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 Posted - June 01 2014 : 10:44:00 AM
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I got my AOTW finally up! It's a whole batch of Hornby couplers I got for my Flying Scotsman after my coupler on it broke a while back. (I have a whole thread on it in the Tyco Maintenance part of the forum.) Well, here it is!
By the way, in case you didn't know, the code on the bag the couplers came in is the name of the product like how my Flying Scotsman is R3086. That's the way they do it in Great Britain I guess.
-Steve
"A lot of modellers out there who go to these train shows see broken HO stuff and go, 'This is useless' when, in reality, they can still be used for modeling whether it's as a prop on your layout or a cool project to make something old new again."
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Posted - June 01 2014 : 11:21:06 AM
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A few of my lighted billboards. Rounding up some loose light ups from my boxes. Wanna see how many lights one transformer can power....
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Posted - June 01 2014 : 11:57:54 AM
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quote:A few of my lighted billboards. Rounding up some loose light ups from my boxes. Wanna see how many lights one transformer can power....
Originally posted by walt - June 01 2014 : 11:21:06 AM
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Good luck, Walt.
-Steve
"A lot of modellers out there who go to these train shows see broken HO stuff and go, 'This is useless' when, in reality, they can still be used for modeling whether it's as a prop on your layout or a cool project to make something old new again."
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Posted - June 01 2014 : 11:41:54 PM
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A bascule bridge, hand built perhaps in the 1980's, the history is
lost to time. The entire piece ran almost 4 feet in lenth, to I simply
used the most dramatic part: the lift bridge. I rescued it from
dust and being shut away. The dual tracks work perfectly. It has taken
up a lot of rail real estate planting it, but has a definite cool factor. What's next in store is to give it a compressed harbor scene. Wood
land scenic will be used for "water." Artistic Director May-hem,
wants me to put in a back drop of the Titanic, looming over all...
Edited by - Chops124 on June 01 2014 11:44:41 PM
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Posted - June 02 2014 : 12:51:39 AM
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quote:
A bascule bridge, hand built perhaps in the 1980's, the history is
lost to time. The entire piece ran almost 4 feet in lenth, to I simply
used the most dramatic part: the lift bridge. I rescued it from
dust and being shut away. The dual tracks work perfectly. It has taken
up a lot of rail real estate planting it, but has a definite cool factor. What's next in store is to give it a compressed harbor scene. Wood
land scenic will be used for "water." Artistic Director May-hem,
wants me to put in a back drop of the Titanic, looming over all...
Originally posted by Chops124Â -Â June 01 2014Â :Â 11:41:54 PM
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That sounds like a pretty cool idea to be honest.
-Steve
"A lot of modellers out there who go to these train shows see broken HO stuff and go, 'This is useless' when, in reality, they can still be used for modeling whether it's as a prop on your layout or a cool project to make something old new again."
Edited by - kovacste000 on June 02 2014 12:51:51 AM
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Posted - June 02 2014 : 11:45:25 AM
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Awesome bridge scene! The Titanic would be a hoot....or maybe the Edmund Fitzgerald with the soundtrack playing on a loop, ya know...just to cheer everybody up
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Posted - June 02 2014 : 12:05:00 PM
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Super-cool bridge Chops! But that Penn Central Geep is stealing the show
That thing looks like it just dragged itself from its own grave Love the weathering, and the combination of it hooked up to the f-unit.
http://tycodepot.com/
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Posted - June 02 2014 : 12:28:15 PM
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quote:Super-cool bridge Chops! But that Penn Central Geep is stealing the show
That thing looks like it just dragged itself from its own grave Love the weathering, and the combination of it hooked up to the f-unit.
Originally posted by JNXT 7707Â -Â June 02 2014Â :Â 12:05:00 PM
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I have to agree. It does look like something Penn Central would've had since they were so corrupt.
-Steve
"A lot of modellers out there who go to these train shows see broken HO stuff and go, 'This is useless' when, in reality, they can still be used for modeling whether it's as a prop on your layout or a cool project to make something old new again."
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Posted - June 03 2014 : 02:12:12 AM
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Worse than an F Unit, it is a "B" F unit! Poor PC, they were dragging everything
out of the closet towards the end. One thing about the PC I am led
to believe, is that when the NYC and the PRR and the NH merged,
there apparently was a corporate commitment not to lay anyone off-
which probably worsened the confusion: two headquarters: one in NY city,
the other Philadelphia. Not laying anyone off is unheard of in today's
market place where seasoned employees are the first ones tumbling
out the door into the street.
Maybe that is urban legend blarney, if so, please bring me up to speed.
And from what I saw on the superb UTube
Video posted in Loose Ends, yes, they actually lost trains,
when they weren't literally tumbling off the track.
Well, the Titanic it is, the E.F. was another tragedy of tragedies,
but less iconic.
Thank you so much for the kind encouragement. This will
make me get out of arm chair and do it!!
Edited by - Chops124 on June 03 2014 02:16:25 AM
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Posted - June 04 2014 : 12:47:31 AM
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I just like the Gordon Lightfoot song better for the E.F. than the soundtrack for Titanic,..not much of a fan of Celine quote:Worse than an F Unit, it is a "B" F unit! Poor PC, they were dragging everything
out of the closet towards the end. One thing about the PC I am led
to believe, is that when the NYC and the PRR and the NH merged,
there apparently was a corporate commitment not to lay anyone off-
which probably worsened the confusion: two headquarters: one in NY city,
the other Philadelphia. Not laying anyone off is unheard of in today's
market place where seasoned employees are the first ones tumbling
out the door into the street.
Maybe that is urban legend blarney, if so, please bring me up to speed.
And from what I saw on the superb UTube
Video posted in Loose Ends, yes, they actually lost trains,
when they weren't literally tumbling off the track.
Well, the Titanic it is, the E.F. was another tragedy of tragedies,
but less iconic.
Thank you so much for the kind encouragement. This will
make me get out of arm chair and do it!!
Originally posted by Chops124Â -Â June 03 2014Â :Â 02:12:12 AM
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Posted - June 04 2014 : 02:20:44 AM
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quote:Worse than an F Unit, it is a "B" F unit! Poor PC, they were dragging everything
out of the closet towards the end. One thing about the PC I am led
to believe, is that when the NYC and the PRR and the NH merged,
there apparently was a corporate commitment not to lay anyone off-
which probably worsened the confusion: two headquarters: one in NY city,
the other Philadelphia. Not laying anyone off is unheard of in today's
market place where seasoned employees are the first ones tumbling
out the door into the street.
Maybe that is urban legend blarney, if so, please bring me up to speed.
Originally posted by Chops124Â -Â June 03 2014Â :Â 02:12:12 AM
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C:
There's a book called THE WRECK OF THE PENN CENTRAL if you want the whole story and you reeeeeally like reading dry dry dry business-type stuff. ^_^ One thing I hate to admit, being a PRR fan, is that the NYC was a much better managed road at merger time than the PRR, but the PRR seemed to dominate afterward (and even, it often seemend, through Conrail). PC may have done better if the NYC people were in charge.
On-topic, that is an awesome bridge. Drawbridges are such massive cyclopean beasts, I always like seeing them when I go by the Flats in Cleveland or take the train into Chicago (but I always feel a little sad that so many of them see little or no traffic...)
Edited by - Autobus Prime on June 04 2014 02:23:07 AM
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Posted - June 05 2014 : 1:01:38 PM
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Jeff
Is that bridge part of your Tycomania layout? I think it's time to tell your kids that from now on they are going to have to permanently live in tents outside, as you need their bedrooms for expansion. If your layout is in the basement, you could build a helix to the first floor. How cool would that be!! Running trains might be a bit of a challenge though. I am sure the wife will put the living room, dining room and kitchen off limits, women are funny that way ya know!
Leo
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Posted - June 05 2014 : 5:21:38 PM
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Totally agree. Gordon Lightfoot is one of the
greatest folk musicians of all time. His amazing
repertoire is unmatched.
Yeah, Celine is, well, Celine.
I will get a copy of "Wreck of Penn Central"
from library. When I went through the Club's
library for score upon score of Trains Magazines
dating from 1967 to 1976, I found one, just one,
feature length story with a PC locomotive
on the cover. In all the others, I found the
barest of mentions of the latest troubles
PC was having.
It would seem that the editorial board of
Trains had a visceral dislike of the PC as
manifested by
the tiny amount of ink
they gave them: wonder what that was
about!
In similar fashion, PC didn't give Trains
Mag much business either. I found one full
page ad, essentially pleading for business.
When I last traveled in the Northeast U.S., I
hit a train show and was amazed at the
abundance of PC modeling. Out here in
West Texas, its almost unheard of!
Lastly, Leo is quite right; time for the
family to set up the tent! Never enough Tyco!
Never enough room!
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