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Posted - January 28 2014 : 02:50:55 AM
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I have been modeling this free-lanced road the Lincoln Champaign and Peoria since the 1980s. The layout has taken many forms including a basement sized empire with two helixes. This is the 7th version of the road and the 5th 4x8 layout. I am about a year away from the next rebuild, expect it to go vertical in it's next incarnation.
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Posted - January 28 2014 : 08:33:07 AM
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I like the paint scheme of your motive power. Nice attention to detail on the layout also.
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Posted - January 28 2014 : 09:03:25 AM
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hi metalsmith1 very clean livery for the locos,looks better than some of the real ones,ken
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Posted - January 28 2014 : 2:53:40 PM
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Hey Steven, How about some more photos? Looks great and I'd love to see more. Thanks. Barry
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Posted - January 28 2014 : 4:58:31 PM
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Yes, definitely more photos! Love that paint scheme
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Posted - January 28 2014 : 5:12:13 PM
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If you do show more photos, I'd like a closer look at that grain elevator and perhaps a word on how you got that peeling paint look, por favor.
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Posted - January 28 2014 : 6:42:16 PM
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got the loco scheme on a boxcar?
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Posted - January 28 2014 : 8:49:19 PM
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Hi metalsmith1,
I like the paint scheme, very well done.
I would like to see more of your trains and layout.
Thanks for sharing.
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Posted - January 28 2014 : 9:06:08 PM
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Steven, Great paint scheme, great looking engines. I too would like to see more pictures of your work. Regards, John
They won't let me ring the bell, blow the whistle, or pull the throttle, but if it jumps the track, I will surely get blamed.
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Posted - February 02 2014 : 02:27:26 AM
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These are some real veterans. The Gp-35 was the first powered unit in LC& P colors but was originally in the colors of the b-unit in the background. That b unit was the first model I ever painted myself and will remain in original the original colors. It was bought as a dummy but was the first true LC&P locomotive.
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Posted - February 02 2014 : 02:32:37 AM
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A pair of GE U-Boats handle a merchandise freight on the LC&P.
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Posted - February 02 2014 : 02:35:10 AM
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The F-45 was added to the LC&P roster to handle hotshot piggyback traffic.
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Posted - February 02 2014 : 11:18:01 AM
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Great photos Steven. Do you think that merchandise freight is going to be slowed up after hitting that foolish horse? I dig that scene in the first photo with the guy sitting on a timber curb, tippin' up a bottle of beverage. Keep the photos comin', please. Thanks. Barry
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Posted - February 02 2014 : 3:19:33 PM
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I checked on the horse and he appears to be ok, just a little spooked. Here the LC&P shows its narrow gauge heritage with mogul old #2 on the point.
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Posted - February 02 2014 : 3:20:57 PM
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sweet is all i can say ken
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Posted - February 06 2014 : 02:54:03 AM
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Here is what the LC&P looked like in the early 1980s.
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Posted - February 06 2014 : 02:56:00 AM
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This was a version of the LC&P in the early 1990s.
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Posted - February 06 2014 : 4:06:30 PM
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Steven - what a GREAT layout and I too am loving the photography. Tell you what you are inspiring me to refocus on my own home road development. More photos please, keep that inspiration coming!!
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Posted - February 06 2014 : 11:37:35 PM
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Great modeling and painting! Keep the photos coming!
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Posted - February 07 2014 : 02:03:04 AM
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It's interesting to see how things changed over the decades . . . decades . . . decades . . . whoa! My layout is still pretty much bare board (this after a bit more than a year) . . . I wonder . . .
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Posted - February 13 2014 : 03:05:23 AM
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This is the future plan for the new LC&P. Construction will begin in about a year. The colored lines represent different levels of track separated by height. Dimensions will be roughly 5x10 and the whole thing will be on casters to be rolled out to the center of the room when running. The benchwork will begin at floor level and will rise up to about six feet in height with trains of 4 different gauges running on the various levels. HO, O27, HON30, and N. Sound crazy? Just wait till you see what tricks I have up my sleeve. I have been planning this monstrosity for years.
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Posted - February 13 2014 : 06:45:35 AM
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Looks downright diabolical metalsmith Looking forward to seeing that one take shape!
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Posted - February 14 2014 : 02:56:26 AM
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This is the one I have been talking about using dedicated DCC decoders on and permanently wiring them in to the individuals loops of track. There will be no physical connections to the loops as they will all be separated by elevation. Minimal turnouts, this thing is not going to be built for operating sessions, it is going to be strictly for watching trains run and rail fanning. I'm hoping for some great photographic opportunities on this one. One side will be a deep canyon in the style of John Allen while the other side of the layout will be an urban canyon with buildings stacked to the ceiling, a feast for the eyes me-thinks. I have been thinking that we sometimes sell ourselves short by thinking of our layouts in terms of square feet and not in cubic feet of volume.
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Posted - February 26 2014 : 11:55:50 PM
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You have an amazing layout with numerous scenic spots to take pictures of your highly detailed equipment.
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Posted - February 27 2014 : 04:10:22 AM
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A most unique layout. The interchange track work is a terrific bit. Enjoyed the decade by decade evolution of the concept. Myself, I find myself building things up, and then wanting to tear it down almost as soon as it is finished to start something new. You have achieved a patient discipline to keep refining and building on previous work. Well done.
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Posted - March 08 2014 : 02:02:21 AM
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No escape from the long arm of the law, even in HO scale
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Posted - March 08 2014 : 02:42:34 AM
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A Litchfield and Madison switcher handles a transfer in the small yard in Poolesville on the LC&P.
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Posted - March 08 2014 : 02:58:03 AM
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An RDC makes a suburban station stop on the LC&P.
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Posted - March 08 2014 : 08:14:25 AM
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Loving these closeup pics of your layout. It's got real depth to it, lots of little details that can be discovered. And that passenger depot gets it just right, the mix of old and new, the gravel lot with the brick pavers....I could look at stuff like this for hours.
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Posted - March 08 2014 : 09:45:12 AM
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quote:No escape from the long arm of the law, even in HO scale Originally posted by metalsmith1Â -Â March 08 2014Â :Â 02:02:21 AM
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I LOVE this pic! It funny I still wants ONE of yer locos
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Posted - March 08 2014 : 10:01:03 AM
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love that scene,looks like something from the tv show "cops"
quote:No escape from the long arm of the law, even in HO scale
Originally posted by metalsmith1Â -Â March 08 2014Â :Â 02:02:21 AM
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Posted - March 08 2014 : 5:26:08 PM
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It is a re-enactment of an actual event, I did my fair share of street racing and cruising back in the day. There was a regular at many of the events that I attended who drove an orange street rod called Larry's Express that was a dead ringer for the one in the pic. We all got in our fair share of trouble for doing burnouts and such.
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Posted - March 08 2014 : 9:54:05 PM
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quote:Here is what the LC&P looked like in the early 1980s.
Originally posted by metalsmith1Â -Â February 06 2014Â :Â 02:54:03 AM
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There's the old Athearn Hustler that I saw in the first picture. I can't believe how much that layout has changed over the years.
-Steve
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Posted - March 09 2014 : 01:27:22 AM
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That little critter is still with me, although now it runs with an Ernst gear drive instead of rubber bands. Here it is working the industries of Poolesville.
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Posted - March 09 2014 : 12:37:43 PM
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who made the orange Ford hot rod? I likes the tiny yellow caboose too
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Posted - March 09 2014 : 4:48:08 PM
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If I remember correctly, the orange Ford was made by Micro-Machines. The tiny caboose is an all metal construction and I don't know who made it but the sprung trucks don't roll very well and the thing is so heavy that it would make a good boat anchor. I got it to go with a logging set that I am putting together.
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Posted - March 09 2014 : 5:54:48 PM
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quote:That little critter is still with me, although now it runs with an Ernst gear drive instead of rubber bands. Here it is working the industries of Poolesville.
Originally posted by metalsmith1Â -Â March 09 2014Â :Â 01:27:22 AM
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I see your gondola car is kinda derailed.
-Steve
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Posted - March 10 2014 : 01:08:56 AM
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Oops...hard coupling, may have to reprimand the crew for that one
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Posted - March 10 2014 : 9:12:50 PM
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Fun pictures!
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Posted - March 11 2014 : 01:34:20 AM
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This one is for schaggy, the elevator is an old Suydam all wood craftsman style kit that I did back in the late 1980's and it is still kickin. The peeling paint was done with multiple layers of drybrush applied over a few spots of rubber cement. The decals were given several coats of setting solution to get them to bond with the board detail.
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Posted - March 11 2014 : 08:55:47 AM
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And a sweet little elevator it is!
The peeling paint technique worked out really well, too. Thanks for the explanation.
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Posted - March 16 2014 : 01:39:57 AM
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The proximity of the LC&P in Northern Illinois to Chicago can lead to a bottleneck of interchange an run through traffic especially at Hillside JCT. Here the NKP and NYC rub elbows.
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Posted - March 16 2014 : 01:43:21 AM
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Several lines cross here and the LC&P is host to a good deal of bridge traffic.
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Posted - March 16 2014 : 09:55:30 AM
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Pan shots like that are hard enough to get in full size. In HO, it must have taken some real doing. Nice shot!
Is that consolidation a Tyco or IHC?
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Posted - March 16 2014 : 9:06:20 PM
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Light and running repairs are performed at the LC&P Company Diesel shop in South Peoria. The existing six axle fleet is in the process of being upgraded for DPU to handle an expected increase in frac-traffic.
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Posted - March 16 2014 : 9:13:59 PM
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Cool photos Steven. Thanks.
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Posted - March 16 2014 : 9:23:48 PM
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quote:Pan shots like that are hard enough to get in full size. In HO, it must have taken some real doing. Nice shot!
Is that consolidation a Tyco or IHC?
Originally posted by scsshaggy - March 16 2014 : 09:55:30 AM
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I think it's a IHC due to the front bogey and the tender you can kind of see. Also, it looks like it's loco driven.
-Steve
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Posted - March 19 2014 : 6:12:25 PM
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The night shift can be a quiet time on the LC&P.
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Posted - March 19 2014 : 11:51:34 PM
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Great photo. Cool lighting. I dig the light reflected off the cars.
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Posted - March 20 2014 : 11:27:12 AM
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Great modeling and great action! You have quite the layout there.
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Posted - March 22 2014 : 01:41:15 AM
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In 1994 the Lincoln Champaign and Peoria was officially registered with the NMRA Pike Registry
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