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Jarrell's Show Me Something — August 2021

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Sunday, August 15, 2021 12:21 AM

gmpullman
More trumped-up names, please.

OK, if you twist my arm...

The NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC/SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC:

More of the fake names please.

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Posted by gmpullman on Saturday, August 14, 2021 11:26 PM

tankertoad135
Any more fictitious road names out there?Cowboy

Here's a borrowed NW2 from the Middlefield Central and Terminal working the hot metal job:

 IMG_5330_fix by Edmund, on Flickr

More trumped-up names, please.

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Posted by tankertoad135 on Saturday, August 14, 2021 11:13 PM

A pair of Oregon Central Baldwins ready for daily switching chores.

 

Any more fictitious road names out there?Cowboy

 

 

Don; Prez, CEO or whatever of the Wishram, Oregon and Western RRGeeked

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Saturday, August 14, 2021 10:45 PM

Heartland Division CB&Q
Please show more fictional names.

OK... Track Fiddler said he liked TURTLE CREEK, so here is one of mine:

Someone else will need to change the request.

For now... Please show me more fictional names.

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Posted by Heartland Division CB&Q on Saturday, August 14, 2021 10:12 PM

Each of the towns on my railroad has a fictional name. This one is called "Valley Heights" . The name, if you think about it, is an oymoron. 

 

Please show more fictional names. 

 

GARRY

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Posted by BRVRR on Saturday, August 14, 2021 9:52 PM

TF: "More fictitious names please."

The Black River Railroad is named after the river that flows through my town. The loco and caboose are the only "home road" equipment on the layout.

More fictitious names please.

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Posted by Track fiddler on Saturday, August 14, 2021 9:31 PM

I have to tell you I like that green Turtle Creek passenger car of yours ShaneYes

There's a good thing for good people in Minnesota here to help a turtle cross the street. 

I have stopped my truck on the side of the road and helped a turtle cross the street so many times.  People honk at me and think I'm wacked!

The turtles in the spring always cross the roads and highways to go lay their eggs and then come back.  A lot of them are not making it across or back anymore.

I'm kind of a whack job but I always stop to help a turtle cross the streetYes

 

More fictitious names pleaseSmile

 

 

 

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Posted by NVSRR on Saturday, August 14, 2021 9:12 PM

Turtle creek!

More ficticious names please.

Shane

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Saturday, August 14, 2021 6:11 PM

Track fiddler
More unique freight cars please.

I don't know how long you guys will want to do unique/ficticious roadnames, but I can keep this up almost indefinitely!

Here are a couple from the DIAMONDBACK AND WESTERN:

Show me another ficticious roadname!

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Posted by Track fiddler on Saturday, August 14, 2021 4:51 PM

SeeYou190

Show me another freight car decorated for a railroad that never existed in real life.

-Kevin

 
That would be the Pepe Le Pew EditionWhistling
 
 
I forgot who ordered it when it came in the mailIndifferent  Must have been one of those nights when I was one beer short of a six-packLaugh
 
 
 
More unique freight cars please.
 
 
 
P.S.  I highly doubt this boxcar will ever be awarded Micro-Trains trucksLaugh
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Posted by SeeYou190 on Saturday, August 14, 2021 4:32 PM

Track fiddler
The flash was a little too bright but this should brighten up your day

That did help! Thank you. Smile

Tin Can II
Is your 2-8-0 repairable?

It might be. It makes a loud clicking with a jerking motion going forward. It was killed when a truck screw backed out of a freight car and snagged on a crossing. The engine was halted abruptly and has clicked ever since.

It has since been replaced with an Elesco Feedwater Heater equipped PFM/United MA & PA consolidation, so it might be permanently relegated to the photo-prop fleet.

gmpullman
Again, another wagon-top or PRR round-top box car OR steam.

When Fox Valley Models released their beautiful M-53 B&O wagontop boxcars, they were nice enough to letter some for Tony Koester's ALLEGHENY MIDLAND, so I could include this wonderful model in my Fleet Of Nonsense.

Show me another freight car decorated for a railroad that never existed in real life.

-Kevin

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Posted by gmpullman on Saturday, August 14, 2021 3:28 PM

Track fiddler
More cool Steamers or a wagon top box car please.

A B&O Wagontop showed up in the car shop the other day:

 Car_shop by Edmund, on Flickr

Again, another wagon-top or PRR round-top box car OR steam.

Ed

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Posted by Tin Can II on Saturday, August 14, 2021 12:41 PM

Is your 2-8-0 repairable?

I have Bachmann Spectrum 2-8-0 that freewheels; and the motor does not run.  I made one half-hearted attempt to take it apart, but I didn't get very far and I put it back together.  Not sure what to do with it; it does look very nice. 

 

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Posted by Track fiddler on Saturday, August 14, 2021 12:23 PM

SeeYou190
 

 
 
The flash was a little too bright but this should brighten up your daySmile
 
 
 
More cool Steamers or a wagon top box car please.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Posted by SeeYou190 on Saturday, August 14, 2021 10:50 AM

gmpullman
Another steam engine, please.

My (now inoperative) Bachmann 2-8-0 rolling through some dense woodlands.

Show me another steam locomotive to brighten up my dreary Saturday.

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Posted by gmpullman on Saturday, August 14, 2021 3:46 AM

SeeYou190
Some more multi-car/truck photos if you please.

Cars, trucks and buses mingle on the road to the city:

 Helper City by Edmund, on Flickr

Another steam engine, please.

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Friday, August 13, 2021 3:49 PM

BRVRR
More multi-car/truck photos please.

There are a handful of class 8 articulated lorries in this scene. This is a picture of a module on the Pasco County Model Railroader's HO scale train show layout.

Some more multi-car/truck photos if you please.

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Posted by BRVRR on Friday, August 13, 2021 1:26 PM

Kevin: "Show me another scene with multiple automobiles."

Not so much automobiles as trucks, but there are acouple of cars in the lower left corner. A UP excursion train passes at top.

More multi-car/truck photos please.

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Thursday, August 12, 2021 3:16 PM

Heartland Division CB&Q
Urban scene: .... Downtown Heartland

Downtown Heartland is a beautiful place.

Heartland Division CB&Q
Please show another urban scene. 

This is about as urban as I can get with my photo-prop diorama. Sorry about the farm field on the right.

Show me another scene with multiple automobiles.

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Posted by Heartland Division CB&Q on Thursday, August 12, 2021 2:31 PM

Urban scene: .... Downtown Heartland

 

Please show another urban scene. 

GARRY

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Posted by HO-Velo on Thursday, August 12, 2021 11:21 AM

NorthBrit
To the delight of the grandchildren.

 

Little kids and big kids love model trains.

Ed, Adore your Union Sta. shots, facinating to say the least.

More urban.  Regards, Peter 

 

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Posted by NorthBrit on Thursday, August 12, 2021 7:34 AM

Ed  --  A busy urban scene

With passengers on the train

 

To the delight of the grandchildren.

 

 

More urban scenes

 

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Posted by gmpullman on Thursday, August 12, 2021 5:13 AM

Track fiddler
Another busy Urban scene or some logging please.

Things are hoppin' in the city:

 Union_Sta_departure2_crop by Edmund, on Flickr

 Union_Sta_departure by Edmund, on Flickr

More Urban or Logging scenes, please.

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Posted by Track fiddler on Wednesday, August 11, 2021 10:26 PM

SeeYou190

Please show me another busy urban scene.

 
Urban woods
 
Vertical towering Pines reduced to shorter horizontal trunks make use of themYes  
 
 
His name was Paul and he drove South 30-50 miles everyday to retrieve pulpwood logs to bring back to Boise Cascade Urban International Falls.  I suppose he was still an Urban man while he was out in the woodsSmile, Wink & Grin
 
The skidder guy had the most stressful job in timberland harvest.  I worked on a logging crew up near the Kabetogama State Forest.  After we hooked up the cables around the trunks of the trees, his job was to wind them all up and drag them to the trucks waiting to be loaded. 
 
When the cables were retrieved those trees cocked and cantilevered Every Witch Way zig-zaging through the other trees extremely quick.  It was the skidder guy's job to make sure that no one was in the way.
 
 
If Tree Huggers would take a break so our forests could be managed appropriately separated with wide rows of Timber Harvest.  The wildfires wouldn't keep expanding. 
 
Without separated rows, there's a lot less trees to hug these days sadly to saySad
 
 
 
Multiple spans from before
Apparently I didn't have my reading glasses on that night.  A couple of the 45 cross beams look a little dainty and a couple a little too thick.  I may need to fix that.  I hate when I mix up my styrene when I put them back into the bagsIndifferent
 
 
 
Another busy Urban scene or some logging please.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Posted by SeeYou190 on Wednesday, August 11, 2021 9:26 PM

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More multiple-span bridges please.  

There is a multiple span steel truss bridge in the background of this picture.

This scene is on Mr. Muffin's Lionel Layout in Atlanta, Indiana.

Please show me another busy urban scene.

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Posted by Heartland Division CB&Q on Wednesday, August 11, 2021 8:36 AM

The Mrs. Hippy River Bridge.

More multiple-span bridges please.  

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Wednesday, August 11, 2021 12:04 AM

gmpullman
Please show a bridge with multiple spans.

There are at least two girder spans on this bridge featured on the Atlanta Interlocking Railroaders HO scale train show layout.

More multiple-span bridges please.

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Posted by gmpullman on Tuesday, August 10, 2021 10:01 PM

NorthBrit
More scenes please.

These guys really impress me!

 Draper Taper by NAPM Model Railroad Club, on Flickr

Please show a bridge with multiple spans.

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Posted by NorthBrit on Tuesday, August 10, 2021 2:49 PM

Kevin.  more scenes.

 

An old picture I know, but the rain has just stopped.  The floor is wet and there are puddles.

 

 

More scenes please.

 

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Tuesday, August 10, 2021 2:39 PM

BRVRR
Let's continue with scenes.

Hopw about an Autumn scene?

More scenes please.

-Kevin

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