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Show me something.......April 2013

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Posted by oregon shay on Friday, April 5, 2013 12:12 PM

Kruttschnitt Locomotive Works and Tylick Tool Co. on the Oregon Railway & Navigation Co.

Show me another tall bridge spanning a shear cliff or ledge.

Will.

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Posted by G Paine on Friday, April 5, 2013 10:25 AM

Just to keep ShowMe from falling off Page 1, an old picture of the plant entrance of Dragon Products cement plant on the Boothbay Railway Village layout

Show me another lineside industry

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

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Posted by CSX_road_slug on Thursday, April 4, 2013 7:18 PM

I'm kick-starting the thread to keep it going.  Seems like an earlier request from Micheal got overlooked:

Motley
Show me something COLD.

R.T. Rifunbury's Wholesale Frozen Foods, can't get much colder than THAT Smile, Wink & Grin

Show me another lineside industry

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

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Posted by Geared Steam on Thursday, April 4, 2013 6:57 PM

oops my bad

"The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination."-Albert Einstein

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Posted by yankee flyer on Thursday, April 4, 2013 6:54 PM

http://www.coloradoinfo.com/travel.asp?pageid=19|381|394

Great story. Now on with the thread.   Whistling

Lee

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Posted by Southwest Chief on Thursday, April 4, 2013 11:33 AM

yankee flyer

Southwest Chief

That model vista car is fantastic. I would be afraid to start a project like that. Ican see myself getting frustrated and crush it. Bang Head

Lee

Thanks Lee. 

Nice photo of the remake by Durango & Silverton (D&S).  The real car, the one I based my model on, was destroyed in the Alamosa shop fire back in 1950s.  Amazing that the D&S would rebuild from scratch this beautiful and unique car.

Here's a great article on the history of the Silver Vista:

http://www.coloradoinfo.com/travel.asp?pageid=19|381|394

Matt from Anaheim, CA and Bayfield, CO
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Posted by ollevon on Thursday, April 4, 2013 6:02 AM

here is a water feature......

 show me a train chuging up your steepest grade.

  Sam

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Posted by AVRNUT on Thursday, April 4, 2013 5:48 AM

Here's another coal photo.

Show me a water feature.

Carl

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Posted by Motley on Thursday, April 4, 2013 3:34 AM

Coal Mine near the D&RGW Moffat Line.

Show me something COLD.

Michael


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Posted by kbkchooch on Wednesday, April 3, 2013 9:59 PM

jacon12

Show me something that needs painting.

Like this?

Show me a structure that handles coal (Mine, tipple, dealer, etc)

Karl

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Posted by yankee flyer on Wednesday, April 3, 2013 5:20 PM

Southwest Chief

That model vista car is fantastic. I would be afraid to start a project like that. Ican see myself getting frustrated and crush it. Bang Head

Here is a photo of the inside of the prototype.

Have fun.

Lee

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Posted by jacon12 on Wednesday, April 3, 2013 4:19 PM

No streetcar... but I do have a model and prototype.

Show me something that needs painting.

 

 

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Posted by BroadwayLion on Wednesday, April 3, 2013 11:49 AM

Passenger Trains!

Does anybody have a street car?

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

Here there be cats.                                LIONS with CAMERAS

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Posted by BRVRR on Wednesday, April 3, 2013 9:09 AM

NYC Mercury west bound on the BRVRR:

Another passenger train please.

Remember its your railroad

Allan

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Posted by Motley on Tuesday, April 2, 2013 6:54 PM

The UP 844 at Cheyenne Depot Station, just arriving from Denver for Cheyenne Frontier Days.

Lets see some more passenger trains.

Michael


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Posted by twhite on Tuesday, April 2, 2013 6:43 PM

The Burlington "Pioneer Zephyr" on her historic tour of the west--1935

Show me another passenger train.\

Tom

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Posted by Southwest Chief on Tuesday, April 2, 2013 5:17 PM

(oops re-read, I think you wanted a structure).  So if this doesn't fit, go back to a structure/kit or scratchbuilt and reference photos.

Mostly scratchbuilt.

G scale Silver Vista, selectively compressed to match the dimensions of an LGB D&RGW coach.  Kind of a pain to do as I made the roof removable.

First the model:

And then a rare color reference shot I used:

Show me a passenger train

Matt from Anaheim, CA and Bayfield, CO
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Posted by bogp40 on Tuesday, April 2, 2013 4:09 PM

the real SD50

And pics of the model

Show me a structure/ kit or scratchbuilt and your real pics or reference shots

Modeling B&O- Chessie  Bob K.  www.ssmrc.org

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Posted by Heartland Division CB&Q on Tuesday, April 2, 2013 2:36 PM

CB&Q 100 (EMD publicity poster) 

The Stewart model I painted (lower level train) ... 

Another view

Here is half of the set. 

______________________________________________________

Please show a prototypically correct model (with optional prototype picture if you have one).

GARRY

HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR

EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU

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Posted by BATMAN on Tuesday, April 2, 2013 1:59 PM

Brent

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Posted by AVRNUT on Tuesday, April 2, 2013 1:29 PM

The second structure I built on my layout was the turntable. Here it is right after I finished building, weathering, wiring & installing it:

http://i47.tinypic.com/qzetlk.jpg

Here it is as it looks now:

 Now, show me your favorite structure on your layout.

Carl

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Posted by leighant on Tuesday, April 2, 2013 10:02 AM

Here is a construction AREA, but not much actual construction shows.  (And it's been a while since I've taken this shot, without much progress here.)   There IS some hidden staging track laid back behind the export grain elevator mockup, and the false-front mockup of shipside cargo sheds.  The offshore oil rig under construction is safety award trophy from a garage sale, not yet rehabilitated for use as a background model.

 

Cars sitting on blue foam show where future industry spurs are to be laid, after hidden layover and test loop trackage is laid and trouble-shot.

Today is the second of the month.  Show me your second something- your second loco or second car or second structure, etc.

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Posted by ollevon on Tuesday, April 2, 2013 6:38 AM

This is the west side of the new layout, It will be quite a while before I get back to working on this area.

 show more construction area's

  Sam

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Posted by CSX_road_slug on Tuesday, April 2, 2013 6:15 AM

T-Sax
Show me something under construction.

Here is the Clark Avenue Yard section of my layout before the track was laid:

Show me another construction shot

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

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Posted by T-Sax on Tuesday, April 2, 2013 4:08 AM
Texas Zepher

Show me something FOOLISH!   Something whimsically foolish that is.

 Teasing the cat....

Show me something under construction.

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Posted by Texas Zepher on Monday, April 1, 2013 1:35 PM

rdgk1se3019
I believe the last request was .........show me something on your layout you want to redo.

Does the club layout count?  There are about 30 like this that I have wanted to rebuild for years.

Show me something FOOLISH!   Something whimsically foolish that is.

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Show me something.......April 2013
Posted by rdgk1se3019 on Monday, April 1, 2013 11:08 AM

I believe the last request was .........show me something on your layout you want to redo.

Dennis Blank Jr.

CEO,COO,CFO,CMO,Bossman,Slavedriver,Engineer,Trackforeman,Grunt. Birdsboro & Reading Railroad

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