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The steam engine you saw in October 13 post was manufactured by Bachmann Industries under their Spectrum Division Kris. This next view show Penn Central metroliner units at a stop in Tyrone Pennsylvania during a weekday run.
Reliable and fast.
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Posted - October 17 2016 : 10:54:47 AM
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During her two minute layover we enjoy a panoramic view of the station area.
Fall foliage is plentiful in this pretty area.
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Posted - October 17 2016 : 11:09:37 AM
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Always did like those PC Metroliners. Took the Amtrak Metroliner
a few times to NYC. Fabulous ride. I wonder if the Amtrak ones
were former PC's.
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Posted - October 18 2016 : 4:38:59 PM
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Penn Central metroliners were painted in Amtrak colors years later Jeff. Amfleet coaches which followed are shown in these next photos.
East bound Pennsylvanian ready to depart Tyrone Pennsylvania.
Hours later a west bound Pennsylvanian arrives at the same station.
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Posted - October 18 2016 : 4:47:46 PM
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New Haven passenger run in the nutmeg state. Appears to be DL 109 model near Kent Connecticut.
Photo taken at Citicorp model railroad display in New York City some years ago.
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Posted - October 18 2016 : 4:52:04 PM
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Delaware and Hudson passenger set departing Glens Falls New York.
Photo taken at Citicorp model railroad display in New York City some years ago.
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Posted - October 18 2016 : 8:52:20 PM
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They used to have these turkey sandwiches that came in a
little plastic box on those Amcafes. Wonderful stuff, with
an Amcoffee, I was all set.
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Posted - October 19 2016 : 12:35:42 PM
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Someone has been speeding again. Union Pacific crane set on hand for recovery work. The railroad crew have a long day ahead lifting derailed cars back on to usuable track. Location is at Blue Springs Missouri near a set of sharp curves with speed restrictions.
Will be days before section of tracks are repaired. Detours will be in effect during that time.
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Posted - October 19 2016 : 6:31:08 PM
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A most unique MOW car. Speaking of speeding, this F unit is fresh out of the Altoona
shops awaiting assignment.
There she goes, off with a hot load of tankers bound for
Hackensack, NJ
And goes, picking up speed...
The dispatcher was hard pressed for power on this C-Liner/GP 20 consist
Amtrak post leaf peeper season.
In Cheyenne, a turbine idles (Stanley Ball). Better not idle for long, these
monsters are fuel gluttons.
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Posted - October 19 2016 : 7:16:13 PM
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Nice turbine. Is that the Conrail you posted that has the freshly installed MU-2 in it?
Bachmann's Spectrum line is great. I love their older stuff. Good detail and it's super cheap.
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Posted - October 19 2016 : 9:07:03 PM
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Yes, Kristofer. You pointed me in the right direction, and that CR
is one of the first locomotives that got its motor replaced with
an MU. Thanks! She had sat for a couple of years on the shelf
while I tried to figure out what to do, and now she is back
on the rails.
I can't recall where I got that Bachmann FP, but it does the
trick. Road behind a unit like that from Springfield, Massachusetts
to Bridgeport, Connecticut, and from there under wire to Washington,
D.C., and from there to San Francisco by way of LA. That was in
1985 on a $300 unlimited rail pass. Would that I could I think I
would have used it to traverse ever line Amtrak ran over!
The turbine belongs to my friend, Stanley Ball.
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Posted - October 20 2016 : 1:01:17 PM
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Always interesting photos of the various railroad equipment you saw Jeff. Always look forward to more train movements. These next photos were shot at Helmsway Farms on one of the various curves near beautiful Topeka Kansas.
Hidden from view is a ground cut to separate the animals from the tracks by the farms.
The simple life in this area of the Sunflower State.
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Posted - October 20 2016 : 3:14:27 PM
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Lightening strikes near Plasticville.
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Posted - October 22 2016 : 4:02:13 PM
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Dramatic photo of nature in action Jeff. Hope no one got hurt by her fury. This photo shows a quiet setting with the occasional trolley unit doing her rounds for the many commuters of this Pittsburgh suburb on a sunny day.
Location in Oakdale Pennsylvania.
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Posted - October 22 2016 : 4:26:56 PM
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Nice scene with that F unit, like the weathering on it.
Chops, what did you use for that lightning!?
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Posted - October 22 2016 : 9:14:35 PM
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For the lightening effect a perfect storm of a poor quality camera,
and unsteady hand, and bad focus, truth be told. One of the
boons of digital photography is that you can take a jillion
pictures, whereas in the days of film one had to calculate
the cost of every frame. Some of my favorite shots are
pure out takes.
I think I snapped this one as I was tripping over an
electrical cord, or some such.
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Posted - October 22 2016 : 9:21:45 PM
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quote:For the lightening effect a perfect storm of a poor quality camera,
and unsteady hand, and bad focus, truth be told. One of the
boons of digital photography is that you can take a jillion
pictures, whereas in the days of film one had to calculate
the cost of every frame. Some of my favorite shots are
pure out takes.
I think I snapped this one as I was tripping over an
electrical cord, or some such.
Originally posted by Chops124Â -Â October 22 2016Â :Â 9:14:35 PM
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Wow thats actually really cool. Not the answer I was expecting at all!
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Posted - October 23 2016 : 1:26:29 PM
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Einstein used a train as a metaphor of a train to explain the relative nature of
light and time.
Edited by - Chops124 on October 23 2016 1:35:30 PM
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Posted - October 23 2016 : 1:39:14 PM
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| Tootsietoys!
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Posted - October 24 2016 : 10:07:03 AM
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The Fall Classic starts tomorrow night. Major League Baseball has sent two of its club cars to showcase their past World Series appearances.
By next week one of the teams will end their long drought.
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Posted - October 24 2016 : 11:25:35 AM
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The Fall Classic starts tomorrow night. Major League Baseball has sent two of its club cars to showcase their past World Series appearances.
By next week one of the teams will end their long drought.
Originally posted by wks - October 24 2016 : 10:07:03 AM
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Still upset that the Dodgers basically gave up but its nice to see the Cubs and Indians go at it in the classic. Wouldn't mind either team but kind of pooling for the tribe a bit more.
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Posted - October 26 2016 : 5:19:29 PM
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We see an excursion run using vintage Kansas and Colorado Railroad equipment near Golden Colorado.
The railfans enjoy the cool crisp Rocky Mountain air with sunny conditions throughout the day.
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Posted - October 26 2016 : 6:52:38 PM
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quote:| The TF Railroader News October 26 2016
We see an excursion run using vintage Kansas and Colorado Railroad equipment near Golden Colorado.
The railfans enjoy the cool crisp Rocky Mountain air with sunny conditions throughout the day.
Originally posted by wks - October 26 2016 : 5:19:29 PM
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Very nice shot. Love how you set the Durango up like that.
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Posted - October 28 2016 : 4:05:43 PM
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here we see the GM Areotrain at a modern station in the 1960s
front of station with cars waiting impatiently
rear shot
other side with traffic & cars parked
(never mind there's no tracks They're invisible )
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Posted - October 28 2016 : 4:45:33 PM
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| That's a Girder and Panel set right?
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Posted - October 28 2016 : 8:01:11 PM
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quote:That's a Girder and Panel set right?
Originally posted by thesiding - October 28 2016 : 4:45:33 PM
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yeah I got both of them for $3 at a garage sale
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Posted - October 29 2016 : 10:55:31 AM
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That is a terrific display, Micro. Beautiful ensemble of vintage
pieces. Good eye, good eye.
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Posted - October 29 2016 : 11:56:27 AM
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quote:That is a terrific display, Micro. Beautiful ensemble of vintage
pieces. Good eye, good eye.
Originally posted by Chops124Â -Â October 29 2016Â :Â 10:55:31 AM
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yeah but a darn shame I hadda take it apart
since I has no place to keep it 
Should build the bigger one someday 
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Posted - October 29 2016 : 9:18:31 PM
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The Rock in motion, with a 19 car freight.
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Posted - October 31 2016 : 10:00:00 AM
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Nice photos Ben and Jeff. This scene shows a freight car loaded with sweet confectionery items for the locals at Dunellen New Jersey.
Will delight the local children tonight.
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Posted - October 31 2016 : 5:59:47 PM
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Nice photos Ben and Jeff. This scene shows a freight car loaded with sweet confectionery items for the locals at Dunellen New Jersey.
Will delight the local children tonight.
Originally posted by wks - October 31 2016 : 10:00:00 AM
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Great Halloween Car.
toptrain
" It's a Heck of a Day " !!!
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Posted - November 04 2016 : 2:45:21 PM
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World Champions at last.
Relief at last.
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Posted - November 04 2016 : 4:07:06 PM
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quote:| The TF Railroader News November 4 2016
World Champions at last.
Relief at last.
Originally posted by wks - November 04 2016 : 2:45:21 PM
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yeah the Cubs haven't won a World Series since 1908!!
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Posted - November 04 2016 : 4:31:40 PM
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Lovely halloween car, wks. Love to make an HO version of its more well-known moldmate
Feedback-hungry attention w****
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Posted - November 04 2016 : 11:48:41 PM
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quote: quote:That's a Girder and Panel set right?
Originally posted by thesiding - October 28 2016 : 4:45:33 PM
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yeah I got both of them for $3 at a garage sale
Originally posted by microbusss - October 28 2016 : 8:01:11 PM
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Now THAT brings back memories! I had one of those sets growing up, plus another one to add on to it. Wish I still had that! The booklet that came with it even showed bridges you could build for your HO scale trains with it. It fueled a lot of dreams!
http://tycodepot.com/
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Posted - November 04 2016 : 11:55:28 PM
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I hope Lionel makes cool HO operating cars again! Maybe we will get some. I hope Lionel HO makes a return but that will probably only happen if the Polar Express in HO is successful.
Edited by - kristofer4301 on November 05 2016 4:58:37 PM
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Posted - November 05 2016 : 4:31:54 PM
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quote:
Now THAT brings back memories! I had one of those sets growing up, plus another one to add on to it. Wish I still had that! The booklet that came with it even showed bridges you could build for your HO scale trains with it. It fueled a lot of dreams!
Originally posted by JNXT 7707Â -Â November 04 2016Â :Â 11:48:41 PM
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missing the longer roads tho
Which is apparently I hard thing to get & I could use a MESS of them
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Posted - November 05 2016 : 7:48:18 PM
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When I was a kid we had a girder and panel set, hand me down, from some older cousins. That particular set had come with a monorail. It still had the monorail car and the buildings, but not the track. As I recall, the set was called Skyrail.
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Posted - November 05 2016 : 8:08:01 PM
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https://www.youtube.com/edit?o=U&video_id=ugfe-IHCX8g
Some views compiled from edits.
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Posted - November 05 2016 : 10:54:54 PM
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quote:
I get a menu of videos that I made.
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Posted - November 07 2016 : 5:28:06 PM
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Thank you for the feed back. I clicked on the same link, and it
came out OK for me. I'll go back in and see if the setting is set
to "public."
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Posted - November 08 2016 : 4:50:56 PM
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| The TF Railroader News November 8 2016
Nice videos Jeff. These photos were recently taken at Holbrook New York.
GP38 Long Island Railroad unit 257 traveling westbound with an eight car freight set.
Elevated view looking north at fall foliage in the area.
Reefer with cold drinks headed to New Jersey for the staff at Frankford Shops.
Brilliant sunshine reflects off the colorful freight set.
Freight car with railroad supplies headed to west Texas.
Another view of one of our members favorite railroad paint schemes.
Colorful symbol of Baltimore and Ohio's dependable service.
Another car headed west.
Colorful slogan for Burlington Railroad.
Freight set will shortly clear passing siding which will allow eastbound work train to travel to Riverhead NY.
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Posted - November 09 2016 : 12:37:22 PM
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We revisit Sheridan Wyoming with a different view of Great Northern commuter run 42 in action.
Sleek and dependable for the passengers of that area.
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Posted - November 09 2016 : 12:55:38 PM
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Some majestic stations in New Jersey. This one serves the residents of Jersey City NJ.
Photo taken at NY Society of Model Engineers Railroad club in Carlstadt NJ.
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Posted - November 09 2016 : 5:42:48 PM
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Very interesting boxcars, I've not seen a "Pickem'" before. The station is quite impressive.
My friend Harald's GG1 would probably feel more at home there. In nearby Hackensack
I saw my first, and only GG1 in revenue service in 1975. Needless to say, it was captivating.
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Posted - November 09 2016 : 5:49:55 PM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrLggUbJAJw
Tycomania Collage from a couple of years ago.
This to replace the misdirected URL above that
I cannot go back and edit. Hopefully this is more
accurate. That You tube thingy is a little tricky.
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Posted - November 09 2016 : 7:43:09 PM
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quote:Very interesting boxcars, I've not seen a "Pickem'" before. The station is quite impressive.
Originally posted by Chops124Â -Â November 09 2016Â :Â 5:42:48 PM
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that logo was the same used for St Lawrence Railroad
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/60749124
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Posted - November 10 2016 : 4:15:39 PM
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Great photo of that Pennsylvania Railroad set you saw Jeff. These next photos were taken near Reading Pennsylvania. Long Island Sunrise Trail Chapter sponsored a day trip to railfan various sites in the Reading area using vintage Long Island Railroad equipment with many fans aboard.
RS unit built in 1953.
Another view of the engine.
Sunny conditions during the day trip.
View looking north with no clouds in the area.
Passenger cars filled with happy tourists enjoying the cool fall weather.
Farm animals seem interested in this visitor to eastern Pennsylvania.
Photos taken at Steinsville Farms in Alburtis Pennsylvania during one of many photo shoots that day.
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Posted - November 10 2016 : 4:25:35 PM
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Another photo shoot was done at Schuylkill Pennsylvania station.
Station built in 1889 by Reading Railroad.
Kept in good condition all these decades by the railroad.
Good sunny conditions for photographing the train.
Train filled to capacity with happy railfans.
Ready to depart for Reading Pennsylvania.
A fun day for all involved.
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Posted - November 10 2016 : 4:50:00 PM
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| A pallet of shades of orange. Most enjoyable.
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