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Posted by howmus on Wednesday, February 15, 2012 10:03 PM

Is this close enough?

Show me trackside details.

Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO

We'll get there sooner or later! 

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Posted by steamfreightboy on Wednesday, February 15, 2012 8:11 PM

No unit trains through the thread today.

Show me another close up of an engine.

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Posted by Motley on Wednesday, February 15, 2012 12:26 PM

The tender on the UP 4-8-4 was originally coal, but was converted to Fuel Oil.

 

Show me a long unit train.

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Posted by jacon12 on Wednesday, February 15, 2012 12:05 PM

Time is up on the 'critter' request.

Show me a locomotive tender.

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Posted by wedudler on Wednesday, February 15, 2012 10:20 AM

This engine is made of brass sheet, it had to fit an ESU Loksound micro and LEDs. And it runs well!

Show me a critter

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Posted by CSX_road_slug on Tuesday, February 14, 2012 7:06 PM

twhite

show me something else that drove you nuts building.

The bucket assembly on this ore bridge.  I thought I could motorize it.  I even had it working briefly, but I wound up frying 2 decoders before I decided that a static bucket wasn't so bad after all.  The two motors are still in it, if I ever feel foolishly ambitious again.

Show me the most challenging kitbash or scratchbuild you ever did...

-Ken in Maryland  (B&O modeler, former CSX modeler)

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Posted by twhite on Tuesday, February 14, 2012 5:33 PM

this loco made me come to tears while RE-building!  2nd hand Custom Brass import, what WASN'T wrong with it hadn't been invented yet.  Runs pretty good right now, but I learned a whole new vocabulary tearing it down and putting it back together.

Tom

show me something else that drove you nuts building.

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Posted by Motley on Tuesday, February 14, 2012 4:37 PM

Your request is way too specific.

Show me something that made you come to tears while building.

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Posted by BroadwayLion on Tuesday, February 14, 2012 9:50 AM

Communications...

Show me a tower protecting an interlocking plant (track)

ROAR

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Posted by howmus on Monday, February 13, 2012 8:35 PM

Lots and lots of tunnels on the SLOW....

Show me communication equipment.

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Posted by Motley on Monday, February 13, 2012 7:21 PM

Rotary snow plow.....

 

Show me a tunnel.

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Posted by G Paine on Monday, February 13, 2012 2:28 PM

How about 2 cranes; first a Walthers 25 ton crane with crane tender

and an Athearn 250 ton crane and tender

As the projected 4 to 7 inches of snow on the Midcaost a couple of days ago turned out to be more like 1/4", show me some snow moving equipment

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Posted by Grampys Trains on Monday, February 13, 2012 10:31 AM

Show me a crane.

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Posted by MisterBeasley on Monday, February 13, 2012 7:41 AM

Straight from the Lenz site.  The LZ-100.

 Show me some people fishing under a railroad bridge.

It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse. 

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Posted by jacon12 on Sunday, February 12, 2012 9:20 PM

I don't think I've posted this one before.

 Show me your favorite throttle.

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Posted by G Paine on Sunday, February 12, 2012 11:20 AM

Almost 12 hours out and no Pacifics or Hudsons, so here is an old-timer Roundhouse loco pulling a mixed train from the fishing village depot at the Boothbay RR Village layout. Sorry for the low resolution, its a capture from a video I shot last summer. part of a 1930s train exhibit we ran to support a talk by George Barrett on transportation on teh Maine coast in the 1930s

Show me a 1950s passenger train that has not been posted before

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Posted by Heartland Division CB&Q on Saturday, February 11, 2012 11:34 PM

Lion ... My pre-Amtrak streamliner does have a heavyweight baggage/RPO. Other cars are Budd streamliners. ... The freight train also in the photo has FT's.

Please show a Pacific or a Hudson hauling a passenger train.

GARRY

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Posted by Geared Steam on Saturday, February 11, 2012 9:03 PM

IVRW

Dibs! Does this suffice Geared Steam?:

John

It does! I'm glad to see you picked up a 3T Climax, Thumbs Up

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Posted by BroadwayLion on Saturday, February 11, 2012 8:36 PM

I think the crane got stuck in one of the tunnels, but apparently not this one.

Show me a streamline passenger train (not AMTK.)

The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.

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Posted by Grampys Trains on Saturday, February 11, 2012 4:13 PM

Trailer on Flat Car. DJ.

Show me a crane.

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Posted by Wikious on Saturday, February 11, 2012 3:58 PM

How about an old, partial shot? Only half my diesels, no steam.

Show me a car you've made look exactly like (or pretty close to) the prototype.

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Posted by rdgk1se3019 on Saturday, February 11, 2012 3:27 PM

Roster shot.

 

Show me another roster shot.

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Posted by IVRW on Saturday, February 11, 2012 12:24 PM

Dibs! Does this suffice Geared Steam?:

 

Climax #3 goes on the daily supply run to Camp 3 with a reefer of food and stock car of fresh horses. In the background, you can see the Camp 2 skidder has done a days work.

Show me a wide/panoramic shot of a backwoods branchline (i.e., a shot of that portion of the layout, not a closeup).

~G4

19 Years old, modeling the Cowlitz, Chehalis, and Cascade Railroad of Western Washington in 1927 in 6X6 feet.

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Posted by Geared Steam on Saturday, February 11, 2012 10:36 AM

A 4-6-0 coupling to some cars.

 

Some me a steam logging scene.

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Posted by Grampys Trains on Saturday, February 11, 2012 10:23 AM

K4s. DJ.

How about more passenger steam?

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Posted by twhite on Saturday, February 11, 2012 12:48 AM

How about a 2-10-2?

Let's see a passenger steam wheel configuration.

Tom

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Posted by jacon12 on Friday, February 10, 2012 9:38 PM

 

My 0-8-0 switch engine

 Show me another wheel configuration!

Jarrell

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Posted by Stourbridge Lion on Friday, February 10, 2012 8:09 PM

I can do that!!!!!!!

Lets see another wheel configuration...

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Posted by Heartland Division CB&Q on Friday, February 10, 2012 7:58 PM

The sign "Shelley Footwear" is on the boot factory made from European HO building kits.

Please show us a 2-8-2 steam locomotive.

 

..........................................

Mr. B : I laughed at "Gump Forest" !

GARRY

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Posted by G Paine on Friday, February 10, 2012 7:05 PM

Reilly Meat Packing with home made decals and signs

Show me something else that you have custom lettered

George In Midcoast Maine, 'bout halfway up the Rockland branch 

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