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I've pre ordered a Walther's Proto F7 in Southern for the Birmingham special today from Model junction and the Broadway limited A is now available in the U.S, should be available in the U.K by Christmas.
I'm hoping that Broadway will upgrade their E units with paragon 3 and do them again in Southern. At least I can consist them and have the extra bass from the Broadway unit!!
Also a little help if you could, Atlas have this caboose that they say is from the 1940's onwards. If I paint out the later burger logo would this be correct or is this one from an absorbed railroad?
looks pretty close to the prototype - this is 1 number up in the sequence
http://www.upcoaltrain.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=3622806
cheers Paul
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The P2 is the only tender loco I can think of from the UK. Might have been sons tank engines, I don't know a thing about those.
GWR 72xx 2-8-2T as well - 54 of them apparently
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I have never seen anything like these before but I assume they are new coal hoppers but who owns them and where do they normally run? They were part of a complete train of the same cars but I just caught the tail end because it was mostly hidden by a double stack.
Willy
Herzog Ballast Hoppers
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4308428
cheers Paul......
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This afternoon, I went looking for a CP train that I’d seen earlier today and found it in one of the two places I knew it would be. It was switching inside a private industry, so I had to wait for it to come out to take pictures. While I waited, there was traffic passing on the CP line into Vancouver. (Unfortunately, all pictures had to be taken against the sun.)
Having said at the end of last week, that I hadn’t managed to photograph a SD30C-ECO yet, two went past on a transfer of grain cars to the elevators in Vancouver docks. Here are #5014 and #5016:
I believe these units are major rebuilds of SD40-2s. Some of the later ones were to use SD40-2Fs (“Red Barns”).
Then a very long stack train came east, with CN power – SD70M-2 #8011 and C40-8W #2718 (sublettered for Illinois Central):
Finally, the train I’d gone to photograph came out of the private yard on its way back to Port Coquitlam with GP38-2 #3026 and “control cab” #1126. 1126 was built as a GP35 and converted in 1996.
I like the way the SD30C-ECO 's look like SD45's with the flared radiators
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Those controllers sound well dodgy!!!
My H&M Duette wouldn't look at O scale locos. I think they're only 1Amp 'each'.
I do like my Atlas RS3, don't get me wrong. The individual grab irons were a big atraction, especially as they are curved on the hood ends. With a Loksound L sound decoder loaded with the Alco244 12-cyl. engine, it splutters along just like the real thing. As one viewer at a Show said, all it needs is a smoke unit! (I think the RS1 has one!). My response was that I didn't want to set off the venue's fire alarms
...plus, of course, as yet I haven't seen a smoke unit capable of chucking out the thick black clag of an Alco
I managed to get my 40 yr old H&M duette to run my G scale RS-3 in the garden - was a bit warm tbh after a while
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There's one of the MSC brake vans preserved at the Goucester Waterways Museum
This is one of the CLC design ones used at Stanlow towards the end of its days in 1986
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I'm going to get some tunnel Mouths laser cut, could anyone tell me the height from rail to the top of a double stack container please ?
image.jpgThis is the one tunnel mouth.
I can find reference to 20ft / 6096mm
Paul.........
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http://www.modeljunction.info/estore/product_info.php?cPath=25_27_71&products_id=40410
This is the RS3 I'm looking at, would this be right for a repaint ?
Thanks again
N&W 300 at Roanoke
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Leased pennsy GP9's
image.jpgAthearn Genesis have these coming out in a few months time in the correct pennsy livery. Just a number change. I might go down this route instead of a respray, I can always add some N&W units at a later date.
N&W GP-9 620 at NC Transportation museum last Sunday
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£62 belongs in the "Ebay Madness" Thread. The GP35 price isn't too bad, unless you got one for less than £100 a few years ago like I did...
Dan; don't worry - I haven't got anything from that lot either....
I had the B&M boxcar - nothing much else I fancied tbh within the sensible price range - too much older stuff - Paul......
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Well, here it is! What we've all (me at least!) been waiting for:
Now here's the story. This is just an account of what happened. It is not meant to be a review or feedback or recommendation.
I searched on Google for Atlas O 2 rail SD35 NW and got a hit straightaway. It took me to the Public Delivery Track. On the page was a photo, a description and the facility to add to basket. Before I did, I e-mailed them and asked if they would ship to the UK. The answer was a curt yes at $70 (turned out to be $90 actually). So I placed and order.
I received e-mail confirmation and another e-mail giving me my account details which had been set up at the time of ordering. About a week later, I checked via my account on the order status and it said it was awaiting fulfillment. I e-mailed the Public Delivery Track to check whether they actually had it or whether it was what we had in the early days of buying online where people would advertise stuff and there was no way you would ever get it. I received no reply.
I checked the order status a week later and it said the same. I sent a message via my account and said if it wasn't in stock to cancel the order. All this time my card had not been charged which again arose suspicion as to whether I would get it.
Again, no reply. Another few days go by and I notice when doing some banking online that the card has been charged. I checked the order status and it still says awaiting fulfillment.
So I e-mailed again and did get a reply this time to say it had been dispatched and they would try and find a tracking number. i replied asking for the tracking number. Again, nothing. I e-mailed again and asked for the tracking number. Guess what?
Finally, yesterday came the request from Parcelforce for money and today, it arrives.
I have just checked the order status:
I rest my case.
Now you just need one of these to add a bit of colour
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I might be able to see the FEC in action. We are staying in Orlando so fairly close.
always the chance of finding some CSX locos kicking around Orlando
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My first experience of the real thing
You can't beat the FEC one of my favourite roads
Paul.......
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How much is the VAT, Nick?? Help us work out if you've had a bargain..!!!
Now watching several Atlas O locos that are on UK Ebay .... but not eyeing up exactly the ones everyone would expect me to be after....
A couple of them are 3-rail though - even though it doesn't state they are
Paul.........
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I finally got chance to open the OP link at home just now... never mind crazy industries and rails everywhere.... I went across the town a bit and found THIS...
What is a Roundabout doing in N. America...????? Do they know what it is?? Doesn't it confuse them???
Coat on, left the building........
Been severely scared by the Somerville Circle in PA where traffic entering the circle off 202 at like 70mph has priority over you on the circle - have also seen them in Florida as well.
Paul........
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40025 no TOPS Data panel and showing how to weather the roof of a 40 and showing the boiler port....
40025 at Durham c.1982
Steve
and 3 nose end e-flashes - only about 4 kept this Green era e-flash config into blue livery Lucy being one
cheers
Paul......
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I have a copy of Southern Pacific 1987/88 Motive Power Pictorial by Joseph W. Shine.
It lists all the equipment painted in the SPSF Red and Yellow Scheme.
They were: SW99E 1,SW1500 2, MP15 1,SD35E1,SDP453,GP9E 9,GP35E 5,GP35 8,SD40R 6,
SD44R 1,SD45R 17, GP40-2 1,B30-7 2,SD40T-2 8,SD45 2,SD54T-2 14,SD45-2R 4, plus 1 caboose.
One assumes the Santa Fe did something similar.
Peter M
Peter - the SF list
http://atsf.railfan.net/sfkodcrm/
Cheers
Paul.........
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I couldn't play the Kodachrome game , but I can play the SD-45 & Espee game
Some of my battered fleet - all are requiring a level of rework / repair - but I like them
Paul........
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Highpeak, thank you for confirming I am going about things in the right way.
I won a Santa Fe GP50 in an NMRA raffle, it's not a road I had any interest in to be honest. But the livery grew on me so I ended up detailing the model and if asked I said it was working off horse power hours. I found also that viewers at exhibitions had heard of the Santa Fe and this made them realise they were looking at a model of American operations.
Here we see SF #3814 arriving at Benson with a train of covered hoppers.
Having now become something of a fan I bought a second hand GP 38-2 wearing the SF/SP merger that never happened livery. It is an ex Preoria & Western loco actually. It's a bit bright but I rather like it.
It would seem some 300 odd locomotives were re-painted at this time, woops.
Here we see #2375 arriving at Colonel's crossing with a cut of empty ore cars then at rest on the engine house track
Peter M
you can never have too much Kodachrome
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The olive set with the B/G Mk2 Aircon in sounds more like the Crewe Electric Test Train from the Mid 1990's, and was used to commission 92's and other locos that had received attention. I'm sure I had a list of the numbers somewhere but can't find the resourse, and the Mk2 I had set aside for the rake currently has a fictional ADB number on...
Looking at current pics of some of these coaches on departmentals.com
ADB975051 & ADB977084, ADB977085 still exist & were still at Crewe in OG as late as 2005
Cheers
Paul.........
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CE test train:
ADB975051 - This vehicle was formerly DM&EE Test Car 5, ex BTK M34133 - this was in RTC Red & Blue livery
ADB 977081 - Mk1 FK M13267 B1 - converted 1982
ADB 977082 - Mk1 RKB 1511 - converted 1982
ADB 977083 - Mk1 RKB M1552 - converted 1982
ADB 977084 - Mk1 RKB M1505 - B4's - converted 1982
ADB 977085 - Mk1 RKB M1637 - commonwealth bogies - converted 1982
ZC Test Train:
ADB975618 - ex Mk1 BTK M34538 B1 Bogies - converted 1977
ADB975626 - ex MK1 BSK S34939 B1 Bogies - converted 1977
ADB975627 - ex MK1 BSK S34938 B1 Bogies - converted 1977
ADB977146 - ex MK1 TSO E4841 - converted 1983
ADB977147 - ex MK1 CK M16123 - converted 1983
ADB977148 - ex MK1 CK M16133 - converted 1983
ADB977149 - ex MK1 CK M16137 - converted 1983
ADB977150 - ex MK1 CK E15642 - converted 1983
ADB977151 - ex MK1 SK M25339 - B1 Bogies - converted 1983
Previously it was made up of ex LMS 50ft Full Brakes - all converted in 1980
ADB975986 - LMS PIII BG M31359M
ADB975987 - LMS PIII BG M30977M
ADB975988 - LMS PIII BG M31057M
ADB975989 - LMS PIII BG M31181M
ADB975990 - LMS PIII BG M31254M
ADB975991 - LMS PIII BG M31045M
ADB975992 - LMS PIII BG M31904M
Half an hour with a 1985 diary & a 1984 platform 5 "departmental coaching stock" & a blimp at Departmentals.com & its sorted (perhaps)
from the 1985 diary:
Chester - 21st November 1985
47444 - Large Logo Blue with one of the test train rakes
47631 - Large Logo Blue with the other test train rake
so both rakes in use on the same day testing ex-works diesels - unfortunately didn't record which rake was which
coaches ADB977148 / ADB977149 / ADB977150 / ADB977151 / ADB977326 / ADB977327 / ADB977081 / ADB975626 / ADB975918 / ADB975627
2 extra coaches in these rakes not id'd above
ADB977326 - ex MK1 CK 16138
ADB977327 - ex MK1 CK 16114
Midland, Ohio in O
in USA & Canadian Railroads
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Grab some FEC action too on the coast.......