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Show Me Something, June, 2023 Edition

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Posted by NorthBrit on Monday, June 12, 2023 11:42 AM

Kevin - A freight train.

 

 IMG_5148 by David Harrison, on Flickr

 

Another freight train please.

 

David

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Monday, June 12, 2023 11:36 AM

John-NYBW
More freight trains.

A freight train rolls through town.

-Photograph by Kevin Parson

Another freight train please.

-Kevin

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Posted by John-NYBW on Monday, June 12, 2023 10:15 AM

NorthBrit

Another freight train please.

David

 
A frontal view and the rear of a coal train passing through Bedford Falls.
 
 
 
More freight trains.
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Posted by NorthBrit on Monday, June 12, 2023 3:49 AM

Bear -  A freight train.

 IMG_2205 (2) by David Harrison, on Flickr

 

Another freight train please.

 

David

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Posted by "JaBear" on Sunday, June 11, 2023 11:09 PM

G Paine
Show me a narrow gauge freight train

I may be pushing the envelope here!Stick out tongue
 
Not as narrow the narrow gauge as in George’s neck of the woods, but 3’6” is still  narrow gauge. Stock cars hauled by a WAB 4-6-4T. Photo taken on the Hamilton NZR 9MM layout.
 NZR 9mm by Bear, on Flickr
Please show me another freight train of any gauge.Smile

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Posted by G Paine on Sunday, June 11, 2023 5:04 PM

gmpullman
More passenger, please

A short HOn30 passenger train passes the Whitefield engine house on the Boothbay Rauiilway Village layout

Show me a narrow gauge freight train

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

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Posted by gmpullman on Sunday, June 11, 2023 3:37 PM

Lone Wolf and Santa Fe
Please show me another passenger train.

Another example of a push-pull commuter operation, ala C&NW:

 C_NW_PS-bilevels by Edmund, on Flickr

More passenger, please.

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Posted by Lone Wolf and Santa Fe on Sunday, June 11, 2023 12:07 PM

Here is a Metrolink commuter train in push mode with the suicide cab in the lead.

Please show me another passenger train.

Modeling a fictional version of California set in the 1990s Lone Wolf and Santa Fe Railroad
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Posted by SeeYou190 on Sunday, June 11, 2023 10:26 AM

John-NYBW
More passenger related pics, please. 

An old time passenger train on one of the layouts at the Ogden Union Station Museum in Utah.

-Photograph by Kevin Parson

Show me another passenger train.

-Kevin

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Posted by John-NYBW on Saturday, June 10, 2023 5:54 PM

gmpullman

More of anything passenger, please.

 
Redhats handling baggage on the station side platform.
 
 
More passenger related pics, please. 
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Posted by gmpullman on Saturday, June 10, 2023 3:20 PM

John-NYBW
More passenger car servicing.

Keeping the brand polished:

 ATSF_Pine-King 10-6b by Edmund, on Flickr

More of anything passenger, please.

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Posted by John-NYBW on Saturday, June 10, 2023 1:32 PM

G Paine

Show me a passenger car servicing area

Dining cars being loaded at the commissary for their next run.

More passenger car servicing.

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Posted by G Paine on Saturday, June 10, 2023 10:26 AM

gmpullman
More locomotive or rolling stock service areas, please

The servicing area at Boothbay Railway Village

Coaling tower

An older photo of the roundhouse and turntable

Ash pits

Show me a passenger car servicing area

 

 

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

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Posted by gmpullman on Friday, June 9, 2023 11:22 PM

John-NYBW
Another servicing facility, please.

 Ready-track-night by Edmund, on Flickr

More locomotive or rolling stock service areas, please.

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Posted by John-NYBW on Friday, June 9, 2023 8:40 PM

SeeYou190

Show me another servicing facility.

-Kevin

 
Coaling tower, ashpit, water tower and spouts.
 
 
Another servicing facility, please.
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Posted by SeeYou190 on Friday, June 9, 2023 7:46 PM

bmtrainmaster
24 hours.

Thanks for the bump to the top.

bmtrainmaster
Show me a brass engine next.

A couple of brass steam locomotives at the cardboard mock-up of my engine serviceing area.

-Photograph by Kevin Parson

Show me another servicing facility.

-Kevin

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Posted by bmtrainmaster on Friday, June 9, 2023 1:05 PM

24 hours.

My brass gp20 is pulling a manifest freight.

Show me a brass engine next.

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Posted by John-NYBW on Wednesday, June 7, 2023 9:20 PM

BigDaddy

Sorry to interupt the flow but a startlng resemblance to the Baltimore Penn Station.

The request was an above track station.

 

At one time, the Burlington Station which I posted above was connected to Omaha's Union Station by an above track concourse as seen here:

aerial37.jpg (576×453) (historicomaha.com)

The Missouri River bridge is seen in the background. At its peak, seven different railroads were served by Union Station while the Burlington Station had a single tenant in addition to the CB&Q. I think it was sometime in the 1960s that the connection between the two stations was removed as shown in the photo I posted earlier. I know of no other situation where two major stations are connected like this.

I've thought about building these two stations as a diorama using the Walthers kit for Burlington Station. I'd have to scratchbuild Omaha's Union Station which is the one on the left in the photo. The outside walls are a bit more ornate so it would be quite a challenge. I doubt I'll ever get around to it. 

The last request was for an over the track station. 

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Posted by BigDaddy on Wednesday, June 7, 2023 5:59 PM

Sorry to interupt the flow but a startlng resemblance to the Baltimore Penn Station.

The request was an above track station.

Henry

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Posted by York1 on Wednesday, June 7, 2023 4:47 PM

doctorwayne
More train stations, please.

 

Kevin sent me this nice station kit in N scale.  Sorry to say it will be a while before I can get to building it.  I'm thinking of changing a few things on it, too.  Thanks, Kevin!

 

 

Please show me more stations.

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Posted by doctorwayne on Wednesday, June 7, 2023 4:32 PM

John-NYBW
Please show another above track station.

Other than the doors and window castings, this one is a scratchbuild...

Wayne

More train stations, please.

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Posted by John-NYBW on Wednesday, June 7, 2023 12:33 PM

SeeYou190

Please show me another structure of any kind over the tracks.

-Keivn

 
Mine is similar to Kevin's which I believe is the CMR station and companion concourse sold separately. I combined the CMR concourse with Walther's Union. After combinging the two kits, I decided the windows in the concourse were incongruous with the Walthers station so I rebuilt it keeping the CMR floor, roof, and stairways and replacing the walls with Walthers modulars, no longer available. The platforms were always Walthers. 
 
 
The Walthers Union Station is actually a condensed version of Omaha's Burlington Station. Having grown up in Omaha, I had fond memories of Burlington Station and wanted to create a reasonable, if not exact, facsimile. Here is a shot of the prototype station. 
 
 
Please show another above track station. 
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Posted by SeeYou190 on Wednesday, June 7, 2023 12:27 AM

Lone Wolf and Santa Fe
Please show me more city scenes.

A seen on one of the layouts at the Model Trains Station.

-Photograph by Kevin Parson

Please show me another structure of any kind over the tracks.

-Keivn

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Posted by Lone Wolf and Santa Fe on Monday, June 5, 2023 12:17 PM

Summer in the city: charity car wash at the fire station.

Please show me more city scenes.

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Posted by John-NYBW on Monday, June 5, 2023 10:04 AM

SeeYou190

Show me another city scene.

-Kevin

 
Here is the back street of my large city scene. The tracks leading to my staging yard pass under this scene and there is a large mirror to the right that doubles the apparent size of the city.
 
 
Here's another view of the same scene taken looking toward the mirror.
 
 
Another "hot town, summer in the city". 
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Posted by SeeYou190 on Monday, June 5, 2023 6:38 AM

G Paine
Show me a city scene

It is mostly background flats, but it is the best I can do...

-Photograph by Kevin Parson

Show me another city scene.

-Kevin

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Posted by G Paine on Sunday, June 4, 2023 10:42 PM

HO-Velo

More diners, drive-ins, or dives.  Regards, Peter

Anyone driving up US Rte 1 in Waldoboro, ME will know Moody's Diner; it's been there for more than 75 years. I added it to the Boothbay Railway village layout using a stock model diner as a stand in for the prototype

Show me a city scene

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Posted by HO-Velo on Sunday, June 4, 2023 8:12 PM

More diners, drive-ins, or dives.  Regards, Peter

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Posted by John-NYBW on Sunday, June 4, 2023 5:47 PM

HO-Velo

Show more eateries.  Regards, Peter

I really like this little kit from DPM. Woodland Scenics also offers it as a Built 'N Ready structure. 

I have interior lighting as well as under the roof of the drive-in portion but haven't got around to hooking them up yet. 

More Diners, Drive-ins, or Dives.

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Posted by HO-Velo on Sunday, June 4, 2023 4:10 PM

Show more eateries.  Regards, Peter

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