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Show Me Something - February 2020 Edition

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Posted by gmpullman on Tuesday, February 11, 2020 1:17 PM

doctorwayne
Please show us a car or locomotive from a non-North American railroad.

 

 IMG_0762 by Edmund, on Flickr

The Companhia Paulista de Estradas de Ferro of São Paulo, Brazil, ran five of these "Little Joe" Russa electrics along with 10 of the newer GE 5200 locomotive.

 IMG_0719 by Edmund, on Flickr

More non-North American railways, please.

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Posted by doctorwayne on Tuesday, February 11, 2020 7:10 AM

gmpullman
Anyone else? Canadian subsidiary running in the U.S.

Actually, there were at least a couple others...

Wayne

Please show us a car or locomotive from a non-North American railroad.

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Posted by gmpullman on Tuesday, February 11, 2020 12:32 AM

G Paine
Show me something from a Canadian subsidiary that runs in the USA

The Grand Trunk Western fits that bill:

 GTW_3734_2 by Edmund, on Flickr

Anyone else? Canadian subsidiary running in the U.S.

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Posted by G Paine on Monday, February 10, 2020 10:55 PM

On Boothbay Railway Village, one of the roads we model is Grand Trunk which originates in Portland, ME and is a CN subsidiary

GP9 GT 4456 is often paired with CN 1720 for display running, and similar combos were common in practice

Show me something from a Canadian subsidiary that runs in the USA

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

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Posted by Track fiddler on Monday, February 10, 2020 10:47 PM

Thanks Wayne!

I wish to be a another participant before I hit the rack.

Just believe me she was a real Canadian in her time.

More freight cars with Canadian Road names please,  per Wayne's request.

 

 

TF

 

 

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Posted by doctorwayne on Monday, February 10, 2020 10:30 PM

Track fiddler
...More freight cars made in Canada please.

The TH&B was my hometown railroad, and hoppers like this had a long service life hauling coal for both the railroad and the local steel mills...

Wayne

More Canadian roadnames on railroad cars, please.

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Posted by Track fiddler on Monday, February 10, 2020 10:29 PM

Okay close enough.

It used to be a Canadian, now it's somewhere in North Dakota Ah!

 

At least I'm playing by the rules now.

 

More Canadians please.

 

 

TF

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Posted by Track fiddler on Monday, February 10, 2020 10:04 PM

Long Live Canada eh!

Sorry I couldn't resist.

It's a 351 Windsor which was an engine made in Canada unlike the 351 Cleveland.

 

More freight cars made in Canada please.

 

 

TF

 

 

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Posted by gmpullman on Monday, February 10, 2020 9:47 PM

Harrison
How about another Canadian freight car, Eh?

One with a rainbow of colours?

 IMG_2391color by Edmund, on Flickr

More freight cars from Canadian roads, please.

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Posted by Harrison on Monday, February 10, 2020 8:55 PM

*spoiler alert* this is what I'll be posting about in WPF this week. It's my first weathering attempt.

IMG_9985

How about another Canadian freight car, Eh?

Harrison

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Posted by doctorwayne on Monday, February 10, 2020 8:17 PM

gmpullman
Any more copies of Brent's cars?

Yeah, a couple of them.  Brent, I'm uncertain if the boxcar in the foreground is the same as this one, but it at least has the stacked Canadian/Pacific/Railway...

...but I'm pretty sure that that Dominion-Fowler boxcar in the distance is a CPR car...

Wayne

Since we're here, how about showing us another freight car from a Canadian railroad, please.

 

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Posted by gmpullman on Monday, February 10, 2020 4:11 PM

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Can someone show me a copy of any of the cars in this photo?

Got the Swift Reefer but I can't tell if your outside braced box car is CN or GTW? Mine's GTW Smile

 Wood_cars by Edmund, on Flickr

 Swift_refrigerator by Edmund, on Flickr

 GTW_wood-box by Edmund, on Flickr

 

Any more copies of Brent's cars?

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Posted by BATMAN on Monday, February 10, 2020 3:29 PM

There is a boxcar in this photo.

Can someone show me a copy of any of the cars in this photo?

Brent

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Posted by L. Zhou on Monday, February 10, 2020 2:12 PM

Here's a red boxcar, a CP Rail with the multimark. 

Show me another boxcar of any color, please. ((Bonus is still valid if it is a SGRR car!))

"No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow." -Lin Yutang

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Posted by gmpullman on Monday, February 10, 2020 2:07 PM

Harrison
Show me another red boxcar (bonus if it's a SGRR car!) 

A week ago I would not have been able to fulfill this request. Thanks, Kevin!

 SGRR_31860a by Edmund, on Flickr

Show me another red boxcar (bonus if it's a SGRR car!)

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Posted by Harrison on Monday, February 10, 2020 2:00 PM

It would be hard to get this view of my layout...

IMG_8881

Show me another red boxcar (bonus if it's a SGRR car!) 

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Posted by BRVRR on Monday, February 10, 2020 1:00 PM

Wayne: "How about some more of those not-normally-viewable scenes, please."

Here is my favorite, not-normally-viewable image from the BRVRR.

 

More not-normally-viewable images, please.

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Posted by doctorwayne on Monday, February 10, 2020 7:32 AM

That's a great looking scene, Ed, with good depth of field, too!

gmpullman
Another scene, please, where a normal viewing is not possible without a camera or periscope.

A quick look in only one of my photobucket albums yielded over a dozen photos taken with the camera on-layout, allowing views otherwise unseen.  Depite that threatening-looking sky, this is one of my favourites, taken with a 2 megapixel point-and-shoot camera...

After adding the above photo, I copied it from photobucket, then edited-out the "sky"....

Wayne

How about some more of those not-normally-viewable scenes, please.

 

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Posted by gmpullman on Sunday, February 9, 2020 10:39 PM

doctorwayne
Please show me a picture taken with the camera on your layout, which let you view a scene from an angle which you wouldn't normally be able to see.

My big noggin wouldn't fit inside the roundhouse, this I'm quite sure of!

 Roundhouse1 by Edmund, on Flickr

Another scene, please, where a normal viewing is not possible without a camera or periscope. 

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Posted by doctorwayne on Sunday, February 9, 2020 9:26 PM

SeeYou190
Show me another blue automobile.

Here's a blue roadster at the Elfrida station...

...but I hadn't noticed, when I took the photo, that the background is actually that of the town across the aisle.  One of the benefits of occasionally putting the camera on the layout, looking back towards the aisle, yielding views that we'd otherwise never see.

Wayne

Please show me a picture taken with the camera on your layout, which let you view a scene from an angle which you wouldn't normally be able to see.

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Posted by gmpullman on Sunday, February 9, 2020 9:22 PM

SeeYou190
Show me another blue automobile. .

A blue Model A is stopped on the bridge as the driver, turned photographer, makes a quick Kodak.

 NYC_M-10_tone4 by Edmund, on Flickr

 Wood-Bridge1 by Edmund, on Flickr

Shall we find a red automobile?

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Sunday, February 9, 2020 8:34 PM

gmpullman
They used to make 'em BIG back in the day!

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They still do. Check out the ring gear on this MAN diesel engine!

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OK... back to our normally scheduled Show Me Something...

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doctorwayne
Please show us some more open loads, whether on open cars, or in cars with open doors.

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Show me another blue automobile.

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-Kevin

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Posted by doctorwayne on Sunday, February 9, 2020 8:17 PM

gmpullman
Please show me another flat car, loaded or empty.

Here's a little of both.

First the flatcar, from a Tichy kit, with the beginning of a load...

...some progress...

...getting loaded, not out of a bottle, but with the barrels from Bic pens...

...second course of pipe...

...and fully-loaded...

I still need to add some wedges, as used on pipe loads of this type, to keep things from rolling around, but the prospect of doing several cars keeps it from being at the top of my to-do list.

Wayne

Please show us some more open loads, whether on open cars, or in cars with open doors.

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Posted by Track fiddler on Sunday, February 9, 2020 7:50 PM

Wow, ... Thanks for getting back to me Ed.  I find this kind of stuff really interesting.

And that picture of that bigger Cog with the guy standing next to it.  Man!  he does look small in comparison.  I hope you don't mind I copied that oneSmile, Wink & Grin

 

Thanks Ed

 

Okay then,  let's carry on with our regular scheduled programSmile

 

 

TF

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Posted by gmpullman on Sunday, February 9, 2020 7:14 PM

Track fiddler
And that's a heck of a large Cog it's hauling.

They used to make 'em BIG back in the day!

 Mesta-Cog by Edmund, on Flickr

Track fiddler
How many few inches does that thing ride above the rails in the center anyway?

I believe I read the specs on these cars and it was 4½". That may have been the even bigger Queen Mary FD2 depressed-center car. ([edit] I just checked the diagram and the car floor has a 7-5/8" clearance above the rail).

Some well cars were open on the bottom. This is actually a shop car in the photo but there were several styles of open cars.

 Mesta-Cog_0001 by Edmund, on Flickr

Then another animal were the Schnabel cars where the load was actually part of the car structure. Bachmann made a pretty decent representation.

Now, back to our regularly scheduled Show Me Smile

Regards, Ed

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Posted by Track fiddler on Sunday, February 9, 2020 5:44 PM

Sweeeeet!

I actually have never seen a depressed center heavy hauler well car Ed.  And that's a heck of a large Cog it's hauling.

How many few inches does that thing ride above the rails in the center anyway?

 

Carry on.

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Posted by gmpullman on Sunday, February 9, 2020 5:21 PM

Track fiddler
More six wheel trucks please.  

Well, well, how about a PRR F33 well car?

 IMG_9796_fix by Edmund, on Flickr

Please show me another flat car, loaded or empty.

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Posted by Track fiddler on Sunday, February 9, 2020 5:11 PM

Thanks Wayne. 

I didn't feel like getting out my camera and taking a fresh one.

A little out-dated as it was a Christmas time picture two years ago.

More six wheel trucks please.

 

 

TF

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Posted by doctorwayne on Sunday, February 9, 2020 4:57 PM

gmpullman
Show me a freight car with six axles, please.

Perhaps not exactly what you ordered, but it's the only freight car I have with more than four axles...

...although there are some similar 50'ers, too...

Wayne

Please show us some freight cars riding on six axles.

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Posted by gmpullman on Sunday, February 9, 2020 3:24 AM

doctorwayne
Show us some more steel boxcars or reefers, please.

These P30a and P78 PRR steel boxcars were pressed into troop sleeper service at the beginning of the War:

 Troop-Sleeper4_edited-1 by Edmund, on Flickr

 Troop-Sleeper by Edmund, on Flickr

After the War they returned to merchandise duty, some lasting into the late 1960s.

Show me a freight car with six axles, please.

 

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