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| TF News March 28, 2015 ** Always enjoy your pictures as well, Jeff. All those Jello cars and circus cars you have are nice to view. This next photo shows Long Island engine entering Calverton NY on another sunny afternoon. 
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| Very nice. Wish I was on that train.
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| TF News March 30, 2015 ** Photo of some vintage subway cars at a museum near Baltimore MD.  Former NY subway cars converted to gas powered units.
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Posted - March 30 2015 : 8:41:08 PM
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Meanwhile, spotted over in the East Hackensack yard, PC Alco
8369 gets real with a load of Boraxo.
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200 hundred miles to the north, in beautiful Plasticville, New Hampster, #47
toodles a fresh cut of logs into the siding. Extra measures were taken to relocate
the resident spotted owls to a new home.
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I attached a remote camera to a sea gull to get this bird's eye view of #57
in her duties. This rubber band transmission is rare among locomotives, but
it works just great.
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Posted - March 30 2015 : 8:52:04 PM
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#57 threading her way through New England foliage.
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Foggy New England morning gives this pic of #57 warming up her 500 hp rubber
band drive diesel a grainy, mushy sort of look.
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A Penn Central hack follows up a load of Gerber's and above that is a gondola full
of oranges. Nothing like a cold glass of fresh squeezed orange juice.
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Along the coast, a Penn Central U Boat pusher is in full dynamics, howling
like a thousand demons, as it eases a drag down a 2% grade.
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Posted - April 01 2015 : 11:23:29 AM
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| TF News April 1, 2015 *** Beautiful photos of your collection Jeff. I enjoyed the Penn Central equipment. This next photo shows Penn Central's predecessor in her glory near Albany NY. 
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| Hudson River dreaming...
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| TF Railroader News April 3, 2015 *** Penn Central's successor Conrail is shown on a cloudy fall day near North Adams, MA. 
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Posted - April 03 2015 : 10:31:53 AM
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quote:
Along the coast, a Penn Central U Boat pusher is in full dynamics, howling
like a thousand demons, as it eases a drag down a 2% grade.
Originally posted by Chops124Â -Â March 30 2015Â :Â 9:16:06 PM
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Love the word art you used Chops.
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Posted - April 03 2015 : 12:12:19 PM
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quote:Along the coast, a Penn Central U Boat pusher is in full dynamics, howling
like a thousand demons, as it eases a drag down a 2% grade.
Originally posted by Chops124Â -Â March 30 2015Â :Â 9:16:06 PM
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Howling's fine as long as the thousand demons keep the blasphemy and green vomit to a minimum. 
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Posted - April 05 2015 : 10:20:13 AM
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LOL! Blech! And Holy Expanded Layout Batman! WKS did
your layout just double in size, but iffn it did, where be
your trademark clouds? Ahhh, Berkshire Mountains,
what I wouldn't give...
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| TF Railroader News April 6, 2015 *** The vintage car has been renovated by the dedicated Frankford crew.  With some changes to the roof and windows, it looks like a different car.  Seen near Bayonne, NJ heading westward to Colorado. Many thanks to Toptrain and his great crew.
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| The TF Railroader News April 6, 2015 *** Nice photos in this paper. My name is Nancy and I took a picture recently of a PCC unit near Pittsburgh PA.  Location near Mount Lebanon PA.
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| TF News April 7, 2015 * I'm Alex and I would like to share a photo of some trailer cars. I took this photo last week near Selkirk NY. 
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Ahh, shades of **THE TYCO TRAILER JET**!
Glenn
I was thinking of the immortal words of Socrates, who said, "... I drank what?"
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| The TF Railroader News April 8, 2015 ** My name is Tina and I would like to share a photo I took. Southern Pacific engine near Sacramento CA. 
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Posted - April 08 2015 : 7:39:41 PM
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quote:
I attached a remote camera to a sea gull to get this bird's eye view of #57
in her duties. This rubber band transmission is rare among locomotives, but
it works just great.
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Oh, a Hustler. I found a shell from those little critters in my junk bin from my grandparents. I just wish I could find the rest of it.
-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 - April 09 2015 : 10:21:08 AM
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Up in Wisconsin it's a happy day as this couple is married at the hillside church.
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Posted - April 09 2015 : 2:22:43 PM
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 there are TWO crosses on that pole next to the tracks
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Posted - April 09 2015 : 3:25:58 PM
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quote: there are TWO crosses on that pole next to the tracks
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A no, just an odd camera angle. 
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Posted - April 09 2015 : 4:44:34 PM
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A VERY odd camera angle, if that's a church in Wisconsin.
That water in the background sure looks like the Soo Locks.
Ignore my obnoxious nit-picking. That's a beautiful model in a beautiful setting. I like the big granite boulders supporting the front lawn. They look like something from the north country, as does that undulating blacktop road.
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Posted - April 09 2015 : 5:03:20 PM
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Scsshaggy - Very good! That is the Soo Locks. Back ground was a family project. Wife snapped the picture, I photoshopped including adding buildings to the other end and my one son who was at the time a graphic artist borrowed his employer's printer to print it off.
The Fox River Valley Railroad is set in Wisconsin but there is no attempt to replicate any real places. I pretty much borrowed place names. Thanks for the compliments!
Better shot of the back drop.
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Posted - April 09 2015 : 5:41:06 PM
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| TF Railroader News April 9, 2015 Evening edition Richard reporting.
Very realistic scene of your church Gary. This next scene shows D&H engine number 1102 near Glen Falls, New York. 
Maintenance equipment awaiting next assignment near Joliet, Illinois.
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quote:| TF Railroader News April 9, 2015 Evening edition Richard reporting.
Originally posted by wks - April 09 2015 : 5:41:06 PM
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oh maaan
I only has the flatcar to this set
Need the crane 
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| TF News April 10, 2015
Good morning, my name is Geraldine and I would like to share photos I took in New Jersey recently.
Some very old cars heading east toward Bergen Point NJ.
Old but clean engine with train consist heading back to Trenton NJ. Some of my friends told me they had a wonderful time in Bergen Point. They were impressed with the staff and crew at Frankford shops who conducted the tours there. A great day for all.
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Posted - April 10 2015 : 6:43:01 PM
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Some beautiful antique equipment featured this week in the TF Railroader News.
Here's another day at the recently renovated Badger Mill. 
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| TF News April 11, 2015
Another nice scene on your layout Gary. Some scenes from Wisconsin.
Excursion tourist train near Baraboo, Wisconsin.
Boxcar with important material awaiting transportation in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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Posted - April 11 2015 : 12:05:00 PM
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Thanks wks, just for that I'll keep with your theme.
Another excursion train in Wisconsin on the trestle over the Black River Canyon.
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quote:Thanks wks, just for that I'll keep with your theme.
Another excursion train in Wisconsin on the trestle over the Black River Canyon
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That's a spectacular scene. Just as an aside, I had a friend (now deceased) who grew up near the Black River. He was an interesting guy. With only 8 years of formal education, he invented the telescoping crane, among other things.
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Posted - April 11 2015 : 8:06:18 PM
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That's pretty cool how you got that to look like spray comin' off the water wheel Gary.
quote:Some beautiful antique equipment featured this week in the TF Railroader News.
Here's another day at the recently renovated Badger Mill.
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| TF RR News 04-15-15
Another nice scene you photographed Gary. These next scenes were taken during the night.
Amtrak at station stop in Rome NY.
Departing Rome NY.
Quiet scene before next train arrives.
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Thanks Richard, and everyone else. I like the night shots. Here's one I shot two years ago using a black-light. Scene has changed a bit since then and currently under going some fixing up. Hope to have a new night shot of this area in the not too distant future. 
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| Dang, that looks real!! Never thought of using a black light for night shots. Great job there Gary.
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Posted - April 15 2015 : 10:30:21 PM
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Superb night shots. The lonely, tired commuter on the
last train in.
Here in El Paso, speaking of night, we have a restored
1857 American Type, only a static display, like a stuffed
rhinoceros. The question is what lit its 1857 lamp? Did
they run trains at night pre-1860's. Was kerosene
widely available? Did they use whale oil?
One partial answer was that the lantern, or early
headlight, was not used to illuminate the right of way,
but instead to warn pedestrian and drover traffic!
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I'm pretty sure kerosene existed by the 1860's. I believe there was also a coal derived lamp oil.
The old oil headlamps were said to be just bright enough to show you what you were just about to hit.
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| TF RR News April 17, 2015
Some passenger cars shown departing Lewistown PA.
Another nice sunny day for photos.
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| The TF Railroader News April 17, 2015
Union Pacific GP unit repainted in a popular model railroad paint scheme done long ago.
Location near Golden, Colorado.
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| TF RR News April 18, 2015
Photo of Seaboard freight run near Raleigh, North Carolina.
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It's another beautiful morning in downtown Neenah WI.
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| Great iconic images. Loving on that PC coach, WKS.
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| TF RR News April 20, 2015
Reading freight traveling southbound near Wycombe PA.
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Central Pacific set in flaming foliage scene on a fall day near bucolic El Paso, Texas. Photo courtesy of Jeff aka Chops. Used with his permission. He will post photos soon after he fixes computer errors.
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The TF Railroader News
April 21, 2015
Morning edition
Snoopy reporting
* A last look at 5 British steam locomotives waiting on the ready storage tracks awaiting assignment. They represent 4 different class of pacific type locomotives. Soon they will be reassigned to other divisions of the PGW.
The Snooper.
toptrain
" It's a Heck of a Day " !!!
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Mexican National Railway geep units gliding thru downtown El Paso, Texas on a warm late afternoon run. Newly repainted colors shine off the late afternoon sun in this historic part of town. Photo courtesy of Jeff aka Chops. Used with his permission.
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Mexican National Railway geep units gliding thru downtown El Paso, Texas on a warm late afternoon run. Newly repainted colors shine off the late afternoon sun in this historic part of town. Photo courtesy of Jeff aka Chops. Used with his permission.
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I'm glad Jeff aka Chops gave his permission
Don't want to be nitpicky but those Geeps look like SD-45s  Great photo.
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