Alcanman Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 Doesn't get much tighter than this. An 'urban canyon' Perfect for hiding the entrance/exit to your staging area. http://photos.nerail.org/showpic/?photo=2018020510295725128.jpg&order=bydate&page=2&key=&photoindex=0&maxpage=22569&maxphotoindex=0&key2= And one for the followers of 'dodgy' track! http://photos.nerail.org/showpic/?photo=2018020510291325222.jpg&order=bydate&page=2&key=&photoindex=1&maxpage=22569&maxphotoindex=0&key2= 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conrail Joe Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 NICE! there's some great pictures on that website of Guilford tracks in watertown MA, that you would not believe a train could actually go on, but it did!! I'll have to look for them! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
long island jack Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 No No No will you stop it Mal, i'm not looking!!!!!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 No No No will you stop it Mal, i'm not looking!!!!!! I am!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcanman Posted February 6, 2018 Author Share Posted February 6, 2018 I'm gonna have to stop looking too! Far too much inspiration. Short local delivering 2 boxcars in an urban setting. Perfect for a small switching layout http://photos.nerail.org/showpic/?photo=2018020510275525100.jpg&order=bydate&page=2&key=&photoindex=2&maxpage=22569&maxphotoindex=0&key2= 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conrail Joe Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 I'm gonna have to stop looking too! Far too much inspiration. Short local delivering 2 boxcars in an urban setting. Perfect for a small switching layout http://photos.nerail.org/showpic/?photo=2018020510275525100.jpg&order=bydate&page=2&key=&photoindex=2&maxpage=22569&maxphotoindex=0&key2= Wow, I never knew those tracks were still active! I used to make daily deliveries on Innerbelt road in Somerville! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 I'm gonna have to stop looking too! Far too much inspiration. Short local delivering 2 boxcars in an urban setting. Perfect for a small switching layout http://photos.nerail.org/showpic/?photo=2018020510275525100.jpg&order=bydate&page=2&key=&photoindex=2&maxpage=22569&maxphotoindex=0&key2= Loco is a bit too modern for me to identify, but wide cab, etc - sure looks like a big 'un just to use as a Switcher!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcanman Posted February 6, 2018 Author Share Posted February 6, 2018 Loco is a GP40-2W (wide cab). Typical modern 4 axle power used by Pan Am on locals. Atlas do a nice model in HO http://www.atlasrr.com/Images/HOLocomotives/hogp40-2/1212/10001408_TQ.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddieB Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 (edited) Loco is a bit too modern for me to identify, but wide cab, etc - sure looks like a big 'un just to use as a Switcher!!GP40-2LW wide cab model. GATX lease, ex-Canadian National. (Sorry hadn’t noticed Alcanman had already posted while I was looking it up). Edited February 7, 2018 by EddieB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve1 Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 The BR-like red lamp stuck on the coupler is interesting too. Not common I would guess. steve 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supaned Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 Funnily enough , first thing I noticed was the BR style tail lamp / FRED. Are these specific to PAR? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Kieran Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 I wonder how long Somerville will have rail served customers. I remember when you didn't go to Somerville except to get shot. Now it's big time gentrified. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TotalLamer Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 The BR-like red lamp stuck on the coupler is interesting too. Not common I would guess. steve It's basically for when you're going to be out at night but don't necessarily need an EoT, just a blinky light will do. It's probably not on the rear at the moment because it's daylight, so a red flag is enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielB Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 Further along on NERAIL, there's also this one: http://photos.nerail.org/showpic/?photo=2018020312462214642.jpg&order=bydate&page=26&key=&photoindex=3&maxpage=22447&maxphotoindex=2&key2= 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2996 Victor Posted February 16, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 16, 2018 Further along on NERAIL, there's also this one: http://photos.nerail.org/showpic/?photo=2018020312462214642.jpg&order=bydate&page=26&key=&photoindex=3&maxpage=22447&maxphotoindex=2&key2= Great pic! Challenge: modelling flooded/submerged track! Cheers, Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielB Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 Bob Boudreaux already did: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2996 Victor Posted February 16, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 16, 2018 (edited) Bob Boudreaux already did: Superb, but are the rails submerged??? That's the challenge... Edited February 16, 2018 by 2996 Victor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
royaloak Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 And one for the followers of 'dodgy' track! http://photos.nerail.org/showpic/?photo=2018020510291325222.jpg&order=bydate&page=2&key=&photoindex=1&maxpage=22569&maxphotoindex=0&key2= That looks like the up line at Westbury! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielB Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 I don't think you could actually model submerged rails unless you used battery powered locomotives and real water. But if you did, the physics of the water moving when a train passed through it wouldn't scale down to whatever scale you built it in. As such, I don't know if you could do better than Bob's efforts. I am, however, very happy to be proven wrong, if someone could! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2996 Victor Posted February 17, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 17, 2018 I don't think you could actually model submerged rails unless you used battery powered locomotives and real water. But if you did, the physics of the water moving when a train passed through it wouldn't scale down to whatever scale you built it in. As such, I don't know if you could do better than Bob's efforts. I am, however, very happy to be proven wrong, if someone could! Agree totally - it wasn't really a serious challenge. I don't think I've ever seen standing water modelled quite as convincingly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortliner Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 There is, on Carls Small Layout Scrapbook, a train with submerged wheels running on a layout - I'm pretty sure that it is also on Youtube - without going hunting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortliner Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 There is, on Carls Small Layout Scrapbook, a train with submerged wheels running on a layout - I'm pretty sure that it is also on Youtube - without going hunting! So, of course, I had to go hunt on Youtube - Didn't find it so far, but I did find this https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=youtube+model+train+running+on+submerged+track&qpvt=youtube+model+train+running+on+submerged+track&view=detail&mid=614E162D5A82551C8DA1614E162D5A82551C8DA1&&FORM=VRDGAR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Martin Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 Doesn't get much tighter than this. An 'urban canyon' Perfect for hiding the entrance/exit to your staging area. http://photos.nerail.org/showpic/?photo=2018020510295725128.jpg&order=bydate&page=2&key=&photoindex=0&maxpage=22569&maxphotoindex=0&key2= And one for the followers of 'dodgy' track! http://photos.nerail.org/showpic/?photo=2018020510291325222.jpg&order=bydate&page=2&key=&photoindex=1&maxpage=22569&maxphotoindex=0&key2= Are you sure that second one isn't superelevation for high-speed cornering? Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prof Klyzlr Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 (edited) Dear "Running on submerged track" curious, Believe the Scrapbook entry Shortliner is thinking of is Jonathan Scott's "SpiritiNG Away", a pizza layout running a Bachmann trolley, up to its axles in demineralised water... http://www.carendt.com/small-layout-scrapbook/page-100-august-2010/#spiriting http://www.carendt.com/small-layout-scrapbook/page-60a-april-2007-special-bonus-issue/ http://scottpages.net/SpiritiNgAway.html SO, no excuses then, get to it... Happy Modelling,Aim to Improve,Prof Klyzlr PS check from 0:40, and this "returning home" follow-up from 4:00 goes to show a "small puddle" style effect could work beautifully on a show layout... Edited February 18, 2018 by Prof Klyzlr 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortliner Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Dear "Running on submerged track" curious, Believe the Scrapbook entry Shortliner is thinking of is Jonathan Scott's "SpiritiNG Away", a pizza layout running a Bachmann trolley, up to its axles in demineralised water... http://www.carendt.com/small-layout-scrapbook/page-100-august-2010/#spiriting http://www.carendt.com/small-layout-scrapbook/page-60a-april-2007-special-bonus-issue/ http://scottpages.net/SpiritiNgAway.html SO, no excuses then, get to it... Happy Modelling, Aim to Improve, Prof Klyzlr PS check from 0:40, and this "returning home" follow-up from 4:00 goes to show a "small puddle" style effect could work beautifully on a show layout... Thanks, John - I was beginning to think that my memory was going..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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