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  • #31
    Since Argabarga is posting pictures...Here are some of mine...

    http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-e2k1ZpwXBX...0/trains02.jpg
    My UP engine.

    http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bxnr-BmRp6...0/trains04.jpg
    I liked this car because it looks like arsonist Smoky.

    http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-epqlsZDsd2...0/trains05.jpg
    A Norfolk-Southern Engine I picked up in Altoona, PA

    http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4VhrqiR_Z-...0/trains07.jpg
    My current set up, I have two controllers so I can run two trains. Hopefully today I will have the turnouts that will allow me to switch trains between the two loops.

    http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BX46wOBedT...0/trains08.jpg
    Just messing around...

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    • #32
      Quoth mikoyan29 View Post
      I liked this car because it looks like arsonist Smoky.
      Why, Smoky? Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy?! I TRUSTED YOU!

      A Norfolk-Southern Engine I picked up in Altoona, PA
      Where they work on the REAL ones right next door, that's only an hour away from me. http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3665/9...06ddc798_o.jpg

      For reference sake: http://zenseeker.net/Castle/Mini/Train%20Scales.gif

      The American Flyer is an "S" scale train, as a kid, I messed around with "HO" scale, which is still roughly but not quite twice as big as Mik's "N' scale ones.
      Last edited by Argabarga; 05-12-2014, 05:32 PM.
      - They say nothing good happens at 2AM, they're right, I happen at 2AM.

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      • #33
        I was visiting the Horseshoe Curve/Railroaders Museum/Juniata Yards. I looked for train places and found one and hence the engine.

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        • #34
          Quoth mikoyan29 View Post
          http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bxnr-BmRp6...0/trains04.jpg
          I liked this car because it looks like arsonist Smoky.
          I have all six of the cars in that series. I love them.

          That link didn't work for me, but apparently it is this image. It is slightly out-of-date as it does not include T-gauge, 1/450th, which is 1/3 the size of N-gauge.

          You may see pictures of my model railroad club here.
          "I don't have to be petty. The Universe does that for me."

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          • #35
            2 of the gauges (On30 and HOn3) aren't "stand-alone". They're O scale models of an actual narrow gauge (30 inch) train, and HO scale models of an actual narrow gauge 3 foot) train. Note that there are a fair number of narrow gauges, with 30 inch, 3 feet, and 3 1/2 feet being the most common. At least one "false" gauge due to misreading a document (interpreting 4' 8 1/2" - standard gauge as 48 1/2") has been used in building a locomotive. One which was built to this error, but has been modified to standard gauge, is at the Henry Ford museum in Detroit.

            1:450? How do they fit a motor in a train that small?
            Any fool can piss on the floor. It takes a talented SC to shit on the ceiling.

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            • #36
              I know, and I thought Z scale was kinda pushing practical when I first saw it! You almost wonder if it was done on a dare... :P

              Anyway, I got another "new" engine for the fleet.

              https://scontent-a-iad.xx.fbcdn.net/...97469838_n.jpg

              As you can probably tell, it's going to need a new body shell, the old one looks to have succumbed to a combination of melting from the electric motor overheating, and a large part breaking off after being dropped. In any event, the guy who had it only wanted $60 for it, I had to jump over that, since working GP-7 diesel models seem to be going for three times the cost of comparable condition/aged steam engines on eBay, they must be rarer.

              Another reason this one was cheap (I was the only bidder) is if you look at the front, there's no coupler, just a metal bar, that's so it can hook on to cars equipped with link-pin style couplers, and there's no provision for retrofitting. Later "Geep" models had the knuckles and are much more sought after.

              These early ones only came painted in one style too, the GM EMD "demonstrator" livery, you can see the "GM" logo still below the cab window.

              They make aftermarket replacement shells for these, so that's a purchase I'll have to make, right after I fix the reverser unit inside, the contacts on it are so worn, it can't direct power from the pickup through it's switch to the motor. They make new contacts, only problem is the connections are soldered, so I'm out of my league and will have to recruit Dad to do that particular fix.

              I thought the motor itself might have been bad, until I touched the reverser with a finger, forced contact, and it suddenly shot off the end of the little test track section there

              Be nice to get it running, it's even HEAVIER than those steamers with a bigger motor too, bet it could pull some serious weight around the layout.

              Speaking of which, I also got my new drive wheels and drive rods for the K5, and, a pack of knuckle couplers (in the original packaging) to fix all the busted ones so that I don't have to keep putting the same 3 cars at the end of the train all the time where only one is needed.

              https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.n...04257182_n.jpg
              - They say nothing good happens at 2AM, they're right, I happen at 2AM.

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              • #37
                I got my turnouts, so now I can switch trains between the inner and outer tracks. The outer track sort of acts as my distance track and the inner track acts as the yard (or destination).

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                • #38
                  Got my new shell for my old diesel today. It's a reproduction shell made by Lionel (They bought all the old AF tooling/rights after bankruptcy) that dates back to the early 90's, one of several "new" railroad liveries they introduced.

                  https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.n...95173996_n.jpg

                  The little plastic baggie has new electrical contacts for the reverser that will fix the "sputtering" problem this one has, once I conscript Dad to solder them on.

                  After that, I'm going to repaint the shell for the Reading railroad, it's simple, they only used a one-color Pullman Green paintjob with "READING" on the side (they make decals). Then I can put it back on the chassis, and glue back on the bits of detail the old shell had, the horns, grab irons and such. (Guy who sold it kept all the little bits and sent them along too, big thank you there!)

                  Even the fact it's not a dynamic brake unit can be made to work, the last 10 GP-7's the Reading ordered were intended for passenger service, and didn't have dynamics, but eventually got put into freight service along with the rest when passenger revenue dried up. So as long as I put the right cab number on it, nobody can tell me it's wrong! :P
                  - They say nothing good happens at 2AM, they're right, I happen at 2AM.

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                  • #39
                    Quoth Argabarga View Post
                    they only used a one-color Pullman Green paintjob with "READING" on the side (they make decals)
                    Be careful with that. Some years back, I salvaged a bunch of model railroad stuff from the recycling room in my building (someone had inherited an apartment - the salvaged material, mostly magazines, has already gone to a good home). Among the stuff was a box of paints which I salvaged merely to dispose of them properly - one of the bottles was Pullman Green, and according to the label it contained lead. There's probably a lead-free formula now, but check the label to be sure.
                    Any fool can piss on the floor. It takes a talented SC to shit on the ceiling.

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                    • #40
                      Seeing a mention of piggyback trailers above, I thought I should mention the practice of piggybacking standard-gauge (or sometimes broad-gauge) wagons on a narrow-gauge line. This avoided transshipment at the break of gauge for through traffic, while still maintaining the low costs of a narrow-gauge railway.

                      Here's a British example from the 1930s.

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                      • #41
                        I started to add buildings to the mix. They are scratch built and eventually I plan to paint them.

                        http://michiganexposures.blogspot.co...onal-town.html

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                        • #42
                          Quoth mikoyan29 View Post
                          I started to add buildings to the mix.
                          Wonderful! Looks like you're having a lot of fun.

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                          • #43
                            Quoth sms001 View Post
                            Wonderful! Looks like you're having a lot of fun.
                            Isn't that the point?

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                            • #44
                              Painted my buildings but in looking at them, they might be slightly off. However, I do like how they turned out.

                              http://michiganexposures.blogspot.co...onal-town.html

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                              • #45
                                Quoth mikoyan29 View Post
                                I'm not quite sure what I'm going to do with all those wires though.
                                Hole through the table and take 'em underneath? (That's what I did last time I had a permanent lash-up.)

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