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Posted by trolleyboy on Sunday, May 2, 2010 12:30 AM

MILW-RODR

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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.

 

 

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Posted by BerkshireSteam on Friday, April 30, 2010 10:03 AM

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.
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Posted by cudaken on Friday, April 30, 2010 7:38 AM

  OK, steam? St Louis museum of transportation 

 What I wanted to see!

 

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Posted by UncBob on Thursday, April 29, 2010 10:32 PM

 

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Posted by trolleyboy on Thursday, April 29, 2010 7:52 PM

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.

 

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Posted by Hamltnblue on Thursday, April 29, 2010 2:07 PM

 

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Posted by Hamltnblue on Thursday, April 29, 2010 2:07 PM

 

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Posted by Hamltnblue on Thursday, April 29, 2010 2:06 PM

 

 

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Posted by BATMAN on Thursday, April 29, 2010 1:47 PM

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.

 

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Posted by salt water cowboy on Thursday, April 29, 2010 10:53 AM

 Here's a bunch from the B&O museum in Baltimore....

 









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Posted by shayfan84325 on Thursday, April 29, 2010 12:11 AM

 Seeing that CP loco almost makes me want to model a Canadian railroad.  Beautiful pic.  Thanks.

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Posted by BATMAN on Wednesday, April 28, 2010 10:49 PM

Look what stopped by just down the road from my house.

 

 

 

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Posted by jacon12 on Wednesday, April 28, 2010 7:48 PM

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?  Big Smile

Jarrell 

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Jarrell and CAZ, I think you have hit on what this thread is missing....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Posted by superbe on Wednesday, April 28, 2010 7:04 PM

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.

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Posted by G Paine on Wednesday, April 28, 2010 6:34 PM

Another thing missing - the narrow minded side of things, in this case vintage 2 footers at Boothbay Railway Village.  Big Smile

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. Wink

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Posted by wm3798 on Wednesday, April 28, 2010 5:57 PM

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!

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Posted by howmus on Wednesday, April 28, 2010 5:32 PM

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.  


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Posted by jacon12 on Wednesday, April 28, 2010 5:25 PM

A shot from the Durango and Silverton RR.  What a beautiful place!

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Posted by CAZEPHYR on Wednesday, April 28, 2010 5:22 PM

IVRW

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

 

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Posted by Hamltnblue on Wednesday, April 28, 2010 3:46 PM

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Posted by Coquihala and Rock Creek on Wednesday, April 28, 2010 2:06 PM

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Here is one while waiting for the West Coast Express to go into Vancouver for the Winter Olympics one morning.

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Posted by chpthrls on Tuesday, April 27, 2010 11:22 PM

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 toWhistling). 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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Posted by CSX_road_slug on Tuesday, April 27, 2010 9:50 PM

 This is one of my favorites.  From my youth, railfanning in Baltimore (1973):

 

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Posted by fiatfan on Tuesday, April 27, 2010 7:46 PM

 Trackwork in a residential neighborhood.

 

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Posted by BRAKIE on Tuesday, April 27, 2010 11:55 AM

One of my favorite photos.

 I took this photo in '06 in Tiffin,Ohio on the Northern Ohio & Western.

 

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Posted by GRAMRR on Tuesday, April 27, 2010 11:42 AM

N&W Class J, 611 eastbound through Perry, OH on ex-NKP main.  I believe I shot this in the late 70s.

Old wrecker minus the boom at McKees Rocks on the P&LE, also in the late 70s.  I've never seen a wrecker with an operator's cupola on top.  Would be a neat model.

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Posted by 0-6-0 on Tuesday, April 27, 2010 10:00 AM

Hello I have few photos that will fit here nicely. First is a switch heater

this is a short single

I think these are bar code readers?

I had to take a pic of this even the real RR use small pieces of track

This came by as I was taking pics

and for you guys that need more power here is a substation

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Posted by trolleyboy on Monday, April 26, 2010 9:46 PM

chpthrls

Hi M/W

Good shot of CN 4028. I'm in the middle of doing a rebuild on a GTW GP-9R based on a Walther's HO model. The big difference between the CN geeps and GTW is CN didn't remove the dynamic brakes. I'm also not sure if they re-powered their 9's as the GTW did. I'm finding that it would have been easier to do the rebuild starting with a GP-15 shell, but, it wouldn't be nearly as much "fun"Whistling.       Gerry S.

CN did not re-power they left the original prime movers in,they did fix any problems with generators or prime mover but left them intact,they still have that nice 567 sound.There are some subtle differences on the CN rebuilds though as they were rebuilt for different jobs.The GY or yard series still have the dynamic blisters and fan but the brake system, was removed .Many of these are set up with remote control systems as well and have extra flashing beacons installed on the side of the car body lights The GH or hump units have slave controls added for control of the hump slugs,and the GR's are pretty much s built and do allot of transfer work and you even see them in consists on the odd train when more power is needed or CN is moving them to a different yard for local use.

 

Here are a few more GP pics I've snapped over the years to maybe help you out.

 

 

 

 

hope these help

Rob 

 

 

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Posted by blownout cylinder on Monday, April 26, 2010 7:29 PM

A few things from this little one---

Plastics plant storage facility

CP GP9u

Small trestle bridge thingee

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Posted by BerkshireSteam on Monday, April 26, 2010 4:39 PM

car markings

prototype switche

I don't know what it is but I thought it was interesting so snapped a pic of it. If anyone knows what it is and/or what it's for, please chime in.

For anyone who thinks ballast is perfect. Mind you, this is area was redone last spring when CN did some tie replacement.

GTW geep.

I just like this one because it's kind of artsy.

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