5920 by David Harrison, on Flickr

 

Staying with diesels

 

David

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Posted by John-NYBW on Wednesday, December 28, 2022 11:24 AM

BATMAN

Show me anything with a diesel engine in it, please.

 

A couple EMD E-units getting a drink at the fueling station.

Diesel pictures seem popular today so let's stay with it. 

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Posted by BATMAN on Wednesday, December 28, 2022 10:57 AM

Show me anything with a diesel engine in it, please.

Brent

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Wednesday, December 28, 2022 10:12 AM

NorthBrit
More diesels please

Track fiddler
More diesels if you would please.

Here is another:

-Photograph by Kevin Parson

The above scene was captured on MR. Muffin's Lionel display layout in Atlanta, Indiana.

She me another diesel.

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Posted by Track fiddler on Wednesday, December 28, 2022 9:17 AM

gmpullman

More diesels if you please...

 
 
 
More diesels if you would please.
 
 
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Posted by NorthBrit on Wednesday, December 28, 2022 9:17 AM

Kevin - More diesels

 

Class 37  'Glencairn'  with two Class 55s behind

 

 IMG_5492 by David Harrison, on Flickr

 

More diesels please

 

David

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Wednesday, December 28, 2022 9:12 AM

gmpullman
More diesels if you please...

EMD GP with some tank cars:

-Photograph by Kevin Parson

The above scene was photographed on the Country Roads HO scale modular train show display layout.

More diesels please...

-Kevin

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Posted by gmpullman on Wednesday, December 28, 2022 9:04 AM

John-NYBW
More diesels of your choosing, please.

PAs a-la Spencer...

 PA_Roundhouse-lineup by Edmund, on Flickr

 PA_Roundhouse-lineup-2 by Edmund, on Flickr

More diesels if you please...

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Posted by John-NYBW on Wednesday, December 28, 2022 8:28 AM

 
Any more diesels, please?
Cheers, the Bear.Smile
 

I've always had a fondness for EMD F-units. I've lost track of how many I now have on the roster.

More diesels of your choosing, please.

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Posted by "JaBear" on Wednesday, December 28, 2022 3:31 AM
One of Club member Owen’s diesels on the Clubs Modular layout.

Track cleaning by Bear, on Flickr
 
Any more diesels, please?
Cheers, the Bear.Smile

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Tuesday, December 27, 2022 11:39 PM

BRVRR
More steam please.

gmpullman
Continue with steam locomotives, please.

Same steam locomotive as the previous picture I posted...

-Photograph by Kevin Parson

Now for a diesel locomotive please.

-Kevin

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Posted by gmpullman on Tuesday, December 27, 2022 3:12 PM

SeeYou190
Show us more steam, please.

This Niagara seems just too clean to be a workhorse of the railroad. Maybe it just came out of the shop?

 NYC_6008_S-1 by Edmund, on Flickr

Continue with steam locomotives, please.

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Posted by BRVRR on Tuesday, December 27, 2022 3:11 PM

Kevin: "Show us more steam, please.

Santa Fe 3761 with a short consist of heavyweights on the BRVRR.

More steam please.

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