LETS TALK TRAINS!!!

[trainboyH16-44]

Let's just say to get there it's a 2 hour drive, but I am pretty close and go there often.
And streamline10. those are imaginary models based on the concept of F-M, with the large business from the APR continuing into the early 1970s in the locomtive business. H30-66 is the equivalent of the U30C and SD40, and the H20-64 is a branchline loco for working the APR's branchlines, kinda like the Milwaukee road's SDL39s (which the APR got some of later on)
Matthew

[Anonymous]

I'm off to lawrence MA to watch NS GR S MBTA & AMT
YAY FOR ME
well c ya

[Anonymous]

Heyy guys. just got back from middleboro with my friend.. i was a little disapointed too see this thread this far back in the forums... on my way too middleboro i saw an mbta flying down the tracks.. Does anyone know if they make mbta trains in n scale??? if so let me know because i would be very interested...thnx guys!!!!!!!!!!


[8D] Keith

[Streamline10]

Thanks for the welcome, guys. So Matthew, are you a teen that lives near those scenes you shoot? You have a bright future ahead, with that kind of skill and talent. That latest pic is amazing! I'll have to look up the other FM models. Hi Keith.

[Streamline10]

QUOTE: Originally posted by mcdltd

HI streamline

Did you take any pics in that time @68++?? its good your focused on what you want to model becouse with children you/we dont have the luxury of huge amounts of spare time, I try to involve my kids as much as I can but as I model N the little bits arnt ment for small hands so Im thinking of getting a small HO layout (circle or oval with one point to get them to understand the joy of swithing...) put together for them.

What gaugr are you modeling??

Talk later..

Mike......

I believe I did, but I'll have to ask my ex-wife if she still has any of them. I have a clear memory of an FP7 in bloody nose, sitting at the platform at 3rd and Townsend, that I may have shot. As for Richmond, there's a turntable and a gaggle of engines old and new. I was last there a few years back, so I don't know what's there and how accessible it is, but I'll give it a shot someday. I like going there. Once we were sitting at a cafe in Pt. Richmond nearby and a giant orange C44-9 (I'm pretty sure) pulled up and sat idling next to the patio where our table was. It was waiting for a switching move connected with it's train. Man, those are big! My group was nervous. I'm modeling in HO, its so much easier for the time/money challenged to find supplies and kits, and N would be a little blurrier for me.

[trainboyH16-44]

Wait, what happened to the post of the redone photo at the beginning?

[Anonymous]

HI streamline

Did you take any pics in that time @68++?? its good your focused on what you want to model becouse with children you/we dont have the luxury of huge amounts of spare time, I try to involve my kids as much as I can but as I model N the little bits arnt ment for small hands so Im thinking of getting a small HO layout (circle or oval with one point to get them to understand the joy of swithing...) put together for them.

What gaugr are you modeling??

Talk later..

Mike......

[trainboyH16-44]

I got a pic on railpictures! http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=124248 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Matthew

[trainboyH16-44]

Yes, welcome streamline10!
My freelance railroad, the Alberta Pacific used exclusively FM diesels until the late 1960s when it bought SD45s, and SW1500s, as well as the new FMs, H30-66, H36-66 and H20-46 (or was it 64?) for branchline service. It is widely cedited for keeping FM in business until the SD40-2 finished it off.
Matthew

[Streamline10]

Morning Mike, Keith, etc. I've heard it said that raising children is like being pecked to death by chickens, Mike. What do you yhink? Of course I love them completely, though. The gravity of it all.
When I came to S.F. in 1968, I saw SP FP7's, GP-9's, SD-9's, SD-45's, FM switchers and I believe FM Trainmasters that were on the commute line to the S.F. Peninsula. Bloody nose paint scheme, gray with red nose. My nostalgia is pretty active with those days, but I like modern also. I model 50's, and a little 60's. I wi***here were more bloody nose painted, quality plastic locos. I'll be building an FM H12-44 on an Athearn S-12 drive with a Cary body from Bowser. that seems to be the only way to have an FM without the rounded windows like the Atlas models. The SP's didn't have rounded windows. I like the way the FM's look, like a cross between a brick and an elephant in the SP colors. The rounded windows break up the look too much for my taste. I'm rather talkative after coffee.

[Anonymous]

Heyy StreamLine!!! welcome too the forum! have fun here well i gotta get too school ill talk at cha later!!!

[:D] Keith

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Streamline10

Hi - I'm new here. (first post) Let's keep this train talk rolling. I like it. Excessive seriousness is not really neccessary with a hobby, right? The great thing about the internet is that you are free to discuss anything. Trains seems like a good subject for the site. If someone doesn't like it, just keep rolling along and they'll join in or leave. trainboyH16-44, I'm 57 but we share a love of that great FM. Thanks for your enthusiasm, Keith. I spend Christmas in the Montgomery, Ala. area and get to see some great CSX action. My layout is a 6-foot stretch of 83 flextrack on a window sill, for the time being. I have two daughters, one three and one almost two months, so I'm in the planning stages of surrounding my 11X10 office walls with HO railroad; Chicago-i***o rural and back. I live in SP-land, Northern SF Bay Area. Maybe I can post some shots of Richmond's BNSF yard in the future.

Hello streamline[:)] and welcome[:D]
Sounds like you have your hands full... I have a 5 yo and 3yo also and I know the spare time on the MR can be hard to find....

Im a BNSF fan so if you can post pics[:p] Id love it, I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Mike...

[Streamline10]

Hi - I'm new here. (first post) Let's keep this train talk rolling. I like it. Excessive seriousness is not really neccessary with a hobby, right? The great thing about the internet is that you are free to discuss anything. Trains seems like a good subject for the site. If someone doesn't like it, just keep rolling along and they'll join in or leave. trainboyH16-44, I'm 57 but we share a love of that great FM. Thanks for your enthusiasm, Keith. I spend Christmas in the Montgomery, Ala. area and get to see some great CSX action. My layout is a 6-foot stretch of 83 flextrack on a window sill, for the time being. I have two daughters, one three and one almost two months, so I'm in the planning stages of surrounding my 11X10 office walls with HO railroad; Chicago-i***o rural and back. I live in SP-land, Northern SF Bay Area. Maybe I can post some shots of Richmond's BNSF yard in the future.

[krump]

Love those photos

I'll have a mocha in my CPR coffee mug ----- filler up.
let this thread fly or fry on it's own merits
good for you

[trainboyH16-44]

Meh. close enough.
Hey, cool, my posts: Same as a N&W class A! 1218!

[Anonymous]

heyy guys thnx for liking the post..actually my double slip was very expensive but it is worht it in the end. also that southern unit in my picture is actually an sd 24... thanx again guys!!!

[:D] Keith

[trainboyH16-44]

Me? I think that double slip swotches are really cool, and really expensive. Less fabcy trackwork is better for us low budget types.
As for your engines, they look pretty nice, especially the southern unit. Is that a P2K SD9?
Matthew

[TrainFreak409]

Well...To make this train related...My favorite locomotive is Pennsy's S2 6-8-6 Steam Turbine.[:D]

QUOTE: Originally posted by csxtrains23

FINE!!! you guys dont like me i can tell ok!!! but geeze sorry!!! just trying too have a little bit of fun and atleast im in too trains not drugs!!! alchol! Ciggarettes! i dont do any of the above!!!

ERRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! [:(!]'
Keith

Well, seeing that this came after my post, I feel like that there is my fault. No where did I say that I did not like you. I just don't want to see another flame war. Continue this as you will, it seems to be doing just fine. As long as we don't have people arguing about multiple coffeeshop-like-topics, everything is cool. Keep this going if it is successful, no one here is saying that they don't like you. You have probably started a very successful thread.

I'm repeating myself, but...DON'T LET ME BURST YOUR BUBBLE.

I try to explain myself further...and I make someone feel like they are unwelcomed...that's not something I want to do, I apologize for ever posting anything about multiple coffee shops.[B)]

[Anonymous]

Heyy Everybody how do you like my 2 favorite engines?? keep posting guys i want this too go a long way!!! have fun everyone!

[:D] Keith

[Anonymous]

Heyy Matt... I am going too ballast on my new layout this is just a temporary one till my new layout is done! having fun building though! already got it running through one shape. What Do u think about a double slip switch?? i have one already in place on my layout and boy does it loom fantastic!!! ill send pics over when my layout is complete! "when ever that is" lol the money tree has stopped producing i must say!

Have A Great Day Everyone!
[:D] Keith

[trainboyH16-44]

Yep, they look pretty good! Are you planning to ballast anytime soon?
Matthew

[Anonymous]

Yes lol thats my Atlas GP38-2 Bnsf lol you like it! i like it too it runs great! its actually my brothers but he has his days where he likes trains and his days when he cant stand them so lol its basically mine lol. well glad u liked my pics!

[:D] Keith

[Anonymous]

NIce pics...whats that lirking in the background in the second pic, is it a BNSF sd40???

Mike...

[Anonymous]

Heyy thnx alot guys for those of you who havent seen my other post called favorite engines/pics! i have my 2 favorite engines here so check them out!!!
and...

[selector]

I figure honesty is the best policy, in person and on this forum. Better to "be one'self" and face what comes than trying to fit in and be something one isn't.

If you are young, those of us without memory problems will take into account your youth, recalling that older folks treated us with patience and respect when we were trying to make a mark. We'll also recall that we made tons of errors of all kinds when we were younger, and profted from the experience. If there were no opportunities to make errors, where would we have learned about them?

To all the youthful fellows out there, whatever your age, [:D] I will do my best to keep you happy here...even by making some errors of my own, both in judgement and in mechanics.

BTW, this IS a trains forum, so ...what's the problem?

[trainboyH16-44]

QUOTE: Originally posted by uspscsx

I do note a tendency to be more hostile toward our younger members by some of our forumers. I do not agree with it, therefore I'm welcoming to the young members of our hobby. They ARE our future, after all. Model railroading can help keep kids out of things such as drugs, pornography, etc., and if adults shun then from our great hobby, then some would be likely to run to these things as an alternative.

Okay. (Deep breath)Just my two cents.

Thanks. I like to hide my identity as a teenager, I think that people will give you more respect. I know that there are quite a feww of us here who would agree with you.
Matthew

[Anonymous]

I do note a tendency to be more hostile toward our younger members by some of our forumers. I do not agree with it, therefore I'm welcoming to the young members of our hobby. They ARE our future, after all. Model railroading can help keep kids out of things such as drugs, pornography, etc., and if adults shun then from our great hobby, then some would be likely to run to these things as an alternative.

Okay. (Deep breath)Just my two cents.

[Pruitt]

Relax, Keith.

No one here knows you well enough yet to know if they like you or not.

Everyone here will post their opinions about what they like and don't like all day long. That's a lot of what this forum is about. But that doesn't mean they're passing judgement on you. Don't get upset - let the comments be about the thread, not about you, because that's really how it is.

Stick around and enjoy all the forum, and chime in whenever you want. This is a great place to learn about everything Model Railroading, and also a great place to share what you know.

Your age may put off a few of the more curmudgeonly folks here, but don't let that stop you. We have a mixed bag of members, and quite a few are younger folks.

I'm just short of 50 myself, and I sure have a lot left to learn. Maybe you know something I don't - don't give up on the forum before I have a chance to find out what it is!
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[Anonymous]

Heyy thnx alot guys! you guys are a big help! i fell really welcome in this forum. Dragonriversteel, MCDLTD, and all my other freinds on this forum i thankyou a bunch! you guys are really a big help! lets go green from here and drop all the issues that everybody has with me and lets all have fun!!! this is what this hobby is about!

Thnx Guys!
[:D] Keith

[Anonymous]

OOhhh...

Also KEITH...I enjoyed the topic of pics of your fav model, I just received a Kato sd40 in the mail, I'll take a pic and post, SSSSSSSSssssoooooooooo smooth



Mike....