For Illinois Central Fans.( Celebrating over 1000 posts )

[icmr]

[#welcome][#welcome] to the forum scobb. I, like dingoix, am glad to see another IC fan on the forums.



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[icmr]

My IC SD70 is still running fine. It is getting just a little cold in the garage which is where the layout is. The problem there is with gas prices the way they are, the heat will not be turned on for a long time. Right now I hate winter. I was out of school yesterday, ran the layout, and it wasnt that cold in the garage but today it is warmer outside and colder in the garage.



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[Anonymous]

here's my U33C

[icmr]

Looks good dingoix.



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[Anonymous]

yep, the U33C is back in service- ran her a few hours last night- good and quiet (of course it's quiet it's an Atlas)

[icmr]

I have a pic of my SD70 on my web site http://icmrr.tripod.com Your engine looks good.



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[Anonymous]

your SD70 looks great- what other IC loco's do you have? my only one is the U33C -i know the pic of the SD70 on the Yazoo is from the IC train tape link i posted- your site's lookin good ,keep up the good work[tup]

[icmr]

my SD70 is the only IC engine I have. Yep it is from the link you posted. It is a great pic so I thought I would put it on there. Thx. I plan on working a lot on it.



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[Anonymous]

i liked that SD70 on the yazoo myself- sometime i might get that IC traintape - by the way icmr you might want to put a link to your IC site in your signature--- oh,this is my 500th post!

[icmr]

Good idea dingoix. Congrats on your 500th post. Im wanting to get that video too.



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[icmr]

Besides Effingham, what are some other good railfan locations along the IC line?



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[Anonymous]

http://www.traintapes.com/index.html i'd like to get the IC train tape , i also like the BNSF tapes(they have quite a few)- i still don't understand how i got 500 posts in such a short time i didn't realize how much time i spend on the forum

[Anonymous]

here's some IC pics you might be able to use on your site (found them on the net)
http://img355.imageshack.us/img355/9742/iciowafalls3qi.jpg
http://img355.imageshack.us/img355/5818/ic10072rj.jpg
http://img355.imageshack.us/img355/2716/iccn1xr.jpg

[icmr]

I like the pics dingoix. The last one has too much CN tho. The first two I will put on my site. Thx.



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[Anonymous]

yeah, i thought the last pic had too much CN but since there were two IC's i posted it -glad you liked them- i think i'll go check out your site right now

[icmr]

Im putting them on now.



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[Anonymous]

icmr i know you're busy w/ the new site but i'd like to see some more layout pics- well here's my layout- it's 4'x12'
the first pic shows the old portion and the second pic shows what i added -third pic shows a C&NW Athearn GP38 that was a former illinois central but was painted as you see it now (i didn't paint it- i'd never paint over an illinios central) it would have been all black with a black diamond logo on each cab side

[icmr]

Dingoix, I will have to get more pics of the layout taken. I should have them in a couple days. Your pics look great. The CNW engine looks great.



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[icmr]

I got some more pics on my site.



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[Anonymous]

the C&NW engine was painted by my grandfather quite a long time ago (don't know for sure -maybe 15 yrs. ago) that engine has a LOT of hours on it -the brushes on the motor are worn down quite a bit- still runs good- it's a little weak on power but it's not overly loud-- someday the motor will have to be rebuilt-- if i ever get anythng done on my layout i'll post pics- i hope to have 2 engine houses near the end of the new part- but that'll have to wait a while and i'm gonna add a few more yard tracks

[Anonymous]

keep those pics coming- i like your layout- what do you have for engines? i have- Atlas U33C Illinios Central
Athearn RTR AC4400 BNSF Heritage 3
Athearn B-B GP38-2 Santa Fe
Athearn GP38 C&NW
Bachmann Spectrum 2-8-0 consolodation (it's getting fixed right now)
with these loco's it's hard to tell what i'm modeling- i model BNSF and Illinios Central

[icmr]

That will look good when you get it done. Your Grandfather done a good job on the engine.



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[icmr]

Thx dingoix. I have one Athearn Genesis IC SD70, one Proto 2000 CSX SD60, and one Walthers Trainline PENN GP9M. I should have some more pics this week.



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[Anonymous]

i'm glad you like the C&NW - it was painted w/ a brush- a labelmaker was used for the Chicago-North Western "decals" and the road # is from the IC paint ----sounds like you got yourself some good engines-- do you plan on getting any more engines? and what is the Trainline GP9 like? here's a link: http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/931-133

[Anonymous]

i found yet another engine to add to my wishlist--best of all it's an Atlas http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/150-9710

[icmr]

I plan on getting a lot more engines so I can model the IC in the "right" way. I like that IC GP9M. I will probably get one or two of those so I can rebuild them into GP10's for local service. I also will need to get a couple of those GP40's for intermodal service.



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[Anonymous]

are those trainline GP9M's good runners?

[waltersrails]

Site looks nice and so does your forum.

[UPTRAIN]

I love the IC. I don't have any models, but I have a good pic of one...

http://uptrain.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=205883

[Anonymous]

that's a nice pic UPTRAIN