Phil,
Great photos! Don't you just love the rocky mountains? Nothing like it.
Now, is that the Durango? At first thought, it was the Royal Gorge. But then I saw the D&SNG. I guess I should know, since I live in Colorado. OOPS!
Michael
CEO- Mile-HI-RailroadPrototype: D&RGW Moffat Line 1989
Lee: Excellent!
Nothing for me to add this week... But another impressive WPF guys, keep it up.
James, Brisbane Australia
Modelling AT&SF in the 90s
Great pictures guys.
I spent some time over the weekend on that famous 1/1 n3 layout in southwestern Colorado. Took a few good pictures:
We had a ball on the train and had a great breakfast at Jean Pierre's Bakery and Cafe in Durango (food so good it's worth the trip just to eat there).
Phil, I'm not a rocket scientist; they are my students.
wm3798 Google Earth view of the peninsula. For comparison, here's a view of the old one from a similar angle...
Google Earth view of the peninsula. For comparison, here's a view of the old one from a similar angle...
Nice improvement!
BTW, I'm about at the point where I can recognize your layout and "style" at-a-glance!
John
Route of the Alpha Jets www.wmrywesternlines.net
Well, this is what I got done this weekend:
I now have the frame for the industrial area I am planning. The spur with the three cars on the bottom is going to be a warehouse, the blue engine house is going to be the RR's shop (Which they rent out to other RRs to fix equipment), across from the engine house is a storage track, and the future line off the topmost turnout is going to be a coal dealer. Last track leading up across the main is a interchange with a Class II operator.
That is more than I have. Bunch of track in a box.
David Parks I am the terror that flaps in the night!
I wish it was more impressive but here is what I have been up to...
I have painted the benchwork and laid in some track.
More photos on my website SP&S OREGON TRUNK
Be Wise Beware Be Safe
"Mountain Goat" Greg
SP&S Oregon Trunk
GP7 L&A 116 and L&A 544.
Dr. Frankendiesel aka Scott Running BearSpace Mouse for president!15 year veteran fire fighterCollector of Apple //e'sRunning Bear EnterprisesHistory Channel Club life member.beatus homo qui invenit sapientiam
Here is my version of this weeks;Parting Shot!Kitty, Doggie, & I will all go sleepy now...Thank you all for another great weekend of awesome Photos, Comments, & Positive Support for the Hobby!
Thanks Vince,
They look excellent on your machine! Cant wait to se it in finished colors! Keep up the great work!
Sam,
Don't feel bad, I have been out of the computer loop since before they were invented. Have asked my son to look at some of the instructions given, but he hasn't had time yet.
If someone doesn't answer this directly, go to the Search our Community box part way down the right side of this page. Not the search box at the top of the column. Then type in something like "posting photos" and you should get some threads to read. If you still don't understand them you can either ask a question as a thread or start a conversation with one of the folks that explained it in one of the other threads.
You do need a digital camera, my wife has one that I have figured out how to use. I'm sure I don't use many of the available features. Will be interesting to see how photos come out once I get set up to do it.
Enjoy the railroad, whether you can take photos of it or not.
Good luck,
Richard
Sam, here's a step-by-step guide:
1) when logged into your photobucket account, the blue bar near the top of the screen has a green button that has "Upload Now" written on it.
2) click the green button. it will pull up a screen with another big green button saying "select photos and videos." click that
3) A box will pull up. you may have to move to your folder. If the folder is on your desktop (the screen when you turn on the computer), click the desktop icon. If it's in my documents, click there and find it (just keep going through folders until you get to your pictures).
4) Select your photos or videos (if you want to upload more than one video hold down the ctrl button (located on the bottom edges of the letter keys on your keyboard) and click on all your pcitures. Then click ok
5) You'll have a bar displayed while uploading that shows how far along your upload is. Once the upload is finished you can either click save and continue to album (it will be in a pale green box) or go below that and add titles, descriptions, and tags to your pictures. If you do that, click save and continue to album once finished
6) once you've clicked the save and continue to album, you'll be at your album home page. To upload a picture to a forum click this, put the mouse pointer over the picture you want. A box will display around it and there will be four boxs to the bottom of the picture. the bottom box contains a link with [img] at the front. click that box.
7) if the box changes to say "copied" go over to your post and right-click, then click paste, and whalalh, your picture will be posted when you hit the post button
Sawyer Berry
Clemson University c/o 2018
Building a protolanced industrial park layout
ollevon All those photos are really nice and I very much enjoy looking at them all. I just wish I could post a pic or two, but I don't know how. I know this has been asked many times before and feel very foolish about asking again. I am old, and computers are a very new thing to me. Well I'm not really that old, but just the same, I'm not very good with computers. I have a photo bucket acct. and I have all my railroad photos in one folder. Now for my problems (2) (1) How do I get my pictures from my folder to photo bucket? (2) How do I get the photo from photo bucket to post on this forum. Thanks to everyone and sorry for the annoying questions. Sam
All those photos are really nice and I very much enjoy looking at them all. I just wish I could post a pic or two, but I don't know how. I know this has been asked many times before and feel very foolish about asking again. I am old, and computers are a very new thing to me. Well I'm not really that old, but just the same, I'm not very good with computers. I have a photo bucket acct. and I have all my railroad photos in one folder. Now for my problems (2)
(1) How do I get my pictures from my folder to photo bucket?
(2) How do I get the photo from photo bucket to post on this forum.
Thanks to everyone and sorry for the annoying questions.
Sam
Not annoying at all. On the photobucket page, hover the mouse over the picture, and a drop-down will appear. The fourth one down will have a web link that begins and ends with [ img ] click on that. Photobucket should copy it automatically. If it doesn't then click on it (highlght it) and press the CTRL and the C keys at the same time. Then open this web page and press CTRL and the V keys at the same time. That will paste the link here. Hit "post", and it will work. Paste this>>> IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/TitanXP/5344-1.jpg[/IMG (Notice I removed the brackets so you could see it.
And it will look like this>>
One more little freebie tip for you. Any picture online not copy protected, right-click on it, and go to properties. Mid way down there will be a weblink on the pop-up grey box. copy that link and paste it between the IMG and /IMG tags (Again, you'll need to add the brackets) and it will post THAT picture.
There's also a button at the top of the posting window before the smiley face that looks like a roll of film with a plus sign. If you click on that and paste the weblink in there, it will add the IMG tags for you and automatically show you the picture before you submit the post. This will let you click and drag it to a bigger or smaller size.
-Morgan
Well, did a lot of work today. I got a backdrop up and the river carved out.
First a railfanning video of my layout.
And a couple shots:
6330 on the bridge
SP Hopper at end of bridges
Layout as it is now (I have a pic tutorial for the riverbed if y'all want)
ChadLRyan Vince, Greatwork! Who's brass Stantions are you using? I'd like to get some of those! Your Auto Racks look excellent!!! Have you checked out Railflyer Model Prototypes fans, if they don't have them there is a chance they will in the future, they have almost everything EMD & GMDD!
Vince,
Greatwork! Who's brass Stantions are you using? I'd like to get some of those! Your Auto Racks look excellent!!!
Have you checked out Railflyer Model Prototypes fans, if they don't have them there is a chance they will in the future, they have almost everything EMD & GMDD!
Thanks. The handrails are from Smokey Valley. They are from a GP9B kit I picked up at a local show. That was my very first try at solderinf brass handrails. I have a 2nd set that will be put together soon. Only issue is the rails are lower than stock P2Ks, so it works better for detailed and painted units.
Railflyer does have the fans on pre-order status. I was lamenting none currently avialable. Guess I have to wait.
Vincent
Wants: 1. high-quality, sound equipped, SD40-2s, C636s, C30-7s, and F-units in BN. As for ones that don't cost an arm and a leg, that's out of the question....
2. An end to the limited-production and other crap that makes models harder to get and more expensive.
Started disassembly of the large group of P2K Geeps I got in the mail on monday. Mostly NKP GP18s, but there was a patched SCL GP9 in the mix. I'm going to use this one to make a ex-GN GP5 with a chop nose. So far just changing the plastic stirrups for wire and brass handrails. This was my first try with them, and I think I did a pretty decent job on them
I haven't touched the GP18s since I have to buy new screens, and no one makes a correct 48" fan for phase 3 Gp9s in HO. I might be able to remove the shrouding on the GP18 fan to get something close to the GP9 fan.
Also got a bag of freebie HO scale cars, and another autorack. I took several hours on painting (most were molded in brown, white, red, or green) them all, but IMO the overall effect is good.
Some weathering I did for a friend. He was quite trusting with a brand new in the box set of hoppers. I like the results very much. I went much lighter on them than my SP equipment receives.
http://www.nscale.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=15291&d=1306679394
I see posting pictures here remains frastrating.
Interesting. Preview post and click on link to photo to open in new tab. Copy and past that new tab photo into the original post.
simon1966 A few more from the Brit file! The small tank engines are all circa 1970 from my childhood. Most of them still run, the GWR Pannier tank is missing a connecting rod.
A few more from the Brit file!
The small tank engines are all circa 1970 from my childhood. Most of them still run, the GWR Pannier tank is missing a connecting rod.
Careful Simon, or else that Pannier will start to waddle on my.
Nice grouping from the Big 3 and British Rail
If you can read this... thank a teacher. If you are reading this in english... thank a veteran
When in doubt. grab a hammer.
If it moves and isn't supposed to, get a hammer
If it doesn't move and is supposed to, get a hammer
If it's broken, get a hammer
If it can't be fixed with a hammer... DUCK TAPE!
Wayne,
While this is the opening title sequence from season three, you can see the first four episodes of season one through Ryan's Website.
Thank you Wayne and HO60s for your kind comments
~G4
19 Years old, modeling the Cowlitz, Chehalis, and Cascade Railroad of Western Washington in 1927 in 6X6 feet.
John,
Very nice video, love the way you did the opening shot, it creates an interesting and effective touch. Anxious to see the full length video.
Wayne
Modeling HO Freelance Logging Railroad.
look back at one of my temporary experimental UniTrack switching layouts.
Larry
Conductor.
Summerset Ry.
"Stay Alert, Don't get hurt Safety First!"
Nice little unit there Rob,
Might be a slight derailment on that rear truck.
Alan J
Alan Jones in Sunny Queensland (Oz)
I've been working on converting this GP7 into something resembling a GP9 with a couple of added attractions
San Dimas Southern slideshow
Great work this week guys as always. it's been a while since I put anything up so a latest scratch / kit bashing project. I found at a train show eons ago a box of stuff in the bottom was a kit for a white metal traction flat motor which was made I think by a co called traction exptress ( no longer around ) any way I used the beautifull white metal deck and under frame accesories and scratched a Differential car company dump motor. The control cabs are scratched from evergreen siding and it is powered by a bull ant power truck with a dummy minatures by eric trailing truck. Poles are Bowser ones. The car at preasant is powered from the rail pick up but if I decide to go with overhead power pickup with it and my other cars I could do that. That just isn't high on the priority list. I just string overhead wire for effect on the layout at presant.
Rob
WOW! Great movie of a busy little rr and what powerful music!