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Posted by zstripe on Sunday, December 1, 2013 11:39 AM

Lion,

Spell checker, heck, I thought, that is how you speilled, tings. Yes

BTW, Looks like lion may be in the top door window, on the bottom,right corner, the train is going so fast, it is causing a blurr, must be the leaves, on the track.

Cheers, Drinks

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Posted by BroadwayLion on Sunday, December 1, 2013 3:08 PM

zstripe
Looks like lion may be in the top door window,

Train is in tunnel. No leaves. LION is not on train this morning, him is standing there on the wayside in plane site.

ROAR

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 rrinker on Sunday, December 1, 2013 3:33 PM

 Looks like he is up on the wall, the only safe place there. Too many third rails, and between the two tracks where there is no third rail is still too close to the train rushing past.

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Posted by zstripe on Sunday, December 1, 2013 5:25 PM

Lion,

I had thought, all in all,it was just another, brick ( fuzz ) on the wall. 

BTW, how did they get a plane on site? Clown

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Posted by BroadwayLion on Tuesday, December 3, 2013 6:38 AM

This is the Smith-9th Street station on my layout, but the portal look like it escaped from Broadway Junction, and intentionally so. The car was painted for my old layout.

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 rrinker on Tuesday, December 3, 2013 8:30 AM

Lion is now apparantly showing his contempt for us and walking away fluffing his tail. Can't be running alongside the departing train to wave goodbye at anyone onboard, with the signals the way they are, that train's coming right at us if it moves.Big Smile

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Posted by BroadwayLion on Tuesday, December 3, 2013 9:03 AM

LION is not on platform and is not fluffing his tail at us. Train is moving North, not south, Him is waiting for home signal to clear.

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 zstripe on Tuesday, December 3, 2013 12:41 PM

Randy,

There is probably, no one on the train, to wave goodbye to. The Lion, more than likely, ate them all. Laugh  Lion, snacks!Yeah Dinner

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Posted by rrinker on Tuesday, December 3, 2013 5:45 PM

 That explains much - and the DS is holding the train until he can be assured the lion is NOT on board where he could make a snack of the next station's passengers.

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Posted by BroadwayLion on Wednesday, December 4, 2013 9:44 AM

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 G Paine on Wednesday, December 4, 2013 10:19 AM
BroadwayLion wrote the following post 32 minutes ago:

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LION say, Me looking at guy in blue suit YUM-YUM Dinner Dinner

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

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Posted by BroadwayLion on Thursday, December 5, 2013 8:51 AM

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 BroadwayLion on Tuesday, December 10, 2013 9:29 AM

LION is Hiding, can you find him.

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

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Posted by zstripe on Tuesday, December 10, 2013 9:41 AM

Lion,

He is sitting on the fire escape railing on the building on the left side.

Is that a new pic, I don't recall seeing that one before?

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Posted by BroadwayLion on Wednesday, December 11, 2013 9:09 AM

That LION or that station?

Both have been seen before, in any event, the LION has gone into the Coney Island Shops. This car is up on jacks having its trucks replaced. Now all I have to do is to 1) Find that silly LION, and 2) build the shop building. That building is not hig on my list of T2D.

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 BATMAN on Wednesday, December 11, 2013 9:45 AM

Lion ate some #s up in the number board and is now enjoying the view.

Brent

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Posted by zstripe on Wednesday, December 11, 2013 10:12 AM

Lion,

That station, you silly! That's one of the longest I recall seeing so far, at least at that angle.

Brent,

He's gotta eat ''sometin'' running out of pass. snacks. Laugh

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Posted by BroadwayLion on Wednesday, December 11, 2013 10:21 AM

Yes, that station on my layout is quite a bit longer than some of the others. My standard station is four feet long, enough to berth a 300' subway traiin. That station was built before I bought subway cars, and as an express station was expected to berth longer, regional trains.

What the heck, NYCT has some platforms well over 1000' long (400' longer than their longest trains), and for the same reason too, they were originally LIRR tracks that morphed into subway tracks. A conductor was killed at that station, she had her head out of the cab too long, perhpas watching something on the platform, and the wayside fence separating the unused platform from the fare zone hit her in the back of the head. MTA has since made a cut out in that fence at the height of the conductor's window, they also require the conductors to be back inside the car within 60' instead of the original 180 feet.

ROAR

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 BroadwayLion on Friday, December 13, 2013 9:44 AM

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 "JaBear" on Friday, December 13, 2013 7:43 PM

The Lion is patiently waiting at the bottom left of the signal post, I hope him does not have a taste for hard working signal maintenance men.

Cheers, the Bear.

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Posted by BroadwayLion on Saturday, December 14, 2013 6:39 AM

This is an older picture at Smith-9th Street. Mush more work has been done since then.

LION should finish the wiring project and get back to the scenery projects, but silly lion is hiding again.

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Here there be cats.                                LIONS with CAMERAS

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Posted by G Paine on Saturday, December 14, 2013 9:07 AM

On the end of the platform on the right side, kinda hiding by a post

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Posted by BroadwayLion on Sunday, December 15, 2013 8:57 AM

Before:

 

With some work in Progress:

 

Maybe I could finish the scene if I could find my LION.

 

ROAR

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 BroadwayLion on Monday, December 16, 2013 11:02 AM

FAIL:

 

Youse guys did not find yesterday's LION : No new photo for you.

 

ROAR

 

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Here there be cats.                                LIONS with CAMERAS

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Posted by BATMAN on Monday, December 16, 2013 12:03 PM

BroadwayLion
Youse guys did not find yesterday's LION

Give us a break! We were all in Church.Whistling

Brent

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Posted by rrinker on Monday, December 16, 2013 2:19 PM

Oh now he's a magic levitating lion... I see.

Actually, I STILL don't see, even knowing exactly where he is.

            --Randy

 


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Posted by BroadwayLion on Monday, December 16, 2013 2:28 PM

He is standing on the road. Go back to the larger photo and you will see the road.

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Posted by "JaBear" on Monday, December 16, 2013 2:30 PM

Aaaaaugh Heck Lion, I reckon that even Brents Super Duper Bat-o-Vision All Seeing Goggles couldn't find him. In fact I'd go as far to say that if the Lion forgot where him placed the little fellow, him would be hard placed to find him. So much for those natural history documentries who lead me to believe that only the savanna was the lions terrority. Sigh

Cheers, the Bear.

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Posted by BATMAN on Monday, December 16, 2013 3:44 PM

That's like trying to find a Hockey Puck in a tar pond.

Two minutes in the penalty box for you Mr. Lion! Unsportsmanlike conduct!Smile, Wink & Grin

Brent

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Posted by BroadwayLion on Tuesday, December 17, 2013 7:10 AM

Train room of LION sees lots of visitors enter...

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

Here there be cats.                                LIONS with CAMERAS

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