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    EMD F7 A-B units, Athearn Genesis or Proto 2000?

    Only Variable? Yeah... there are a bunch of Fs out there, all of a sudden... Athearn, Athearn Genesis, InterMountain, Stewart, and now Broadway and Proto 2000. Of course, F3s have been around for years in the 1000 line- the only real difference being handrails... or lack of them. I own a...
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    Revell Engine House...

    Does anyone out there know who- or if- makes the old Revell engine house; or if it is in production at all? Con Cor sells the old "spin-offs"- the Weekly Herald/Print Shop and the Superior bakery- which seems odd- The engine house was the first of the series (the Print Shop/Superior Bakery...
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    May 04 Photo Contest: Archive Diorama or Mini Scene

    Stormy Night in Mount Gideon Mount Gideon, PA. Terminus of the Pennsy's Mt. Gideon branch... It's 1953 and the die is cast. The Decapod is letting go one of its last black blasts, while the FMs and Alcos look on. And The Shark is carefully waiting its turn. But for now, steam... and Pennsy...
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    "The Meet"

    Shot with Sony 2.0 Mp Digital(Original 1600 X 1200)
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    "The Meet"

    Back in '54... the Illinois Central would be the last railroad in the country, in 1960, to dieselize; the G.M. & O. was always dieselized... but the I.C. had a few. Here, one of the first GP-9s meets one of The Alton Road's F-3s. No one knew at the time that the G.M. & O. would one day be owned...
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    First Brass Engine

    On3 Colorado & Southern 2-6-0 #21 This is actually my first brass engine... from 1963! It's On3 and I paid $80.00 for it. It wasn't that great of a model- wrong cab and a few other things... but I love her! I painted & weathered her many moons ago. Photo is shot with a Sony 3.2Mp digital...
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