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[Forte God DX]

i started when i was young in HO then i stoped for a few years now i do N i still have all my HO stuff.

[Packers#1]

hay whats up i'm new here and i model n scale and working on my 1st ntrak module.

Awesome, i'm also an n scaler.

[Guilford Guy]

Cool! I had a bunch of N scale stuff, but I sold it, because I was more into HO.

High Five!

PYSHCE!

I don't model HO anymore, I model in Proto:87 :)

[OzarkBelt]

Cool! I had a bunch of N scale stuff, but I sold it, because I was more into HO.

High Five!

PYSHCE!

I don't model HO anymore, I model in Proto:87 :)

You know, that's just hard core.

LOL 

[super cheif n]

i started when i was young in HO then i stoped for a few years now i do N i still have all my HO stuff.

hi i'm him.

ok so does anyone have any Ntrak tips?

[WCfan]

i started when i was young in HO then i stoped for a few years now i do N i still have all my HO stuff.

hi i'm him.

ok so does anyone have any Ntrak tips?

Ok these shot just convinced me I am going to sell my WC SD40 6001, to get an ACR SD40. (Algoma Central Was bought in 1995 by the WC, just in my era) That paint scheme is really neat.

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=162895&nseq=14

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=241449&nseq=0

[Railfan Alex]

Cool. Your current SD40 is a what, Kato?

Now I knew right away the links were to the shots in the roundhouse, I just had a feeling!

[Railfan Alex]

Question:

Did WC repaint them right away, or did they get patched like the GP40's?

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=234951&nseq=4

 

[WCfan]

Yeah, it's a Kato, and I'll probably get a Kato SD40 in ACR. Yes, WC patched them, and they stayed patch for quite some time too! Although in there later years they didn't look as nice.

[WCfan]

Well I have another rail fan video. IC 6110 heads out to switch the mill at Rothschild.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyzaMO-QV28

I Don't know why that high pitched noise is. In The orginal file it wasn't there. Must of been introduced when I converted the file. The video looks nicer in High qaulity, but in the standard quality it's fine too.

Pictures can be found here:

http://cs.trains.com/forums/55/1311329/ShowPost.aspx#1311329

[Railfan Alex]

Looks good!

Now how's the Photo Story thingy going?

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Looks like the New Jersey Transit Modelers Forum is back up. Who knows for how long though.

Now I'll back my ancient butt out of here and leave y'all alone.

[Packers#1]

Looks like the New Jersey Transit Modelers Forum is back up. Who knows for how long though.

Now I'll back my ancient butt out of here and leave y'all alone.

Finally phpbb got their problems fixed. yay.

[WCfan]

Happy 4th of July every one! I don't have any pictures with fire works in the back ground, but I might later.

[Railfan Alex]

You have a good time there, down south. Check teen raifan place, and tell me what you think!

[WCfan]

Yep I posted there. The shots are really nice. I wish I could get more SD40-2s up here. It was only last year we had alot.

Well, if I ever find a ACR SD40 it'll look like this:

http://thomas766.fotopic.net/p2626979.html

The ACR SD40/SD40-2s didn't get painted untill 1998, 1999. I wish WC never did paint them! They might still be on the CN! But by 98 they where getting really ratty. I wish CN would hertiage series. The ACR would look really nice!

[WCfan]

Any one like camp Fires?

Fire Works? (Don't worry about the house in the back ground. My Grandpa owns tht Apartment and rents it out to people.)

How about our flag?

[Animal]

Oh dang im going to be broke next week,

i just bought 4 locomotives all in SP colours:

An AC6000 (bloody nose speed lettering)

A SD40 (SP kodachrome) and 45 (Bloody nose)

and a GP40X with elephant ears (bloody nose)

now im going to have 21 locomotives alltogether

 

[Railfan Alex]

OUR FLAG????

We are not all american lol.

How is photo story?

[Packers#1]

Oh dang im going to be broke next week,

i just bought 4 locomotives all in SP colours:

An AC6000 (bloody nose speed lettering)

A SD40 (SP kodachrome) and 45 (Bloody nose)

and a GP40X with elephant ears (bloody nose)

now im going to have 21 locomotives alltogether

 

Yeah, that's a lot of locos. Have fun running them, I only have 3 at the moment.

[Guilford Guy]

So uh, I start uh, railcamp uh, tomorrow! uh

[WCfan]

Oh dang im going to be broke next week,

i just bought 4 locomotives all in SP colours:

An AC6000 (bloody nose speed lettering)

A SD40 (SP kodachrome) and 45 (Bloody nose)

and a GP40X with elephant ears (bloody nose)

now im going to have 21 locomotives alltogether

 

Wow, 21 is alot of locomotives. Do you have pictures of your models? I'd love to see them.

Alex, sorry, forgot we have some people from other countrys. My apologizes.

Photo Story, well my Missabe Slide show, that I made on WMM. I liked my Photo Story one, it fit the whole song, and the slides where longer. But it was the wrong format, now that I have the video converter I could convert it, but I already have my Missabe Slide show on Youtube. My Next trip up there I'll use photo story. Now all I have to do is get a free DVD converter so i can Down Load my home made DVDs. I have some nice "film" on there, well sorta, my dad needs to work on taping. But my next trip I'll use the tri-pod.

[Railfan Alex]

Sounds good!

[Animal]

i miss counted with those 4 i have on order i have 23,

 

as for pics's im going to have to buy a new digital camera before piccies sorry

[WCfan]

BUMP.

Seems kinda dead here...

[Wikious]

I think I got bitten by the loco buying bug! I bought one that I'm not quite done repainting, and I've got another on the way and yet another I'm eyeing- all of which will need repainting and custom decals. I still need to get a display case or something for them.

[Packer]

I'm thinking of upgrading my new athearn GP35.

Planning on adding the following:

fans and fan grills (the fan blades over the DB is missing)

MU cables (has the rack, just needs the cables)

A fire cracker antenna

Lift rings (need a guide for placement)

The pilot details (coupler cut lever, anti-clibber etc.)

Interior

Drop steps, and MU boxes. (I think I might have some MU boxes left over from my GP9s)

I know I could get the Cables and antenna from details west and the interior from Kato, as for the fans, pilot detail and lift rings, I don't know. But I actually have the right horn for the unit. (3-chime with a stand, goes near the radiator fans)

I can't find a good picture of BN 2507 (my athearn model), but judging from photos BN 2500-2507 are pretty close

[WCfan]

Type in "Lift Rings" on the Walthers site. I know some one sells them. As for pilot details it's the same. You can get the couple lift bars from Details West (I think) or maybe it was Detail Associates or Diesel Details. The Proto-typical couple lift bars that are on the locomotives (That Curve out to the Coupler. They are on most locomotives today) are fairly expensive and only come in a pack of two (I think), but you can but the less proto-typical straight coupler lift bar for less, and have more in a packet.

For the lift rings, I think the placement was pretty much standard. Here's a quick diagram

*          *              *        *      *
O   o   O       *  O            H     HHHH*
*          *              *     *         *

Very Crude Diagram.  The "O" are the fans and the "DB", the "H" is the Turbo Charger, and the "HHHH" is the Inertial Air Filter housing.

[Railfan Alex]

Something like that on EMD's,

Here is a diagram (still hard to tell, but you get the idea):

http://www.sooline.org/publications/drawings/locomotives/SD40_SD402/750.gif

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Looks like the New Jersey Transit Modelers Forum is down again.