Busy yard on the S&Y RR
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Club Meet from Saturday night.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TrAxxVh1OM&list=UUbfHGkdDrAAUP93lIDLVk0A&index=1&feature=plpp_video
My relettered Lionel Docksider. Former SP&S 600, now a DT&I locomotive (local road here in Detroit). I’m hoping to pick it up tonight from the guy who worked on it for me.
New this week
Stream and waterfalls
Lehigh Valley GP 38 … picked it up this morning at a show
New high gloss finish on the pond … some marine spar varnish I found in the workshop … looks good!
Tried to fit the 10x4x6 in one shot
Frank’s shots are awesome!!
went to a local Flea market today did see a A.F. 303 but wanted $50 for it and knew nothing about value or if it ran decieded to pass on it. Seems to me thats a common engine.
Did find this plate for $1.00 so said what the heck.
Not sure what it says or is celabrating but for a $1 thought it was cool
The first of K-Line’s semi scale steam engines, made in 1997.
7. Internationale Eisenbahner Volkswanderung
Gößweinstein Fränk. Schweiz 3.u.4.Sept.1997
7Th International Railway people walk
GoBweinstein Franconian Switzerland 3rd & 4th September, 1997
Gößweinstein is a municipality in Franconian Switzerland.
Franconian Switzerland is in northern Bavaria, Germany. It was given its name by Romantic artists and poets in the 19th century who compared its landscape to Switzerland. The Franconian Switzerland is famous for a very high density of traditional breweries.
thanks for the translation was wonder what it ment.
I can’t remember when I first saw this building set; but I know it was from someone’s photos of their layout. I finally won a small set on eBay.
The illustration on the box is also used on the instruction book that is included with the set. It shows some very sophisticated architecture.
Northwoods - Now that’s a down-right nifty building set. Way ahead of its time, but looking at the box illustration, one could make a mint off the same molds today. Kind of a predecessor of the DPM walls in HO.
A dilapidated tender.
It was a common engine. Most of them are out of service now. It´s a class 103 Co´Co´electric, designed in the early 1960´s to introduce high speed passenger service (200kph) in Germany. Top speed was 200 kph, three engines were regeared for speeds up to 280kph. 149 were built in total.
Jeffrey, Excellent weathering on that tender, looks like the real deal sitting there.
fifedog,
That is exactly what it reminded me of when I first saw it. There are a number of building sets from that era that work pretty well with tinplate trains. The king of course is Gilbert’s Erector sets, but some of the what are now obscure sets also add to the “old time” train layout feel.
At one point I considered building Wausau Widgets out of DPM O gauge panels and downloaded the planning packets with the wall section templates. This is as far as it got.
Thanks. You’d be surprised at the number of requests I get for it’s location.
Northwoods - Hey, that looks sharp.
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What’s a widget…?
