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 Posted - March 14 2020 : 01:15:04 AM
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I went to the local train club in western Queens tonight.
Went back to the club after a three year hiatus.
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Posted - March 14 2020 : 01:29:18 AM
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I also took two videos of the one train operating tonight.
HO scale layout is 50 percent complete with scenery.
Most Friday nights there are operating sessions.
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Posted - March 14 2020 : 09:18:01 AM
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Videos by a fellow railfan. Not mine.
Nice club to visit and enjoy.
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 Posted - March 14 2020 : 11:44:54 AM
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| SURPRISED IT WAS NOT CLOSED DOWN Where is this in Queens?
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Posted - March 14 2020 : 12:03:37 PM
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Located near 44 Street and 35 Avenue in Long Island City. Near the R and N subway lines.
They meet most Friday nights and they will not let some illness slow them down.
However there were only two members at the club last night.
I guess the other members do not want to take chances.
Another video from a fellow railfan.
https://vimeo.com/10114991
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Posted - March 14 2020 : 12:19:28 PM
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love the "Got listens to Slayer" billboard 
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Posted - March 14 2020 : 3:02:14 PM
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Photos from my last visit four years ago. How time flies.
I forgot about this club until recently. I have to visit it more often.
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Posted - March 14 2020 : 5:50:21 PM
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Any chance you have any more pics of the trailing Empire Valley F unit in the first photo? It's in the EXACT way I was planning on decorating my F unit for my RR. I've gotta get a better look!
Edited by - BlaxlandAlex3 on March 14 2020 5:51:20 PM
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Posted - April 05 2020 : 10:03:27 PM
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More photos from three weeks ago. I forgot to update this thread.
I did not see other photos of the engine you saw Alex.
I will try to revisit the club layout soon.
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Posted - May 23 2020 : 09:59:43 AM
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Internet photos of the engine you are interested in Alex. Not my photos.
Hope these photos help you complete your engine project.
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Posted - May 23 2020 : 12:01:43 PM
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Wow, It could almost be the Blaxland's sister Railroad!
I love all the gadgets and things atop that other F Unit.
(I already Finished my Blaxland F - Unit, I was just interested)
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Posted - May 23 2020 : 6:51:15 PM
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quote:| I love all the gadgets and things atop that other F Unit. |
Let's see:
Box behind bell is air conditioner.
Behind it is a dynamic brake fan. While model was probably molded with 36 inch fan, late F7s and F9s had 48 inch fans, but the low type, as on 1034 in door behind 1023 instead of the probably railroad shop added high type that part represents. I can't tell from either the image or memory if the new high fans represent the "Q" fans, which were a 1980s era noise reduction product.
Second high fan behind it would be one of the radiator fans, with model part again probably representing a railroad shop change from factory original, once again, as seen on 1034 in background.
There there is a different style of spark arrestor on each of the 2 exhaust stacks.
Then finally is an extension on the steam generator vent.
So, basically what we've got here is a model whose details tell a story of long years of use, repair, adaptation, and upgrade.
And a photo well composed to illustrate the railroad's changes to the factory original configuration.
What I can't deduce from photo angle is whether the 4 post 'handrail' structure is attached to the locomotive roof as representation of an inductive trainphone antenna such as PRR employed, or, is an actual handrail on an elevated access platform beside the background locomotive.
B-unit trailing 1023 is one of the FT units, a b-unit, the original F-units which started the FT, F2, F3, F5, F7, F9, FP7, FP9, series of both A and B carbodies.
A trivia note about the FT, the roof fans in those were originally belt driven then a change was made to an electric motor on each fan.
And for those who might not know, on the FT those roof boxes are where the dynamic brake grids were while on later F-units they were under the roof right behind the cab, where larger fan is on 1034 in background. Locos built without dynamic braking would have plain roof there.
Also, locos built without steam generator for passenger car heating would have plain aft roof hatch where these 2 have all the steam generator vents.
1023 has an added square hatch this side of that panel, which is not typical on the prototype - I'm not 100% sure but think some railroad modified at least some of its Fs with a water fill point there.
Yes, your suspicion is correct, I used to be deeply in to F-units and their history. 
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Posted - May 24 2020 : 08:48:01 AM
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| Well, You certainly hit it on the nose! Great eye and information!
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 Posted - May 24 2020 : 09:11:02 AM
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oh you're a NERD when it comes to F units
s'alright we all nerds in here 
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Posted - May 24 2020 : 1:12:36 PM
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quote:oh you're a NERD when it comes to F units
s'alright we all nerds in here
Originally posted by microbusss - May 24 2020 : 09:11:02 AM
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Lol true
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Posted - May 24 2020 : 3:24:27 PM
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quote:oh you're a NERD when it comes to F units
s'alright we all nerds in here
Originally posted by microbusss - May 24 2020 : 09:11:02 AM
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Pretty much! Rather less so now than 20 years ago, but, yes. 
Hey, trains were created for nerds, why else would the inventors have gone through all that hassle.
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Posted - January 30 2021 : 1:13:23 PM
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Some videos from one of their members.
Not my videos.
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Posted - January 30 2021 : 6:08:47 PM
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| Nice.
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Posted - January 31 2021 : 10:33:16 AM
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pretty funky music in that 1st vid hehe
@ 2:56 Who noticed the Matchbox Chevy ambulance, the Road Champs Peterbilt flatbed semi & the Tomica van ambulance?
Do want that early Federal Express van!
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Posted - November 01 2021 : 4:27:39 PM
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"Suprised it was not closed down. Where is this in Queens?"
Originally posted by the siding on March 14 2020.
I went there right before the mandatory closures were started weeks later.
The club is in Long Island City on 44 Street and 34 Avenue.
Internet videos from a fellow model railroader at the last Friday session.
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Posted - April 03 2022 : 3:54:07 PM
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I went back on Friday after work to see any progress. No trains running tonight.
Just necessary repairs. Still I saw some cool equipment on display tonight.
Interesting to see any changes in the next few months.
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Posted - April 04 2022 : 10:26:45 AM
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More photos of the layout from Friday night.
Some changes to the layout to be done this year.
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Posted - April 04 2022 : 10:35:39 AM
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| Awesome layout. Thanks for sharing.
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Posted - April 04 2022 : 1:09:07 PM
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More photos from Friday.
Many cool details and items to find on their layout.
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Posted - April 04 2022 : 7:57:17 PM
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| odd looking signal by the tunnel
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Posted - April 04 2022 : 9:19:28 PM
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Last of the photos I took of the layout on Friday.
Look forward to its ever changing progress.
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Posted - November 07 2022 : 11:17:18 AM
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I went back to the club this past Friday.
Pleasant evening looking at various train sets in action for an hour.
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Posted - November 07 2022 : 2:37:43 PM
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I went to the club last Friday. Some of my videos.
Fun night to see the trains.
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