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Jarrells' Show Me Something, December, 2022 Edition

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Posted by gmpullman on Saturday, December 10, 2022 8:23 PM

HO-Velo
More water scenes please.

A flagman wishes he were someplace else:

 Bascule2_sm-1 by Edmund, on Flickr

 PRR Cabin by Edmund, on Flickr

How about another cabin, van, caboose or way car?

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Posted by NorthBrit on Sunday, December 11, 2022 6:16 AM

Ed - another cabin, van, caboose or way car.

 

 IMG_5335 by David Harrison, on Flickr

 

another cabin, van, caboose or way car?

 

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Sunday, December 11, 2022 8:51 AM

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Another cabin, van, caboose or way car?

Here is one:

-Photograph by Kevin Parson

How about another cabin, van, caboose or way car?

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Posted by Track fiddler on Sunday, December 11, 2022 9:29 AM

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How about another cabin, van, caboose or way car?

Chose cabeese.

 

Another cabin, van, caboose or (what's a) way car?

 

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Sunday, December 11, 2022 9:39 AM

Track fiddler
Another cabin, van, caboose or (what's a) way car?

Here is the other SGRR steel caboose:

-Photograph by Kevin Parson

Please show me another cabin, van, caboose or whatever a way car is...

-Kevin

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Posted by tankertoad135 on Monday, December 12, 2022 3:56 PM

Here is a pair of Mt Hood cabeese for your viewing pleasure. Cowboy

Any more cabeese, er, cabooses out there paleeze? Confused

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Posted by NorthBrit on Monday, December 12, 2022 4:20 PM

Don wants a caboose.

 

Elder granddaughter has one

 

 IMG_5585 by David Harrison, on Flickr

 

Next - Anything of your choice.

 

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Posted by gmpullman on Monday, December 12, 2022 4:21 PM

Track fiddler
Another cabin, van, caboose or (what's a) way car?

(trying to work around the nettlesome FATAL 404 error)

https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=86890

The majority of the railroads in the United States call the car at the end of their trains a caboose. Other common names are hacks, crummies, vans, cabin cars, or shacks. But why did the Burlington call theirs a waycar? It is believed that the term originated around the turn of the century [1900], coming from older passenger cars that had been converted for use as "Way Freight Rider Cars" or "Way Freight Cabooses." Because of it's length, the term was shortened to a single word, "Waycar." The term caught on with the employees of the Burlington, and from that time forward, the Burlington cabooses have been proudly known as waycars.

If Garry were still with us he could explain the CB&Q's use of waycar better than I could. I hear in some circles the C&NW and Santa Fe* used the term, too, but this may have been local vernacular.

https://cs.trains.com/mrr/f/13/t/275591.aspx

   *

 santa-fe-waycar-book by Edmund, on Flickr


 

Maybe on the New York Central they were called "wave cars" 'cause you could stand on the rear platform and... wave?

 NYC_19186_transfer by Edmund, on Flickr

Let's have another caboose, please.

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Posted by Track fiddler on Monday, December 12, 2022 8:22 PM

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Let's have another caboose, please.

Hi Ed.  Thanks for the interesting way/wave car infoSmile, Wink & Grin 

 

 

Similar but no cigar.

 

Edit Asked for a caboose over 24 hours ago so post whatever you please!

 

 

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Posted by gmpullman on Tuesday, December 13, 2022 9:48 PM

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Edit Asked for a caboose over 24 hours ago so post whatever you please!

The yard office and caboose track:

 caboose track by Edmund, on Flickr

Please show another track shed, yard office, section house type of RR structure.

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Wednesday, December 14, 2022 8:17 AM

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Please show another track shed, yard office, section house type of RR structure.

Tiny little yard office:

-Photograph by Kevin Parson

The above scene is on the Durango And Silverton Narrow Gauge's roundhouse museum layout.

Once again, please show us another track shed, yard office, section house type of RR structure.

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Posted by HO-Velo on Wednesday, December 14, 2022 4:52 PM

More small lineside structures please.  Regards, Peter

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Posted by NorthBrit on Thursday, December 15, 2022 6:00 AM

Peter  -  Small lineside structure.

 

Fogman's Hut.  Small white roofed building  with fog lamps inside for use in foggy weather.

 

 IMG_5302 by David Harrison, on Flickr

 

Any building of your choice.

 

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Posted by John-NYBW on Friday, December 16, 2022 5:34 PM

NorthBrit

Any building of your choice.

 

David

 

Does a flat count?

I found a picture of this coliseum on the internet, enlarged it, Photo Shopped the marguee, printed it in three sections, and mounted it on Gatorfoam to give it some depth. I'm really happy how it turned out.

The photo isn't quite sharp enough to read the marquee but the coming attractions are the Harlem Globetrotters and Bill Haley and the Comets. Perfect for my 1956 time period. 

I had considered scratchbuilding an indoor arena but even a minimum sized arena would have eaten up far to much real estate so I made this to be a background structure.

Show me something on your backdrop that you are particularly proud of. 

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Saturday, December 17, 2022 8:29 AM

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Show me something on your backdrop that you are particularly proud of. 

When Randy and I were building the portable N scale layout for Scale Rails Of Southwest Florida back in 1992, N scale backdrops were hard to find. We used the HO scale Walthers backdrops instead.

Through experimentation, we found it looked better if smaller buildings were placed near the backdrop, and the HO scale buildings just towered over them.

-Photograph by Kevin Parson

Show me another picture of a backdrop.

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Posted by NorthBrit on Saturday, December 17, 2022 11:05 AM

Kevin -  Another backdrop.

 

Beyond the platform is backdrop  at Leeds Sovereign Street.

 

 IMG_2536 (2) by David Harrison, on Flickr

 

More backdrop please

 

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Sunday, December 18, 2022 12:25 AM

NorthBrit
More backdrop please

Most of this picture is backdrop.

-Photograph by Kevin Parson

Please show me another backdrop.

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Posted by NorthBrit on Monday, December 19, 2022 9:22 AM

Kevin  - Another backdrop. 

Clarence Dock is an industrial area  of warehouses etc.

The buildings are backdrop.

 

 IMG_5237 by David Harrison, on Flickr

 

Anything of your choice, please.

 

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Monday, December 19, 2022 9:33 AM

NorthBrit
Anything of your choice, please.

Here is another one with a lot of backdrop.

-Photograph by Kevin Parson

Please show me another scene with a cluster of barrels and/or boxes.

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Posted by HO-Velo on Monday, December 19, 2022 10:51 AM

More barrels, boxes, crates.  Regards, Peter

 

 

 

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Posted by John-NYBW on Monday, December 19, 2022 12:03 PM

HO-Velo

More barrels, boxes, crates.  Regards, Peter

Looks like a busy day at the freight depot.

More barrels and/or crates, please. 

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Posted by BATMAN on Monday, December 19, 2022 1:01 PM

How about a steamer with weather curtains? Could be a toughy. Wayne?Mischief

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Posted by NorthBrit on Monday, December 19, 2022 2:40 PM

Brent wants a steamer with weather curtains.

 

The locomotive on the right has them - rolled up.

 

 IMG_2194 by David Harrison, on Flickr

 

Anymore steamers with weather curtains?

 

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Posted by gmpullman on Monday, December 19, 2022 5:07 PM

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Anymore steamers with weather curtains?

You can glimpse the clean canvas curtain just behind the fireman's side of the cab here:

 PRR_E6-away by Edmund, on Flickr

Show me anything else made of fabric, please.

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Monday, December 19, 2022 10:38 PM

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Show me anything else made of fabric, please.

I know it is not what you meant, but the "water" prop in this image is a piece of tie-dyed fabric.

-Photograph by Kevin Parson

Show me more fabric.

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Posted by NorthBrit on Tuesday, December 20, 2022 10:33 AM

Kevin  -  Fabric.

 

Curtains at the windows of the houses.

 

 IMG_5822 by David Harrison, on Flickr

 

Next -  A building of your choice.

 

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Posted by Water Level Route on Tuesday, December 20, 2022 11:30 AM

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Next -  A building of your choice.

 Photographer and Book Store by Michael, on Flickr

How about another building interior

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Posted by gmpullman on Tuesday, December 20, 2022 4:52 PM

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How about another building interior

With all the engines out on assignments the roundhouse crew can tend to some cleanup duties:

 RH_floor_b2 by Edmund, on Flickr

Another interior scene, please.

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Wednesday, December 21, 2022 10:42 AM

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Another interior scene, please.

This is the interior I built for Design Preservation Models "Skips Chicken And Ribs".

-Photographs by Kevin Parson

This model remains unfinished. I will find a place for it on the next layout.

Show me another model of a wooden building.

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Posted by HO-Velo on Wednesday, December 21, 2022 11:59 AM

More wooden structures please.  Regards, Peter

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