Doesn't look like anyone started it so here goes hope these pics of my neww AA Southern 2356 from 1954-56 come out as had to goto another site I had them posted and copy the codes as can't access photbucket from work and I can't tell from work
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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Nice Southerns.
Does anyone know when the next train arrives?
Ps. The girls are looking at the pigeons nesting in the rafters!
Ray
Bayville, NJ
Life is what happens to youWhile you're busy making other plans - John Lennon
I don't have photos, but I do have a video!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ea_ZaJo1R_c&list=UULGkL-NvMcM7px8y7PHZOHA&index=1&feature=plcp
My 2 K-line MP15s double heading a freight.
"No childhood should be without a train!"
OK - Lets see if you know who made this Army Train, and no it is not by K-Line. It is not 3 rail, but 2 rail DC.
I am a person with a very active inner child. This is why my wife loves me so. Willoughby, Ohio - the home of the CP & E RR. OTTS Founder www.spankybird.shutterfly.com
Pretty sure that's a Kusan "Atomic Train". Early postwar I think.
cmulligan01 Pretty sure that's a Kusan "Atomic Train". Early postwar I think.
WE have a WINNER !
Trains are running on the new layout. My two steamers (an Atlantic and a Pacific) seem to navigate the grades just fine. Though for now I'm sticking to a 4-car consist. My 355 Baldwin has some issues, a lot of wheel spinning going uphill. I may have to see about putting a litle weight in it somewhere.
Also need to get some structure under the two crossings of the creek in the front. There is a track joint in the middle of the crossing, and it deflects some when the engines pass over. Don't need to have any derailments due to a washout!
I have figured out what is wrong with my brain! On the left side nothing works right, and on the right side there is nothing left!
The Detroit 3 Railers were invited to Norm Charbonneau's for some fun running trains. We took some pics and video while playing.
watch?v=k8oTVU1p2vA&feature=share&list=UUbfHGkdDrAAUP93lIDLVk0A
Charlie a.k.a. MichiganRailRoad714 (Charter Member TTC)
I always like SPF. Charlie good video. We had a fun time yesterday with friends and trains.
"IT's GOOD TO BE THE KING",by Mel Brooks
Charter Member- Tardis Train Crew (TTC) - Detroit3railers- Detroit Historical society Glancy Modular trains- Charter member BTTS
Frank - Nice pictures as always!
Question, In the second picture that righthand O-22 switch does not have a Lionel switch motor. Have you mounted the switch machine under the benchwork ? Are you using another type of switch control ?
Steve
steve24944 Frank - Nice pictures as always! Question, In the second picture that righthand O-22 switch does not have a Lionel switch motor. Have you mounted the switch machine under the benchwork ? Are you using another type of switch control ? Steve
Thank you. I removed the switch mechanisms on two switches running diagonally across the layout. They are rarely used and within a foot or so of the operator area. If I opt to use these switches, I flip them by hand. It works fine. The switch mechanisms really compromised the scene I was building. I wish I had thought of this sooner, as there are two other rarely used switches from which I would also remove the mechanism for better scenes.
Well this week I'm working on my first big scratchbuild since 2003. A concrete grain elevator. Don't ask why, I just felt like building one. So far I have the eight silos mostly done. They're made from 2" schedule 40 PVC pipe, a bit of plaster and glue and some gray latex house paint. I sanded the silos before painting so they look to have a texture like concrete. Each one is 11 and 13/16 inches tall or eighty-six scale feet in HO. Each silo has a plaster plug in the top so holes can be easily drilled later to mount details.
Dr. Frankendiesel aka Scott Running BearSpace Mouse for president!15 year veteran fire fighterCollector of Apple //e'sRunning Bear EnterprisesHistory Channel Club life member.beatus homo qui invenit sapientiam
Here is a Real Plymouth Switcher I saw last week. It is still in use everyday in Crivitz WI. at the log transfer yard.
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Kev, From The North Bluff Above Marseilles IL.
jeffrey-wimberly
A fishin' rod rack for the front of yer van, right?
Pete
"You can’t study the darkness by flooding it with light." - Edward Abbey -
Texas Pete A fishin' rod rack for the front of yer van, right?
Frank53
Frank,
Very nicely done. Looks like the down-and-out part of town.
Wonderin' which one of those gents ( probably not the Drunk exiting the bar) will see the Lady home. Looks like the hotel down the street has hourly rates If ya' know what I mean.
Looks good guys. All of you. Jeffrey, your grain elevator looks good over here, too. lol
Jeff grain elevator is coming along nice
Pete, I always wandered what those pipes were for on the front of peoples trucks.... I still don't get the point of it, though
Along the tinplate right of way..
Nothing is more fairly distributed than common sense: no one thinks he needs more of it than he already has.
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