doctorwayneShow us a scene at a level crossing, please.
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There are no cars waiting, but the crossing is there.
Show me another grade crossing (level crossing).
-Kevin
Living the dream.
SeeYou190...Show me a scene with a rock or two. Maybe one big rock. Maybe lots of little rocks.
Here are a few rocks...
Wayne
Show us a scene at a level crossing, please.
SPSOT fanAnyway back to our regularly scheduled plain bearings please!
Getting back to the scheduled plain bearing request... this boxcar from the PACIFIC GREAT NORTHERN rides on plain bearing freight car trucks.
Show me a scene with a rock or two. Maybe one big rock. Maybe lots of little rocks.
gmpullman This site has some maps and photos, Isaac. http://godwin.bobanna.com/interurban_gr_holland.html So many interurban lines were abandoned in the early and mid 1920s makes it difficult to trace R-of-W sometimes. Can you imagine, civic leaders are talking about how wonderful it would be to have a rail line on this route some 100 years later! https://www.grbj.com/articles/91975-rail-service-could-link-gr-holland Where was the vision when these lines were abandoned?
This site has some maps and photos, Isaac.
http://godwin.bobanna.com/interurban_gr_holland.html
So many interurban lines were abandoned in the early and mid 1920s makes it difficult to trace R-of-W sometimes.
Can you imagine, civic leaders are talking about how wonderful it would be to have a rail line on this route some 100 years later!
https://www.grbj.com/articles/91975-rail-service-could-link-gr-holland
Where was the vision when these lines were abandoned?
Very Interesting! Nice to learn a little bit more about those tracks! I’ll have to look to see if I can find some evidence of tracks in some other places, now I know where the tracks were!
I can understand why people might consider storing commuter service along that line, there is certainly demand, but the question is whether or not people in the area will ride the train or still opt for their cars! I do know I’d certainly make use of the line if the timings where convenient!
Anyway back to our regularly scheduled plain bearings please!
Regards, Isaac
I model my railroad and you model yours! I model my way and you model yours!
SeeYou190I think the tack board would still be completely functional in its current orientation.
Functional, yes. Aesthetically? Maybe not so much. I don't recall ever seeing one with the boards going vertically like that. I believe it is an Intermountain RTR car. Someday, when I'm all caught up with more pressing issues I may get around to correcting it
Carshop-3 by Edmund, on Flickr
SeeYou190I am more interested in the collection of gondola ends in the foreground. Are the employess going to take those to the scrapyard after work for thier beer money fund?
New roof for the foreman's chicken coop?
Carry on with plain bearings, folks.
gmpullmanI hope the shop forces rotate that tack board 90° too!
I think the tack board would still be completely functional in its current orientation.
I am more interested in the collection of gondola ends in the foreground. Are the employees going to take those to the scrapyard after work for their beer money fund?
gmpullmanAnother car with solid "plain" bearings, please.
This unique STRATTON AND GILLETTE 40 foot boxcar has the requested trucks.
More plain bearing trucks please.
SeeYou190Show me a freight car that does not have roller-bearing trucks.
Technically, this car doesn't even have trucks:
Carshop-1 by Edmund, on Flickr
I hope the shop forces rotate that tack board 90° too!
Another car with solid "plain" bearings, please.
doctorwayneSome more slogan-bearing cars, please.
The ATLANTIC CENTRAL has a slogan. I lettered this boxcar one letter at a time. It was supposed to resemble Wayne's "Way Of The Warriors" cars, but I could not make a circular AC logo.
I have changed out the trucks on this model since this picture was taken.
Show me a freight car that does not have roller-bearing trucks.
Here are a few cars with slogans. The first three are ones which are still in use, as-shown, on my layout...
....while this reefer, with factory paint and lettering...
...was given to a friend and replaced with two of these as undecorated kits...
...and this one, originally an undecorated Accurail kit, with a few added details...
...while this one...
...was re-painted and re-lettered like this...
...as was this one...
...re-done as this...
Some more slogan-bearing cars, please.
SPSOT fanEd, is that the old interurban line that ran from Grand Rapids to Holland Mi (but not Chicago?)?
Good Luck, Ed
Slogans?
PS1-PS1 by Edmund, on Flickr
I like slogans on cars, carry on with more, please.
SeeYou190Those are great open-top cars. I don't remember seeing a model of a freight car like those.
The club did a kitbash based on Athearn BB 40' boxcar. They plugged the doors and extended the top with styrene. Then painted and added custom decals.
George In Midcoast Maine, 'bout halfway up the Rockland branch
Here's one...
More slogan-bearing cars, please.
SPSOT fanI don’t have another picture of cars with a slogan, saddly, but perhaps someone else does..
I have one Isaac! We will keep rolling along.
gmpullman Please show more cars with slogans.
The NICKLE PLATE was very proud of their "High Speed Service".
This scene is on Mr. Muffin's Train Layout in Atlanta, Indiana.
Show me another slogan, credo, or motto.
gmpullman From the heady days of the interurban lines: IMG_5463_fix by Edmund, on Flickr IMG_5465 by Edmund, on Flickr
From the heady days of the interurban lines:
IMG_5463_fix by Edmund, on Flickr
IMG_5465 by Edmund, on Flickr
Ed, is that the old interurban line that ran from Grand Rapids to Holland Mi (but not Chicago?)? I think I know where the old line used to be, in Wyoming Mi, just west of GR is a diagonal street in an area where all the other streets are horizontal or vertical, and I’ve heard that’s the old inter urban... I just had to comment that I think I may know this obscure little line, though not by name until now!
I don’t have another picture of cars with a slogan, saddly, but perhaps someone else does...
doctorwayneI know that slogan-bearing freight cars are very popular, so please show us some more of them.
I've read where shippers shy away from having any identifying marks on their cars these days because of the negative effect in the public eye when these cars are shown in the media after being involved in wrecks and environmental disasters.
A sad reality.
Please show more cars with slogans.
SeeYou190... Show me a freight car with a slogan on it.
Show me a freight car with a slogan on it.
I had a lot of boxcars and reefers wearing this herald and slogan, but thought it to be too modern-looking when I back-dated my layout to a late '30s-era...
I know that slogan-bearing freight cars are very popular, so please show us some more of them.
G PaineBAR rebuilt a number of old 40' boxcars for wood chip service.
George: Those are great open-top cars. I don't remember seeing a model of a freight car like those.
G PaineShow me more open tops
It looks like this large gondola from MACKOWIAK STEEL is toting quite a heavy load.
BAR rebuilt a number of old 40' boxcars for wood chip service. Eastern Maine Model RR Club kitbashed and painted a bunch of Athearn boxcars to match the prototype as a fund raising project.
Show me more open tops
SeeYou190Show me another car without a top. Gondola, flat, hopper, whatever.
A couple of open-top cars are being unloaded with the big electro-magnet:
IMG_7309 by Edmund, on Flickr
More open-top cars, please.
HO-VeloMore open top hoppers please, regards, Peter
STRATTON AND GILLETTE open top hopper cars loaded with coal.
Show me another car without a top. Gondola, flat, hopper, whatever.
More open top hoppers please, regards, Peter
Ed: "Another Hopper, please."
A Burlington Northern 4-bay hopper with a coal load.
More hoppers.
Remember its your railroad
Allan
Track to the BRVRR Website: http://www.brvrr.com/
SeeYou190Show me any hopper car.
A work-a-day "Ore Jenny" from the Bessemer:
BLE_ore by Edmund, on Flickr
Another Hopper, please.
HarrisonHow 'bout another scene with a grain hopper?
Here are a few on the Athens Interlocking Railroaders modular HO scale show layout.
Show me any hopper car.
D&H train RW-6 passes the West Gemmill grain elevator with a couple of autos at the office.
How 'bout another scene with a grain hopper?
Harrison
Homeschooler living In upstate NY a.k.a Northern NY.
Modeling the D&H in 1978.
Route of the famous "Montreal Limited"
My YouTube
SeeYou190Show me another scene with an automobile.
IMG_9732_fix_w by Edmund, on Flickr
Mort U. Airy's funeral home has a new Cadillac hearse!
Another scene with an automobile, please.
24 hours... Getting a bump to the top.
Show me another scene with an automobile.
SeeYou190Show me another scene with a statue.
A couple stroll in Memorial Park:
IMG_6325_fix by Edmund, on Flickr
Please show me another park-like scene, with or without statuary.
HO-VeloYes, more water scenes please. Regards, Peter
One of my favorites:
Show me another scene with a statue.