the unexpected came today,
caught the L531 Appleton to Manawa train via new london. i caught it in new london on the return. sorry its not a good picture i took it w/ my cell phone casue i didnt have my camera now i know to bring it & the scanner. now i know every saturdays it runs through
CN 9461 GP40-2LW was doing it i cought it switching pulpwood cars.
Well, I'm leaving early in the morning for a three day trip to the Twin Ports on a DMIR hunt with a good buddy. He's been up to the iron range many times over the last thirty or so years, so I figure he'll make a good tour guide.
I get back late Tuesday, so hopefully I'll be in Wednesday with DMIR photos....
Noah
Your planning on capturing the last few times of true DMIR too huh? Im headed that way If my mom ever finds a day that works (we originally planned to head up on Spring Break!)
Alec
not much goig on here just playing WOW and with my dogs.
Did some in watching in neenah today
well i was very unsatisifed. their was not much moving. nothing came in well when i left i see the train lights down the ways. anyways i saw GTW 4632 switching the north yard, WC 3000 was leading L524 & CN 9549 was commin by for a reason i dont know. my usualy spot was upstructed due to construction.
DUDE, NOAH!!!!!!
I LIVE IN THE TWIN PORTS!!!!!!
Why the heck didn't you PM me!!!! I could have taken you to some spots that your friend probably doesn't know about except us guys here in the Northland!!!! UUUUUUUUUHHHHHHH!!
oh well, I expect to seem some photos soon.
James
I will expect that treatment when I'm there this summer! (Or at least get shown around 7495 the way Max did when he was there!)
Well, same amount of nothing going on here as usual, and that's why I've become nocturnal. I sleep through the hottest part of the day and am awake when it's nice, cool, and when there are no parents to bug me! (I'm also asleep during the "High Sun" hours..)
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trainboyH16-44 wrote: I will expect that treatment when I'm there this summer! (Or at least get shown around 7495 the way Max did when he was there!)Well, same amount of nothing going on here as usual, and that's why I've become nocturnal. I sleep through the hottest part of the day and am awake when it's nice, cool, and when there are no parents to bug me! (I'm also asleep during the "High Sun" hours..)
Come on up..... Max... ya he doesn't know squat!! Well anyway, I would be glad to take around some areas. especially the railfan portion of it. There are some new areas That I should chack out myself. Talk to you later.
I have been doing quite fine actually. I just learned that Walthers is releasing the Milwaukee Road Hiawatha. This was only sent to dealers and they have not yet gone ahead and put it up on there site. At the Lake Superior railroad museum, there are posters already up and around featuring the new Passenger train. The one thing I want most is there Milwaukee Road Depot they made for there 75th anniversary. It's huge and I like it.
Outside of that I have been working on a locomotive. A GP30C. These were bought by SOO Line and then later handed over to the Twin Cities & Western railroad. They are an unsual loco because they are powered with a Catepillar engine.
A couple of picsa of the close to finish model. I kitbashed it, painted it, and decaled it myself. See what you guys think.
The Dynamic brake grid is actually just the grill itself. The exhaust stack is now ment for a catepillar engine, and the middle fan in the back had to be removed. This used to be a Pennsy GP35, but is now TC&W GP30C #4302. There are still a couple of decals missing and a few pieces missing but will be placed on soon.
BTW: How are you guys doing
Happy railroading
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finished an acurail kit yesterday, that was a pain, gtw bi lvl auto rack, the thing wont even go around 22" radi curves!
the gtw in that photo looks like the one in my yard. its only duty is to switch the two paper plants in town.
i was just thinking the other day what would a gtw paint job look like on a dash 9?
BTW: What is your favorite video game, pc and system?
mine: PC: World of Warcraft
system: Guitar Hero
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The Missabe Road: Safety First
Well, I made it back today, and had one hell of a great time. Like Alec said, we were out to catch the DMIR at it's finest, incase it isn't around much longer. And boy did we ever! We basically spent two days, a half day on the Two Harbors sub, and a day and an evening up near Virginia on the Range. It was absolutely fantastic. Caught lots of pure Missabe sets still running around, the 416, the pumpkin, three of the four SDMs, lots of tunnel motors, a 9000' CN run through train, and more. Pictures will come sometime in the next few days, but I've got to sit down and pick out the best of over 300 photos first...
James, didn't think about emailing anybody really, sorry. I'll remember that for next time though. My friend's been up to the range a number of times, plus we've got (well, he's got), a really, really good guide to the Missiabe put together by Andy Nelson (don't know if you'd know the name or not, but he's written a couple of articles on the Missabe). Andy used to live in the area and had worked the Missabe over completely in the 90s. His guide was basically a bunch of maps of the entire Missabe showing every little road, and with spots that were good marked on it. Gave us an idea of where to go for photos once we heard trains moving on the scanner. Between that and a couple other guides, we managed to find some pretty good spots anyway. And the weather cooperated pretty well. About the only skunk of the trip was that the 1300 PRS in Duluth didn't have any empties to bring up from the docks, just loads to shove out onto the dock, so no Spirit Mountain shot. He even had a matched set of three DMIR SD38s, but no train... Ah well, I guess that's something for next time...
Like I said, photos to follow in the next few days (or weeks)...
EDIT: James, I forgot, I really like that TCW unit too. That's pretty dog gone nice looking. You did a really nice job on the painting and decaling, it looks pretty much like factory paint in the pictures at least...