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Mail delivery with friends.
Just outside Deron Connecticut.
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 Posted - January 24 2021 : 01:29:34 AM
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Amazing shot, RP, you must have gotten into a time machine for that one!
Beautiful billboards, some of the best.
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Posted - January 24 2021 : 09:30:56 AM
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Originally posted by wks - January 24 2021 : 12:12:51 AM
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need this car & the Niagra one 
need Post Office too but that one alone goes for crazy monies
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Posted - January 24 2021 : 4:12:27 PM
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Some snowy Train Pictures!
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Posted - January 24 2021 : 4:56:41 PM
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Some snowy train pictures!
Originally posted by Erik the train expert on January 24 2021 at 4:12 PM
Wonderful winter scenes Erik. Looks like you used the natural cold weather of the Rockies for realism.
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Posted - January 24 2021 : 10:11:54 PM
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Awesome, Erik!!
A Burlington Northern Baldwin "Shark" is spotted slowing to a stop on the Ephrata Valley Railroad, at the peak of fall in the early 1960s.
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Posted - January 29 2021 : 12:53:13 PM
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Another classic photo Robert. Well done.
Commuter rail passes Reading Massachusetts on a cold morning.
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Posted - January 29 2021 : 5:45:46 PM
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| Best way to Boston, great T's. Other people make snow men...
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Posted - January 30 2021 : 9:05:23 PM
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Thanks wks! Nice F40PH, by the way!
Pennsylvania RR GG1 #4907 (made by AHM) is spotted rounding a bend amidst blazing fall foliage, in the late 60s.
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Posted - February 04 2021 : 10:19:14 PM
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2 Reading RR workhorses rest side-by-side by the Schuylkill Valley Station. Though from different eras, the "Consolidation" and F9 equally changed the face of railroading.
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Posted - February 06 2021 : 06:25:36 AM
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A Southern Pacific "Daylight" Shark is seen slowing down to a stop in front of the Schuylkill Valley Station, in the late 50's.
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Posted - February 07 2021 : 2:22:11 PM
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Downtown! (Background panorama photo courtesy of WKS).
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Posted - February 07 2021 : 3:50:44 PM
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Doritos boxcar for delivery for Super Bowl LV! |
ok my layout is STILL messy & not working 
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Posted - February 07 2021 : 6:51:16 PM
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Nice views Robert Jeff and Ben. Very colorful equipment.
Freight train with some special cars thru the notch on a snowy late afternoon near Altoona Pennsylvania.
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Posted - February 08 2021 : 10:06:17 PM
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A Great Northern RR GP30 is seen stopping near the Southern Oil Company.
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Posted - February 08 2021 : 10:25:41 PM
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I don't routinely follow football, but certainly enjoyed the battle of these
Iron Men. A hard fought match, much strategy and skill. Wasn't the
Half Time show a dud?
Love that Dorrito's car, and the GP 30 is a spectacular blend of oranges
and greens. Definitely one for the imaginary Tyco Calendar.
Armadilloville sparkles with life and character thanks to the many excellent contributions of
Anderson Paint Shops, which painstakingly transformed ordinary vehicles into one-off
masterpieces.
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Posted - February 08 2021 : 10:47:22 PM
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P.S.: that is a magnificent steam-to-diesel transition photo op, RP.
Superbly done.
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Posted - February 10 2021 : 10:05:59 PM
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Thanks Chops! Nice photos, also!
Reading RR F9 #902 was captured stopped beneath the Ephrata Coal Company, sometime in the late '50's.
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Posted - February 15 2021 : 4:14:01 PM
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Nice angles Jeff and Robert.
Helper units on loan from the Long Island Railroad passing Paterson Falls New York.
Waiting for assignment at Pawling New York on a cold afternoon.
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Posted - February 18 2021 : 07:53:34 AM
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Nice Autumn scenes wks!
2 Baltimore & Ohio RR Freight RF-16 "Sharknoses" are spotted slowing to a stop sometime in the late '50s.
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Posted - February 21 2021 : 10:13:59 PM
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The nose of a Tuscan Red Pennsy Shark is seen, as an RF16 leading a mixed freight train is stopped at the West Norriton Junction, sometime in the late 50's.
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Posted - February 22 2021 : 12:48:40 AM
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Sharkomania. That head on shot of the Reading F is a remarkable blend
of dark colors, almost black and white, but it is a color photograph. This
is a very interesting technique and the shot is superb.
Really neat old switchers of a railroad not often seen in this part of the world.
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Posted - February 26 2021 : 08:22:37 AM
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Thank You, Chops!
Changing of the guard, AHM Santa Fe style.
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Posted - February 26 2021 : 7:29:20 PM
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| Out with the old, in with the new.
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Posted - March 03 2021 : 08:14:42 AM
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Mikado Under Steam
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Posted - March 05 2021 : 4:32:13 PM
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Wooden rolling stock rules the rails as a wood boxcar, a wood ore car and a wood caboose roll past a craggy cliff.
Carpe Manana!
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Posted - March 05 2021 : 11:01:41 PM
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| I love this so much, great stuff shaggy
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Posted - March 05 2021 : 11:36:43 PM
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| Ditto.
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Posted - March 06 2021 : 09:49:53 AM
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| Looks great!
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Posted - March 06 2021 : 12:52:59 PM
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Thanks, all, for the kind words.
Carpe Manana!
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Posted - March 06 2021 : 1:18:50 PM
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| Originally posted by scsshaggy - March 05 2021 : 4:32:13 PM
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Wow your weathering looks great. What techniques do you use?
Like, wow, really beautiful stuff.
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Posted - March 06 2021 : 3:48:32 PM
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Wow your weathering looks great. What techniques do you use?
Originally posted by kristofer4301Â -Â March 06 2021Â :Â 1:18:50 PM
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Thanks. Most of my weathering is a very thin wash of black acrylic paint. How thick or thin to put it on is a bit of trial and error. If it's too thick, you can thin it right on the car side with a wet brush, if you get it while it's still wet. If it's pooling where you don't want so much, you can dry the brush with a paper towel and then use the brush to wick up the excess.
Since I mostly model steam, I'm trying for that fine patina of soot that everything wears around steam. It's not elaborate, but it kills the toy-like appearance.
Washes just bead up on glossy surfaces, but I usually use flat paint. Where I have to deal with something glossy, I sometimes just paint over it with a clear coat of acrylic matte medium.
There's a thin haze of muddy colored overspray on the end of the box car. That's the work of a previous owner who probably had an air brush.
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Posted - March 06 2021 : 8:22:05 PM
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Excellent photos Robert and Don. Caught the trains at the right moment and angle in your photos.
Pair of Daylights at a meet in Rawlings California today.
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Posted - March 06 2021 : 10:24:14 PM
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Incredible photo, and trains, shaggy! Weathering work is top-notch. 
Nice "Daylights" there, wks.
Atlantic Coast Line 2-8-2 "Mikado", caught in action some time ago....
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Posted - March 07 2021 : 2:58:06 PM
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Nice classic view Robert.
Cold morning as the Olear Limited passes us by.
Three car set glides thru this scenic route.
People on board to visit relatives today.
Passes us near Saylorsburg Pennsylvania enroute to Harrisburg.
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Posted - March 07 2021 : 4:04:38 PM
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A couple stroll the grounds at the historical mystery of The Catford Urns, circa 1927, near Henley, UK.
Nice photos, above.
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Posted - March 08 2021 : 11:48:05 PM
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Intriguing shot Jeff. Can only imagine what is inside those things.
Metroliners speed up and down the Garden State.
Passes thru Netcong New Jersey today.
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Posted - March 09 2021 : 05:02:32 AM
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A snazzy new Great Western Railway Diesel Rail Coach stops to pick up travelers at Station Henley in 1933.
Waiting for the "Up" train at Station Henley, 1967. Some folks prefer a more traditional style of dress.
(It is interesting that in the UK, many modelers extensively and frequently go to lengths to model
passenger service, such is the status of traveling by train. In North America, there is a much larger
emphasis on freight traffic).
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Posted - March 10 2021 : 8:15:07 PM
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A couple stroll the grounds at the historical mystery of The Catford Urns, circa 1927, near Henley, UK.
Nice photos, above.
Originally posted by Chops124Â -Â March 07 2021Â :Â 4:04:38 PM
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Jeff do you have a source for these 1870 people?
toptrain
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Posted - March 10 2021 : 9:52:13 PM
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| I think these are by Langley. Maybe Preiser.
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Posted - March 11 2021 : 08:22:16 AM
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Cool passenger equipment Jeff.
Restored New Haven unit in revenue service near El Paso Texas.
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Posted - March 21 2021 : 5:22:18 PM
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God bless America.
Waiting for assignment at Independence Indiana.
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Posted - March 21 2021 : 8:21:52 PM
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NOICE Bicentennial GG1, wks!!
Union Pacific 0-6-0 #4441 resting by the Schuylkill Valley Station.
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Posted - March 22 2021 : 09:57:13 AM
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| Very noice, very.
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Posted - March 22 2021 : 11:33:04 AM
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Nice angle Robert.
Birdseye view of the Union Pacific Mountaineer traveling over Freedom Gulch in Newark Nebraska.
I took this photo at the North Haledon train club in New Jersey last year in January 2020.
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Posted - March 22 2021 : 2:02:29 PM
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Nice angle Robert.
Birdseye view of the Union Pacific Mountaineer traveling over Freedom Gulch in Newark Nebraska.
I took this photo at the North Haledon train club in New Jersey last year in January 2020.
Originally posted by wks - March 22 2021 : 11:33:04 AM
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its actually pretty FLAT in that area
Also Newark, NE was on CB&Q not UP
Tracks were removed in 1976
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Posted - March 22 2021 : 4:14:45 PM
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Very noice photo, good eye Micro, you really nailed that one! The caption for the above pic:
"Not my circus, not my monkeys."
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Posted - March 24 2021 : 7:29:16 PM
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Excellent photo Jeff. Animals enjoy train rides just like us.
Solar units in action on a sunny day.
Action at Peekaboo Mountain near Rawlings Montana.
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Posted - March 24 2021 : 7:49:40 PM
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More action on a busy day.
Dynamic duo seen near Penn Haven Pennsylvania.
Two hours later the freight run passes Susquehanna Pennsylvania.
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Posted - March 25 2021 : 09:40:00 AM
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Timeless scene from another era.
Relax and forget about worries in Hooterville Iowa.
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