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Posted by Lone Wolf and Santa Fe on Wednesday, September 5, 2018 12:02 PM

There are only a handful of tables but you can eat lunch at the Lone Wolf Cafe and General Store.

Lone Wolf Cafe and General Store

Show me another place to eat.

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Posted by BRVRR on Thursday, September 6, 2018 9:45 AM

Lone Wolf said: "Show me another place to eat."

Judy's Bar and Grill on Main Street in Black River. A favorite watering hole for the locals.

More eateries please.

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Thursday, September 6, 2018 11:11 AM

BRVRR
More eateries please.

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The "Lucky Horseshoe" bar and grille is a popular place among the locals.

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Show me a scene with a clock.

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-Kevin

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Living the dream.

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Posted by countsrr on Friday, September 7, 2018 2:50 PM
well no clocks this is train room 2 ran into a wall in the last room can’t remove it so in this room it will be a u table this is the start of section 1
  new table by James COUNTS, on Flickr
show me more things in progress  
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Posted by gmpullman on Friday, September 7, 2018 3:03 PM

countsrr
show me more things in progress

A new roundhouse in progress:

 RH_new_TO by Edmund, on Flickr

 RH_inplace2 by Edmund, on Flickr

 RH_night by Edmund, on Flickr

 

Let's see another in-progress project.

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Friday, September 7, 2018 3:29 PM

gmpullman
Let's see another in-progress project.

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Well... this is embarassing.

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I posted this picture a year ago of my work-in-progress for an EMD center cab switch engine.

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One year later, and I can reuse the same picture because ZERO progress has been made on this project.

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Show me another work in progress picture.

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-Kevin

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Living the dream.

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Posted by countsrr on Friday, September 7, 2018 4:50 PM

 

How about a video
This is basically the same video cut down to fit the music of Chattanooga choo choo I owe organ stop pizza for the music if you been here or a place like it this is a train song enjoy
 
More work in progress
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Posted by BigDaddy on Friday, September 7, 2018 4:57 PM
Ed how and where to you connect the roundhouse lighting wiring to the lighting bus? By that I mean, where to you run the wires. I know you use microplugs, do they connect at "ground level" or below the layout?

Henry

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Posted by N Scale Train Boy on Friday, September 7, 2018 6:44 PM

countsrr
 
More work in progress
 

Here is a work in progress repurposing project, in which I have been using bits of wood to fill in the gaps of a stock car and will  be using the decals to convert it to a MOW tool car for the Balfour and Colucci Creek Southern.

Let's keep this work-in-progress trend going!

 

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Posted by BATMAN on Friday, September 7, 2018 7:01 PM

Well, I will add my RH as well. My feeders are hooked up at the end of the rail on the inside. For my lighting, I am experimenting with copper tape stuck to the ceiling. Once the soldering is done the tape and solder joints can be painted. 

  

More in progress shots, please.

 

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Posted by Harrison on Friday, September 7, 2018 7:20 PM

My layout under construction.

IMG_9151

More layout constuction please.

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Posted by G Paine on Friday, September 7, 2018 10:49 PM

This is the Boothbay Railway Village roundhouse and servicing area a few years ago

and last June, much more complete, but still in progress

Show me some in progress projects

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Posted by gmpullman on Friday, September 7, 2018 10:55 PM

BigDaddy
Ed how and where to you connect the roundhouse lighting wiring to the lighting bus?

Hi, Henry.

The first thing I did was run a pair of bare copper "buss bars" tucked into the truss work and along each side wall of the roundhouse:

 RH_mains by Edmund, on Flickr

The feeders to this buss were run from the floor to the ceiling inside a pipe made to look like a roof drain pipe. You can see the white/blue + wire and white/brown - wires coming out of the top of the pipe on the far right in the photo.

Here are the LEDs all lit up. 87 of them if I recall correctly.

 RH_lights3 by Edmund, on Flickr

 I measured and located the hole through the sub roadbed and threaded the wires to below the layout as usual.

Lately I've been using these "spring" connectors for lighting and Tortoise wiring.

 Pushin1 by Edmund, on Flickr

 IMG_8738_fix by Edmund, on Flickr

They are very handy, in my estimation, anyway.

 Regards, Ed

 

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Posted by BigDaddy on Saturday, September 8, 2018 2:40 AM

Thanks Ed, the drain pipe is an excellent solution to hide the wires.

From one of your other pics, you have the led and resistor, and then you run those between the bare copper?

I have some of those spring connectors, haven't used them yet.

Henry

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Posted by SouthPenn on Saturday, September 8, 2018 6:23 AM

Under construction:

2001

PC180008.jpg

2007

 

P4070016.jpg

2018

DSCN1738.jpg

 

Still, lots more to do!

More under construction, please.

 

 

 

 

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Posted by BigDaddy on Saturday, September 8, 2018 8:00 AM

The ground foam is drying and the Holtgrewe bridge is in place for a test fit.

show me a two axle switcher

Henry

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Posted by gmpullman on Saturday, September 8, 2018 9:08 AM

BigDaddy
From one of your other pics, you have the led and resistor, and then you run those between the bare copper?

Yes, exactly. I used a black and red Sharpie pen to place little marks on the wire to keep track of plus and minus.

Many of the LEDs are grouped in series, say three outside wall lamps are all in series. I tested a variety of resistors between 540 to about 2.2KΩ to get a nice amount of light.

Fun project. The end results were worth it.

Thank you, Ed

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Posted by gmpullman on Saturday, September 8, 2018 11:35 PM

BigDaddy
show me a two axle switcher

Little Bulldog Mack... also qualifies as "under construction".

 Mack_goat by Edmund, on Flickr

Show me a first-generation EMD Switcher.

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Posted by BRVRR on Sunday, September 9, 2018 10:20 AM

gmpullman wrote: "Show me a first-generation EMD Switcher."

I hope this qualifies: NYC SW8 #9622 with the Grafton Turn at the west end of the BRVRR layout.

More small switchers please.

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Posted by fmilhaupt on Sunday, September 9, 2018 12:29 PM

A rare shot of France Stone switcher #5 out on the mainline, having just pulled all the remaining hoppers from France Stone (in the background) as we begin to tear down the layout at the end of the week at the Kansas City Convention.

The quarry switcher takes the remianing hoppers back to the Fiddle Yard during layout tear-down

More switchers!

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Posted by G Paine on Sunday, September 9, 2018 6:00 PM

A small, 2 foot gauge, kitbashed freelanced switcher on Boothbay Railway Village layout

Show me something kitbashed

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Posted by dti406 on Monday, September 10, 2018 7:18 AM

G Paine

Show me something kitbashed

You asked for a kitbash and here is one!

In the mid 60's the NYC converted a large number of 50 Ton Twin Hopper cars into 65 Ton Twin Hopper Cars with extended sides and ends.  I used a McKeen 100 Ton Triple Hopper and cut out the middle bay to get the car above.

Another picture next to a standard 50 Ton Twin Hopper.

More Kitbashes please!

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Posted by tankertoad70 on Monday, September 10, 2018 12:20 PM

Another kitbash, albeit a fairly simple one.  An MDC MILW style boxcar worked into one of the rare WP appliance cars.  Keep with the kitbash stuff guys!Cowboy

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Posted by gmpullman on Monday, September 10, 2018 2:43 PM

tankertoad70
Keep with the kitbash stuff guys!

I spliced two Walthers wood signal towers together...

 CP_union by Edmund, on Flickr

 MG_tower by Edmund, on Flickr

Any more kitbash/modified models out there?

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Posted by countsrr on Monday, September 10, 2018 3:19 PM
Yes, this is one of my southern green steam I have 2 so I kitbashed them both so I could tell them apart
Show me articulated steam engine or cog one
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Posted by BRVRR on Tuesday, September 11, 2018 9:59 AM

countsrr wrote: "Show me an {sic} articulated steam engine or cog one."

Here is one of the great articulated locomotives: Union Pacific #3985 Challenger.

UP Challenger

More articulated locos please.

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Posted by gmpullman on Tuesday, September 11, 2018 3:45 PM

BRVRR
More articulated locos please.

A pair of B&O EM-1s lean into a curve:

 EM1_7600_tone by Edmund, on Flickr

More articulated steam, please.

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Posted by Harrison on Wednesday, September 12, 2018 6:48 PM

24 hours, time to move on.

A tornado and a train wreck on the Watertown, NY T-Trak Layout.

More Disasters please.

Harrison

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Posted by HO-Velo on Thursday, September 13, 2018 9:10 PM

How bout' some forklifts,  thanks, Peter

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Posted by BATMAN on Thursday, September 13, 2018 9:23 PM

Here's a fork lift! This special load better get a proper tie-down, perhaps using some of youngs Stevens new found talents, or it will be into the chemical tank in front next time the engineer spots a Tim Hortons.

  

Please show me a man with a pick.

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