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Show Me Something - August 2018

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Posted by fmilhaupt on Sunday, August 26, 2018 9:59 AM

A friend's Union Pacific weed-spraying train at a rural grade crossing.

A UP weed-spraying train at a rural grade crossing

Let's see some maintenance-of-way equipment.

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Posted by N Scale Train Boy on Sunday, August 26, 2018 7:20 PM

fmilhaupt

Let's see some maintenance-of-way equipment. 

 

How about some Soon-To-Be MOW equipment? Working on converting a Bachmann stock car into a tool car using wood to fill the gaps in the car and the decals to letter it. 

More Maintainance of Way please! 

Check out the Balfour and Colucci Creek Southern Railroad, my proto-freelanced N scale model railroad, at bccsrailroad.weebly.com or on Youtube on my channel, N Scale Train Boy.

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Posted by Lone Wolf and Santa Fe on Sunday, August 26, 2018 9:25 PM

Jordan Spreader on point with ballast hoppers in tow behind a pair of geeps.

A maintaince of way train heads out to work with a spreader on the point and three balast hoppers behind a pair of GP40 locomotives

Please show me more MoW.

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Posted by gmpullman on Sunday, August 26, 2018 10:05 PM

Lone Wolf and Santa Fe
Please show me more MoW.

Camp cars in the background as the derrick places a new turnout:

 RH_new_TO3 by Edmund, on Flickr

Show me another crane, wrecker, derrick or hoist.

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Posted by G Paine on Sunday, August 26, 2018 10:45 PM

Another big hook on my layout

with its crane tender

Also a smaller 25 ton crane and tender

Show me nore MOW equipment

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

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Posted by BRVRR on Monday, August 27, 2018 9:00 AM

G Payne wrote: "Show me more MOW equipment."

A short MOW train passes Barron's Oil on the BRVRR.

More MOW stuff please.

Tags: BRVRR , NYC

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Posted by Lone Wolf and Santa Fe on Monday, August 27, 2018 5:49 PM

Here is my crane. It's an old Tyco model that I added some extra decals to.

http://www.trainweb.org/lonewolfsantafe/sf50a.jpg

Show me something you put decals on.

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Posted by Little Timmy on Monday, August 27, 2018 6:42 PM

I did this paint job / decal job .... All by myself !

Now I'm torn. I like to see other's "Do it yourself decal's"....

But I also want to see more MoW equippment.....

OK ... Suprise me !

Rust...... It's a good thing !

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Monday, August 27, 2018 6:42 PM

Lone Wolf and Santa Fe
Show me something you put decals on.

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Well, I decaled 99% of my fleet, so anything I made fits this request. These CENTRAL ALBERTA boxcars are among my favorites.

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Show me something that you put decals on.

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-Kevin

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Posted by Harrison on Monday, August 27, 2018 7:33 PM

The D&H caboose on the left was my first paint and decal job.

IMG_6536

More Cabooses please.

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Posted by peahrens on Monday, August 27, 2018 7:42 PM

Well, I was grabbing some decal items to upload but here are 2 recent caboose re-do's.  Both decal'd (extra credit?).

 IMG_0513 (2) by Paul Ahrens, on Flickr

How about some open car loads...flat, gondola, etc.

Paul

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Posted by gmpullman on Monday, August 27, 2018 8:26 PM

peahrens
How about some open car loads...flat, gondola, etc.

A couple of ladles ready to be relined sitting on a flat car. They still need to have strapping applied.

 Ladle_load1 by Edmund, on Flickr

Show an other open-top load. Please.

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Posted by countsrr on Monday, August 27, 2018 11:08 PM
I have a hopper of scrap wood and a hopper of coal sitting on the siding in my yard
  car loads by James COUNTS, on Flickr
More uncovered car loads   
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Posted by HO-Velo on Monday, August 27, 2018 11:55 PM

More gon loads please, regards, Peter

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Posted by Lone Wolf and Santa Fe on Tuesday, August 28, 2018 5:57 PM

Gondola filled with recycled stuff.

http://www.trainweb.org/lonewolfsantafe/sf74965.jpg

Please show me any loaded car.

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Posted by gmpullman on Tuesday, August 28, 2018 6:50 PM

Lone Wolf and Santa Fe
Please show me any loaded car.

Empties in the foreground — loads in the back:

 IMG_7347_fix by Edmund, on Flickr

More loaded cars, please.

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Tuesday, August 28, 2018 8:12 PM

gmpullman
More loaded cars, please.

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Here are a couple of STRATTON & GILLETTE hopper cars loaded with coal.

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Keep the loaded cars coming... show me another loaded freight car.

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-Kevin

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Posted by G Paine on Tuesday, August 28, 2018 10:54 PM

An Ambroid kit of a 70 ton puplwood car

Show me more loaded cars

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Posted by BATMAN on Wednesday, August 29, 2018 1:00 AM

How about some Ford stakes on a flat?

  

More trucks on a train please.

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Posted by gmpullman on Wednesday, August 29, 2018 1:05 AM

BATMAN
How about some Ford stakes on a flat?

Steaks on a flat? I'm getting hungry!

 IMG_4074_fix by Edmund, on Flickr

Fords on a tri-level auto rack.

Show me more rubber tyred vehicles on railroad cars, please.

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Posted by Lone Wolf and Santa Fe on Wednesday, August 29, 2018 11:35 AM

Piggyback spine cars

http://www.trainweb.org/lonewolfsantafe/up59607.jpg

Please show me anything intermodal.

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Posted by tankertoad70 on Wednesday, August 29, 2018 12:30 PM

Well, not quite intermodal, but an Ulrich kit I recently completed for positioning on our club's MOW storage area.Cowboy

More trucks / intermodal stuff would be great! 

 

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Posted by dti406 on Wednesday, August 29, 2018 12:50 PM

One of many Converted Boxcars to Intermodal Flats I have made.

More intermodal please!

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Posted by gmpullman on Wednesday, August 29, 2018 1:30 PM

dti406
More intermodal please!

A couple of TOFCs on a passing freight:

 IMG_2915_fix by Edmund, on Flickr

More intermodal please...

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Wednesday, August 29, 2018 2:38 PM

gmpullman
More intermodal please...

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Here is a blast from the past.

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From my 1990s model railroading... an N scale STRATTON & GILLETTE TOFC car with a GREYSTONE LEASING trailer.

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More trailers on flat cars please.

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-Kevin

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Posted by countsrr on Wednesday, August 29, 2018 4:03 PM
Here is my lone piggy back next to the sd70 passenger locomotive
  piggy back by James COUNTS, on Flickr
Show me twin or two trains side by side I’ll start

 

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Posted by gmpullman on Thursday, August 30, 2018 11:25 AM

countsrr
Show me twin or two trains side by side I’ll start

Two Cleveland Union Terminal P-1a motors, side-by-side:

 IMG_6782_fix by Edmund, on Flickr

Another photo of two trains in parallel, Please

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Thursday, August 30, 2018 11:47 AM

gmpullman
Another photo of two trains in parallel, Please

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Here are two trains running on parallel tracks on an moduar "S" scale layout at a train show in Tampa, Florida.

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Please show me more trains on parallel trackage please.

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-Kevin

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Posted by riogrande5761 on Thursday, August 30, 2018 11:56 AM

gmpullman
 

Steaks on a flat? I'm getting hungry!

 IMG_4074_fix by Edmund, on Flickr

Fords on a tri-level auto rack.

Show me more rubber tyred vehicles on railroad cars, please. 

You mean bi-level ?

On hind sight I wish I would have bought one of those green NYC Bi-level flats, but alas they are long gone.  I did get the IC, N&W, SLSF and Wabash.  Many of the flat cars underneith the racks from that run were warped or bowed so it took some doing to find some that were truly flat.

What auto's are those?  They look 1960's era?  I collected enough Atlas 1970's era Ford F-100's to do two bi-levels so far.

 

 

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Posted by gmpullman on Thursday, August 30, 2018 12:44 PM

riogrande5761
You mean bi-level ?

 

Embarrassed  Oops, yes. I'm so used to saying "tri" that I didn't proof my own post. Embarrassed

I originally had some Accurail kits. These were pretty decent especially for the price. I loaded one tri-level up with some Classic Metal Works '64 Chevies. This was back when the METAL in metal works carried some weight — and I mean weight! The car weighed about 1.25 lbs with fifteen autos on it.

MB Klein had a sale on Classic Metal Works 1960 Ford F-100s a couple years ago and that's when I jumped on them. These Fords are plastic and very nicely painted.

https://www.hobbylinc.com/classic-metal-works-ho-scale-model-railroad-vehicles

 

I recall seeing something on other forums about warped floors. I didn't notice any problems on mine. 

http://mrr.trains.com/news-reviews/staff-reviews/2015/08/quick-look-athearn-ho-scale-bethlehem-steel-f89fh-flatcar-with-whitehead--kales-hi-level-auto-pack

 

Thank You, Ed

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