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Nice consist, Frank.I especially like the variations in colors on the coaches, which gives them a more "realistic" look to them.
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Nice consist, Frank.I especially like the variations in colors on the coaches, which gives them a more "realistic" look to them.

Originally posted by kovacste000 - November 04 2014 :  6:24:57 PM



Stephen That goes to show you how Bachmann painted their cars. To me, like you say, the variation of color is what is seen in real life. Some cars are newer then others.
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My Hornby Gresley Teak coaches, for example, are from the late 1970s - early 1980s. Therefore some of them lot quite different from other ones due to age and dirt from all those years. But, again, it makes them look realistic.It makes a pretty good excuse if you ask me.

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Nice consist, Frank.I especially like the variations in colors on the coaches, which gives them a more "realistic" look to them.

Originally posted by kovacste000 - November 04 2014 :  6:24:57 PM



Stephen That goes to show you how Bachmann painted their cars. To me, like you say, the variation of color is what is seen in real life. Some cars are newer then others.
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Originally posted by toptrain - November 05 2014 :  07:15:56 AM

My Hornby Gresley Teak coaches, for example, are from the late 1970s - early 1980s. Therefore some of them lot quite different from other ones due to age and dirt from all those years. But, again, it makes them look realistic.It makes a pretty good excuse if you ask me.

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Stephen; remember. " We don't give excuses. We give reasons" !
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I'll try to remember that.

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Loco CRR0fNJ almost completed, Need to get marker lights and work between tender and loco.
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Frank, What time period were these locomotives used? circa 1850?
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Frank, What time period were these locomotives used? circa 1850?

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Barry looking like this the 1880's to 1910. The same time for the Lehigh Valley 4-4-0 camelback I made.
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* As wks , Richard reminded me it is almost Thanksgiving day. Time for the yearly get together of the old timers. Last night and this morning a large exodus of locomotives occurred as a matching group of old timers arrived from the surrounding branches of the PGW and its surrounding railroads. As of now the old time train passenger trains sent out are not scheduled to return yet. In their cities rail fests fill the weekends. soon after they and others from around the country will be arriving after Thanksgiving is over. So far about 40 locomotives fill the roundhouse area here at the Frankford shops in Bergen point., the yards are empty. The main office building next to storage track #1 becomes a Hotel to help with the influx of little people joining the festivities.
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Dang Top, you've got about 8 more locomotives than I do.

I'm working on it tho. Have a bad case of the IGH syndrome.

In case you're wondering, ordinary people have the OCD whereas model railroaders get the "I Gotta Have" syndrome.
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George. I'll be 69 next birthday. Since I got out of the Navy in 1967 I.ve been getting trains. When I ran out of space I guess then I became a collector.
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Well, happy next birthday then. I'll be hitting 63 my next. I got out of the Air Force in 85.
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Back to my layout. A look, or two, at the 5 ready storage tracks.
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This morning a PRR mogul 615 pulled in with a 3 car 1860 radial roof, passenger train set. Dropping off passengers at the Hallow. Just the start.
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will look for them locos at show on Sat
Hopefully they'll be CHEAP
IF I get a few junkers I'll sell them on the website
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* My use of Christmas tree buildings has always been done. This year I have back dated my downtown area using a few of these buildings.
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* Here is another pair of photos.
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Frank,
I have been on the MRH site for a few years, I like the people over here better, The other forum's members do not seem to appreciate my off-beat sense of humor. I really do like your roundhouse and locomotives.
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Nice photos Frank. I like that Mogul with the passenger consist.
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Here is a slide show I put in Flickr. " The Gathering of the Old Time Trains" It shows all the stuff in not so good photos.
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That's the perfect layout for a collector. It can showcase and run a tremendous amount of equipment for its size.

Nice equipment, too.

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The word awesome is so overused these days, but that roundhouse is truly a sight to behold
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The word awesome is so overused these days, but that roundhouse is truly a sight to behold

Originally posted by JNXT 7707 - November 28 2014 :  11:44:58 AM

I do have to admit also, that roundhouse is pretty good.

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Well the secret is out. Though I am certain I have said the purpose of the layout, Shaggy ( Don) got it right. Photography and exercise for the locomotives and trains. A place to showcase the locomotives. The turntable being the center of it all. The 21 storage tracks can store a lot of engines. The no particular set up of buildings in the town of Bergen point lets me change the era easily. By just replacing the buildings.
*I am thinking of a little change. Tossing around the ides of making a new (second) Locomotive service area. I am think of making a new engine service facility and putting it directly on top the old one. I wont remove the tracks or the wiring. it will remain. I will just lay a new board over the engine area, not the mainlines. And build my new facility there on this new board, on top of the old one. I'll still run on the same mainlines, and use the same yards. They will just tie in to another Locomotive service area. Any time I want I can just remove the overlay and run the old layout. I don't see why it wont work. Still just a idea.
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Frank, I haven't seen many layouts where a big coal loader seemed appropriate. With that livery you have that big coal loader looks right in place on your layout. That's a pretty cool idea about the overlay. I'll be looking forward to see the engineering side of that (e.g., since I have a really small space, I'm still thinking of ways to make it work better).
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Barry I have never read where anyone has ever done this. I don't know why the idea popped into my head. I know I want to make a copy of CNJ Ashley shops in the 1885 to 1900 period for my old time locomotives. I guess in knowing I have no place to put another layout, something in me wants to combine the two. I'll just roll with it and see what happens. I am breaking new ground in the layout construction end. A few ideas have come to me about handling the problem of joining a new locomotive service area to a existing layout by just covering over the existing area to be changed, and not eliminating it from later use as it is or was. So crafty use of raise track in the original layout may allow for the conversion to a second service area. For all I know nothing will allow me to do this, and my ideas wont work. It is just a idea. It would be nice if it worked. The challenge is to make it work. We will see. Success or failure is unimportant. Giving the ides a chance can be cool.
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I have been on the MRH site for a few years, I like the people over here better, The other forum's members do not seem to appreciate my off-beat sense of humor. I really do like your roundhouse and locomotives.
Regards, John

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Originally posted by JRG1951 - November 26 2014 :  3:34:22 PM



hi John. Glade you seen my few words to you there. There are a lot of technical people there. The early info about their on line magazine made it seem a good source of kitbashing and scratch building information. it hasn't happened. It would be nice. Maybe next month. The chance for a good kitbashing article can always be there. I wont give up on them.

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Frank, another possibility to bounce around in your head might be to make the current engine facility removable and build another so you could lift one out and drop the other in, kind of like the scenery sections on Walt's layout.

With such a setup, the track could be at the same elevation regardless of which one you were using and you could have as many drop in sections as you want to build.

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Frank, another possibility to bounce around in your head might be to make the current engine facility removable and build another so you could lift one out and drop the other in, kind of like the scenery sections on Walt's layout.

With such a setup, the track could be at the same elevation regardless of which one you were using and you could have as many drop in sections as you want to build.

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Naaaaa Shaggy ! To do that I would have to disconnect the old wiring. I am leaving that in place, in working condition. To go back to the old way would then require a rewiring with some sort of disconnecting plug. The new stuff I am doing will not be a addition to the old control panel. Switches will be concealed on the new on surface on new board in one of the shop buildings. The only connection will be two wire throttle power. In real life no ground is level so the small raise should not effect anything. When I want to switch back , disconnect the 2 wires and remove the new surface board, replace the roundhouses, and run the trains.

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Shaggy to build the Ashley shops in my space that I have I really need to use some artistic variances. I am going to have plea my case before the towns building department counsel to make changes from the original plain. Really I have not drawn a scale layout as of yet. This is a new idea.
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I have been on the MRH site for a few years, I like the people over here better, The other forum's members do not seem to appreciate my off-beat sense of humor. I really do like your roundhouse and locomotives.
Regards, John

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Originally posted by JRG1951 - November 26 2014 :  3:34:22 PM



John, It is a good site for what you can do there. Here is better. I hate to shrink my photos to where they lose quality. That is what happens there. Also very few people there who post anything, you seem to be alone there. Lots of activity there from the past. I'll keep on happly, stumbling along here.

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A view yesterday of the roundhouse area, looking towards the coaling tower. A US Military 4-4-0 sits on the turntable ( tyco blue set locomotive). Sean will remember it. Thanks again Sean.
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A different view of the coaling tower area. The ten locomotives seen here are of many different types. 0-4-0 switcher, 0-4-0 camelback, 0-6-0 camelback, 0-8-0, 2-8-0, 4-4-0, and 4-6-0.
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You had posted a pic of your mallets and articulateds before and i'm curious about the mallet closest to the station. Looks like it uses a URSA boiler of some sort on a Mantua logger chassis.
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I was just noticing the telltale the other side of the roundhouse. Unique and interesting design.
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Very nice locos you've got there.
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You had posted a pic of your mallets and articulateds before and i'm curious about the mallet closest to the station. Looks like it uses a URSA boiler of some sort on a Mantua logger chassis.

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There is one I kitbashed using a USRA boiler and a Mantua 2-6-6-2 drive. It came out great .
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I was just noticing the telltale the other side of the roundhouse. Unique and interesting design.

Originally posted by Barry - December 21 2014 :  6:21:44 PM


It is a English one. Tri-ang , Hornby, or Airfix.

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Great looking photos of your collection here and those posted on flickr.
I always enjoy looking at them. Happy holidays to you and your family.
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Richard; Merry Christmas and a happy New Year to you and yours.
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A look at my grandson playing with layout. Loco in front is a Front Range Gp7 .
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What a lucky grandson!
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quote:
What a lucky grandson!

Originally posted by JNXT 7707 - February 01 2015 :  1:27:22 PM

Especiall nowadays. Even if they did, I don't think too many of them would allow them to touch the layout period.

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is the Independence Hall HO scale? I want one
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He's my Grandson. Johnny-Boy . Yes things get messed up. Yes I feel bad about that but yes Jonny just a little boy who says he's a medium boy. They'd probably get broken anyway. I'm very clumsy. I get a lot from the love he brings.
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Well the English locomotives are returning to Frankford roundhouse for their reunion now in early February 2015. The streamliners and other 4-6-2 locomotives are here now. 0-4-0 to 4-6-0 and on to 2-10-0. haven't arrived yet. More than half of these locos came in trade from Catford Ken. Thanks again Kenny.
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That is a magnificent roundhouse. Quite a setting for the reunion
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Look at all those old British 00's.There's something about the style of British locomotives that are so majestic, if you will.
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Another layout photo shows a pile of locos still to be put away. A fancy blue streamliner sits on the turntable. It is just running out there now.

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no probs frank,they look great on your layout,which also looks great,ken
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* here is what the yard looks like with some train sets taking turns pulling on the 2 mainlines.
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