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Posted by SteamFreak on Monday, March 24, 2008 7:16 PM

I always knew Loathar was a masochist. Smile,Wink, & Grin [swg]

 

Currently, it's this shot from Stuck In Customs.

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Posted by GAPPLEG on Monday, March 24, 2008 7:48 PM
Mine too is a copyright photo so I can't show it.  It's a photo of the Southern Pacific Heritage unit as done by UP.
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Posted by sfcouple on Monday, March 24, 2008 7:53 PM

Loathar, that would be hard to look at every day.Smile [:)]

Mine is a picture I took at the Keddie Wye a few years ago, only wish there had been a locomotive crossing the trestle at the time.  

Wayne 

desktop wallpaper

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Posted by tstage on Monday, March 24, 2008 8:28 PM

Whoa, Loathar!  Is that a substitute for coffee in the morning?

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Posted by superbe on Monday, March 24, 2008 8:35 PM

Like others have mentioned, I rotate my desk top when I get bored. Some pictures last longer than others. My track laying is reaching the point where I hope to have this scene along with the rest of the Bulk Plant on the layout along with a zillion tank cars. The reason for the 5 tanks being so high is that when the plant was built it was a pump up and gravity down.

 

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Posted by loathar on Monday, March 24, 2008 9:56 PM
SteamFreak gets the photo credit.
Lately, I need that pic to remind myself exactly why I'm a Republican.Whistling [:-^]
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Posted by SteamFreak on Monday, March 24, 2008 9:58 PM

 loathar wrote:
SteamFreak gets the photo credit.

Don't blame me for that thing! I only passed it along. 

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Posted by bogp40 on Monday, March 24, 2008 10:17 PM

Change them every so often. These are some of the last few.

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Posted by larak on Monday, March 24, 2008 10:21 PM

 loathar wrote:
SteamFreak gets the photo credit.
Lately, I need that pic to remind myself exactly why I'm a Republican.Whistling [:-^]

(Un)fortunately for me I DON'T need a picture like that. That carpet bagger is my state senator. It was nice to see her finally showing her true face though. Maybe someone broke her train?

 

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Posted by Oakhurst Railroad Engineer on Monday, March 24, 2008 10:39 PM

I rotate various pictures of my layout ... this is a logging camp photo that I'm using this week ...

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Posted by pcarrell on Monday, March 24, 2008 10:43 PM

I have a photo I took back in December as my desktop.

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Posted by chateauricher on Monday, March 24, 2008 10:56 PM

The following are among the images I use as a desktop:

Looking north from the end of the south-bound train in the Agawa Canyon on the Algoma Central...

 

Two views (looking south) of the tressle over the Montreal River on the Algoma Central...

 

The Hull-Chelsea-Wakefield RR as it passes through Wakefield, QC (Canada)...

 

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Posted by METRO on Monday, March 24, 2008 11:10 PM

I got the picture off of a website called Deviant Art 

Cheers & Sing Tessie!

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Posted by NittanyLion on Monday, March 24, 2008 11:42 PM

I use whatever suits my fancy, ranging from Natalie Gulbis teeing off, the Blue Angels blasting through a canyon in Colorado, the shuttle Endeavour lifting off, and pictures I've taken at football games.  Right now its the delicious Rachel Weisz from a Disney ad she did.

But for a long time, it was this.  Too bad that gas line warning post thing was there.

 

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Posted by outdoorsfellar on Tuesday, March 25, 2008 12:54 AM

Deer & trains are my two passions, so I switch back & forth. If it weren't for the bike path along our local tracks, I'd probably have one of my trail cams along side...lol.

 

 

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Posted by Bapou on Tuesday, March 25, 2008 4:52 AM

photo removed 

I got the picture off of a website called Deviant Art 

Cheers & Sing Tessie!

~METRO

Definately sing Tessie from the Dropkick Murphys!

Red Sox song. 

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Posted by arkansasrailfan on Tuesday, March 25, 2008 4:59 AM

The first is my avatar, 2nd, KCS Belle SD70, and GP35 control stand

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Posted by Pruitt on Tuesday, March 25, 2008 6:13 AM

Mine changes every few weeks. Usually it's a recent photo of my layout, but right now it's this one:

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Posted by dano99a on Tuesday, March 25, 2008 7:44 AM
Mine changes every hour, it rotates through a series of photos

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Posted by Cannoli on Tuesday, March 25, 2008 8:02 AM

 METRO wrote:

Insert Photo Here

I got the picture off of a website called Deviant Art 

Cheers & Sing Tessie!

~METRO

That's a great image, I've now set it as my own desktop background, thanks for sharing! Go Sox!

Smile [:)]

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Posted by mls1621 on Tuesday, March 25, 2008 8:41 AM

I like using scenes from my layout that can't be seen from the front.  This is my current wall paper shot.

 

Loathar,

That picture of Monica's boyfriend's wife will sure keep the bugs and critters away from the computer.

Mike St Louis N Scale UP in the 60's Turbines are so cool
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Posted by ChrisNH on Tuesday, March 25, 2008 8:55 AM

I am using an old yard photo from the library of congress. Not my prototype, but a great photo.

 

 

 

Complete info and larger size here:

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/h?pp/fsac:@field(NUMBER+@band(fsac+1a34680))

 

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Posted by AltoonaRailroader on Tuesday, March 25, 2008 9:39 AM
That's very impressive!!! Wow, especially with the telephone poles attached.
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Posted by AlreadyInUse on Tuesday, March 25, 2008 10:40 AM

Work, home, and laptop:

You can never have too much glue
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Posted by MilwaukeeRoad on Tuesday, March 25, 2008 11:49 AM

As of now...

Yes, I am from Wisconsin and HATE the Packers.

NYG!

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Posted by Railphotog on Tuesday, March 25, 2008 1:14 PM

I'm using this shot I took last week of the inside of an HO scale Durango Press speeder shed:

 

The shed is 2-1/2" wide, 1-1/2" deep.

 

 

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Posted by Kenfolk on Tuesday, March 25, 2008 1:25 PM

Bob--

Another outstanding shot. 

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Posted by dale8chevyss on Tuesday, March 25, 2008 1:27 PM
 lvanhen wrote:

How about this for a desktop!!Big Smile [:D] From the photo gallery section of the Polar Express site http://polarexpressmovie.warnerbros.com/  Cool [8D]

 

Like that could EVER really happen... 

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Posted by jfugate on Tuesday, March 25, 2008 2:13 PM

(click image to enlarge) 

This is my desktop at work ... it's one of my favorite scenes on my layout: Slater Creek Trestle.

By the way, this same location, from a different angle, was on the cover of the January 1997 MR:

(click image to enlarge) 

This location is also shown in this video on YouTube.

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Posted by mj5890 on Tuesday, March 25, 2008 3:10 PM

I use this picture I took

 

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