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Posted by simon1966 on Saturday, September 17, 2011 7:42 AM

Not my personal first attempt, but the first attempts of two of my nieces and nephews.  I have about a dozen cars on the layout that represent the first and only efforts of kids in the family.   When they visit the layout for the first time, they get to pick out a Blue Box or some other simple kit from the stash and have fun assembling and weathering "their freight car"   When ever they visit after that, they always want to run a train with "their car"!

 Show me something Canadian

Even though I snuck in first I defer to the newbie!  Much rather have new folks join in..

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Posted by PennCentral99 on Saturday, September 17, 2011 7:45 AM

WOW! 2 months and umpteen thousand posts and I get to play!  The coal hoppers are my first attempt at weathering and using an airbrush.

Show me a wooden water car  Dang! Simon posted as I was typing.....go with his request.

OK, I'm honored by the passing of the torch, back to the wooden water car

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Posted by simon1966 on Saturday, September 17, 2011 7:50 AM

Uh-oh, now we are really stuck.... in a feedback loop.........back and forth deferring to each other

Show me a wooden water car.. and if it happens to be Canadian, even better!

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Posted by PennCentral99 on Saturday, September 17, 2011 7:59 AM

Laugh  TOO FUNNY!  almost like we're posting at the same time.  Obviously there's a slight delay with the "refresh" button.

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Posted by P&Slocal on Saturday, September 17, 2011 8:29 AM

Simon, that is such a cool idea and it allows the kids to get involved with the hobby.

PC, great job on the open hoppers.

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Posted by simon1966 on Saturday, September 17, 2011 9:44 AM

We are running out to time here, PC, what exactly is a "Wooden water car"   I realize I don't actually know whar it is?

 

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Posted by Motley on Saturday, September 17, 2011 9:47 AM

Since nobody has a wooden water car.

Show me an SD45

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Posted by graphitehemi on Saturday, September 17, 2011 1:09 PM

YEY my first time!

 

 

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Posted by cudaken on Saturday, September 17, 2011 3:20 PM

 Looks like time is up again.

 Lets make this easy.

 Either show me a ABBA Monon F3 lash up heading west up a 1.5% grade dragging 125 cars at 4:45 PM in the spring.

 Or

 Something you keep hoping someone will ask to see so you can post!

 Big Smile

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Posted by twhite on Saturday, September 17, 2011 3:33 PM

Okay, nobody's asked for a Challenger that ISN'T Union Pacific yet, so here it is:

Show me your favorite caboose.

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Posted by cudaken on Saturday, September 17, 2011 3:54 PM

 Tom, I would, but I get reported! Whistling

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Posted by Grampys Trains on Saturday, September 17, 2011 5:54 PM

Has to be this one. DJ.

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Posted by Heartland Division CB&Q on Saturday, September 17, 2011 5:59 PM

Here are several red tractors.

Please show a Railway Express Agency car. 

 

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Posted by howmus on Saturday, September 17, 2011 6:01 PM

OK, How about a 1920 vintage Fordson?

Show me logs.   Got beat!  Looking for a Railway Express Agency Car.

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Posted by Motley on Saturday, September 17, 2011 9:30 PM

no Railway Express car I see.

Show me a winter scene.

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Posted by PennCentral99 on Saturday, September 17, 2011 10:55 PM

simon1966

We are running out to time here, PC, what exactly is a "Wooden water car"   I realize I don't actually know whar it is?

 

Here's an example of a wooden water car......

I do not have one, since a lot of the forum members model "earlier times" (steam), I thought for sure someone would have one

Still looking for Motley's request for a winter scene

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Posted by cudaken on Sunday, September 18, 2011 6:18 AM

 Time is up again.

 Show me a Trailer on a flat car (piggy back)

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Posted by jacon12 on Sunday, September 18, 2011 7:48 AM

From Sat morning until Sunday morning there were 5 or 6 actual replies to a request.  That's a little sad. Sat a week ago there were roughly 15 or 16, a drop of about 65%.  A week ago requests were made for things like 'piles of stone', 'livestock', 'something with the letter X in it' and 'fallen flags', all great requests and things most guys would have on their layout, or at least a high probability.

Perhaps there were simply less members playing.  Maybe it was something else?   Wink

The last request was  Show me a Trailer on a flat car (piggy back)

which there should be 10,000 at least out there!

 

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Posted by Heartland Division CB&Q on Sunday, September 18, 2011 8:18 AM

Here are some piggybacks. The flat car was made from an old Quality Craft wood kit.

Please show an Alco switcher.

Jarrell ... Thanks for watching over this thread. I have held off on posting several times while hoping to see other people post who have not yet done so. I am glad to see some of that, and I hope some others will particpate.

 

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Posted by simon1966 on Sunday, September 18, 2011 8:41 AM

PC, thanks for enlightening me.   It is very much like a Pickle car that I have seen.

Alco switcher, I love this little Atlas loco

 

Show me something you have been waiting to post but not had the chance.

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Posted by BRVRR on Sunday, September 18, 2011 8:45 AM

NYC S-3 #874 switching on the team track.

Show me a windmill.

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Posted by richhotrain on Sunday, September 18, 2011 8:46 AM

jacon12

From Sat morning until Sunday morning there were 5 or 6 actual replies to a request.  That's a little sad. Sat a week ago there were roughly 15 or 16, a drop of about 65%.  A week ago requests were made for things like 'piles of stone', 'livestock', 'something with the letter X in it' and 'fallen flags', all great requests and things most guys would have on their layout, or at least a high probability.

Perhaps there were simply less members playing.  Maybe it was something else?   Wink

The last request was  Show me a Trailer on a flat car (piggy back)

which there should be 10,000 at least out there!

 

Jarrell

Jarrell, I suspect, like all threads, this thread and its viewers grow tired.  You run out of ideas, too tiring to keep running up and down to the layout with camera in hand, viewers of the thread drop off, etc., etc., etc.

I would expect this thread to keep running for awhile and then just die a natural death.  It happens!

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Posted by BRVRR on Sunday, September 18, 2011 8:47 AM

Oops. Sorry.

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Posted by PennCentral99 on Sunday, September 18, 2011 9:04 AM

How about knocking out the "waiting to post but not had the chance" and a "windmill".  My wife has been helping me experiment with taking photos, she took this one.....

A bachmann GP40 converted to DCC with sound in front of a windmill.....

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Posted by cudaken on Sunday, September 18, 2011 9:21 AM

 Jarrell whole site has been slow this weekend. Even the dinner and WFP have not been getting many hits.

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Posted by jacon12 on Sunday, September 18, 2011 9:27 AM

Rich, Ken, the thread has lasted a LOT longer than I thought it would.  And it's true that on weekends it's much slower around the forum.

Imagine that!!  People actually have lives to live!

Ken says Show me something from the Alaska Railroad!

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Posted by BATMAN on Sunday, September 18, 2011 12:28 PM

Well it's been three hours so how about show me a person, "mowing the front lawn".

 

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Posted by Motley on Sunday, September 18, 2011 12:54 PM

Mowing the lawn at the farm house.

 

Show me a passenger train.

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Posted by G Paine on Sunday, September 18, 2011 1:04 PM

richhotrain
Jarrell, I suspect, like all threads, this thread and its viewers grow tired.  You run out of ideas, too tiring to keep running up and down to the layout with camera in hand, viewers of the thread drop off, etc., etc., etc.

I would expect this thread to keep running for awhile and then just die a natural death.  It happens!

Rich

Maybe they have just run out of photos, and are down on the layout taking a few dozen more...Smile, Wink & Grin

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Posted by BRVRR on Sunday, September 18, 2011 1:09 PM

Santa Fe FP-45 on the point of my version of the El Capitan:

Show me the Broadway Limited, or part of it.

 

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