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Weekend photo fun!!!!!! 5/23/08 - 5/25/08

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Weekend photo fun!!!!!! 5/23/08 - 5/25/08
Posted by Robby P. on Friday, May 23, 2008 2:03 PM

Here we go.........  Heres a few shots of my layout.  I posted them earlier this week, but here they are again.  Also heres my newest edition to my layout.  A Southern Pacific!!!!  Its a Broadway Limited with the works!!!!!  You name it, it has it.  Now, I model NS but I will give this one a good weather job and a lease patch.  I put a shot of the engine and how easy it is to put the DCC chip in.   I can't wait to get it going, and thanks to Tom for helping me.

 

 

 

 

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, May 23, 2008 2:23 PM

Well, this week I put up some crossing lights on my layout. They're wired to a switch and a flasher circut.

 

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Friday, May 23, 2008 2:27 PM

Here are some shots of most of my locos in the display rack or not on the layout.

Front row, left to right. Red denotes DCC eqquiped model.
Top shelf: Athearn F7-B, Athearn  F7-A,Proto 2000 E6-AProto 2000 E6-A fleetside.
2nd shelf: Proto 2000 E6-A, MDC RS-3, ?????? RSC-3, Athearn SD7/9.
3rd shelf: Bachmann GP40, Proto 2000 PA1Athearn PB2Athearn  PA2.
4th shelf: Athearn GP38-2, Proto 2000 E6-B, Proto 2000 E7-A.

 

Back row, left to right.
Top shelf: Athearn F7-B, Proto 2000 E6-A.
2nd shelf: Athearn F7-B
3rd shelf: Athearn SD40-2, Athearn AC4400, Athearn SD40-2, Proto 2000 SW1200.
4th shelf: Proto 2000 FB1, Proto 2000 FA1, Bachmann GP50, Athearn GP60, Athearn SW1000.

Front: Mehano 2-10-2 T2-a. Back: Bachmann Spectrum 4-6-2

Bachmann 4-6-0 Hall Class.

There are thirteen other locos on the layout, just over half are DCC. 

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Posted by Grampys Trains on Friday, May 23, 2008 2:43 PM
Hi all:  "Grandma, may I have a penny for a gumball"?  "Well, let me see if I have a penny"."Oh man, I don't feel so good.  Where the heck is my motorcycle"?
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Posted by loathar on Friday, May 23, 2008 3:28 PM
Grampy-Nice selection of building colors there! Thanks! I've been running out ideas for mine.Wink [;)]
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Posted by Grampys Trains on Friday, May 23, 2008 3:35 PM

Hi loathar: Thanks for your reply. I've tried to use a different color for all my brick buildings.  I've read that most brick buildings are rarely the same color, and when I was building buildings I started really looking at real brick buildings.  And that's pretty much true.  Even slight variations of the same color is realistic.  The Suds Bucket aka "Bloody Bucket" is a wood kit. I would think wood siding would be even more colorful.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Posted by jag193 on Friday, May 23, 2008 3:36 PM

Had to put the last bit of details on this one over the past week.  Now I have to figure out where to put it on the layout.  But, that will have to wait for a couple of weeks ...

 

No weekend fun for me ... I will spend a lot of this weekend in the air but by the middle of next week I'll be riding the Grand Canyon Railroad.

 Jim

 

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Posted by Brian M on Friday, May 23, 2008 4:44 PM

A quiet time at the loco depot, as a GS4, Train Master and 2-8-0 lay over between duties:

Brian

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Posted by jag193 on Friday, May 23, 2008 5:09 PM

Brian,

 Very nicely done!  I like the subdued lighting ... makes me feel sleepy at the end of the day.

Jim

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Posted by dale8chevyss on Friday, May 23, 2008 7:05 PM

 Grampys Trains wrote:
Hi all:  "Grandma, may I have a penny for a gumball"?  "Well, let me see if I have a penny"."Oh man, I don't feel so good.  Where the heck is my motorcycle"?

 

Is it corny that I bought the "Melissa's deli" for my layout based soely on the reason that my g/f's name is Melissa?  ;) 

Modeling the N&W freelanced at the height of their steam era in HO.

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Posted by wm3798 on Friday, May 23, 2008 7:12 PM
I went out in the back yard to play with my camera, then did the best I could with the primitive editing program I have...

And my favorites:

and the coup de'tat complete with fake sky and background...

You'll notice that I've added flange oilers to all three of these SD's. This was a simple project, took about 15 minutes per engine, but it really adds a WM flavor.

Have a great weekend, everyone!

Lee

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Posted by Robby P. on Friday, May 23, 2008 7:25 PM
 dale8chevyss wrote:

 Grampys Trains wrote:
Hi all:  "Grandma, may I have a penny for a gumball"?  "Well, let me see if I have a penny"."Oh man, I don't feel so good.  Where the heck is my motorcycle"?

 

Is it corny that I bought the "Melissa's deli" for my layout based soely on the reason that my g/f's name is Melissa?  ;) 

 

No, I don't think so.  I was going to make a Porta Potty company and name it after my wife. 

Smile,Wink, & Grin [swg]

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Posted by csxns on Friday, May 23, 2008 7:54 PM
wm3798 that is some good n scale modeling.Great.

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Posted by loathar on Friday, May 23, 2008 7:56 PM
 Robby P. wrote:

 

No, I don't think so.  I was going to make a Porta Potty company and name it after my wife. 

Is that wife? Or X-wife?Mischief [:-,]

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Posted by mikelhh on Friday, May 23, 2008 8:04 PM

 Brian M   I'd always thought Trainmasters were a bit boring to look at, but I might have to rethink that after seeing yours.

 Some lovely locos on here already.

 No locos in mine. I don't even have any passenger trains yet, so I really don't know what they're all waiting for. OO scale with HO figures.

 

 

 Mike 

 

  

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Posted by Ballantrae Road on Friday, May 23, 2008 8:43 PM

Nice AC6000. Have you tried it yet? Looks like the same decoder I installed. Hope yours works    (better) than mine did. BLI has had mine for about 8 weeks . I just couldn't get mine to work with a decoder. I tried everything. When I did have it running in DCC properly it sounded great....that was for about 3 minutes in total.

Good luck,

 

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Posted by Pruitt on Friday, May 23, 2008 9:32 PM
I really like that second shot, Tyler - the one of just the signal.
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Posted by Robby P. on Friday, May 23, 2008 9:46 PM

Well Loather its the wife, I don't have a EX yet.  When I told her my plan I got that look.  Every guy knows that look.

I have tried my engine on some flex track and it did real good.  Now tomorrow I will hit my layout hard and try to get more done.  I guess then it will be a good test, and see if I have any bugs.

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Posted by RicHamilton on Friday, May 23, 2008 10:34 PM

Well I got a few things done lately

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Posted by twhite on Saturday, May 24, 2008 12:29 AM

Great photos, everyone. 

Brian, is that gorgeous SP 2-8-0 a kit-bash, or possibly a Sunset brass 2700?  Sure looks good!

Well, since Crandell and Terry and I have been discussing Alleghenies, I put mine to work this week with a 25-car freight on my Yuba River Sub.  This is the first-run DC model from some years back, with NO traction tires and she pulls this train up and over my 2.2-2.4% grades like she's only hauling her tender. 

Here she is climbing the 2.2% of Yuba Pass (which is being prepared for my new Cripplebush rocks) 

On the East Side, heading downgrade on the 2% descending, crossing over Deer Creek Viaduct

On the Deer Creek Viaduct

Just to prove that all my articulateds aren't necessarily Yellowstones, LOL.

Tom Tongue [:P]

 

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Posted by Brian M on Saturday, May 24, 2008 5:16 AM

Thanks for the complements.  Tom - the 2-8-0 is simply a Bachmann Spectrum product with some minor surgery to the front end, coupled to a replacement Bachmann tender, and all re-decalled for SP.  It still needs front numberboards but looks the part.  It was difficult to shoe-horn in a Loksound speaker and decoder, but the tender is just about capable. Here's another picture:

The domes are not right, but I can live with it.  I plan to convert another one soon, and have also done another two consolidations (2865 and 2867) which had converted coal tenders. They needed less work, as the front steps etc were prototypical, and the tender shape just about passes muster as compared to the real thing:

I'm very flattered that you thought 2760 was a brass model.

Brian

  

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Posted by C&O Fan on Saturday, May 24, 2008 6:03 AM
 twhite wrote:

 

 

Snip

Just to prove that all my articulateds aren't necessarily Yellowstones, LOL.

Tom Tongue [:P]

 

Wow Tom what a great photo but of course it helps when you start with a great Loco

Wink [;)]

 

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Posted by loathar on Saturday, May 24, 2008 8:37 AM
 RicHamilton wrote:

Well I got a few things done lately

What is that little beast?? Cool loco!

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Posted by C&O Fan on Saturday, May 24, 2008 10:03 AM

Here's a photo of the new arrival in Thurmond

A  T-1 road number 3030 taking on water by the engine house on the right

loco on the left is a sister T-1 3004

loco on the right is an H-5 1524

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Posted by doctorwayne on Saturday, May 24, 2008 10:29 AM

loathar
RicHamilton

Well I got a few things done lately

What is that little beast?? Cool loco!

Around here, it's known as a "Sweep", a combination of a Geep and an SW1200RS.  I think that Ric did a really nice job on his, too. Smile, Wink & Grin  Here's a couple pictures of the prototype, with an unmodified SW1200RS also in the first view:

 

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Posted by twhite on Saturday, May 24, 2008 10:36 AM

Terry--

Wow, what a couple of HUNKERS those T-1's are!!  Beautiful locos.  Question--where did you get the H-5?  Is it a Spectrum or a PFM?  Now, if someone would just come out with one of those handsome Rio-Grandish looking H-7's, you'd be TOTALLY in business, LOL!

Nice locos.Cool [8D]

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Posted by twhite on Saturday, May 24, 2008 10:39 AM
 Brian M wrote:

I'm very flattered that you thought 2760 was a brass model.

Brian

  

Brian--

VERY nice job on those two--they look extremely close to the ex Cotton Belt locos that SP used in the San Francisco Bay area.  I really like your work!

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Posted by C&O Fan on Saturday, May 24, 2008 10:58 AM
 twhite wrote:

Terry--

Wow, what a couple of HUNKERS those T-1's are!!  Beautiful locos.  Question--where did you get the H-5?  Is it a Spectrum or a PFM?  Now, if someone would just come out with one of those handsome Rio-Grandish looking H-7's, you'd be TOTALLY in business, LOL!

Nice locos.Cool [8D]

Tom

Thanks Tom

The H-5 is a Bachman

Here's a shot of her sister 1528 weathered and sporting Tsunami sound decoder

I was thinking of buying a C&O mountain then stealing the tender to make an H-7

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Posted by Packers#1 on Saturday, May 24, 2008 10:59 AM
 loathar wrote:
 RicHamilton wrote:

Well I got a few things done lately

What is that little beast?? Cool loco!

I agree. I thought it was a mutated GP, and looks like I was right. I'll have some photos of my paint jobs up tommorow or l8r today, but here's some from last weekend that wrere deleted.

These are all quality photos, guys. Enjoy. Sorry to those who I've killed their dial-up ;].

Sawyer Berry

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Building a protolanced industrial park layout

 

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Posted by outdoorsfellar on Saturday, May 24, 2008 11:33 AM

If you don't enjoy seeing coal trains with helpers in the Alleghenies, DON'T watch ....Smile [:)]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xh_moZ3u7Y

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuWyP2epyvU

 

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