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well this hasn't been posted in for a while. So I guess I'll bruch off the dust and give it another shot.
Have any of you guys done any work? Some of you may know I've been working on my Diorama.
Also some of my know that I did get a WC SD45. On monday I should be getting 2 more.
Infact I did a little run on it in my basement.
WC 3005 leads to local into town today. The middel locomotive (6588) will split off and head upthe former MILW branch. The crew will also split up the train so about half goes uo with 6588, and the other half goes with 3005.
After the train got split up and cleared, a rerouted BN coal with a WC SD45 come. Leading it is Oakway leasing SD60.
Well I go home because no trains where coming. Then I heard on the scanner the dispatcher gave 6588 a warrent to proceed to the juction. So I head out with ym camera and find her sitting on the old interchnage.
After a half an hour of waiting I hear the horn of 5547 come down. She stops right before the interchnage.
5547 pulls up beyond the switch so the brake man can switch the track and 5547 can join with 6588.
Here's the switch man giving 5547 the clear.
Here's 5547 al ready with 6588 to head out of the interchange.
Later 5547 and 6588 would hook up with 3005, then they would take 6588s train and connect it with there train and head out.
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This is very confusing.
Lets please call ourselves by our screen names:
Me (Alex 2): Railfan Alex
Alex 3: Guilford Guy............etc..................
PLEASE! NO MORE CONFUSION!!!!
Alex
Hoople wrote:Wow... Some of those other states minimum wages are bad... Ours is around $7 an hour. Alex #2 I think? ah you know who I'm talking about.: I like the pictures. You need a second module... The one can't be fun at all by itself.
Wow... Some of those other states minimum wages are bad... Ours is around $7 an hour.
Alex #2 I think? ah you know who I'm talking about.: I like the pictures. You need a second module... The one can't be fun at all by itself.
Hoople wrote: Wow... Some of those other states minimum wages are bad... Ours is around $7 an hour. Alex #2 I think? ah you know who I'm talking about.: I like the pictures. You need a second module... The one can't be fun at all by itself.
Me?
I don't own any modules by the way, I just go to talk trains and run 'em too!
Wow, lots of stuff posted overnight! Neat photos everybody.
I've done a little bit of modeling lately, but no photos (yet). I installed a new fence on my module, as well as some power poles and "wires" that look like they are the powerlines for the turntable. I've got a few other projects to go yet, and I've got about a month before the next show. I want to have quite a few of the details on by that point, and if I keep going at the pace I have lately I will.
Noah
No they didn't... but hey.... The passenger trains I want did, so... everything else exsists around the passenger trains. I just reserved the Milwaukee Road Depot and two sheds from Walthers. So you see that the passenger trains are important.. The freight comes second... just right now freight comes first.
James
Nice Locos!
I don't think U boats(the locomotives that is) existed in 1952, but as long as your havin' fun!
Well, this seems interesting enough, so I thought I would join in and see how things are going.
The name is James and I will be 19 in one month. I model the Milwaukee Road, Hard to tell huh... I model the year 1952. The electrics where in there prime and the passenger trains were rolling right along.
All of my GEs and EMDs sit in wait for there next task on the line.
Something new into town. A Milwaukee Road Bipolar comes into town to get it's numbering and lettering finished at the shops.
And I am now modeling something a little new.
The Twin Cities and Western railroad is a shortline that runs in Southern Minnesota. My Dad worked for them for awhile and I have just started modeling the railroad.
This is what the locomotive was when I had finished kitbashing the fan configuration and all of the components for a catepillar equiped locomotive. This was originally a GP35. When I was done painting it and decalling it, this is what it looks like.
Twin Cities & Western GP30C #4302.
Enjoy. More to come!
loathar wrote:Don't mean to interrupt, but WOW! Minimum wage? $7.50? It's only $5.45 here in Tn. You guys are lucky! There's skilled welders here only making $8.50-$9.00/hour. BTW-You guys have a great thread going here. Lots of great work!
Welding? Did somebody say welding?
I have a job here in Hopkinsville, KY at a place called H&J's Welding and Salvage. Basically, I get paid $6 an hour (minimum wage in Kentucky is $5.83 at the moment) to weld trailers together, wash the occasional Semi truck, ride a 4-wheeler around, and drive a tractor all day.
The other day I actually had my boss's grandaughter (she's a Junior at my high school's cross-town rival, Christian County High ) come up to me as I was loading a stack of sheet metal with the tractor's forklift attachment (you're all going to laugh at me for this, but..) and yell "Your tractor's sexy!" Did I mention that I love my job?
Plus, I am a senior and I co-op, which means I get out of school once half the day is over and go straight to work. That means more hours and more pay, which makes me a happy railroader!
-Brandon
*sniff* Jordans being mean *sob*
Atleast I thought you were Jordan, you might be Alex 1, or Bob, or Chinatown
Yea, who knows when I will get around to that second module with all the funds going to G scale. Except for that B&M 2-8-0 I'll be bashing, and BLI 4-6-2 I'm getting, and Spectrum NYC Coaches... I think I can stop there.
Haha, I guess thats a complement
Before all the scenery...
I originally planned on putting in a Grade Crossing but that must wait for the enxt module
Thanks, yea I just got the potatoe train pix up!
YummE double headed steam, and Potatoes!
Ditto
A closeup of the steam. 4-8-2 R1-d # 4117 leading 2-10-2 S-3a 6701.
lol, well it's a good thing that it didn't plow into my statition.
Well I got one more thing for you guys. My super detailed Athearn SW1500. Whi orginaly started out as a BB SW1500. So far I added a plow, MUs, a fire craker attenna, a bay window, cab sun shade, and I have painted the roof. On monday the rest of the parts should arrive.
I'm too ashamed to show my first kit.
Here are several shots I got today while railfanning just west of Deerfield Mass.
An Eastbound passenger slows to a stop at a restricting signal. Theres a helper in the next block. The stupid telephone poles always seem to get in my shots. (This is normally a station scene but my station "dissappeared" and I will be getting a new one soon.)
First the Telephone pole, now the tree, grrr.
At long last the helper slid in from the West.
And one last shot as the F throttled up and was off!
Well this was totally unexpected, and was DUMB on my part. I had a derailment, a REAL derailment. Wasn't staged or nothing. But I bet some of you guys won't believe me. Here's the story:
Today I felt like running a manifest on my layout. Just felt like running my trains for the first time in a couple weeks. I set up my cars, and put on my Atlas Master GP40 on the tracks. Now I look over and see my P2K SD45 sitting on the other end of the layout. I said to my self, "I better remember to take that off the tracks, or else I'll forget it's there."
Well I didn't hook my GP40 to my train because I wanted to test to see if it was running ok. Well I turned on the power to my power pack and come to find out that it was on FULL throttle! Not a big problem, unless you got 2 locomotives on the track! Yes, I'm forgetful. Well I see the P2K barreling towards the parked cars. I panic and hit the brake, but it does squat. I watch in horror as the P2K SMASHES into the last car, shoving 2 gons off the track, knocking the locomotive off the track, and making two cars come off the track. Only two cars stayed on. Luckey I tuned off the power other wise my GP40 would have derailed right into my cliff!
I knew it was bound to happen to my P2K. I'm not sure if there's any damage because I want to show my dad.