Is there still a gallery section here? If so how do I find it?

It's been a while since I've been here, now that 59th and Rust is finished and a few exhibitions under my belt, i thought it was time to start a new project.

   
End of the spur (not it's finished name) will be a modern based layout ( 90+) on a single industry, the layout is well on to being finished, I can do a blow by blow of the build or just some photos of me putting the final touch to it.

What do you think??

Ray

Does any one remember the Triang Dock Shunter? I have found the bodyshell of one in my bits box and would like to convert it to a yard switcher. Obviously the buffers have to go and the buffer beams can be smoothed off for a plain overlay. I also have a Bullant chassis I can use for powering it as I don't have the original one. Any tips for converting it to the American way would be useful. Many thanks.

Thought I'd start a thread for everyone to share train-watching photo highlights from 2015.

I will present mine by state, with one photo from each state I shot two or more trains in during the year:

FEC820PaceJacksonvilleFL1-11-15 by Brian Schmidt, on Flickr

NS9379WaterlooIN3-28-15 by Brian Schmidt, on Flickr

CSX422FostoriaOH3-30-15 by Brian Schmidt, on Flickr

PREX1616SturgisMI5-1-15 by Brian Schmidt, on Flickr

CP8927BrookfieldWI5-22-15 by Brian Schmidt, on Flickr

CTS489ChamaStationNM6-14-15 by Brian Schmidt, on Flickr

UP7192TeleBorieWY6-17-15 by Brian Schmidt, on Flickr

BNSF8385BridgeNorfolkCO6-17-15 by Brian Schmidt, on Flickr

UP8604CrestonIL7-4-15 by Brian Schmidt, on Flickr

Metrolink688LosAngelesCA9-21-15 by Brian Schmidt, on Flickr

MAXPanRoseQuarterPortlandOR9-25-15 by Brian Schmidt, on Flickr

Amtrak2010LindenNJ10-27-15 by Brian Schmidt, on Flickr

Amtrak653BaltimoreMD11-1-15 by Brian Schmidt, on Flickr

More of my favorite photos from 2015 are on my flickr page.

Started a new one for Glasgow next year.

The plan is pinched from LM's LAJ layout but with an added industry just to ring the changes at an exhibition. The inspiration for it comes from the Silver Star Industrial Park NE of Orlando FL.


Because I enjoy just shuffling around cars at exhibitions the layout will have three trains serving it
1) to the Coke-Cola plant, which consists of syrup tank cars that have to placed in the correct order.
2) to a steel fabricators
3) to an LPG siding.



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Hi Folks,

Once again I ask for stupid questions. I've often seen that most freight station were located directly on the main line track, a few feet apart from the passenger station. My guess is they handled the LCL traffic. However, on most insurance maps, there's no siding serving the shed to unload a full car. In some case, the shed is quite large and you wonder if it wasn't a little bit too big for handling LCL on a branchline.

In other circumstances, they are often located directly on the passing siding. Once again, if the siding is used to store cars, it defeats its purpose...

I'm just curious to better understand why almost half freight sheds were built on the main.

Matt

Shore River does some switching for CP Rail at the RailPort Yard.

Bruce

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On behalf of rapido trains:

Please be aware that I have from good sources that a lot of the Big Dawg Originals (owned by Bruce and Jeannie Gavins from WA state) products are rip off of several manufacturers , I have no proof, but below should be a warning to all that potentially want to deal with this guy. It is un ethical, and downright wrong, so please be your own judge and use discretion, and do the right thing.

Koos


From Rapido Trains Inc.
Gentlemen,

These guys - Big Dawg - have stolen our intellectual property by modifying our F40PH-2D shell and recasting it and selling it. We've made inquiries and the legal cost of going after Big Dawg is probably ten times their annual sales, so we're going to ignore them for now.

However, if you buy these illegal goods, STOP CALLING US FOR HELP.

We will not give you paint formulas. We will not sell you chassis. We will not send you detail parts. We will not help you complete your Big Dawg model that was ripped off from the Rapido model. You know, the Rapido model that took us years of hard work to develop and cost us hundreds of thousands of dollars.

If you decide to buy the Big Dawg shell rather than wait for the Rapido rebuilt F40PH-2D currently in development, then you are ON YOUR OWN. We will NOT HELP YOU.

Please feel free to pass this message on.

-Jason

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