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Don brought to my attention that the software crash we had a few years ago deleted some of the pictures in the original thread. Plus, Photobucket deleted links to some of the pictures unless the member paid.

So, I agreed that maybe we can begin again with a second thread.

Post a railroad themed photo containing a subject that begins with one of the Alphabet letters, e.g.: S: Station C: CSX P: PRR etc.

Rules:

1 - Post a photo you took, alphabetically A to Z ---- then start again with A.

2 - After you post your photo, you must let someone else post a photo before you can post another one.

3 - Enter a text line with the letter and what you are presenting. e.g: T - Ties, G: GG1

4 – The photo can contain anything that represents the current letter, but it must be railroad related, either model or prototypical. Also, road names are allowed, so if you have a “Zephyr” – we’ll be waiting for it to appear somewhere after the “Y” word

5 – Try NOT to repeat pictures in the same run of the alphabet. You can however use that Santa Fe diesel engine for “S” in one run, then “W” (warbonnet) in the NEXT run through….

6 – Pictures that have been previously posted anywhere (even in the original M N O P hoto Thread) on Big Blue are welcome and we encourage “inside photos” e.g. “Big Blue Boxcars” and “GERN” to be included

7 - Photos of private road named rolling stock and engines are encouraged.

WPMA-17 makes a pick up of an empty boxcar at Peter Lumber.

Bruce

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History... nearly three years ago, we moved from Phoenix to Indiana. I had a decent 10'x10' layout in Phoenix but completely dismantled it and boxed all the pieces up for the move. Two years later, I've now got a very nice basement and a decent sized room that nobody in the family has claimed... until now!
   

I've been working on a decent sized plan for a while now... somewhat mountainous stuff. I kept dragging my feet though at the thought of how much lumber was going to cost. Then, my boys school brought in a new modular for more classrooms and after they used the 2x4's to tie the two halves together during the installation/construction, they just threw them out in the grass. I asked what they were going to do with them and they told me they were going to throw them away! Can I have them? Yes, just get them out of here! Thus the solution to my dilemma! Granted, they were full of nails... but after I pulled them all out, I had 32 fairly decent 2x4's... FREE!

And so it began. I decided to cut and assemble all the framework down in my workshop so the tools and the sawdust would stay out of the house. Once the framework is more or less complete, I will bring it up to the house in manageable pieces and reassemble them.
The beginnings of the framework...
   

Starting the more tedious chore of the smaller framing that will support the foam and fascia.
   

The layout itself will occupy a space that is roughly 21' X 12' in a walkout basement room that is 38' X 15'. It's not complete, but I've used SCARM to help me get an idea of the 3D aspect.




The layout will be N scale with a single line of HOn3 4" lower and around part of the perimeter. I figure with the similarities in the track, and the distance separation, it should not look too out of place.  Upon completion, I will be able to run 5 trains independently of each other, OR 1 train anywhere on the whole layout (with the exception of the HOn3 line. There are lots of tunnels but I have designed two access circles inside of two separate mountains for easy track access.

My turn to start off this week---hopefully it will be another good one.Most railroads had their own signature features that made their equipment unique and the Canadian National Railway had many on their steam,diesels,passenger,freight cars and cabooses.Here's a sample of these features on a couple of CNR steam locomotives :boiler tube pilots,pilot handrails,number plates under the headlight,triangular number boards and the Elesco feedwater heaters and spoked pilot wheels.These features were not uniform on all their locomotives and different applications made their steam locomotives that more interesting.

Just my bad luck we are in the path for the solar eclipse blackout Monday. Our little town of 1,400 is supposed to swell to 80.000 . It will probably make some of the locals go . We are a tourist town but the usually means 5.000 in a day. Is it Tuesday yet? :wait:

When I switched to N scale just over a couple years ago, I simply continued to use the transformers which I had used when I was into HO. These are a Railpower 1300 and a similar one made by Athearn (I could post a pic if that helps).

These two transformers generally work well, although I think the Railpower one might be "dying." Recently, I've heard that some other transformers might work better with N. Is this the case and, if so, which ones would be best? FYI, I'm mainly running British N, but that shouldn't make any difference. I'm always trying to maximize smooth low-running operation. And I think I read that some transformers, specially geared for N, might help with this.

Thanks for any feedback.

Rob

Rest in Peace Andy. Your posts will be missed.

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