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forgot i had this smooth runner ken
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Posted - October 22 2011 : 7:25:17 PM
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My New Beutay From AMCGremlinGT-A New Switcher! In N Scale! And its Wide! Awesome! Now catfordken, do you have a triang Diesel dock switcher with snow plow? I wanna see one.
Just Awesome! Thanks AMCGremlinGT! I Send the engine out soon.
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Posted - October 22 2011 : 7:43:26 PM
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hi cvt sorry just a link to photo ken
http://www.tri-ang.co.uk/dock.htm
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Posted - October 22 2011 : 7:55:48 PM
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Thanks Catfordken! Links are fine for me as pictures take a while to load
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Posted - October 22 2011 : 8:35:44 PM
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AHM GG1, my dad gave me one long ago, this is its replacement...
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Posted - October 22 2011 : 9:06:26 PM
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Nice G, shay!
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Posted - October 22 2011 : 9:28:32 PM
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Little early on LOTW?  Oh well Here are my 2 U-boats
Bachmann Auto-Train
Bachmann The Rock aka CRI&P
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Posted - October 23 2011 : 12:56:33 AM
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Very nice GE diesels, microbusss! Is "The Rock" the same as Rock Island?
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Posted - October 23 2011 : 02:37:30 AM
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Here is my Pemco Rock Island SD35
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Posted - October 23 2011 : 06:59:19 AM
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| hi ben british prerogative,we are ahead of you lol,some nice locos so far,ken
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Posted - October 23 2011 : 09:36:01 AM
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np Ken
Yes tykowolf The Rock is the same as Rock Island It adapted that scheme in 1974 That was the scheme before it "crumbled" in 1980 Ironically UP owns more RI Except for the lines that Iowa Interstate runs 
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Posted - October 23 2011 : 11:29:57 AM
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My LOTW is a Mantua ( Man-Chew_ah ) steamer, a B & O 4-6-0 I got on Saturday at the Bunker Hill train show. very nice shape, paid $15 for it, runs ok, a bit hesitant, but with some lube and clean-up, will probably be fine. I'm finally starting to find some C&O and B&O engines in steam I like.
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Posted - October 23 2011 : 1:33:49 PM
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Here's my Penn Line K-4 that I just restored. I fixed the cab roof with JB Weld, then painted and decaled the whole thing. Just have the coal load left to add. The tender lettering could be centered better, but I was avoiding the rivets. I don't mind.
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Posted - October 23 2011 : 1:37:58 PM
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hi chris all my photos are sized at around 700kb or less,and i rename them to simplicity like pl1,never had a failure yet,i also use picasa (a free google program for photos, ken
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Posted - October 23 2011 : 1:47:25 PM
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Still trying, Ken--doing it the way I've always done. Did try to shrink the pic. When I choose the pic and then click to upload, it says internet web page not available.
OK, got it now, may have posted the large version, but see above.
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Posted - October 23 2011 : 2:31:08 PM
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| hi chris it is a big one,the bigger they are the more they might fail to load,ken
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Posted - October 23 2011 : 4:08:48 PM
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My LOTW is an MDC 0-6-0T tank engine:
All metal, and really heavy. The previous owner added directional constant intensity lighting.
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Posted - October 23 2011 : 7:43:36 PM
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MB, Nice Auto Train! Me Likey
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Posted - October 23 2011 : 8:07:37 PM
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| thanks CNVIATyco I do have the boxcar & 2 full domes in Auto-Train
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Posted - October 23 2011 : 8:42:55 PM
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Lucky! I want one of the Auto Cars.
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Posted - October 23 2011 : 9:01:15 PM
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Just brought this back from a show. The cab design is interesting and it's a nice model. 
Handsome K4 resto Adams. Cool stuff fellas.
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Posted - October 23 2011 : 9:10:29 PM
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Redwoods
I have two of those; one plastic, and one metal. Have kitbashing plans for the plastic one.....
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Posted - October 23 2011 : 9:43:00 PM
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I'll throw in this Cox Robin Hood Food stores loco
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Posted - October 23 2011 : 9:46:26 PM
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I Mentioned One of those Enigines A while Back, Nice Colors!
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Posted - October 23 2011 : 9:56:17 PM
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quote:I'll throw in this Cox Robin Hood Food stores loco
Originally posted by eaglerock109Â -Â October 23 2011Â :Â 9:43:00 PM
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Dude!!!
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Posted - October 23 2011 : 10:06:53 PM
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quote: quote:I'll throw in this Cox Robin Hood Food stores loco
Originally posted by eaglerock109Â -Â October 23 2011Â :Â 9:43:00 PM
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Dude!!!
Originally posted by shaygetz - October 23 2011 : 9:56:17 PM
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Thanks Shay, I really like this loco, CVT is right, it's the colors. The only piece I'm missing from the set is the hopper car.
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Posted - October 23 2011 : 10:29:06 PM
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quote:Redwoods
I have two of those; one plastic, and one metal. Have kitbashing plans for the plastic one.....
-Gareth
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I look forward to seeing your kitbash Gareth. I like that these are easy to work with, just like Tyco and Mantua steamers. - Thomas
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Posted - October 23 2011 : 10:31:04 PM
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quote:Just brough this back from a show. The cab design is interesting and it's a nice model.
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Alco, is that cab original or is the loco a kitbash? - Thomas
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Posted - October 24 2011 : 05:56:20 AM
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Thomas,
It's a prototypical design and not a kitbash. I believe it had to do with giving the crews more space. I think there may have only been around 40 actual locos like the built. Bachmann made one in Chessie too.
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Posted - October 24 2011 : 07:42:36 AM
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tykowolf, Keep the Streamliners Comin`!
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Posted - October 25 2011 : 6:58:57 PM
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quote:Thomas,
It's a prototypical design and not a kitbash. I believe it had to do with giving the crews more space. I think there may have only been around 40 actual locos like the built. Bachmann made one in Chessie too.
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Thanks Alco, that's a nice one. I had not seen that before. Reminds me a little of some modern electric locos that they run in Texas in coal service. - Thomas
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Posted - October 25 2011 : 7:37:55 PM
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Here is my Reading 2-8-0c
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Posted - October 25 2011 : 9:34:21 PM
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Thomas here's a pic of the actual loco with the same road number however this was taken after SBD took over operations. They wanted more room for crews after they stopped using
cabooses.
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Posted - October 25 2011 : 9:46:29 PM
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Wow!
Can't figure out which of the Robin Hood F or AF's Big Cab unit fell from higher up in "...the Ugly tree hitting every branch on the way down!"*
Glad I don't have to choose! 
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Posted - October 25 2011 : 11:11:52 PM
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quote:Wow!
Can't figure out which of the Robin Hood F or AF's Big Cab unit fell from higher up in "...the Ugly tree hitting every branch on the way down!"*
Glad I don't have to choose!
-Gareth
* Paraphrase of Private Ryan, of Saving Pr. Ryan the movie.
Originally posted by romcat - October 25 2011 : 9:46:29 PM
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I still like the Robin Hood, wasn't sure if Shay's dude comment was good or bad. Either way I still like it!!
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Posted - October 26 2011 : 06:22:50 AM
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quote:Wow!
Can't figure out which of the Robin Hood F or AF's Big Cab unit fell from higher up in "...the Ugly tree hitting every branch on the way down!"* Originaly posted by Romcat
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Now how's a locomotive gonna get up in a tree? :)
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Posted - October 26 2011 : 06:39:18 AM
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| sure gareth will think of answer to that question af ken
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Posted - October 26 2011 : 07:52:00 AM
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Definitly the Robin Hood Unit! I MUST HAVE!!!!!!!!!!
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Posted - October 26 2011 : 08:46:32 AM
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Colourful topic...
Mike
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Posted - October 26 2011 : 09:38:36 AM
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oh maaaan Now I gotta find my IGA loco I found one locally at a garage sale a few years ago No we don't have IGA stores here
Does IGA still put out train sets or not? 
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Posted - October 26 2011 : 09:40:02 AM
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OK ken;
Here you go. According to Einstein, when the speed of light is exceeded light waves are bent around on things refracting light in a way wherin you can see things on the far side of objects before you get there. So, a Locomotive that ugly moving fast enough passing under a tree would appear to be falling from it.... the um, UGLY is just plain UGLY, no quantum pyhsics involved just gaudy taste.
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Posted - October 26 2011 : 4:31:16 PM
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I'm kinda partial to the "Q", it was an interesting evolutionary step toward modern loco cabs on GE's part, even if it had questionable aesthetics. Kind of but not entirely like how the Phase II GP30 had a longer cab on the conductors' side. Though in the BQ's case it's more like an electric loco cab was grafted onto a wrecked Dash-7.
Only 10 BQ23-7's were ever built, and all for Family Lines. Bachmann's Chessie unit is fantasy, but is properly assigned to C&O (the only Chessie road to roster GE units) and oddly enough would have ended up with CSX anyway. The Family Lines unit is actually pretty prototypical and well done for the era - even down to the traded-in EMD Blomberg trucks (check the photo AF posted above - it happens to be the same roadnumber).
The "Q" in the model number stands for "Quarters" cab, to replace the caboose as AF pointed out. Apparently safety concerns (impact protection - lack thereof) once crew requirements were relaxed led to them falling out of favor when CSX formally took over. Most of them had the windows plated over and designated as "B" units by the 90's, and I believe all were scrapped by the turn of the century.
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Posted - October 26 2011 : 7:42:20 PM
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Nice Tony,
You can't go wrong with the Chessie paint scheme and I don't think I've seen many of the BQ23-7s painted like that. I wonder how long Bachmann made them?
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Posted - October 27 2011 : 03:06:24 AM
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I just realized that Hypoponera's avatar is a hansome custom painted BQ23-7.
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Posted - October 27 2011 : 10:14:44 AM
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I'll have to check that AF, he usually has such good taste. I thought it was some kind of U-Boat which are almost as ugly and bereft of style!
Thank Gawd Caterpillar bought EMD. About time there was real competition again for GE!
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Posted - October 27 2011 : 10:18:53 AM
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Microbusss, I wan t that IGA Loco! COOOL!!!
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Posted - October 27 2011 : 11:31:26 AM
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quote:Microbusss, I wan t that IGA Loco! COOOL!!!
Originally posted by CNVIATyco - October 27 2011 : 10:18:53 AM
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O.o I haven't shown mine yet
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Posted - October 27 2011 : 6:59:43 PM
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But You mentioned It!
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Posted - October 28 2011 : 06:45:33 AM
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What a great mix of locos this week. Consolidated camelback, BQ23's and some diesels so colourful they make Chessie look dull!
Thanks for the Rock Island info, microbusss. I think I prefer the red and yellow Rock Island scheme, especially when it's on a Tyco shark!
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Posted - October 28 2011 : 10:12:53 AM
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quote: quote:Wow!
Can't figure out which of the Robin Hood F or AF's Big Cab unit fell from higher up in "...the Ugly tree hitting every branch on the way down!"* Originaly posted by Romcat
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Now how's a locomotive gonna get up in a tree? :)
Originally posted by Alco Fan - October 26 2011 : 06:22:50 AM
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It doesn't have to. It just has to derail in the Ugly Forest and hit every tree, like the aforementioned units.
Oh, and that day-glo Geep.
;-)
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Posted - October 28 2011 : 11:26:32 AM
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50th Post. WOW! Okay, what does the Robin hood set look like?
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