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  1. cnw1961

    My Miami Layout

    A few months ago when my switching layout was almost finished, I thought to have a second layout would be a good idea. After seeing Lance Mindheim’s Miami East Rail layout ( http://www.lancemindheim.com ), I knew what I wanted to do. The bird’s eye view of Live Search Maps and the street view of...
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    NYC M-497 – Buzz Lightyear on rails

    I stumbled across this jet powered Budd RDC, NYC used in 1966 to check if their tracks could handle high speed traffic. What a sight, a Budd car built for 183.85 mph. Enjoy :wave:. Dark Roasted Blend: Jet-Powered & Other Futuristic Trains. AmericanHeritage.com / Jet Train Edit: I just saw...
  3. cnw1961

    Jan 4th Weekly Photo Fun

    I hope you don’t mind that it is me again to start the WPF thread with two shots of this ATSF Geep running light after setting out a car at the Miller beer distributor.
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    Dec. 28 Weekly Photo Fun

    It’s Friday, time to start a new WPF thread. So here we go...
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    Riverside packing house … kind of …

    Oh man, I wanted to build the National Orange Company packing house in Riverside http://scph002.home.netcom.com/riverside_national1.jpg but somehow I got it wrong :oops: and ended up building this http://scph002.home.netcom.com/riverside_national2.jpg :mrgreen:. Seriously, I planned to build...
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    My first catalog house

    The Finley was a catalog house sold by the Aladdin Company in 1916/1917 ( Central Michigan University Clarke Historical Library Aladdin Sales Catalog 1917 ). Branchline Trains offers a kit of this house, but it does not really convince me and at $ 39,98 it is a bit pricey. I can scratch build at...
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    Burbank Beer Distributor

    I found a picture and a scale drawing for this easy to scratch build structure on Bruce Petty’s website about his LA railroad ( Modeling a Beer Distributor ). The beer distributor will be placed on the right end of my layout, so I changed Bruce’s design of a low-relief background building by...
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    When were these tractors built?

    Can anyone tell me when these tractors were built? Walthers Model Railroad Mall -- product information page for 223-1097 . Could I use them for ca. 1980 - 1985? I don’t know anything about American trucks, so I am totally lost :confused::confused::confused:.
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    Weekly Photo Fun 7/27

    Hey, it’s Friday. Nobody wants to start off the Photo Fun thread? I didn’t want to do it this week, but here we go … :mrgreen: One of the most beautiful noses in railroading.
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    Weekly Photo Fun 7/20

    It’s Friday, time to start a new Photo Fun thread. Let’s make it as enjoyable as last week’s thread …
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    Weekly Photo Fun 7/13

    Well, it’s Friday 11:40 AM over here in Germany. I’m taking full advantage of the 7 hours I am ahead of you :mrgreen: and start this week’s photo fun thread.
  12. cnw1961

    Photo Fun Week of 6/2/07

    Someone’s got to do it, so I start it off this week. AT&SF NW2 # 2405 switching in the streets of LA.
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    Photo Fun Week of 5/12/07

    So it’s me to start this week off with a picture of my Baldwin picking up a reefer at the cold storage.
  14. cnw1961

    Latest News from Plasticville

    Today I was lucky to get my hands on one of the rare copies of The Plasticville Times. Does anyone know, where to subscribe to get a copy every day? Deano, did you see that the incident on your Rock Valley Sub is on the front page of today’s copy of The Plasticville Times?
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    Wheeler Machinery Co.

    Today I started to scratch build the first building that really existed for my Downtown LA layout: the Wheeler Machinery Company. It was located on San Pedro St. near downtown LA. Here is a link to a photo of this structure, which was built in the late 1930s...
  16. cnw1961

    Loksound for my VO-1000

    I ordered a LokSound V3.5 decoder with Baldwin sound just after Christmas and it was eventually delivered today. Hey, it only took 2 1/2 months :rolleyes: . I installed the decoder in my Stewart Baldwin VO-1000. The Stewart diesels are DCC ready, that means, they have an 8pin NMRA plug. To...
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    Hey Deano, I got my FM!

    The Walthers FM H12-44 I won on Ebay Germany a few days ago, was delivered today. I am glad that I could get one of those rare engines. It looks really sweet and is a good, smooth runner. The only thing I don’t like are the handrails – they are very thick. I think I’ll try to make new ones from...
  18. cnw1961

    A mill and a warehouse

    I need a structure to fill this spot on the left end of my layout to conceal the end of the world. I want to build a flour mill and a warehouse. The picture shows the outline of the buildings. To make it quick and easy, I decided to build a concrete flour mill. A mill does not need to...
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    My ATSF Trix Mikado

    Nearly three months ago I started to convert my Trix Mikado from NYC to ATSF. I couldn’t finish it until now, because I had to wait three months for the decals to be delivered :curse: . I know, that I cannot turn the Trix Mikado into a real ATSF version, but if you just take a quick look and it...
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    Santa came from Santa Fe this year …

    … and brought me this Stewart FT A-B-B-A set. Unless we move to a bigger house (very unlikely) I will never have a layout with a long mainline to run a long passenger train – but who cares. They are so beautiful. I already started to detail the engines (grabs, windsreen wipers, MU hoses etc.).
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