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Posted by Mark Watson on Friday, March 9, 2012 8:41 PM

BIG drop over the ridge! :)

Have we done bridges yet?  Show me a bridge.

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Posted by leighant on Friday, March 9, 2012 10:31 AM

relative size-- my blue foam layout surface wouldn't stay glued down

So here is a REAL railroad rail chunk (probably narrow gauge) holding down surface with an N scale cork roadbed.

Similarly, a fossil or a portion of a prehistoric mammoth's thighbone used as a gluing weight.

Show me something "mammoth."

Been way too long with no response.  I thought there could be lots of ways to interpret that.  Maybe this is broader and will me a response...

Show me something BIG.

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Posted by jacon12 on Friday, March 9, 2012 7:00 AM

A picture that shows relative size of something I use on my layout..

 Show me something else on your layout that shows relative size.

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Posted by ChadLRyan on Thursday, March 8, 2012 8:59 PM

How about two gons & a (Oooopppssie, not a cat) JCB..
[When I was testing for my CarTopper!]

Please Show Me Something that has NOT Been Asked & You have Been Waiting For/Wanting to Show!!!

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Posted by UncBob on Thursday, March 8, 2012 8:36 PM

Show me a gondola

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Posted by G Paine on Thursday, March 8, 2012 6:56 PM

MEC Mike 616 staged next to brass HOn30 2-6-0 on the Boothbay RR Village layout

Show me a Consolidation type locomotive

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

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Posted by jacon12 on Thursday, March 8, 2012 3:39 PM

A Norfolk Western 2-6-6-4 Class A on the left.

 Show me a Mikado type locomotive

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Posted by Motley on Thursday, March 8, 2012 3:01 PM

Some black bears....

 

Show me a large steam loco. ie. Challenger, Big Boy, etc.

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Posted by BroadwayLion on Thursday, March 8, 2012 10:00 AM

It's a CAT.

It's on the Layout.

We saw a FOX in our yard this morning. Perhaps you can show me a wild animal on your layout.

ROAR

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Here there be cats.                                LIONS with CAMERAS

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Posted by secondhandmodeler on Thursday, March 8, 2012 8:26 AM

This character is in the wrong place.

Please show me another cat on a layout.  If not the furry kind, then maybe the construction kind!

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Posted by Mark Watson on Wednesday, March 7, 2012 8:06 PM

IVRW

Mr. Earl Sargent lying on his side having a heart attack.

 

Haha.. I like how Earl's buddy is just sitting there, eatn' his sandwich without worry.  :p

"Oh stop it Earl, we knows ya just fakin' it"

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Posted by IVRW on Wednesday, March 7, 2012 7:16 PM

I got one. While this is a picture of my newest locomotive, you will see in front of the door of the nearest bunkhouse a Mr. Earl Sargent lying on his side having a heart attack. I failed to check the Hobbetac strength before putting him on the layout.

Show me:

a) Your newest locomotive

b) Another misplaced figure / heart attack victim

~G4

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Posted by jacon12 on Wednesday, March 7, 2012 6:53 PM

The gondola, of which this was on the side..

 should NOT have been in regular interchange service on my layout!  I noticed it when I was changing out couplers on the car.

Show me something else that shouldn't be there.

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Posted by Mark Watson on Wednesday, March 7, 2012 12:47 PM

12 hour bump.

It's not Lehigh Valley, but is a steamer.  :)

watch?v=12PmOlQh t0

Dont pause at 27 or 32 seconds. :X

Show me something that shouldn't be there.

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Posted by UncBob on Tuesday, March 6, 2012 10:31 PM

Water tower and coal tower

 

Show me a Lehigh Valley Steamer

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Posted by Grampys Trains on Tuesday, March 6, 2012 10:14 PM

An Alco RS3. DJ.

Show me a water tower.

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Posted by UncBob on Tuesday, March 6, 2012 8:59 PM

 

 

Here is a blue one

That was easy

 

 

 

Show me a PRR Diesel

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Posted by G Paine on Tuesday, March 6, 2012 1:10 PM

17 hours out and no coaling tower Sleep, so time for a bump, even if it breaks the 2 posts on one page rule Whistling

U-18B Independance Class MEC 404 named "Kenneth Roberts" comes round the curve into Greenvale; F3 MEC 683 works the grade in the background

As a side note, what did you do if you wanted a U-18B in the late 1980s or early 1990s? You called Chuck's Chop Shop (no longer in business); he cut down Athearn BB U-30Bs or U-24Bs to match the dimensions of the baby U-boat U-18s.

Show me a blue locomotive

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

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Posted by twhite on Monday, March 5, 2012 9:19 PM

Here's my ash pit, kinda/sorta hidden behind Sheldon shoveling hot ash into the wood gondola (he's a real "Newbie"). 

Show me a concrete coaling tower

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Posted by UncBob on Monday, March 5, 2012 9:08 PM

Well it is not HO but full size and it is an ashpit __Strasburg RR

Don't know if it counts

 

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Posted by CSX_road_slug on Monday, March 5, 2012 7:01 PM

gbwdude

Here's the Wistuckessee Paper Company's mill in Nashborogh on the Clarksville Model Railroad Club's layout. It's still under construction as we're reworking our yard ladder.

attachment.php?attachmentid=101125&d=1320868609

Show me some MOW equipment.

I just tried to view your link, but it prompted me for a userid and password...ConfusedQuestion

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Posted by gbwdude on Monday, March 5, 2012 4:28 PM

Here's the Wistuckessee Paper Company's mill in Nashborogh on the Clarksville Model Railroad Club's layout. It's still under construction as we're reworking our yard ladder.

attachment.php?attachmentid=101125&d=1320868609

Show me some MOW equipment.

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Posted by CSX_road_slug on Monday, March 5, 2012 12:15 PM

Motley

Wow thats a great looking scene Ken.

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

 

Thank you Michael!  I have to confess 'beautified' it with Photoshop, the raw photo can be viewed by clicking HERE

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Posted by pomperaugrr on Monday, March 5, 2012 10:41 AM

Motley

Wow thats a great looking scene Ken.

Here's a coal mine.....

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-6-J0dLXp6hY/Twj4bHJzMeI/AAAAAAAADTI/UnO-Td6Hwp8/s800/P1000986.jpg

 

Show me another heavy industry.

 

 

 

Paper making is a pretty heavy industry.  Here's the in-progress Kimberly Clark plant on my N scale layout.

 

 

 

Show me another paper mill

 

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Posted by Motley on Monday, March 5, 2012 10:26 AM

Wow thats a great looking scene Ken.

Here's a coal mine.....

 

Show me another heavy industry.

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Posted by CSX_road_slug on Monday, March 5, 2012 5:17 AM

16 hours and still no ash pit?  Then I guess this will have to do.  The stuff being dumped is often referred to as "cinders", but it's not from coal:

Show me some more heavy industry

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Posted by rdgk1se3019 on Sunday, March 4, 2012 1:34 PM

Very nice.

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Posted by howmus on Sunday, March 4, 2012 1:23 PM

Roundhouse at Hopewell Junction:

Show me an Ash Pit.

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We'll get there sooner or later! 

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Posted by rdgk1se3019 on Sunday, March 4, 2012 1:10 PM

This is my freelanced road.......the Birdsboro & Reading......

 

and a roster shot.....

 

Show me your locomotive facility.

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Posted by G Paine on Sunday, March 4, 2012 11:56 AM

Time is up on the freelanced FA1, but I can show you a freelanced boxcar - Turtle Creek Central

SHow me any freelanced railroad

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

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