Hello, and welcome to a new month of Show Me Something, one of my very favorite threads.
I am starting out April with a tribute to one of our best that is no longer with us. This is a group of his CB&Q EMD hood unit locomotives.
-Photograph by Garry Boyd
Please show me another EMD hood unit.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
High nose SD9 sandwiched between a pair of F45s.
Please show me more EMD locomotives.
Lone Wolf and Santa FePlease show me more EMD locomotives.
An EMD BL-2, on a bridge, and in N scale:
-Photograph by Kevin Parson
Show me another of EMD's locomotives.
SeeYou190 Show me another of EMD's locomotives. -Kevin
An AB set of F-7s on the lead of a nameless passenger train at its stop in Bedford Falls.
More EMDs, please.
Another EMD for y'all.
How's 'bout more EMD!
Don; Prez, CEO or whatever of the Wishram, Oregon and Western RR
tankertoad135How's 'bout more EMD!
Swedigh meatball EMDs?
AEM_911-901_2k by Edmund, on Flickr
Let's carry on with more from LaGrange (or Cleveland)
gmpullmanLet's carry on with more from LaGrange (or Cleveland)
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
Sorry, my fistful of favorites.
Carry on.
TF
More EMD products, please.
A pair of Erie F-units bring a coal train through Bedford Falls.
Let's switch to Alcos.
John-NYBWLet's switch to Alcos.
Alco PAs on the Suncoast American Flyer Enthusiast's S scale modular layout:
She me another Alco Diesel please.
SeeYou190She me another Alco Diesel please.
Measuring that brake piston travel...
EL_7381-pit by Edmund, on Flickr
Another Alco or two, please.
gmpullmanAnother Alco or two, please.
An Alco road switcher pulling a local freight on the Orlando N Trak groupd' N scale sectional display layout:
Again, another Alco or two, please.
SeeYou190 Again, another Alco or two, please. -Kevin
Two Alcos are better than one.
Anything of your choice.
John-NYBWAnything of your choice.
Candy Stripes:
NH_300_E33a by Edmund, on Flickr
Anything else with stripes, please.
More stripes.
More stripes, please.
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
Amtrak stripes
Please show me more stripes.
Lone Wolf and Santa FePlease show me more stripes.
Diagonal Striping:
SeeYou190Please show me more stripes.
New York Central 'zebra' stripes:
PA_NYC by Edmund, on Flickr
Continue, please, with stripes...
Ed - Stripes
IMG_2516 by David Harrison, on Flickr
More Stripes please
David
To the world you are someone. To someone you are the world
I cannot afford the luxury of a negative thought
NorthBritMore Stripes please
Stripes on a covered hopper car:
The above scene was photographed on the store display layout at Dana's Railroad Supply in Spring Hill, Florida.
Show me more striping please.
SeeYou190 Show me more striping please. -Kevin
How about an REA express reefer.
Yipes, stripes. (bonus points if you can identify the 1960s ad campaign that used this expression).
I love stripes.
John-NYBWYipes, stripes. (bonus points if you can identify the 1960s ad campaign that used this expression).
I used to really like Fruit Stripe gum!
Broad, colorful stripes (perhaps a carload of Fruit Stripe gum flavorings?)
IMG_2391color by Edmund, on Flickr
Stripes seem popular, more stripes, please.
gmpullman John-NYBW Yipes, stripes. (bonus points if you can identify the 1960s ad campaign that used this expression). I used to really like Fruit Stripe gum!
John-NYBW Yipes, stripes. (bonus points if you can identify the 1960s ad campaign that used this expression).
I liked Fruit Stripe gum too. In fact, just thinking about it gives me the cravings for some which I probably haven't chewed in over 50 years.
I'm surprised they were still using the slogan in 1991 although not the full jingle.
Yipes, stripes, Beech-Nut's got 'em
Yipes, stripes, in Fruit Stripe Gum
Yipes, stripes, five different flavors
Buy Beech-Nut, by gum
gmpullmanStripes seem popular, more stripes, please.
One big wide stripe.
More stripes please.
Kevin - More stripes
IMG_5277 by David Harrison, on Flickr
More stripes please
NorthBritMore stripes please
Stripes on an N Scale mode of a Stratton And Gillette trailer:
Shopw me another trailer on a flat car.
SeeYou190 Shopw me another trailer on a flat car. -Kevin
A Lehigh Valley piggyback.
More piggybacks.
John-NYBWMore piggybacks.
Ala Lackawanna:
Rapido_TTX-DLnW by Edmund, on Flickr
Please, more TOFC or container on flat car scenes.
gmpullman Please, more TOFC or container on flat car scenes.
Containers on a multi unit car.
More COFC or TOFC.
Lone Wolf and Santa FeMore COFC or TOFC.
A couple Flexi-Van cars get switched and readied for an outbound train:
Flexi-Van by Edmund, on Flickr
Let's stay with flat cars with trailers or containers, please.
Ed - containers.
IMG_5165 by David Harrison, on Flickr
Next - Anything of your choice
NorthBrit Next - Anything of your choice David
John-NYBWShow any scene from a bird's eye view.
A bird's eye view of the engine facility scene on the Athens Bend Track group's N-Trak layout.
Another Bird's Eye View Please.
looking over the Acme manufacturing
more birdseye views.
shane
A pessimist sees a dark tunnel
An optimist sees the light at the end of the tunnel
A realist sees a frieght train
An engineer sees three idiots standing on the tracks stairing blankly in space
NVSRRMore birdseye views.
Bird's eye view of Bruce Wayne's Bat-Train as seen on the Pasco County HO Scale Engineer's modular display train show layout.
Can anyone else show something (anything) inspired by or related to a comic book character?
More comic book related. Regards, Peter
Here is a well known cartoon character promoting his favorite supplier.
Any more cartoon characters ou there?
tankertoad135 Any more cartoon characters ou there?
I think Speedy Alka-Seltzer counts as a cartoon character.
Show me more roof top signs.
John-NYBWShow me more roof top signs.
Inspired by an old GE lamp factory here in Cleveland:
GE_lit-up-overall by Edmund, on Flickr
GE_front-sign by Edmund, on Flickr
GE_lit-up-close by Edmund, on Flickr
More rooftop signage, please.
gmpullmanMore rooftop signage, please.
Back to the Pasco County HO Scale Engineer's modular display train show layout for another scene, this time with a roof-top sign.
There must be more rooftop signage out there...
SeeYou190 There must be more rooftop signage out there... -Kevin
John-NYBWShow me signs painted on the sides of buildings.
"COAL"
The above scene is on Mr. Muffin's Lionel Layout in Atlanta, Indiana.
Show me another sign painted onto a building.
SeeYou190 Show me another sign painted onto a building.
Let's keep going with the signage thing please
Track fiddlerLet's keep going with the signage thing please
Named after a friend of mine, Cliff Hadlock:
Hadlock_Machine-3-4 by Edmund, on Flickr
More signage, please.
gmpullman More signage, please.
Some early efforts with a couple Woodland Scenics metal structures.
Not the sharpest lettering but they work as background structures.
More wall signs please.
John-NYBW More wall signs please.
'Bankwood'.
Next - Anything you like
Here is a scene from the west side.
Please show me cars, trucks, or a crossing.
Lone Wolf and Santa FePlease show me cars, trucks, or a crossing.
Little delivery truck:
More cars or trucks please.
Kevin - More cars or trucks.
IMG_2828 by David Harrison, on Flickr
More trucks or cars please.
NorthBrit More trucks or cars please. David
Looks like the parking lot is filling up.
More vehicles.
John-NYBWMore vehicles.
Shiny and new:
Autos at the depot-2 by Edmund, on Flickr
Continue with any type of highway vehicle, please.
Ed. Highway Vehicles
IMG_5158 by David Harrison, on Flickr
More highway vehicles
NorthBritMore highway vehicles
There are a few on-highway vehicles here:
Show me more on-highway vehicles please.
SeeYou190Show me more on-highway vehicles please.
A quite common highway vehicle:
Package_car by Edmund, on Flickr
Please show me another package or express vehicle.
A couple of UPS trailers riding piggyback.
Please show me more cars or trucks.
Lone Wolf and Santa FePlease show me more cars or trucks.
A car and a truck:
Show me more cars and/or trucks please.
More automobiles and trucks. Regards, Peter
HO-VeloMore automobiles and trucks. Regards, Peter
A flatbed and a pickup:
More automobiles and trucks, please.
York1 John
A BNSF Maintenance Truck
More trucks owned by railroads
bmtrainmaster More trucks owned by railroads
A couple New York Central trucks at the loading docks.
Show me a freight depot.
John-NYBWShow me a freight depot.
Express is wanna-be freight?
REA_Siding-handtruck by Edmund, on Flickr
REA_Siding-rain by Edmund, on Flickr
Please show me little plastic people working.
gmpullmanPlease show me little plastic people working.
Norman Bates working at his mother's motel:
Please show me more plastic people working.
York1 Please show me more plastic people working.
The women hanging out clothes to dry at the section foreman's house, with a smoky diesel coming down the track. Show me a black pickup truck, please.
jacon12Show me a black pickup truck, please.
I hope a Model T qualifies as a 'pickup'?
Coalwood_Breaker1 by Edmund, on Flickr
More small trucks, please.
gmpullmanMore small trucks, please.
The grave diggers have a white pickup parked outside the cemetery gates:
Please show me more small trucks.
BNSF pickup truck at the tower.
Please show me anything other than a locomotive or rolling stock with a railroad name or logo on it.
Lone Wolf and Santa FePlease show me anything other than a locomotive or rolling stock with a railroad name or logo on it.
The sign on the roof of my backshop:
IMG_2811 by Edmund, on Flickr
More railroad names or heralds not on rolling stock or locos, please.
gmpullman More railroad names or heralds not on rolling stock or locos, please.
John-NYBWMore railroad heralds or signs not on locos or rolling stock.
The UP Crest on a new diesel shop.
More railroad heralds or signs not on locos or rolling stock, please.
York1More railroad heralds or signs not on locos or rolling stock, please.
My coaling tower has a cast in place NYC herald as well as the NYC oval on the distant water tower.
Coaling Tower by Edmund, on Flickr
Please show anything related to coal.
gmpullman Please show anything related to coal.
On the right a coal car is spotted beneath the tipple while one of the railroads few remaining steam locomotives sits in the center, watching as one of the new diesels rumbles past to the turntable.
Show me more coal related...
jacon12Show me more coal related...
Some clean-up operations around the Homer Mine:
Bucket1 by Edmund, on Flickr
Still more coal-related, please.
Coal drag on the viaduct. by Bear, on Flickr
Any more coal related photos?? Please.
John-NYBWLet's switch to reefers.
Behold a run of the mill ice bunker reefer:
NP_Ice_Refrigerator by Edmund, on Flickr
More refrigerated railroad cars, please.
gmpullmanMore refrigerated railroad cars, please.
The Hollywood And Western from the NMRA Heritage Series:
SeeYou190 More refrigerated railroad cars, please. -Kevin
A pair of reefers loading up at the A&P warehouse.
I was puzzled by the Van Camp's reefer because I couldn't figure out why a canned food company would need a reefer. I started a thread about it and the consensus is that it is a foobie since there is no record of the reporting marks in any roster.
A mechanical reefer, please.
John-NYBWA mechanical reefer, please.
I'd really like to find a better-detailed example of this car if I can. I put a 'Soundcar' decoedr in it so I can hear the faint sound of the engine as the car passes by.
NYC_NYMX-1033 by Edmund, on Flickr
Another mechanical refrigerator car, please.
More reefer' cars, please. Regards, Peter
HO-Velo More reefer' cars, please. Regards, Peter
A Northern Pacific mechanical reefer waits to be unloaded at the cold storage warehouse.
More reefers, mechanical or ice cooled.
John-NYBW More reefers, mechanical or ice cooled.
A string of SP and MKT R70-15 and R70-20 Mechanical Reefers!
More Reefers, mechanical or ice cooled (or heated)!
Rick Jesionowski
Rule 1: This is my railroad.
Rule 2: I make the rules.
Rule 3: Illuminating discussion of prototype history, equipment and operating practices is always welcome, but in the event of visitor-perceived anacronisms, detail descrepancies or operating errors, consult RULE 1!
All the best produce comes from California.
More reefer madness please....
Lone Wolf and Santa Fe More reefer madness please....
A IC reefer
Show me a car with the name of a state
Oregon Pacific Eastern Railroad, OPE.
Please show me any railcar with the name of a city or state.
Lone Wolf and Santa FePlease show me any railcar with the name of a city or state.
Here is the NYC Mercury parlor car 'Michigan'.
Mercury Coach_Michigan by Edmund, on Flickr
NYC_Mercury-Michigan by Edmund, on Flickr
More rolling stock with state, province or city names on them, please.
gmpullmanMore rolling stock with state, province or city names on them, please.
Not a real clear picture, but this is "Omaha" from UP's City of Los Angeles.
This is my combine/caboose named Tillamook. ( it's sill under construction so please don't think this is how it's supposed to look. )
Named for my fond memory's of hiking through the costal forest of Oregon.
More named stuff please .
Rust...... It's a good thing !
Little Timmy More named stuff please .
Burlington
More names of places on rolling stock
John-NYBWMore names of places on rolling stock
That Province on the west coast:
CPR_4-6-4T by Edmund, on Flickr
More names of places, please.
Ed - Names of places
Blunsdon & Gillingham
IMG_2642 by David Harrison, on Flickr
More names of places
City of Prineville, Oregon double door boxcar most likely loaded with lumber.
Please show me rolling stock with names of citys, states, or providences.
Lone Wolf and Santa FeLone Wolf and Santa Fe wrote the following post 12 minutes ago: City of Prineville, Oregon double door boxcar most likely loaded with lumber. Please show me rolling stock with names of citys, states, or providences.
Not sure why, but I'm unable to see your photos without clicking on the little "image" box, and sometimes even that doesn't work. Is there a setting on your Trainweb account that allows the photos to be shared on a site like this?
Or ... there's a problem with my computer. It's entirely possible the problem is with my computer.
York1Or ... there's a problem with my computer.
I can see it and when I click on it, it opens as a jpg in a larger size, so I'd say the problem is on your end.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
Lone Wolf and Santa Fe Please show me rolling stock with names of citys, states, or providences.
John-NYBWMore of the same, please.
Do counties count?
Amtrak_10-6 by Edmund, on Flickr
More place names on railroad equipment, please.
York1 Lone Wolf and Santa Fe Lone Wolf and Santa Fe wrote the following post 12 minutes ago: City of Prineville, Oregon double door boxcar most likely loaded with lumber. Please show me rolling stock with names of citys, states, or providences. Not sure why, but I'm unable to see your photos without clicking on the little "image" box, and sometimes even that doesn't work. Is there a setting on your Trainweb account that allows the photos to be shared on a site like this? Or ... there's a problem with my computer. It's entirely possible the problem is with my computer.
Lone Wolf and Santa Fe Lone Wolf and Santa Fe wrote the following post 12 minutes ago: City of Prineville, Oregon double door boxcar most likely loaded with lumber. Please show me rolling stock with names of citys, states, or providences.
My computer does that also sometimes when it first starts up. I think it is because the memory is full and the harddrive doesn't swap because it's too busy running the anti-virus program or indexing the harddrive, but it eventually shows the pictures.
Another reason might be that the trainweb server is busy or slow.
OK one last one. For our friends up north. British Columbia Railway.
Please show me anything from the logging or lumber industry.
Lone Wolf and Santa FePlease show me anything from the logging or lumber industry.
"All a board"
NKP_FLat-1945 by Edmund, on Flickr
More lumber, planks or timbers, please.
gmpullman More lumber, planks or timbers, please.
More lumber/logging. Regards, Peter
HO-Velo More lumber/logging. Regards, Peter
Lets see some pipe loads!
Prez Mike pipes by Bear, on Flickr
Preferably another pipe load, please, though any load will do.
This is actually a furnace tube out of a rotary calciner — but it looks like a pipe:
dunnage by Edmund, on Flickr
More flat car loads of any kind, please.
Morrinsville OO by Bear, on Flickr
JaBear —please show me whatever takes your fancy, model railroad wise that is!
Built for speed. This Pennsy K4 is moving right along.
PRR_3768-speed by Edmund, on Flickr
Please show me something designed to go fast.
gmpullman Please show me something designed to go fast.
More built for speed. Regards, Peter
Stock cars are built for speed. Here are some on display at the annual Route 66 car show.
Please show me something not railroad related on your layout.
Lone Wolf and Santa FePlease show me something not railroad related on your layout.
A Greyhound:
Freedom_Riders by Edmund, on Flickr
More non-railroady subjects on your layout, please.
gmpullman More non-railroady subjects on your layout, please.
John-NYBW More non-railroad scenes, please.
IMG_2584 by David Harrison, on Flickr
More non-railroad scenes, please.
NorthBritMore non-railroad scenes, please.
At the express docks:
Tractor_makin-time by Edmund, on Flickr
Let's see another semi-trailer truck, please.
More semi-trucks please. Regards, Peter
HO-Velo More semi-trucks please. Regards, Peter
The cab of the semi is barely visible at the far end of he REA warehouse.
More trucks of any kind, please.
A semi with a pair of bottom dumpers at the quary.
More trucks please.
How about seeing a fire truck or rescue vehicle please. Regards, Peter
Fire!
Please show me more first responders, fire, police, or ambulance.
Lone Wolf and Santa Fe Please show me more first responders, fire, police, or ambulance.
A couple of firetrucks at the station.
Please show me any kind of structure.
N scale version of Kimberly Clark, in New Milford, CT. (corner of roof that is lifting has since been repaired )
Let's see another large industrial structure.
N-scale Housatonic RRLet's see another large industrial structure.
This is Harshaw Chemical plant:
Harshaw_shipping1 by Edmund, on Flickr
More industries, please.
gmpullman More industries, please.
John-NYBW More industries please.
Here is a Plastics Plant with a Walthers Pellet Unloading Facility mated with a kitbashed factory using Pikestuff Components and additional detail parts. Taking up a corner on the Strongsville Club Layout. (Waiting for the scenery gurus to add the ballast and other scenery)
More industries please!
dti406More industries please!
The ore dump at the blast furnace:
Stock_Track by Edmund, on Flickr
Anything related to steel or the metal industry, please.
Show me a hearse and or funeral please. Regards, Peter
Many of the figures (people) represent family members who have passed.
Please show me people or animals.
Lone Wolf and Santa Fe Please show me people or animals.
John-NYBWMore populated scenes, please.
A crowd has gathered for the dedication of Union Pacific SD70 4141:
UP_4141 by Edmund, on Flickr
More gatherings of little plastic people, please.
gmpullmanMore gatherings of little plastic people, please.
I believe these fellow are actually cast metal...
Workers cleaning up the toxic waste:
The above scene was photographed on the Rutland Junction Train Museum standard gauge Lionel layout.
More little people please.
A tourist train w/ lots of LPPs.
Any more LPPs out there??
gmpullman John-NYBW More populated scenes, please. A crowd has gathered for the dedication of Union Pacific SD70 4141: UP_4141 by Edmund, on Flickr UP_4141 by Edmund, on Flickr More gatherings of little plastic people, please.
John-NYBW More populated scenes, please.
Ed, I have a question. Is there a prototype for that engine. I remember back in 1992, Bush 41 was riding a campaign train through the Midwest and it went right past our golf course as our group was putting on the 5th green. We waved to the train but we have no idea if the President saw us.
My recollection of the loco was that it was dark blue and gold. I believe it was seen as a backdrop in the Clint Eastwood movie, In The Line Of Fire, in which Eastwood plays a Secret Service agent trying to foil a threatened assassination of the President. I don't have that movie on DVD even though it is one of my favorite movies. John Malkovich was brilliant as the assassin. Anyway, I'm curious if the loco in your picture represents the same one I saw in 1992. The movie was released in 1993.
Update: I found a picture of the 1992 campaign train and it is what I remembered.
Memories from George H.W. Bush's 1992 presidential campaign train - Trains Magazine - Trains News Wire, Railroad News, Railroad Industry News, Web Cams, and Forms
Don't know why I can't get this to post as a clickable link.
I'm guessing the loco in Ed's pictures might be from Bush 41's funeral train.
John-NYBWI'm guessing the loco in Ed's pictures might be from Bush 41's funeral train.
Yes, the 4141 was used in the funeral train but its history preceeds that.
Take a look here for some good photos of the dedication:
https://blog.overlandhobbies.com/2018/10/01/omi-up-george-bush-presidential-library-and-museum-sd70ace-4141-consignment-model/
Funny thing about my staged photo. I had not seen these photos of the dedication before 'staging' the scene when Mr. Bush had died. I was surprised at how close I came in the scene where the parties involved were standing on the walkway of the locomotive.
UP_4141d by Edmund, on Flickr
I bought this SD70 at a closeout sale only because I liked the colors. After Mr. Bush passed away there was a huge scramble for the model suppliers to fill orders for the engine. It had been known for several years that the UP was going to 'dust off' the engine for the funeral train. The model manufacturers should have anticipated that.
The 1992 is a different engine than the 4141.
https://cs.trains.com/trn/b/staff/archive/2018/12/04/memories-from-george-h-w-bush-39-s-1992-presidential-campaign-train.aspx
Try this link?
Regards, Ed
Did the above information help you out, John?
John-NYBWEd, I have a question. Is there a prototype for that engine.