Weekend Photo Fun May 15, 2009

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  1. r_i_straw

    r_i_straw Mostly N Scale Staff Member

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    Here is a locomotive I have been working on for someone to kick things off this week.
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  2. jeffrey-wimberly

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    My project this past week was to rebuild an Atlas SD24 into an SD26 variant I call the SD27J. It has the distinction of being the only one of it's kind.

    I started with an ordinary Atlas UP SD24.
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    I stripped the shell and sprayed it lightly with gray primer. I then cut apart the roof mounted air tanks and discarded the two inner ones as they had no sides. I made four more air tanks from 1/8" dowel and drilled holes in each end of them so I could insert the piping for the air system then spaced them out along both sides of the top of the long hood similar to the SD26. I then added the two remaining plastic air tanks between the middle air tanks and the dynamic brake cooler fans. I then cut down a Kadee coupler box to serve as a maintenance box for the valve system between the middle tanks. The winterization hatch was slightly modified to serve as a cover for the air filters.
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    I removed the turbocharger cover from the side of the body and added a blower cover I cut from a Bachann GP50 body.
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    The shell was then disassembled (again) and painted the colors of the Midland Gulf Railway and lighted weathered with a black paint/alcohol wash.
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    A DZ125 decoder was installed and programmed before the shell was reassembled.
     
  3. atsf_arizona

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    Great picture, Russ!

    I've been out of bandwidth lately, trying to keep employed.

    So, I'll just pull one out of the archives.

    Back in April 2005, I was at the Timonium, MD train show.
    One of the shots I took was of Northern Virginia NTRAK member Matt
    Chibbaro's "Furlow Canyon" NTrak module:

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    This is his tribute to the famous Malcolm Furlow's soaring
    desert model railroading. There are two loops in addition to the
    3 track NTrak main line: both are figure-8's hidden by the mountains.

    Seems amazing it was 4 years ago now! While there, I had nice chat with Lance
    Mindheim at his booth; and even saw Jim FitzGerald, who was there with
    his wife Lee, at the TTRaK display.

    All, have a good week!
     
  4. Powersteamguy1790

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    Some photo's from the "original" JJJ&E.
     
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  6. Tad

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    I've been working on the AD&N shops this week.

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  7. COverton

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    Nice work, fellas! Nice images, too.

    Here is my image for the week. A load of wheelsets is on its way to the foundry for scrapping.

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  8. jeffrey-wimberly

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    Tad: Those structures are way too clean.
    Crandall: Great work on that scene. You outdid yourself.

    The next loco to enter my shop for a chop-cut-rebuild will be this Atlas GE U30C. I'm trying to come up with some way to make it visibly unique if not downright unusual.

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  9. HemiAdda2d

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  10. Tad

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    I said I was working on them, I didn't say I was finished.

    They'll look more like this before they are done. At least, I hope so.

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    Where the heck is Sundown?
     
  11. Alaska GP49

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    Tried to sleep in this morning until I heard a whistle! Jumped up threw on a hat and shoes and headed out the door. Turns out there was a two car high-wide train coming up the Front Range Sub. I was able to beat it to Louisville. Here are two shots of it coming under the Hwy 42 overpass.

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  12. jeffrey-wimberly

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    Sundown is a very small community in Louisiana. It's located between Leesville and White Park. You can literally skid through it.
     
  13. Tad

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    Thought so. My sister lives not far from there. I grew up in Jena, La., Hamburg, Ark. and Fountain Hill, Ark. My dad still lives in Jena and my mom lives in Hamburg.
     
  14. Jon Grant

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    Great start to the weekend.

    I've been experimenting with some aerial shots over the past few days. Here are a few examples

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    Jon
     
  15. HemiAdda2d

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    Nice shots of the S-curve, Mike!
    Jon, Snoopy takes great photos!
     
  16. Hytec

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    Jon, you are extremely fortunate to have been able to photograph one of the most clandestined members of the Lafayette Escadrille. He has been known to hound the rare photographer who obtained an image, only to have that immortal ace grab the plate or negative by his teeth and worry it beyond recognition.

    Well Done, Sir!
     
  17. GregK

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    Here's my contribution. I don't usually post, but I've been playing with my camera and Helicon Focus this morning. :)

    Taken on my small 2'x4' layout. I just poured the magic water last weekend for the stream and inserted the sky.

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  18. Tracy McKibben

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    Here's what I've dubbed the "Ultimate Railfan's Campsite". The scene is far from finished, but I wanted to post some photos today.

    Perched high on a cliff protruding from the forest, this campsite offers amazing views of both the nearby river crossing to the west, and the tunnel portal to the east. Just don't sleepwalk...

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  19. jeffrey-wimberly

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    I've been toying with an idea concerning the U30C. Here's part of it.
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  20. river_eagle

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    The new layout module construction has begun.
    This will soon be the Eagle River station and loco maint. facility on the
    new CMRRA HO modular club layout.
    I will try to post weekly update to both this set of modules, as well as the entire layout.
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