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Jarrell Show Me Something: February 2021

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Posted by NorthBrit on Monday, February 1, 2021 5:14 AM

Any photo subject.  --

Watching the train.

 


Next  -  Another scene of your choice.

 

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Posted by NVSRR on Monday, February 1, 2021 5:16 AM

the postwar layout

 

I dont have one overll shot of the HO layout so

Here is one of a local coming off the Buffalo run branch and wil be backing into the yard.

 We reposition and there it is backing into the yard. 

 

More any subject pics please.

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Posted by NVSRR on Monday, February 1, 2021 5:22 AM
Is that a class 20 David? Shane

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Posted by rogerhensley on Monday, February 1, 2021 5:28 AM

Ah, a little scene with one loco waiting on another...

Another scene if you will.

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Posted by NorthBrit on Monday, February 1, 2021 6:13 AM

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Is that a class 20 David? Shane
 

 

A Class 25,   Shane.    25237.  One of three I have for 'local services and goods trains.

 

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Posted by angelob6660 on Monday, February 1, 2021 12:00 PM

rogerhensley

Another scene if you will.

 
Santa fe
 At a interchange the switcher pulls a hotbox Maxi well car off the main train.
 
More Other scenes please.

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Posted by BRVRR on Monday, February 1, 2021 12:47 PM

Roger: "More Other scenes please."

A favorite of mine. 

More "Other" scenes please.

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Posted by NorthBrit on Monday, February 1, 2021 1:36 PM

BRVRR  --   Other scenes

 

 

More Scenes

 

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Posted by gmpullman on Monday, February 1, 2021 3:25 PM

More scene:

 Pave_crew-1 by Edmund, on Flickr

Please show a scene.

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Posted by HO-Velo on Monday, February 1, 2021 8:09 PM

More scenes please.  Regards, Peter

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Tuesday, February 2, 2021 2:04 AM

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More scenes please.  Regards, Peter

This scene shows a heavy 4-8-4 pulling out of an enginehouse behind my wife's favorite pink cadillac.

Show me another scene.

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Posted by Heartland Division CB&Q on Tuesday, February 2, 2021 12:06 PM

Here is a scene with the covered bridge over Standing Falls. 

 

Another scene, please. 

 

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Posted by JDCoop on Tuesday, February 2, 2021 6:43 PM

Here is a work in progress scene:

And I'm not going to greak the chain, so please show us another scene....

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Posted by NorthBrit on Wednesday, February 3, 2021 5:33 AM

After the rain  we get puddles.   Clear varnish  with a piece of very thin plastic on top.  Debris  (in this case tiny pieces of coal)   scattered around.   Clear varnish on the paths giving the impression of being still wet after the rainfall.

 

 

More scenes

 

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Posted by Ringo58 on Wednesday, February 3, 2021 9:01 AM

SOO (EX MILW) 4510 GP38-2 spots a few cars at the bakery. 

More scenes please!

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Posted by BRVRR on Wednesday, February 3, 2021 3:22 PM

Ringo: "More scenes please!"

Spotting a car on the team track.

More scenes please.

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Posted by BATMAN on Wednesday, February 3, 2021 5:52 PM

Man and his dog pee break at the elevator.

 

More scenes, please.

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Posted by gmpullman on Wednesday, February 3, 2021 6:51 PM

 

BATMAN
More scenes, please.

 

In the Roundhouse:

 Roundhouse_pane by Edmund, on Flickr

 Roundhouse1_tone by Edmund, on Flickr

More scenes, please. Bonus for steam!

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Posted by PC101 on Wednesday, February 3, 2021 8:37 PM

Show more scenes please. Sorry no Steam bonus here.

Show more scenes for us please. Bonus for Steam.

 

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Posted by L. Zhou on Wednesday, February 3, 2021 8:50 PM

JF Class with the short distance slow train waiting to depart from the yard. Class 22 baggage car is behind. 

Show us a steam locomotive, any steam locomotive. 

"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 SeeYou190 on Wednesday, February 3, 2021 9:29 PM

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Show us a steam locomotive, any steam locomotive. 

It is not as fancy as the JF class, I love all that red trim. However, this work-a-day 2-8-0 is certainly a steam locomotive.

Show me another locomotive pulling a train.

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Posted by BRVRR on Thursday, February 4, 2021 11:19 AM

-Kevin: "Show me another locomotive pulling a train."

UP Challenger #3985 leans into Pasture Curve at the head of a Union Pacific excursion train.

Another locomotive with train please.

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Posted by pt714 on Thursday, February 4, 2021 12:05 PM

Pulling onto the main.

Show me a train crossing a bridge.

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Posted by gmpullman on Thursday, February 4, 2021 1:11 PM

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Show me a train crossing a bridge.

 EM1_HighIron by Edmund, on Flickr

Another train-on-bridge scene, please.

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Thursday, February 4, 2021 2:14 PM

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Another train-on-bridge scene, please.

Here is a train on a bridge.

Show me another train with different types of freight cars.

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Posted by BRVRR on Thursday, February 4, 2021 2:40 PM

-Kevin: "Show me another train with different types of freight cars."

Here is a short NYC freight with two kinds of freight cars.

More freight trains please.

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Posted by NVSRR on Thursday, February 4, 2021 5:33 PM

A train with different cars.

More train with various frieght cars.  Under a bridge please.

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Posted by NorthBrit on Saturday, February 6, 2021 11:03 AM

Over 24 hours  --  A Wildcard

 

 

Next --  Wood.  (your interpretation.)

 

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Posted by gmpullman on Saturday, February 6, 2021 11:37 AM

NorthBrit
Next --  Wood.  (your interpretation.)

Wood.

 NKP_FLat-1945 by Edmund, on Flickr

More of something with wood, please.

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Posted by HO-Velo on Saturday, February 6, 2021 12:21 PM

More wood loads please.  Regards, Peter

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Posted by G Paine on Saturday, February 6, 2021 2:40 PM

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More wood loads please

A 70 ton pulpwood car

Show me something else from the logging industry

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Posted by BRVRR on Sunday, February 7, 2021 11:46 AM

G Paine: "Show me something else from the logging industry."

Zachary's little three-truck Shay on its maiden voyage in 2005.

How about a track-side industry?

 

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Sunday, February 7, 2021 11:38 PM

BRVRR
How about a track-side industry?

A boxcar being spotted at Handleman's Hinges.

Show me another trackside industry.

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Posted by NorthBrit on Monday, February 8, 2021 4:23 AM

Kevin  -  Another trackside industry

 

T & J Harrison   Small Arms & Munitions 

 

 

Next  -  Something not related to the railroad.

 

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Posted by BRVRR on Monday, February 8, 2021 5:33 PM

David: "Next - something not related to the railroad."

Sailplane.

Anything not railroad related.

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Posted by HO-Velo on Monday, February 8, 2021 8:31 PM

More non-railroad related.  Regards, Peter

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Posted by Track fiddler on Monday, February 8, 2021 8:39 PM

HO-Velo

More non-railroad related.  Regards, Peter

 

Nice building next to Yellow Cab PeterYes and Yellow Cab too for that matter!

 

OK

A hot pink Estes Rocket I built. 

I could have used a little professional help in my decal application from one of you guys.  It turned out cloudy

Two birds in hand are better than one in the bush unless it applies to an Estes Rocket recovered about a mile or so across Highway 494.

 

More non-related railroad items please

 

 

 

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Tuesday, February 9, 2021 3:27 AM

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More non-related railroad items please

Not a train in sight in this scene on Mr. Muffin's Lionel layout in Atlanta, Indiana, but there is a Buick.

Show me another scene with an automobile.

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Posted by NorthBrit on Tuesday, February 9, 2021 4:59 AM

Kevin  --  A scene with an automobile

 

Is  Reg Pankhurst locking his car door and arriving at work, or  is he unlocking the  door and going home?

 

 

More automobile scenes

 

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Posted by gmpullman on Tuesday, February 9, 2021 9:54 AM

NorthBrit
More automobile scenes

Ready to head home:

 Troop-Sleeper4 by Edmund, on Flickr

More automobiles, please.

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Tuesday, February 9, 2021 1:26 PM

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More automobiles, please.

The beige convertible.

Show me another automobile please.

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Posted by BRVRR on Tuesday, February 9, 2021 2:04 PM

-Kevin: "Show me another automobile please."

A Karmen Ghia and a '55 Chevy. The pickup is a bonus.

More autos please.

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Posted by chatanuga on Tuesday, February 9, 2021 6:02 PM

New autos on their way to dealers.

Please show me another open load.

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Posted by NVSRR on Tuesday, February 9, 2021 7:01 PM

MOW open load.

Lets see more open loads please

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Posted by gmpullman on Tuesday, February 9, 2021 9:36 PM

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Lets see more open loads please

Coiled steel:

 P-C-G43 by Edmund, on Flickr

Yet more open loads, please.

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Tuesday, February 9, 2021 10:55 PM

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Yet more open loads, please.

A big crate in a gondola car:

Yet more open loads, please.

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Posted by NorthBrit on Wednesday, February 10, 2021 4:23 AM

Kevin  --  More open loads.

 

 

More open loads

 

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Wednesday, February 10, 2021 10:29 AM

NorthBrit
More open loads

A load of wood scraps in a gondola.

Show me another wooden building, a plastic model of a wooden building is OK too.

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Posted by Track fiddler on Wednesday, February 10, 2021 10:58 AM

Nice!

I have never seen that view before.  You do very well in your staging KevinYes  Shear Talent

Another wooden building please, plastic is okay too

 

 

 

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Posted by gmpullman on Wednesday, February 10, 2021 11:52 AM

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Another wooden building please, plastic is okay too

This yard office is a wood laserkit.

 Yard_office4 by Edmund, on Flickr

More wooden structures, please.

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Posted by BRVRR on Wednesday, February 10, 2021 12:06 PM

Ed: "More wooden structures, please."

Not too exotic. This little wood structure has benn kicking around on the layout for years and has been repurposed numerous times. A few pieces of balsa and some .005" styrene. Here it is in one of its identies:

More wood or plastic structures please.

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Wednesday, February 10, 2021 12:10 PM

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I have never seen that view before.  You do very well in your staging Kevin  Shear Talent

Thank you for the kind words. Some of the staging turns out well, but there are a lot of lower tier results too. Sometimes I don't really know how an image looks until I post it in here and see it in context.

BRVRR
This little wood structure has benn kicking around on the layout for years and has been repurposed numerous times. A few pieces of balsa and some .005" styrene. Here it is in one of its identies:

That is great that the little structure has an interesting history behind it.

BRVRR
More wood or plastic structures please.

This wooden barn is made from resin.

Show me another "wooden" structure that is not made from real wood please.

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Posted by NorthBrit on Thursday, February 11, 2021 11:09 AM

Kevin.  A wooden structure not made of wood

A wooden 7 plank wagon and load  all made from plastic.  The load lifts out.

 

 

Next  -  Coal.   Your choice

 

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Posted by gmpullman on Thursday, February 11, 2021 11:30 AM

NorthBrit
Next  -  Coal.   Your choice

Working the breaker:

 IMG_7345_fix by Edmund, on Flickr

 IMG_7347_fix by Edmund, on Flickr

 

More coal, please.

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Posted by BRVRR on Thursday, February 11, 2021 11:41 AM

Ed: "More coal, please."

New York Central F7s head up a coal drag on the west bound mainline as a Pennsy FA2 and FA do the same on the eastbound mainline.

Let's continue with the coal industry.

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Posted by HO-Velo on Thursday, February 11, 2021 2:00 PM

'Pour on the coal' please.  Regards, Peter

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Posted by PC101 on Friday, February 12, 2021 8:49 PM

Poor on the coal.

Show more coal please.

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Posted by NorthBrit on Saturday, February 13, 2021 5:42 AM

More coal

An old photo of building a small coal yard.

 

Next  -  Water (Your Choice)

 

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Posted by HO-Velo on Saturday, February 13, 2021 12:48 PM

More water please.  Regards, Peter

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Saturday, February 13, 2021 1:11 PM

HO-Velo
More water please.

The end of a freight train passing by a lake.

Show me another water feature, please.

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Posted by NorthBrit on Sunday, February 14, 2021 12:51 PM

Kevin -  A water feature.

After the rain.   A Puddle.

 

 

Next  -  A wildcard.

 

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Posted by BATMAN on Sunday, February 14, 2021 12:57 PM

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Next  -  A wildcard.

The model.

 

The prototype.

 

Please show me another model/prototype combo. Same #.

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Posted by gmpullman on Sunday, February 14, 2021 1:15 PM

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Please show me another model/prototype combo. Same #.

The Model:

 IMG_6789_fix by Edmund, on Flickr

 IMG_6782_fix by Edmund, on Flickr

 

The Prototype:

 CUT_P1a_214 by Edmund, on Flickr

 

Please show me another model/prototype combo. Same #.

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Posted by BRVRR on Sunday, February 14, 2021 8:40 PM

Ed: "Please show me another model/prototype combo. Same #.

The model: NYC E8 #4053, one of only three locomotives painted the NYC Jade Green.

The prototype: I couldn't find a 'stand alone' photo on short notice.

 More model/Prototype pairs please. Locos, cars etc.

 

 

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Posted by BRVRR on Tuesday, February 16, 2021 10:44 AM

I didn't mean to kill the thread. How about another E-unit, any road:

More E-units, please.

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Tuesday, February 16, 2021 11:36 AM

BRVRR
More E-units, please.

ACL E Units on a Lionel layout I saw at a train show in Florida.

Show me another colorful diesel locomotive.

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Posted by chatanuga on Tuesday, February 16, 2021 5:59 PM

Colorful Chessie System

Show me more colorful rolling stock.

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Posted by gmpullman on Tuesday, February 16, 2021 6:39 PM

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Show me more colorful rolling stock.

Colorful, at night:

 Amtrak Lineup by Edmund, on Flickr

More colorful, please.

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Posted by NorthBrit on Wednesday, February 17, 2021 5:26 AM

Ed.  More colorful

The most colorful locomotive I have.

 

 

Next.  Anything colorful

 

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Posted by dti406 on Wednesday, February 17, 2021 12:02 PM

NorthBrit

Next.  Anything colorful

David

Best I can do, the DT&I Bi-Centennial GP38-2!

More colorfull trains.

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Posted by gmpullman on Wednesday, February 17, 2021 1:42 PM

dti406
More colorfull trains.

This EMD E8 Demonstrator should qualify:

 EMD_Demo2 by Edmund, on Flickr

 

Show me more colorful railroad equipment, please.

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Posted by Ringo58 on Wednesday, February 17, 2021 2:53 PM

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WSOR 4051 is quite a bit more colorful than the EX SP 6660

Show me a one color locomotive, any color!

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Wednesday, February 17, 2021 3:13 PM

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Show me a one color locomotive, any color!

Here is a LOUISVILLE AND NASHVILLE F unit in basic black. This is on the HO scale layout at the Kentucky Railroad Museum.

Show me another monochromatic locomotive.

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Posted by NorthBrit on Thursday, February 18, 2021 6:33 AM

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Show me another monochromatic locomotive.

-Kevin 

 

 

Next -  Something you made.

 

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Posted by Ringo58 on Thursday, February 18, 2021 9:34 AM

I didn't quite make this model, But I did repaint it from The green Ontario Northland scheme to Milwaukee Road orange and black.

More things you made please

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Posted by Track fiddler on Thursday, February 18, 2021 10:18 AM

Ringo  More things that you made please

I've always loved the Holloween colors of the Milwaukee Road Ringo, Nice job! Yes

90% percent done can be the worst place to be sometimes.  The trim is not completed yet.  Actually not even started.

Skate Board Park!  How they even get up there I don't know?  The professionals skate to the leftLaughLaughLaugh

 

More things that you made please.

 

 

 

TF

 

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Posted by dti406 on Thursday, February 18, 2021 10:31 AM

Track fiddler

More things that you made please.

TF

 

Rail Yard Models Resin kit of a PC X79 Boxcar!

All parts out of the box.

Finished Car!

Show me Someting Else you made.

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Posted by BRVRR on Thursday, February 18, 2021 11:31 AM

Rick: "Show me Someting (sic) Else you made."

I din't actually make this, but I did bash it quite alot.

 

To this:

Still working on it.

More things you made or altered.

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Posted by HO-Velo on Thursday, February 18, 2021 7:02 PM

Home made pulp-wood load, more scratch builds & kit bashes.  Thanks & regards, Peter

 

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Thursday, February 18, 2021 9:33 PM

HO-Velo
More scratch builds & kit bashes.

Kitbashed Tyco gondola car:

Show me something else modified.

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Posted by BRVRR on Thursday, February 18, 2021 10:23 PM

Kevin: "Show me something else modified."

From this:

To this:

More scratch builds, bashes or modifications, please.

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Posted by Track fiddler on Thursday, February 18, 2021 11:37 PM

BRVRR

 

More scratch builds, bashes or modifications, please.

 

More scratch builds, kit bashas or modifications please.

 

 

 

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Posted by rogerhensley on Friday, February 19, 2021 6:45 AM

The white building in the front of the photo is scratch built. Unfortunately, you can't see the front, but that's the way it goes.

More scratch or custom builds if you please.

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Posted by NorthBrit on Friday, February 19, 2021 6:49 AM

 

 

More scratchbuilt or kit built items.

 

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Posted by gmpullman on Friday, February 19, 2021 9:26 PM

NorthBrit
More scratchbuilt or kit built items.

 

Here's a DL&W poured concrete tower built from a laser-cut kit — Before:

 DLW_tower1 by Edmund, on Flickr

During:

 DLW_tower5 by Edmund, on Flickr

and after:

 DLnW_tower by Edmund, on Flickr

Please show another before & after scene or project.

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Posted by chatanuga on Friday, February 19, 2021 10:03 PM

Start of a diorama that I made.

And the final result.

Show me more before and after.

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Posted by HO-Velo on Friday, February 19, 2021 10:10 PM

More before & after, regards, Peter

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Posted by middleman on Saturday, February 20, 2021 9:30 AM

Terrific scene,Peter. I love before and afters!

Before:

After:

More of the same,please.

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Posted by pt714 on Saturday, February 20, 2021 10:20 AM

This is my jam, too. 7 years ago, as delivered:

These days:

More before/after, please.

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Saturday, February 20, 2021 10:24 AM

pt714
More before/after, please.

Before:

After:

Please show me another black tank car.

-Kevin

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Posted by middleman on Sunday, February 21, 2021 10:48 AM

Black tank cars:

Please show one or more reefers.

Mike

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Posted by gmpullman on Sunday, February 21, 2021 1:42 PM

middleman
Please show one or more reefers.

A PRR R50b being switched:

 PRR_R60b by Edmund, on Flickr

More refrigerator cars, please.

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Posted by HO-Velo on Sunday, February 21, 2021 1:57 PM

More reefer cars please. Regards, Peter

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Posted by BRVRR on Sunday, February 21, 2021 2:20 PM

"More reefer cars, please." - Peter

A Bookey refrigerated car being spotted on the Black River team track.

How about a grain boxcar?

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Posted by NorthBrit on Monday, February 22, 2021 7:17 AM

A Grain Boxcar --

Hudson Ward  Flour Millers  boxcar at Hudson Ward's building.

 

 

Next - A Station

 

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Posted by BATMAN on Monday, February 22, 2021 10:45 AM

There is that little Atlas station that shows up on so many layouts. I was given it for my 50th birthday it was the first structure I built returning to the hobby.

 

Please show me the first structure you built for your current layout.

Brent

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Posted by angelob6660 on Monday, February 22, 2021 1:12 PM

BATMAN

Please show me the first structure you built for your current layout. 

My first structure is a bridge. A BLMA kit that going in the desert scene by the principal highway.

Bridge

It was place on the layout then removed for scenery application.  Sitting on the VCR for 3 years now.

 

Show me more first built current structures on the layout. 

Modeling the G.N.O. Railway, The Diamond Route.

Amtrak America, 1971-Present.

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Posted by gmpullman on Monday, February 22, 2021 4:27 PM

angelob6660
Show me more first built current structures on the layout. 

My Union Station was built in 1995 during the layout construction. It still stands:

 HO_early_0006 by Edmund, on Flickr

   — and more recently:

 Union Station by Edmund, on Flickr

Soon to be replaced with this imposing red brick structure:

 Walthers_Everett-Station-open by Edmund, on Flickr

More scenes showing your first layout structures, please.

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Posted by BRVRR on Monday, February 22, 2021 10:55 PM

Ed: "More scenes showing your first layout structures, please."

My two-stall engine house, an IHC kit, was the first structure built for the Black River Valley RR. The water tower an Atlas kit, soon followed. Both structures are still on the layout.

More scenes with first layout structures.

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Tuesday, February 23, 2021 11:48 PM

24 HOURS

Bump To The Top

Here is a truck and a train.

Please show me another picture with a roadway running next to the railroad tracks.

-Kevin

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Posted by gmpullman on Tuesday, February 23, 2021 11:57 PM

SeeYou190
Please show me another picture with a roadway running next to the railroad tracks.

Pacing the Capitol:

 BnO_E6_Capitol by Edmund, on Flickr

Another scene showing parallel tracks and roads, please.

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Posted by BRVRR on Thursday, February 25, 2021 10:30 AM

Let's get the thread moving again. Its been more than 24 hours so: 

The road is not parallel to the tracks, but perpendicular.

More trains at crossings, please.

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Posted by middleman on Thursday, February 25, 2021 10:44 AM

Approaching the crossing:

How about a "going away" shot of a train?

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Posted by NorthBrit on Thursday, February 25, 2021 11:04 AM

More trains at crossings, please.

 
 
 
More trains at crossings.
 

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Posted by NVSRR on Thursday, February 25, 2021 7:06 PM

 The access road into the Snowshoe farmers coop dealer.

More grade crossing action please

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Posted by gmpullman on Thursday, February 25, 2021 8:21 PM

middleman
How about a "going away" shot of a train?

 Queen_Mary_atspeed by Edmund, on Flickr

Why are those chairs empty? I'd sure be out on the rear platform enjoying the sights and sounds.

NVSRR
More grade crossing action please

 PC_GP-9_7109 by Edmund, on Flickr

The ConRail local clears the crossing.

More "going away" shots, please.

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Thursday, February 25, 2021 10:35 PM

gmpullman
More "going away" shots, please.

A freight train disappearing into a tunnel.

Another picture of the end of a train please.

-Kevin

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Posted by Heartland Division CB&Q on Friday, February 26, 2021 10:13 AM

End of train .

 

Please show another "end of train". 

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Posted by NorthBrit on Friday, February 26, 2021 10:46 AM

Garry -  Another end of the train.

 

 

Next -  'Middle' of a train.

 

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Posted by BRVRR on Friday, February 26, 2021 12:43 PM

David: "Next- "Middle of a train."

More middle please.

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Friday, February 26, 2021 3:25 PM

BRVRR
More middle please.

Here is the middle of a train on the Orlando N-Trak group's modular N scale layout.

Show me a train car all by itself.

-Kevin

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Posted by L. Zhou on Friday, February 26, 2021 4:57 PM

A Lima British Railways mineral wagon pre-Kadee conversion on the club layout after I purchased it at a train show in 2019.  

More cars by themselves please. 

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Posted by BATMAN on Friday, February 26, 2021 5:35 PM

Here is a lonely propane tanker dropped off on a siding due to a smoking axel. I have six of these.

 

Please show me a car you have multiples of.

 

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Posted by gmpullman on Friday, February 26, 2021 7:04 PM

BATMAN
Please show me a car you have multiples of.

Got lots of PRR G38 and G39 ore gondolas:

 Hulett_under2 by Edmund, on Flickr

More multiple cars, please.

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Friday, February 26, 2021 10:25 PM

gmpullman
More multiple cars, please.

I hope two counts as multiple! Here are a pair of CENTRAL ALBERTA boxcars.

More "more-than-one-of-a-kind" freight cars please.

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Posted by BATMAN on Friday, February 26, 2021 11:16 PM

Three blurry boxcars in grain service. 

 

Show me multiple same locomotives.

Brent

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Posted by gmpullman on Friday, February 26, 2021 11:46 PM

BATMAN
Show me multiple same locomotives.

How about a GG GG GG GG GG GG 6 ?

 PRR_GGx6 by Edmund, on Flickr

More multiple locomotives, please.

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Posted by BRVRR on Saturday, February 27, 2021 9:38 AM

Ed:"More multiple locomotives, please."

Black River Yard. F7s and hood units awaiting assignment. 

Lets continue with the multiple locos.

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Posted by middleman on Saturday, February 27, 2021 9:40 AM

Big Boys:

Mikados(Ks on the Grande):

More of the same(locos),please.

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Posted by thomas81z on Saturday, February 27, 2021 11:24 AM

power on the rail lol

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Saturday, February 27, 2021 12:49 PM

Multiple Locomotives:

This scene is on the BNSF layout at the Chicago Museum Of Science And Industry.

Show me a locomotive all by itself.

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Posted by HO-Velo on Saturday, February 27, 2021 2:46 PM

More single locos please. Regards, Peter

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Posted by GMTRacing on Saturday, February 27, 2021 3:50 PM

  006 by J.R. Mitchell, on Flickr" alt="FM C-liner" />

Let it ride. More single locomotives please.

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Posted by gmpullman on Saturday, February 27, 2021 4:05 PM

GMTRacing
Let it ride. More single locomotives please.

A single PRR Q2 gets a spin on the turntable:

 Q_on_TT by Edmund, on Flickr

Another locomotive sitting all by its lonesome, please.

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Saturday, February 27, 2021 6:02 PM

gmpullman
Another locomotive sitting all by its lonesome, please.

SGRR 0-6-0 number 638 sitting and waiting.

Another lonesome locomotive please.

-Kevin

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Posted by BATMAN on Saturday, February 27, 2021 6:27 PM

Another lonely loco on a TT.

Show me a turntable with something other than a loco on it.

Brent

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