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icmr
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September 2003
From: Mp 126 on the St. Louis District of NS's IL. Div.
1,611 posts
Posted by
icmr
on Friday, December 9, 2005 6:40 PM
[#welcome][#welcome] to the forum scobb. I, like dingoix, am glad to see another IC fan on the forums.
ICMR
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Illinois Central Railroad. Operation Lifesaver. Look, Listen, Live. Proud owner and user of Digitrax DCC. Visit my forum at http://icmr.proboards100.com For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. Let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord. Praise ye the Lord. Dream. Plan. Build.
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icmr
Member since
September 2003
From: Mp 126 on the St. Louis District of NS's IL. Div.
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Posted by
icmr
on Saturday, December 10, 2005 1:39 PM
My IC SD70 is still running fine. It is getting just a little cold in the garage which is where the layout is. The problem there is with gas prices the way they are, the heat will not be turned on for a long time. Right now I hate winter. I was out of school yesterday, ran the layout, and it wasnt that cold in the garage but today it is warmer outside and colder in the garage.
ICMR
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Illinois Central Railroad. Operation Lifesaver. Look, Listen, Live. Proud owner and user of Digitrax DCC. Visit my forum at http://icmr.proboards100.com For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. Let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord. Praise ye the Lord. Dream. Plan. Build.
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Anonymous
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April 2003
305,205 posts
Posted by
Anonymous
on Saturday, December 10, 2005 2:58 PM
here's my U33C
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icmr
Member since
September 2003
From: Mp 126 on the St. Louis District of NS's IL. Div.
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Posted by
icmr
on Saturday, December 10, 2005 3:10 PM
Looks good dingoix.
ICMR
Happy Railroading.[swg][swg]
Illinois Central Railroad. Operation Lifesaver. Look, Listen, Live. Proud owner and user of Digitrax DCC. Visit my forum at http://icmr.proboards100.com For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. Let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord. Praise ye the Lord. Dream. Plan. Build.
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Anonymous
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April 2003
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Posted by
Anonymous
on Saturday, December 10, 2005 3:15 PM
yep, the U33C is back in service- ran her a few hours last night- good and quiet (of course it's quiet it's an Atlas)
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icmr
Member since
September 2003
From: Mp 126 on the St. Louis District of NS's IL. Div.
1,611 posts
Posted by
icmr
on Saturday, December 10, 2005 10:16 PM
I have a pic of my SD70 on my web site http://icmrr.tripod.com Your engine looks good.
ICMR
Happy Railroading.[swg][swg]
Illinois Central Railroad. Operation Lifesaver. Look, Listen, Live. Proud owner and user of Digitrax DCC. Visit my forum at http://icmr.proboards100.com For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. Let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord. Praise ye the Lord. Dream. Plan. Build.
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Anonymous
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April 2003
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Posted by
Anonymous
on Saturday, December 10, 2005 10:42 PM
your SD70 looks great- what other IC loco's do you have? my only one is the U33C -i know the pic of the SD70 on the Yazoo is from the IC train tape link i posted- your site's lookin good ,keep up the good work[tup]
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icmr
Member since
September 2003
From: Mp 126 on the St. Louis District of NS's IL. Div.
1,611 posts
Posted by
icmr
on Saturday, December 10, 2005 10:53 PM
my SD70 is the only IC engine I have. Yep it is from the link you posted. It is a great pic so I thought I would put it on there. Thx. I plan on working a lot on it.
ICMR
Happy Railroading.[swg][sw]
Illinois Central Railroad. Operation Lifesaver. Look, Listen, Live. Proud owner and user of Digitrax DCC. Visit my forum at http://icmr.proboards100.com For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. Let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord. Praise ye the Lord. Dream. Plan. Build.
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Anonymous
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April 2003
305,205 posts
Posted by
Anonymous
on Saturday, December 10, 2005 11:11 PM
i liked that SD70 on the yazoo myself- sometime i might get that IC traintape - by the way
icmr you might want to put a link to your IC site in your signature--- oh,this is my
500th
post!
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icmr
Member since
September 2003
From: Mp 126 on the St. Louis District of NS's IL. Div.
1,611 posts
Posted by
icmr
on Saturday, December 10, 2005 11:41 PM
Good idea dingoix. Congrats on your 500th post. Im wanting to get that video too.
ICMR
Happy Railroading.[swg][swg]
Illinois Central Railroad. Operation Lifesaver. Look, Listen, Live. Proud owner and user of Digitrax DCC. Visit my forum at http://icmr.proboards100.com For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. Let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord. Praise ye the Lord. Dream. Plan. Build.
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icmr
Member since
September 2003
From: Mp 126 on the St. Louis District of NS's IL. Div.
1,611 posts
Posted by
icmr
on Sunday, December 11, 2005 11:10 AM
Besides Effingham, what are some other good railfan locations along the IC line?
ICMR
Happy Railroading.[swg][swg]
Illinois Central Railroad. Operation Lifesaver. Look, Listen, Live. Proud owner and user of Digitrax DCC. Visit my forum at http://icmr.proboards100.com For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. Let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord. Praise ye the Lord. Dream. Plan. Build.
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Anonymous
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April 2003
305,205 posts
Posted by
Anonymous
on Sunday, December 11, 2005 12:55 PM
http://www.traintapes.com/index.html i'd like to get the IC train tape , i also like the BNSF tapes(they have quite a few)- i still don't understand how i got 500 posts in such a short time i didn't realize how much time i spend on the forum
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Anonymous
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April 2003
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Posted by
Anonymous
on Sunday, December 11, 2005 1:57 PM
here's some IC pics you might be able to use on your site (found them on the net)
http://img355.imageshack.us/img355/9742/iciowafalls3qi.jpg
http://img355.imageshack.us/img355/5818/ic10072rj.jpg
http://img355.imageshack.us/img355/2716/iccn1xr.jpg
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icmr
Member since
September 2003
From: Mp 126 on the St. Louis District of NS's IL. Div.
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Posted by
icmr
on Sunday, December 11, 2005 2:32 PM
I like the pics dingoix. The last one has too much CN tho. The first two I will put on my site. Thx.
ICMR
Happy Railroading.[swg][swg]
Illinois Central Railroad. Operation Lifesaver. Look, Listen, Live. Proud owner and user of Digitrax DCC. Visit my forum at http://icmr.proboards100.com For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. Let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord. Praise ye the Lord. Dream. Plan. Build.
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Anonymous
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April 2003
305,205 posts
Posted by
Anonymous
on Sunday, December 11, 2005 3:09 PM
yeah, i thought the last pic had too much CN but since there were two IC's i posted it -glad you liked them- i think i'll go check out your site right now
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icmr
Member since
September 2003
From: Mp 126 on the St. Louis District of NS's IL. Div.
1,611 posts
Posted by
icmr
on Sunday, December 11, 2005 6:19 PM
Im putting them on now.
ICMR
Happy Railroading.[swg][swg]
Illinois Central Railroad. Operation Lifesaver. Look, Listen, Live. Proud owner and user of Digitrax DCC. Visit my forum at http://icmr.proboards100.com For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. Let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord. Praise ye the Lord. Dream. Plan. Build.
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Anonymous
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April 2003
305,205 posts
Posted by
Anonymous
on Sunday, December 11, 2005 6:38 PM
icmr i know you're busy w/ the new site but i'd like to see some more layout pics- well here's my layout- it's 4'x12'
the first pic shows the old portion and the second pic shows what i added -third pic shows a C&NW Athearn GP38 that was a former illinois central but was painted as you see it now (i didn't paint it- i'd never paint over an illinios central) it would have been all black with a black diamond logo on each cab side
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icmr
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September 2003
From: Mp 126 on the St. Louis District of NS's IL. Div.
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Posted by
icmr
on Sunday, December 11, 2005 7:04 PM
Dingoix, I will have to get more pics of the layout taken. I should have them in a couple days. Your pics look great. The CNW engine looks great.
ICMR
Happy Railroading.[swg][swg]
Illinois Central Railroad. Operation Lifesaver. Look, Listen, Live. Proud owner and user of Digitrax DCC. Visit my forum at http://icmr.proboards100.com For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. Let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord. Praise ye the Lord. Dream. Plan. Build.
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icmr
Member since
September 2003
From: Mp 126 on the St. Louis District of NS's IL. Div.
1,611 posts
Posted by
icmr
on Sunday, December 11, 2005 7:27 PM
I got some more pics on my site.
ICMR
Happy Railroading.[swg][swg]
Illinois Central Railroad. Operation Lifesaver. Look, Listen, Live. Proud owner and user of Digitrax DCC. Visit my forum at http://icmr.proboards100.com For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. Let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord. Praise ye the Lord. Dream. Plan. Build.
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Anonymous
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April 2003
305,205 posts
Posted by
Anonymous
on Sunday, December 11, 2005 8:10 PM
the C&NW engine was painted by my grandfather quite a long time ago (don't know for sure -maybe 15 yrs. ago) that engine has a LOT of hours on it -the brushes on the motor are worn down quite a bit- still runs good- it's a little weak on power but it's not overly loud-- someday the motor will have to be rebuilt-- if i ever get anythng done on my layout i'll post pics- i hope to have 2 engine houses near the end of the new part- but that'll have to wait a while and i'm gonna add a few more yard tracks
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Anonymous
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April 2003
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Posted by
Anonymous
on Sunday, December 11, 2005 8:23 PM
keep those pics coming- i like your layout- what do you have for engines? i have- Atlas U33C Illinios Central
Athearn RTR AC4400 BNSF Heritage 3
Athearn B-B GP38-2 Santa Fe
Athearn GP38 C&NW
Bachmann Spectrum 2-8-0 consolodation (it's getting fixed right now)
with these loco's it's hard to tell what i'm modeling- i model BNSF and Illinios Central
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icmr
Member since
September 2003
From: Mp 126 on the St. Louis District of NS's IL. Div.
1,611 posts
Posted by
icmr
on Sunday, December 11, 2005 8:28 PM
That will look good when you get it done. Your Grandfather done a good job on the engine.
ICMR
Happy Railroading.[swg][swg]
Illinois Central Railroad. Operation Lifesaver. Look, Listen, Live. Proud owner and user of Digitrax DCC. Visit my forum at http://icmr.proboards100.com For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. Let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord. Praise ye the Lord. Dream. Plan. Build.
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icmr
Member since
September 2003
From: Mp 126 on the St. Louis District of NS's IL. Div.
1,611 posts
Posted by
icmr
on Sunday, December 11, 2005 8:35 PM
Thx dingoix. I have one Athearn Genesis IC SD70, one Proto 2000 CSX SD60, and one Walthers Trainline PENN GP9M. I should have some more pics this week.
ICMR
Happy Railroading.[swg][swg]
Illinois Central Railroad. Operation Lifesaver. Look, Listen, Live. Proud owner and user of Digitrax DCC. Visit my forum at http://icmr.proboards100.com For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. Let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord. Praise ye the Lord. Dream. Plan. Build.
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Anonymous
Member since
April 2003
305,205 posts
Posted by
Anonymous
on Sunday, December 11, 2005 8:54 PM
i'm glad you like the C&NW - it was painted w/ a brush- a labelmaker was used for the Chicago-North Western "decals" and the road # is from the IC paint ----sounds like you got yourself some good engines-- do you plan on getting any more engines? and what is the Trainline GP9 like? here's a link: http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/931-133
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Anonymous
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April 2003
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Posted by
Anonymous
on Sunday, December 11, 2005 9:22 PM
i found yet another engine to add to my wishlist--best of all it's an Atlas http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/150-9710
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icmr
Member since
September 2003
From: Mp 126 on the St. Louis District of NS's IL. Div.
1,611 posts
Posted by
icmr
on Monday, December 12, 2005 11:39 AM
I plan on getting a lot more engines so I can model the IC in the "right" way. I like that IC GP9M. I will probably get one or two of those so I can rebuild them into GP10's for local service. I also will need to get a couple of those GP40's for intermodal service.
ICMR
Happy Railroading.[swg][swg]
Illinois Central Railroad. Operation Lifesaver. Look, Listen, Live. Proud owner and user of Digitrax DCC. Visit my forum at http://icmr.proboards100.com For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. Let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord. Praise ye the Lord. Dream. Plan. Build.
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Anonymous
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April 2003
305,205 posts
Posted by
Anonymous
on Monday, December 12, 2005 11:44 AM
are those trainline GP9M's good runners?
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waltersrails
Member since
July 2005
From: CSXT/B&O Flora IL
1,937 posts
Posted by
waltersrails
on Monday, December 12, 2005 11:52 AM
Site looks nice and so does your forum.
I like NS but CSX has the B&O.
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UPTRAIN
Member since
June 2002
From: Independence, MO
1,570 posts
Posted by
UPTRAIN
on Monday, December 12, 2005 12:33 PM
I love the IC. I don't have any models, but I have a good pic of one...
http://uptrain.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=205883
Pump
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Anonymous
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April 2003
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Posted by
Anonymous
on Monday, December 12, 2005 2:22 PM
that's a nice pic UPTRAIN
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