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Jarrell's Show Me Something! April, 2020

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Posted by Heartland Division CB&Q on Saturday, April 4, 2020 9:32 PM

Mainline steam ..... a 2-10-2

 

More mainline steam please. 

GARRY

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Posted by doctorwayne on Saturday, April 4, 2020 10:17 PM

Heartland Division CB&Q
...More mainline steam please.

Here's the EG&E's 4807, northbound with a passenger train on the Grand Valley's track to Mount Forest...

(Aerial photo courtesy of Secord Air Services)

Wayne

More mainline steam, please.

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Posted by G Paine on Saturday, April 4, 2020 10:32 PM

This is what maineline steam looks like on Maine 2 foot gauge at Boothbay Railway Village layout

Show me a branch line steam locomotive

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

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Sunday, April 5, 2020 1:46 AM

G Paine
Show me a branch line steam locomotive

Here is a steam locomotive running down the branch line towards Manchester.

Show me any steam locomotive coupled to a boxcar.

-Kevin

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Posted by gmpullman on Sunday, April 5, 2020 2:07 AM

SeeYou190
Show me any steam locomotive coupled to a boxcar.

Or more —

 NYC_L3a_Pacemaker by Edmund, on Flickr

More steam-powered freights, please.

Cheers, Ed

 

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Posted by BRVRR on Sunday, April 5, 2020 12:09 PM

Ed: "More steam-powered freights, please."

New York Central Mikado #9519 at the head of a freight train passes NYC Hudson #5335 waiting for passenger pick-up at Black River Station.

Let's continue with steam-powered freights, please.

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Sunday, April 5, 2020 12:46 PM

BRVRR
Let's continue with steam-powered freights, please.

Here is one...

Show me another freight train.

-Kevin

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Posted by middleman on Sunday, April 5, 2020 6:39 PM

Another freight train:

Please show me a passenger train.

Mike

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Posted by gmpullman on Sunday, April 5, 2020 7:30 PM

middleman
Please show me a passenger train.

One of the Pennsy big shots is travelling tonight —

 IMG_9931_fix by Edmund, on Flickr

Another passenger train, please.

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Monday, April 6, 2020 12:41 AM

gmpullman
Another passenger train, please.

One passenger train as requested:

Show me another train on a bridge.

-Kevin

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Posted by "JaBear" on Monday, April 6, 2020 12:56 AM

Night Persihable (2) by Bear, on Flickr

Please show me another train on a bridge. 

Smile

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Posted by gmpullman on Monday, April 6, 2020 3:13 AM

Please show me another train on a bridge. 

A Pair of B&O EM-1s make a nice scene!

 EM1_HighIron by Edmund, on Flickr

Another train/bridge scene, please.

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Posted by HO-Velo on Monday, April 6, 2020 11:00 AM

Ed, What grand art, just superb. 

Crossing the float bridge.  More trains on a bridge please.  Regards, Peter

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Posted by Track fiddler on Monday, April 6, 2020 11:11 AM

Thanks Peter  Nice looking modeling guys.  I hope this somewhat crude photograph of a train on an unfinished bridge counts.

More trains on a bridge please.

 

 

TF

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Posted by doctorwayne on Monday, April 6, 2020 4:39 PM

Track fiddler
More trains on a bridge please.

Folks are probably getting tired of seeing this one, but it's still one of my favourites...

Wayne

Show us some more trains on bridges, please.

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Posted by Track fiddler on Monday, April 6, 2020 5:57 PM

doctorwayne

 

Folks are probably getting tired of seeing this one, but it's still one of my favourites...

 

 

Well....I'm not,  in fact it's one of my favorite bridge scenes.

 

Carry on with Wayne's request.  Show us some more trains on bridges, please.

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Monday, April 6, 2020 10:23 PM

Track fiddler
Well....I'm not, in fact it's one of my favorite bridge scenes. Carry on with Wayne's request. Show us some more trains on bridges, please.

This is an older picture from the 30 by 30 photoprop diorama.

Show me an older picture you have shared before.

-Kevin

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Posted by tbdanny on Tuesday, April 7, 2020 6:05 AM

Here's one I still have on my photo hosting site, from when I first built it a couple of years ago.  Pebble River Mining loco no. 28:

Show me something built from or containing models of multiple scales.

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Posted by G Paine on Tuesday, April 7, 2020 11:14 AM

A kitbashed HOn30 critter with a Bachmenn N scale mechanism on the Boothbay Railway Village layout

Show me another narrow gauge train

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

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Tuesday, April 7, 2020 12:39 PM

G Paine
Show me another narrow gauge train

The First Coast Modelers are based out of Saint Augustine, Florida. This is a scene on their magnificent On30 sectional layout.

Show me a tree or shrub in a scene.

-Kevin

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Posted by tbdanny on Tuesday, April 7, 2020 2:14 PM

It's an older photo, but here's the first trees on my layout:

Show me something articulated.

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Posted by gmpullman on Tuesday, April 7, 2020 2:22 PM

tbdanny
Show me something articulated.

These Cleveland Union Terminal P-1a locomotives are 2-C+C-2 articulateds.

 IMG_6782_fix by Edmund, on Flickr

Another articulated car or locomotive, please.

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Wednesday, April 8, 2020 2:42 AM

gmpullman
Another articulated car or locomotive, please.

STRATTON AND GILLETTE 2-8-8-4 number 1968. I do not have a single picture of this locomotive on the rails because it would not fit on the 30 by 30 photo diorama.

Show me another locomotive not on the layout.

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Posted by GMTRacing on Wednesday, April 8, 2020 6:17 AM

Do telephones count?

 phone by J.R. Mitchell, on Flickr

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Posted by BRVRR on Thursday, April 9, 2020 10:54 AM

Kevin: "Show me another locomotive not on the layout."

The Hogwarts Express. (A very old photo.) Retired now as the grandsons have outgrown the novelty.

More sidelined locomotives, please.

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Posted by gmpullman on Thursday, April 9, 2020 11:47 AM

BRVRR
More sidelined locomotives, please.

This 1961-era LMB New York Central Mikado is in the shop for some upgrades:

 IMG_8146_fix by Edmund, on Flickr

Please show another customized or modified locomotive.

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Posted by doctorwayne on Thursday, April 9, 2020 1:37 PM

gmpullman
Please show another customized or modified locomotive.

Here's an old Akane USRA 2-10-2 (the tender is from Bachmann)...

...and here's the same loco, re-worked into a pretty-decent representation of one of 10 that the CNR bought, used, from the B&A...

I had a couple of Bachmann's nice-running 10 Wheelers...

...but thought them a little too old fashioned -looking for my late '30s-era railroad, so upgraded them to look like this...

This IHC Mogul, based on an Espee prototype, I think, got dolled-up a bit when I first got it...

...but later got a full makeover...

I don't have a photo of this Proto USRA 0-8-0 "stock" form, as I had intended to get rid of it due to it's extremely limited pulling abilities, but after addressing that issue, I stripped it down completely, lengthening the front of the frame to accommodate the CNR-style front end treatment, and completely replaced all of the undersize piping to match a photo of a CNR prototype.  I also managed to add weight to it, correcting the otherwise anemic performance...

Wayne

Please show us some more customised locomotives.

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Posted by tbdanny on Friday, April 10, 2020 2:13 AM

My old number 3 (now number 7) started as a Bachmann On30 Forney:

It's had the rear end chopped off and replaced with a scratchbuilt tender, and the front shortened to make it an 0-4-0.

Please show me more modified engines.

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Posted by Wolf359 on Friday, April 10, 2020 12:57 PM

tbdanny

My old number 3 (now number 7) started as a Bachmann On30 Forney:

It's had the rear end chopped off and replaced with a scratchbuilt tender, and the front shortened to make it an 0-4-0.

Please show me more modified engines.

 

Wow! You're very talented with these scratchbuilds and kitbashes. If I may go off topic from the thread for a moment, how did you scratchbuild your tender? What materials and techniques did you use? I've been thinking about building an auxiliary tender for one of my steamers for quite some time now, but I've never been entirely sure of the best way to go about it. I'd also like to say that I've really enjoyed all the photos everyone has posted so far. Keep 'em coming!

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Posted by ckape on Friday, April 10, 2020 10:26 PM

IAIS 6988 is a Chinese locomotive that has been Americanized, and the same is true of my model.  It started out as a Bachmann China QJ and I removed the shroud around the stack, built a new feedwater heater (since the molded on on wasn't very good and wasn't going to survive the shroud removal process anyway), plugged the old headlight mounts on the front, added an American headlight, class lights, bell, and whistle, and added a bit of plumbing that wasn't really visible before, and a bunch of various other details, plus of course the paint job and custom decals

Show me me some modified motive power or rolling stock

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