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MID WEEK MADNESS

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MID WEEK MADNESS
Posted by ac4400fan on Thursday, June 30, 2005 3:34 AM
Hi Guys its The Mid week fun time Thought id Share a Couple Of Pics I took This Week.



The BNSF Going Threw A crossing With A rail Fan Getting Out of a 69 mustang ,And Look Behold A cherry right behind him.

Ill POst more ,Later have a great! week Guys !

Carl...[8D]
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Posted by canazar on Thursday, June 30, 2005 3:39 AM
Mid Week Madness... Game On!

Best Regards, Big John

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Posted by cheese3 on Thursday, June 30, 2005 7:33 AM
All right midweek madness time.


operation red block for all the little alcohol and drug abusers on my layout[xx(]

I will put more pics up later today, they will be better ones

Adam Thompson Model Railroading is fun!

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Posted by ac4400fan on Thursday, June 30, 2005 11:23 AM
Updates,,,

Hes A L&N Car Getting loaded with coal,from the Park Bros Coal&Fuel



And The BNSF SD-9 Eases The Car into position,,



Heres a load of diesel fuel on its way the the HaddonFeild Yard..



Have A great! week Guys,,,

Carl....
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Posted by selector on Thursday, June 30, 2005 11:51 AM
Kewl pix, fellas. I am late getting my weekend Steamer excursion pix processed, so I'll hope to have them available tonight.
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Posted by grandeman on Thursday, June 30, 2005 12:00 PM
Nice pics guys! Keep them coming...
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Posted by selector on Thursday, June 30, 2005 7:00 PM
Okay, here, as promised, are a few of the pix from my super weekend. (To those with dial-up, sorry, there are four pix.) The cab ride in old No. 7 was outstanding, to say the least, as was the actual excursion to the steam Saw Mill later that day. Also here are pictures of the Kinsol Trestle (name is an obscure derivation from the King Solomon copper mine that it was meant to service...went broke in 1906). It was quite unsettling to see this enormous testament to human determination and ingenuity bleached and decrepit in that beautiful gorge. The trestle bridges the Koksilah (coke SIGH lah) river. Estimates of between $3-4M will put it right, but only if it is essentially rebuilt with new lumber. To restore would be $6-8M.









I'll post others during the weekend...in order to spare those with slower downloading capability. Again, sorry for the large files.



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Posted by UPJohn on Thursday, June 30, 2005 7:09 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by cheese3

All right midweek madness time.


operation red block for all the little alcohol and drug abusers on my layout[xx(]

I will put more pics up later today, they will be better ones


wow nice model cheese3!!!!
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Posted by cheese3 on Thursday, June 30, 2005 9:06 PM
thanks UP John it is an Athearn BB my brother gave me for christmas 2 years ago

here are the other pics i said i would post


my new amtrak diner car


switching the yard at clinton


the clinton yard

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Posted by Darth Santa Fe on Thursday, June 30, 2005 10:33 PM
Great pictures everybody!! AC4400fan, you might want to paint the railings on your Athearn DASH 9 (AC4400?) before they start to rust. Or put a clear coating on them to keep them shiny and silvery. I've known the railings on my Athearn stuff to rust after a little while, and if they're left to long they can break very easily. And selector, how did you build that bridge? It looks like it would have taken YEARS![8D]

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Posted by Texas Zepher on Thursday, June 30, 2005 11:42 PM
All is lost in Denver. The first new BNSF logo (gag, gag, hack, gag) equipment has arrived. The only high point is that the UP 844 visited again the same day.



Please tell me if this picture doesn't come out, to other people, as 350x233 pixels.
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, July 1, 2005 12:12 AM
Love the pic, bridge especially, and ac4400fan, that's a gr8 shot, nice car.
Wat's wrong with BNSF logo? I ain't a fan of theirs, but there are worse[zzz][zzz][xx(]
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Posted by twhite on Friday, July 1, 2005 12:50 AM
great pics, guys--I'm still getting used to my new camera, so here's a couple I shot of my Balboa GS-4 hauling a Daylight train. Just got back from a spending a week and a half on the Central California Coast near the old SP Coast line, so I got inspired to run my Daylight, natch. Just pretend that Yuba Pass is the Cuesta Grade out of San Luis Obispo, okay, LOL!
Tom[:P][:P]



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Posted by ac4400fan on Friday, July 1, 2005 1:00 AM
tom That shot is great ,,your getting good my friend

carl..
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Posted by grandeman on Friday, July 1, 2005 9:28 AM
Texas Zepher, your pics are showing up as 3072x2048! They're HUGE. That is a cool pic though. I like the new cars regardless of the logo. Nice shot.
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Posted by Texas Zepher on Friday, July 1, 2005 12:27 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by grande man

Texas Zepher, your pics are showing up as 3072x2048! They're HUGE. That is a cool pic though. I like the new cars regardless of the logo. Nice shot.


Hmmm, thanks for letting me know. My web page editor is obviously not sufficient to change the size of the picture posted on the page. I'll have to edit them with something else before I post them.
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Posted by Darth Santa Fe on Friday, July 1, 2005 1:08 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by grande man

Texas Zepher, your pics are showing up as 3072x2048! They're HUGE. That is a cool pic though. I like the new cars regardless of the logo. Nice shot.


The picture may be huge, but the resolution is excellent!![:)] I don't see anything wrong with the new logo. But how will they paint their engines now?

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, July 1, 2005 1:37 PM
The revised BNSF paint scheme is essentially Heritage II with black replacing the dark green and the new logo in black with yellow surround striping.....no cigar band on the nose.

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