Hi Rob
Good shots of those CN locos. The GTW did rebuilds on the geep 9's at their Battle Creek shops on a bunch of engines bought used from the UP. I have a couple of photos when they were running them patched still in UP livery (GTW never spent a nickel more than they had to). They basically did a "frame off restoration". In the long run it was cheaper than purchasing new yard power. The rebuilds were done in the 70's and there are still a bunch of them in service (one here in Port Huron in switcher service in the Tappan Yard). I've decided that rather than hack and slash a GP-9 shell, I'll paint it in CN colors and do my 9R from a GP-15 shell. Both hoods are pretty much correct and the cab is right. Again, "good on yer" for the photos. Gerry S.
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Here is one while waiting for the West Coast Express to go into Vancouver for the Winter Olympics one morning.
If you cannot fix it with a hammer;
You have an electrical problem!
Springfield PA
IVRW A prototype toy train (supposedly a 1/3 replica, but I doubt it) A railyard in AZ.
A prototype toy train (supposedly a 1/3 replica, but I doubt it)
A railyard in AZ.
The 43 might have been a loose copy of the CP Huntington at the CSRM. Picture below.
http://www.csrmf.org/visitor-information/museum-favorites/locomotive-favorites/southern-pacific-no-1-cp-huntington
A shot from the Durango and Silverton RR. What a beautiful place!
Jarrell
Jarrell and CAZ, I think you have hit on what this thread is missing....
Steam!
So, the "Way Back" machine is set to 2004 and a trip to Steamtown in Scranton PA.
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
A couple from my trip to Portland last week...
And the coup de gras...
A lot of forums have weekly proto photo threads, too... This could be the start of something big!
Lee
Route of the Alpha Jets www.wmrywesternlines.net
Another thing missing - the narrow minded side of things, in this case vintage 2 footers at Boothbay Railway Village.
2ft gage Henchel 0-4-0T locomotive built in 1934, pushing a big blue thing
Plymouth gasoline yard critter, built 1929; 4 Cylinder Buda gasoline engine with friction drive
The big blue thing --- prototype?? maybe not, except in the minds of thousands and thousands of 4 to 8 year olds.
0-4-0T SD Warren #1, built by Baldwin in 1895 for the SD Warren Paper Mill in Westbrook ME. Date of photo is unknown. 3 of these were built, 2 still exist, and sister unit #2 is being restored to operation; hopefully back on the tracks in a couple of years.
George In Midcoast Maine, 'bout halfway up the Rockland branch
Three shots of The Winchester & Western shortline
Here's a real RR success story. This is the siding for The Southeastern Container Corp. It makes plastic bottled for Coca Cola bottlers. The plant opened with one silo (plastic pellets) and was served by truck. The plant kept expanding and adding silos and SWITCHED to rail delivery.
Bob
Don't Ever Give Up
Ray, on that trip I expected wild Commanches to attack at any minute. Hmmm.... I don't think they lived in present day Colorado, did they?
howmus Jarrell and CAZ, I think you have hit on what this thread is missing.... Steam!
Look what stopped by just down the road from my house.
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
Seeing that CP loco almost makes me want to model a Canadian railroad. Beautiful pic. Thanks.
Phil, I'm not a rocket scientist; they are my students.
Here's a bunch from the B&O museum in Baltimore....
Matt
I found a couple of 87/1 knockoffs of my Rapido coaches. I like what they did by adding the "CANADIAN PACIFIC" logo on the top of the knockoff, from the
H.B. Bowen.
The "Ernest "SMOKEY" Smith VC "
And finally. If they're going to make these 87/1 knockoffs, I wish they would dirty them up and weather them! This looks so off the shelf.
Hey Gerry
Glad you liked the shots.CN didn't spend any more than they had to either,those GP's have been rebuilt at least twice slowly they are starting to retire them though.I\m seeing more and more GP38-2's in yards around me now.Keep and eye on True Line trains,they are working on plastic models of low nose rebuilt CN and CP GP9's and 7's. They have been in the pipeline for a couple years now,I know they have had pre-order feelers out ion this side of the border so eventually you may not have to do the scratch build and kit bashes. Mind you that does take the fun out of it when you can buy it off the shelf.
Rob
51% share holder in the ME&O ( Wife owns the other 49% )
ME&O
OK, steam? St Louis museum of transportation
What I wanted to see!
Cuda Ken
I hate Rust
trolleyboy Hey Gerry Glad you liked the shots.CN didn't spend any more than they had to either,those GP's have been rebuilt at least twice slowly they are starting to retire them though.I\m seeing more and more GP38-2's in yards around me now.Keep and eye on True Line trains,they are working on plastic models of low nose rebuilt CN and CP GP9's and 7's. They have been in the pipeline for a couple years now,I know they have had pre-order feelers out ion this side of the border so eventually you may not have to do the scratch build and kit bashes. Mind you that does take the fun out of it when you can buy it off the shelf. Rob
MILW-RODR trolleyboy Hey Gerry Glad you liked the shots.CN didn't spend any more than they had to either,those GP's have been rebuilt at least twice slowly they are starting to retire them though.I\m seeing more and more GP38-2's in yards around me now.Keep and eye on True Line trains,they are working on plastic models of low nose rebuilt CN and CP GP9's and 7's. They have been in the pipeline for a couple years now,I know they have had pre-order feelers out ion this side of the border so eventually you may not have to do the scratch build and kit bashes. Mind you that does take the fun out of it when you can buy it off the shelf. Rob Ha, you're telling me. My first loco was an Atlas N MILW GP9TT. After getting more into the hobby I started to not like the roof mounted air tanks and have taken them off in prepperation of a conversion to normal, non steam-generator equiped unit. Theres no turning back now, I lost the original air tanks lol. Kind of stinks, I planned on just chopping them down to proper length. Now I will have to fashion my own frame mounted air tanks. Fun Fun. Good thing I love the hobby.
Ah yes the hobby frustrates,but what does not frustrate you to death makes you stronger
I just got abck from a weekend up North and got anotehr couple interesting shots.have agander.
Any argument carried far enough will end up in Semantics--Hartz's law of rhetoric Emerald. Leemer and Southern The route of the Sceptre Express Barry
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Another couple from that Northern Weekend.
Another few these are from Goderich Ontario ( port on lake Huron )
Fox Lake, WI - 10/69
Richfield, WI - 11/64
BATMAN A good idea for a thread. Prototype photos from a modelers perspective.... Brent
A good idea for a thread. Prototype photos from a modelers perspective....
She'll be comin round the mountain when she comes.