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Great shot Deano
Looks like Barney Secord has been flying over Leetown recently with this overhead shot of the James St. roundhouse
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We put the girls back together..
DL&W 663 and 664 are all set for the road. We spent yesterday giving them a good once over as 663 (the trailing unit ) had been out of service for three years. She had lots of sticky/frozen contacts and valves that needed attention. Our F-3b, 664b will be joining the set this fall. This shot was taken right after the F's got a bath.
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Finally got a new motor and a decoder in my PRR B6Sb switcher, now to finish the paint, and lettering , then make it look old, overworked, and rusted, just 4 years away from the scrapper's torch.
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Great shots guys!!!
Remember when the WPF threads were popular, alive with MANY awesome shots every week....
...probably is still like that, I just always decide to model in the summer when everyone else takes a break from modeling. I always have marched to the beat of a different drum I guess
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ANYWAYS, here is another shot taken by Stoney Creek On the Rock Valley Sub
I know I take a lot of shots by the creek, I have a 13' section on the layout that is coverd with plaster, real uneven land, hilly, I like that section so I end up taking a bunch of shots from there.
-Deano
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Steve---this one's for you.Doctor Wayne and I spent a great day chasing CP's 150 Anniversary train
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Those photos are a study in f-unit details Mr. Nutbar. We have a mix of high and low fans, different antennas, at least two different side grills. More MU sockets then you can shake a stick at. Custom drib edges, some with mufflers some with out, looks like 3 different winterization hatches. Side skirts of all kinds of styles, oversized mirrors, a mix of bell configurations and even ditch lights. Each unit has it's own personality that they picked up over the years of rebuilds and special service. I wonder is they have the same type of quarks on the inside. Probably a mix of dash 2, pneumatic, and more modern electronic controls. I wonder if one of them still has an old reverse current relay, like 664. Great group of shots sir.
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Ed, I am glad you and Wayne had some interesting railfanning today. Thanks for sharing those pictures. In the meantime I ran the old lady to Lowtown to do some work and took time to pose for a picture. She's starting to show her age.
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Wayne/Nutbar
How did you find out about the train? Was it mentioned anywhere outside of railfan publications?
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... wrong forum, sorry
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Hi David---our local newspaper (Spectator) had an article last week announcing the train would be at Hamilton's Kinnear Yard from 5-9pm.I did a google search to determine the train's schedule prior to coming to Hamilton and then contacted another local rail-fanner who was very familiar with scheduling and timetables.Wayne and I had a pretty good idea when/where the train would arrive and waited at Hamilton West for an hour or so and then chased the train to Kinnear Yard.Our timing worked out well---there were already other rail-fanners at Kinnear but we were able to get lots of unobstructed pictures before the crowds arrived.