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Show Me Something May 2015 Edition

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Posted by Guy Papillon on Wednesday, May 13, 2015 4:19 PM

Here is a signal.

 

 Show me a EMD F3.

Guy

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Posted by gmpullman on Tuesday, May 12, 2015 9:54 AM

JOHN BRUCE III

Whoops, sorry.  Show me a signal.

 

Signals: Day

 

Signals: Night

More signals please...

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Posted by JOHN BRUCE III on Tuesday, May 12, 2015 9:30 AM

Whoops, sorry.  Show me a signal.

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Posted by G Paine on Tuesday, May 12, 2015 9:28 AM

John Bruce, what is your Show Me request?

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

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Posted by JOHN BRUCE III on Tuesday, May 12, 2015 9:26 AM

My loco shop was inspired by a visit to Larry's Truck & Electric, and a lot of scrapping goes on there. Here's an example:

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Posted by BRVRR on Tuesday, May 12, 2015 8:33 AM

Control panel:

The BRVRR doesn't have a control panel as such. The main throttles and the DCS 50 are in a drawer under the layout table. Individual sidings are controlled with the Atlas Controllers (yellow switches) mounted on the front of the table. The last two control the under-table steam and diesel sound decoders. The red push-buttons control the street and structure lights. The Atlas slide switches control the cross-over turnouts and several turnouts on the back side of the layout beyond easy arm's reach. Out of the photo at left is a DT400 throttle, and to the right under the table is the cable (LocoNet) connection to my LocoBuffer-USB and home computer. The layout table is mounted on rollers on wall tracks to allow access for maintenance and operation from behind the table when desired.

Show me your locomotive shop(s).

Tags: BRVRR

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Posted by farrellaa on Monday, May 11, 2015 7:08 AM

Here's my turntable control panel.

   -Bob

more control panels

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Posted by gmpullman on Monday, May 11, 2015 2:18 AM

chatanuga
Show me another control panel.

I'm not including this as an "official" show me something entry but I thought that since control panel came up I would point out this little offering from an ebay seller:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Train-Switchboard-Train-Railroad-Control-Unit-Table-El-Cajon-Train-Yard-/281414015276?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item418595192c

At this price, I estimate that I tossed out about $2,500. worth of panels when I simplified my block wiring after wiring for DCC!

Anything goes on ebay!

Back to our regular programming, control panels, thank you.

Ed

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Posted by chatanuga on Sunday, May 10, 2015 11:58 AM

First attempt at making a control panel on my old layout.

Show me another control panel.

Kevin

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Posted by Burlington Steam on Sunday, May 10, 2015 11:54 AM

DRGW Challenger 3704 steps lightly onto the bridge over Irene Wash.

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Posted by JOHN BRUCE III on Sunday, May 10, 2015 10:20 AM
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Posted by gmpullman on Saturday, May 9, 2015 11:57 PM

G Paine
Show me a train with refigerator cars

Can it simply be a single refrigerator car?

How about some more refrigerator car action...

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Posted by G Paine on Saturday, May 9, 2015 11:33 PM

An assembled City Classics kit with scratch built interior

Show me a train with refigerator cars

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Posted by JOHN BRUCE III on Friday, May 8, 2015 10:08 AM

Here's an assembled Roller Bearing Models Pullman troop sleeper kit. This was an early wood-and-urethane kit from about 1980. Because some troop sleepers were Tuscan to match PRR assigned Pullmans, I painted mine that way.

 

Please show another assembled kit.

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Posted by Heartland Division CB&Q on Friday, May 8, 2015 9:48 AM

Restoration ... 

My old layout had two curved trestles I had made from Campbell kits. I took them apart, and rebuilt them into a single trestle made longer with the two trestles end-to-end. .... Also in the photo is an old United brass CN 2-6-0 is now painted and lettered for CB&Q which had similar looking 2-6-0's. .... The Tyco coal hopper was bright red, and I sprayed a thin layer of mineral red over it. It now is a mineral red hopper with faded lettering. 

 

Please show an assmebled kit 

GARRY

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Posted by G Paine on Thursday, May 7, 2015 3:05 PM

Here are some old buildings. 3 of the 5 buidings here were on my first or second layout I built in the early 1960s; the 3 on the right. I have done restoration work on all of them.

Show me something you have done restoration work on so it is usable again

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Posted by Ray Dunakin on Wednesday, May 6, 2015 12:42 AM

Old buildings -- my favorite subject! Here's a shot of the loading dock at the Mineral Ridge Mill:

 

 

This miner's cabin is a replica of a real one in Nevada:

 

An old, brick hardware store with chipped and faded signs:

 

Show me some more old buildings!

 

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Posted by JOHN BRUCE III on Tuesday, May 5, 2015 1:40 PM
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Posted by SWFX on Tuesday, May 5, 2015 1:12 PM

Arizona desert with a small wash........more desert please

 

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Posted by JOHN BRUCE III on Tuesday, May 5, 2015 10:20 AM

Street running, maybe in Texas:

 

How about a desert scene?

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Posted by Grampys Trains on Monday, May 4, 2015 11:13 PM

Here's a highway scene.

Show me a street scene, please.

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Posted by chatanuga on Monday, May 4, 2015 7:11 PM

Town of Arlee on my old layout.

Show me a highway scene.

Kevin

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Posted by JOHN BRUCE III on Sunday, May 3, 2015 12:35 PM

The Amtrak Chaloosa at the Zenith Amtrak depot:

 

How about a city scene?

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Posted by chatanuga on Sunday, May 3, 2015 12:10 PM

Exiting the tunnel on my old layout.

Show me another Amtrak scene

Kevin

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Posted by BRVRR on Sunday, May 3, 2015 11:13 AM

Amtrak scene: Here is an old one from the BRVRR.

The Lake Shore Limited westbound on the BRVRR.

Show me another Amtrak scene.

Tags: BRVRR , Amtrak

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Posted by gmpullman on Saturday, May 2, 2015 8:50 PM

howmus
Show me a bridge!

Kind of an unfinished area of my layout but there are bridges, five (make that seven with the two highway bridges in the background), counting the signal bridge!

Amtrak just turned 44 on May First... Show me an Amtrak scene.

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Posted by Kyle on Saturday, May 2, 2015 8:06 PM
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Posted by howmus on Saturday, May 2, 2015 2:48 PM

Here's one...

Show me a bridge!

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

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Posted by chatanuga on Saturday, May 2, 2015 1:46 PM

Boxcar getting spotted at a small warehouse on my old layout.

Show me a tunnel.

Kevin

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Posted by Heartland Division CB&Q on Friday, May 1, 2015 6:11 PM

George ... Thanks for getting the May "Show Me" thread started. I like your cement plant.

He is my flour mill made from three Walthers flour mill kits. It is hard to fit all 4' of it in a photo. It wraps around a corner of the layout room.

 

Please show another industry on your layout. 

 

GARRY

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