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Show Me Something: October 2018

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Posted by Harrison on Tuesday, October 23, 2018 3:39 PM

Two tractors work in the wheat field on the A&LC.

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Show me a team track, a reefer icing track, or a transfer track.

Harrison

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Tuesday, October 23, 2018 3:26 PM

BRVRR
More steam and diesel please.

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Here is a good picture of steam and diesel power together, and in G scale even!

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Show me a scene with any piece of farm equipment.

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-Kevin

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Posted by BRVRR on Tuesday, October 23, 2018 10:49 AM

roger said: "More steam and diesel if you please.

Pennsylvania K-4 #1361 (old) at the head of a short passenger train of arch-roof cars and PRR E8 #5713 (new) with a consist of modernized passenger cars.

More steam and diesel please.

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Posted by rogerhensley on Tuesday, October 23, 2018 6:11 AM

Ok, steam and diesel. They're not moving but here they are.

More steam and diesel if you please.

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Posted by gmpullman on Tuesday, October 23, 2018 4:38 AM

SeeYou190
Show me another favorite please.

Anything from the "Blue Ribbon Fleet" should qualify...

 IMG_2994 by Edmund, on Flickr

Show me a scene with both steam and diesel power.

[Garry, you really got the concrete color perfect on those bridge piers Bow]

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Monday, October 22, 2018 9:31 PM

Little Timmy
Show me your Favorite" Anything"

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Here is my favorite load I ever added to a flatcar. It is an "O" scale generator from a searchlight flatcar.

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Show me another favorite please.

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-Kevin

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Posted by Little Timmy on Monday, October 22, 2018 9:01 PM

My favorite "Train", suffered a Catastraphic fall onto a concrete floor about 10 year's ago...

I give you , Demon's Hollow & Pacific Shay # 3

( I really should get this one back on the bench, and fix it..... I have all the re-placement part's.  Just need the time ..... and she could be Beautiful again !

 

Show me your Favorite" Anything"

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

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Posted by Heartland Division CB&Q on Monday, October 22, 2018 8:32 AM

Denver Zephyr .... Flagship of CB&Q 

Please show your favorite train. 

 

GARRY

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Posted by gmpullman on Monday, October 22, 2018 1:13 AM

G Paine
Show me you favorite train

Without a doubt, that would have to be the Century:

 century doctored_fix_zpsxp6p8nqw by Edmund, on Flickr

Another favorite, please.

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Posted by G Paine on Sunday, October 21, 2018 10:54 PM

Looks like metal buildings are not that interesting, or is it the football / basketball / hockey? Almost a day, time for a bump

Show me you favorite train

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

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Posted by G Paine on Saturday, October 20, 2018 11:10 PM

How about a couple all metal buildings on my layuot?

The gravel loader and conveyor uphill from Greenvale. It's a Model Power coal loader that I sheethed in individual cut metal sheets

The top of Midstate Machine, a Suydam all metal kit hiding behind a boxcar

Show me another metal building, rusty if possible

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

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Posted by HO-Velo on Saturday, October 20, 2018 4:10 PM

More metal roofed structures please, regards,  Peter

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Saturday, October 20, 2018 3:06 PM

HO-Velo
More resting locos, regards, Peter

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Here is a PENN CENTRAL diesel sitting waiting its turn with the scrapper's torch on the Scale Rails of Southwest Florida's N-Trak layout. This is a steam lover's scene for certain.

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Show me a building with a metal roof.

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-Kevin

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Posted by HO-Velo on Saturday, October 20, 2018 1:07 PM

More resting locos,  regards,  Peter

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Posted by Harrison on Saturday, October 20, 2018 9:47 AM

2 Amtrak GE's sit on the layout at York Village Marketplace in York, ME.

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Show me more resting locos.

Harrison

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Posted by Lone Wolf and Santa Fe on Friday, October 19, 2018 12:00 PM

Here is an Amtrak train going around a curve.

FRED on the back of an Amtrak express box car

Please show me anything Amtrak.

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Posted by cv_acr on Thursday, October 18, 2018 9:53 PM

More curves.

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Thursday, October 18, 2018 4:39 PM

RR_Mel
More people please.

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There are not many folks along the right of way of the STRATTON & GILLETTE, but I did get a picture of "Old Lou" sitting on the freight dock.

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Show me a train going around a curved track.

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-Kevin

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Posted by RR_Mel on Wednesday, October 17, 2018 11:31 AM

Here’s some people at Susanville Station.
 
 
More people please.
 
 
Mel
 
 
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Posted by BRVRR on Wednesday, October 17, 2018 10:17 AM

Lone Wolf said: "Please show me more people or animals.

No animals here, but lots of people waiting and on board the waiting train.

More people shots please.

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Posted by Lone Wolf and Santa Fe on Tuesday, October 16, 2018 1:07 PM

Some people might think that a snake going into a tent is kind of funny.

A rattle snake near the tent

Please show me more people or animals.

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Tuesday, October 16, 2018 6:20 AM

Lone Wolf and Santa Fe
Please show me people doing anything or doing nothing.

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Here are a bunch of people just doing their jobs because EVERYTHING IS AWESOME!

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JaBear
We apologise for this interuption, please return to normal service.

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Woo-Hoo! I got a Bear-Toon! I am honored.

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Show me something that is kind of funny.

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Posted by "JaBear" on Tuesday, October 16, 2018 3:10 AM

Moocher by Bear, on Flickr

We apologise for this interuption, please return to normal service.

 

"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."

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Posted by Lone Wolf and Santa Fe on Monday, October 15, 2018 6:25 PM

Camping with the kids.

Three fish ready for the grill

Please show me people doing anything or doing nothing.

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Posted by Monon Railroader on Monday, October 15, 2018 3:38 AM

I'm partial to the Bear sitting on the dock! :-)

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Posted by Heartland Division CB&Q on Sunday, October 14, 2018 10:47 PM

Flying kites . .... Also , boys in a tree house across the tracks. 

More family activities , please. 

GARRY

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Posted by G Paine on Sunday, October 14, 2018 10:43 PM

How more normal is a scene than father and son going fishing

Show me some family activities

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Posted by Little Timmy on Sunday, October 14, 2018 7:31 PM

A box of spare part's on my workbench.

I believe that's a  "normal" scene  for most of us......

No ? ...... It's just me then ?.......

Ok ......

I tried.

More normal scene's please. 

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

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Sunday, October 14, 2018 7:19 PM

SeeYou190
Show me a scene that is completely normal.

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Well, I thought that just asking for a simple, normal scene, that we would have an active Sunday on Show Me Something. It did not work out for me.

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Here is a normal scene.

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Please show me another normal scene.

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-Kevin

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Saturday, October 13, 2018 9:59 PM

gmpullman
Show me more rare, unusual or incongruous.

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Well, it seems very unusual too see a giant turtle just walking down the waterfront.

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Show me a scene that is completely normal.

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-Kevin

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Living the dream.

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