New Weekly CTT Forum Feature: Sunday Picture Exchange!

Classic Toy Trains Forum
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Folks,

I thought it may be fun to open a regular weekly place for CTT Forum members to post photos of their layouts, projects, railfan shots, whatever as long as its train related.

If you all like this, in the future anyone can start this on any day, and call it what ever you want. I just wanted to get the ball rolling.

So post em if you got em!

My pics:

A Western Maryland H-9 Consolidation hauling freight by the tower. BTW, thats me on the top of the stairs waiving, me peering out the fireman’s side of the loco cab, and me in the caboose too![8D]

Bringing up the rear of this all boxcar freight is a small Western Maryland bobber caboose. It didnt come with a crew. This weekend I removed a Fireman from a Geep, and glued him on the chair in coupala of the bobber. A quick and dirty, yet satisfying little project.[:)]

Here are the pics:

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Nice pics!

pax[:)]

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As soon as the white glue dries, I’ll do the first pour of Envirotex Lite…since this stuff is a catalyzed 2 part mixture, you don’t have to limit each pour to 1/8 inch…it cures even at thicker amounts. I like 2 separate pours, every 24 hours, of 1/4". Since the banks are 3/4 “, this leaves about 1/4” to the top of the bank. I also like to tint the envirotex a brown/green color…looks more realistic (to me) than leaving it crystal clear.

This is my “Winter Scene” area - the top is 3/4" styrofoam on top of a 3/4" ply, with another 3/4" styrofoam on the bottom. With the foam roadbed, it is Q-U-I-E-T!!! One advantage of using foam is that you can take a cheap 25 watt soldering iron and cut out the lake contours, then just pry it off of the plywood AFTER it has been glued together. Lotsa options on scenery!

Jim Duda

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Hmmm where have I seen this done before!!! Great Idea for the CTT forum. Here is one of my favorites:

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I’m having a deja vu experience, guys! Nice pictures…keep 'em coming![^][^][:D][;)][:)]

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Good idea. My layout is under construction.

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craignor, thanks for starting up this fun weekly thread!

Big Boy, your helix (if that’s what it is) reminds me of the framework of the Flying Turns at old Euclid Beach in Cleveland.

I like to slam cars around with this Atlas SW8. It’s the only TMCC engine I own, but I want to convert some others.

“Let’s not let $18 come between friends”.

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Great idea here! Here’s my collector’s wall with a 1935? Lionel M-10,000 I paid $25 for.

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Hi Jim,

Here is your other pic that didn’t post right. Hope you don’t mind.

tom

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Flying lessons, anyone?

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Hi All,

Here is a few pics that is not on my web page. I love American 4-4-0 type engines and here are some of them. Four are MTH and the rest is Lionel.

you can check out the rest of my layout by clicking on the web icon below.

tom

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ALL ABOARD

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Wow. Nice photos everyone. Spanky and webflyer, I like your downtown scenes.

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Craignor: Glad you started this here, I always looked forward to Sundays for the pics. Keep up with it here please.[^][:)]

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Now this is a very posltive idea for using the CTT Forum. Let’s find some more good ideas on trains.

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Yes, that is a helix, 10’ in diameter. I’m guessing that the “Flying Turns” is a ride, and “Euclid Beach” is an amusement park. Sorry, I’ve never been to Cleveland.[;)]

By the way, why does this have to be a Sunday thing? We should do this EVERY DAY, and twice on Sunday!!![(-D][(-D][swg]

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Let’s see if I can do this

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These trains were recently mailed to me from my parents - and are my dad’s old trains. He’s suffering from Altheimers (sp). Three of four of the engines worked right out of the UPS box. They were refurbished by Madison Hardware sometime in the 80s. There’s also an RW transformer, a prewar Gateman and three bridges.

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