Two for Tuesday.
David
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Love that photo Batman.
Every time I look at it, I am reminded of a silent movie starring Buster Keaton.
Paul
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A pair of Nickel Plate “High Speed Service” bay window cabooses:
NKP_500_caboose by Edmund, on Flickr
Cheers, Ed
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How about Two Alcos to close out Tuesday from the east coast?
Much as I like that D&H Scheme, it’s going to become a New Haven unit as well!
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Dave, are those Sergent couplers I see? If so, how do you like them?
Edit: I see now that Sergent is out of business. One of the “replacement” company’s products perhaps? Or just a dummy? (The coupler, not me! 
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Yes, they’re Sergent Engineering couplers. I love them, because they force you to slow down and operate more realistically. They don’t have centering springs, like the prototype, you have to make sure you’re lined up and at least one knuckle is open. No ram-and-go, like other couplers. Real railroaders don’t work like that.
So, pull up close, ensure the couplers are lined up and knuckle(s) are open, make the connection, pull out the slack to ensure a good coupling, and do a brake test while you’re at it. 
There is a guy on Facebook that bought the molds. I think he goes by Inventive Models on Facebook.
Thanks,
DFF
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Two Toaster Tuesday?! Nice work Heath!
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That’s how some of them look on Virtual Railfan, the GEs especially.
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I weather/detail as much as i can to prototype pics of whatever i get my hands on haha
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Know what-cha’ mean, bitten by the ‘weathering bug’ changes how we view the world. A mundane, dirty, rusty cover plate that wouldn’t have merited a second glance becomes fascinating, next thing ya’ know the wheels are turning wondering how to replicate that look on a model.
Regards, Peter
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Two AC4400CWs on my intermodal train. Both are Athearn, but made 20 years apart. I need to add details to the older (#42) to give them a more consistent appearance. They run ok together, but given different eras and different brand decoders - I have some work to do, to improve speed matching.
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Hi Dave,
Did or does End-loading off a Ramp like that still occur much post 2000, or even in more recent times?
Thanks, Paul.
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