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Posted by Geared Steam on Friday, August 28, 2009 7:48 PM

C&O Fan
Shot a video of my Shay

 

Terry

Your Shay runs nice and smooth, what brand is it? I have my eyes open for a brass model, I wonder what the best runners are.

 

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Posted by tattooguy67 on Friday, August 28, 2009 7:24 PM

To paraphrase a famous man "In the house at last, in the house at last, thank gosh almighty it's in the house at last!" I have my man cave back to! now the real fun work begins.

And the trains are running again!

Eureka!!!

Chuck & Heather

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Posted by rs2mike on Friday, August 28, 2009 6:30 PM

Last one for me this weekend.  A riv heisler leaves the woods with caboose in tow.  If you look closely you may be able to see the couple on the hill camping, or a rail fan hiking by the tracks.



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Posted by rs2mike on Friday, August 28, 2009 6:23 PM

Nice work everyone. 

This is something new for me.  I finished my facia on my shelf diaroma/picture background.  The sw? I just finished weathering today after it has sat all summer with no love.  I have rewired it and is ready for a decoder.  I will probably black out the prr and just make it a local switcher.

Enjoy




 

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Posted by ClinchValleySD40 on Friday, August 28, 2009 5:52 PM

The local returning from Quintus Paper takes the siding at Richlands West while a road train holds the main.

 

 

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Posted by cnw400 on Friday, August 28, 2009 4:38 PM

Back in the day, this would have been shot on Verichrome Pan, 1/500 sec. at f:8 ... and some developing adjustments to hold back the highlights.

Sigh-  I don't miss those days at all !

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Posted by Packers#1 on Friday, August 28, 2009 3:09 PM

 Got my yard ladder laid. Might make some changes though:

I'm gonna swap that left-hander that goes nowhere to a right-hander that goes to the engine servicing.

EDIT: here's one more (much better overall image):


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Posted by steamage on Friday, August 28, 2009 1:40 PM

 

Last week I bought a cardboard box full of old (really old) HO train models made by Roundhouse back in 1954 (date on instruction sheet), All the freight are made of Zamac, and most are still in kits.  I cleaned up this all metal stock car and set it on the tracks at the scrap yard.  Will have to say this old stuff is kind of neat, think now I will build up some of the kits.

 

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Posted by Driline on Friday, August 28, 2009 12:38 PM

 


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Posted by C&O Fan on Friday, August 28, 2009 12:29 PM

Shot a video of my Shay

Kinda weird after all those
DCC sound videos to do
one in DC stealth
 
 

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Posted by shayfan84325 on Friday, August 28, 2009 11:08 AM
Nice work everyone. I really dig your contribution this week, Jarrell. That pretty lady in the polka dots might be a distraction for the engineer (what ever happened to silky blond hair and polka dot dresses; is there anything prettier?). Your shot makes me want to take a trip back in time.

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Posted by selector on Friday, August 28, 2009 10:55 AM

Great work so far in this thread.  Amazing bridge and water scenes!!

Jarrell, I love your 'post card' image...excellent.

Here I show a Pennsy K4s towing a crippled GG1 and its consist through Seneca Falls Sub on the way to its final destination.  Very much late, and with no further stops, the train is taken off the catenary route and through Seneca because it will be much faster and won't disrupt the schedules elsewhere any further.  Shown running through on the AD track, the K4 hogger gets a friendly wave from another hogger on his way to the Duplex on the ready track.

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, August 28, 2009 10:54 AM

I've been playing around in Photoshop...


During a torrential rainstorm, WRS train CDWJ (Concord, NH to White River Junction, VT) screams in Run 8 up Mascoma Lake Grade.

2.0 seconds at F/29, ISO 800. Lighting was created by turning all the tracks lights away from the scene and intentionally underexposing the photo.

The sky, mist, and rain were added in Adobe Photoshop 6.0. The rain was created by creating a new layer, filling it with black, then going under Filter --> Noise --> Add Noise. Then I used Filter --> Blur --> Motion Blur to blur the noise, creating rain on a black backdrop. Then I reduced the opacity of the black-and-rain layer until it looked good. The light from the locomotive's headlights refracting off the raindrops was added using the Dodge tool.

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Posted by AggroJones on Friday, August 28, 2009 10:52 AM

Silver Pilot

It must have been sitting on the siding for a long time to get that much dust on it! Laugh

 
 
thats the first though that popped in my head!
 
 
 
 
 
 
















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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Friday, August 28, 2009 9:42 AM

 It's been through a couple.

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Posted by csxns on Friday, August 28, 2009 9:38 AM

jeffrey-wimberly

 Caught this tank car coming through on a general freight.


Jeffrey was the tankcar in a derailment.

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Posted by jacon12 on Friday, August 28, 2009 9:18 AM

Whew, beautiful work Dave!  How were most of the trees done?

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Posted by O_Kamoto on Friday, August 28, 2009 9:05 AM

crfan

Awesome layout and photos. The bridges are especially spectacular!  How large is the layout?

 

The layout is about 40' x 25' with 350' of main line right now.

 

When it's done, 45' x 35' with over 1200' of mainline.  We might have the go ahead to build into the next room by the building owner, so it could get bigger Smile,Wink, & Grin.

 

Thanks for the comments guys

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Posted by wm3798 on Friday, August 28, 2009 9:05 AM

 They look like most of the shots I get when I try to go railfanning!

Lee

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Posted by TMarsh on Friday, August 28, 2009 8:49 AM

O Kamoto- AWESOME! Do you realize that if the ground was a little less pristine on the first photo, and the ceiling was photoshopped out in the 3rd (with the boat) You would have a hard time telling the photos from the real thing. Especially the photo with the boat. Wow, Great work!

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Posted by crfan on Friday, August 28, 2009 8:45 AM

Awesome layout and photos. The bridges are especially spectacular!  How large is the layout?

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Posted by O_Kamoto on Friday, August 28, 2009 8:38 AM

Here is some pics of the layout, trying different ways of taking photos.

End of Double Track at Bridgeport.

 

The mountain in the background is actually across the aisle.

 

Shots of the Bridge #2 at Bridgeport, Al

 

Bridge #1 at Bridgepor, AL 

 

Shell Mound [HBD]

 

Wildwood

 Moooo

 

Wauhatchie

 

Hopefuly I'll have some photos with trains in them next time.

 

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Posted by jacon12 on Friday, August 28, 2009 8:25 AM

 "Wash Day Blues"

A lady, somewhere in the southern Appalachians around 1947, tries to get her clean clothes off the line before the train... with all the smoke and cinders.. gets to her house.  She's not going to make it.

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Posted by Robby P. on Friday, August 28, 2009 8:09 AM

 Here's a boxcar I did over the week.

 Before:

 

 After (sides one and two):

 

 

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Posted by Silver Pilot on Friday, August 28, 2009 8:02 AM

It must have been sitting on the siding for a long time to get that much dust on it! Laugh

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Weekend Photo Fun
Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Friday, August 28, 2009 6:52 AM

 Caught this tank car coming through on a general freight.


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