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Vintage subway cars at a museum in Hagerstown Maryland.
Rebuilt as solar units for longevity and cost cutting reasons.
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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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Posted - March 30 2015 : 8:46:58 PM
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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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Posted - March 30 2015 : 8:49:43 PM
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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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Posted - March 30 2015 : 8:54:58 PM
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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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Posted - March 30 2015 : 9:01:22 PM
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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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Posted - March 30 2015 : 9:16:06 PM
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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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Beautiful collection Jeff. Next we see a freight set seen in Hudson Falls New York.
Heads to Glen Falls New York for layover tonight.
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Posted - April 01 2015 : 11:54:03 AM
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| Hudson River dreaming...
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Penn Central's successor Conrail is shown on a cloudy fall day near North Adams Massachusetts.
Still dependable delivery service in this area of western Massachusetts.
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Posted - April 03 2015 : 10:31:53 AM
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Originally posted by Chops124 on March 30 2015
Love the word art you used Chops.
http://tycodepot.com/
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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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Car in Golden Colorado recently renovated for service.
Will head out to the Durango tourist train line tomorrow morning to be added to their collection.
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PCC unit seen at Mount Lebanon Falls Pennsylvania on a clear day.
Bright colors shine in the daylight hours.
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Delivery of various products on a cool morning.
Seen at Hellertown Heights Maryland.
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Posted - April 08 2015 : 12:17:30 AM
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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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Colorful Southern Pacific engine ready for service near Sacramento California.
Will head the 2 pm tourist train which travels thru the bucolic valley there.
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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.
Originally posted by Chops124Â -Â March 30 2015Â :Â 8:49:43 PM
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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
Originally posted by microbusss - April 09 2015 : 2:22:43 PM
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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.
Carpe Manana!
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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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Very realistic scene of your church and surrounding area Gary.
Work train ready for assistance with a nearby derailment in Joliet Illinois.
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Posted - April 09 2015 : 11:39:46 PM
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oh maaan
I only has the flatcar to this set
Need the crane
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Some vintage equipment recently renovated by the Frankford maintenance crew in Bergen Point New Jersey.
And a steam engine which will pull those cars soon
Also fixed recently by the Frankford maintenance crew under Toptrain's directions.
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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. 
Master Of Plasticville
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Another nice scene you photographed Gary. Next we view several colorful cars repainted for service.
At Baraboo Junction Wisconsin and will be seen in service tomorrow.
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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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Posted - April 11 2015 : 7:06:29 PM
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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
Originally posted by Gary BÂ -Â April 11 2015Â :Â 12:05:00 PM
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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.
Some beautiful antique equipment featured this week in the TF Railroader News.
Originally posted by Gary BÂ -Â April 10 2015Â
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Another nice scene you photographed Gary.
Amtrak train leaves Turnersville Junction Ohio during the night.
So far very quiet in nearby Springs Falls Ohio as we wait for that Amtrak train to arrive.
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Posted - April 15 2015 : 3:24:02 PM
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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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Posted - April 15 2015 : 7:05:37 PM
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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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Posted - April 16 2015 : 6:25:59 PM
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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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Some passenger cars shown departing Lewistown Pennsylvania.
Another sunny day for photography.
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Tourist train seen at Golden Canyon Junction Colorado.
Popular with the tourists this sunny afternoon.
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Posted - April 18 2015 : 09:39:09 AM
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Photo of Seaboard freight set run near Raleigh North Carolina.
Rain is coming into the area soon.
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Posted - April 19 2015 : 1:29:09 PM
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It's another beautiful morning in downtown Neenah WI.
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Posted - April 19 2015 : 10:57:36 PM
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| Great iconic images. Loving on that PC coach, WKS.
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Reading freight traveling southbound near Wycombe Pennsylvania.
Dependable delivery service in this bucolic valley of eastern Pennsylvania.
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Another nice set seen in West Texas.
Central Pacific set in flaming foliage scene on a fall day near bucolic El Paso Texas.
Photo courtesy of Jeff aka Chops124. Used with his permission.
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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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Another hot day in West Texas.
Mexican National Railway 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 Chops124. Used with his permission.
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Posted - April 22 2015 : 7:06:33 PM
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I'm glad Jeff aka Chops124 gave his permission. Great photo.
http://tycodepot.com/
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Posted - April 23 2015 : 01:26:58 AM
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There's a little activity in the yards as an excursion run pulls onto the local from the main line.
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