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• Mar 16, 2009

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Bl**dy stunning pics mate!

 

• Mar 16, 2009

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anyone got passenger train pics?

 

• Mar 16, 2009

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Like these fly boy?

 

• Mar 16, 2009

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Good Pic's, Jan.....

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• Mar 16, 2009

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Great stuff!

 

• Mar 16, 2009

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Cool pics syscom and Lucky. Syscom, I'm going to try to get back there a lot now that I know where it is. There are still a lot of places around here I do not know about so as I find out about places I am on the road on the weekends to find them.

 

• Mar 16, 2009

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Tonights pics.

 

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• Mar 16, 2009

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Awesome shots Jan and Sys!8)

 

• Mar 17, 2009

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I really like the last shot Syscom.

 

• Mar 18, 2009

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Just to be clear, these pics are not my own.

If I do post pictures that are mine, I will clearly claim credit.

 

• Mar 20, 2009

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nice pics

 

• Mar 20, 2009

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Good pics! I grew up with a small HO layout. Miss it sometimes. I plan on doing another one in the future, maybe when my son get s old enough. Favorite company would be Rock Island. I love the red and black schemes that was on there engines for years.
I also want to see a Big Boy in person. I believe there is still one around Omaha at a union Pacific museum.

 

• Mar 20, 2009

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Messy1 said:

Good pics! I grew up with a small HO layout. Miss it sometimes. I plan on doing another one in the future, maybe when my son get s old enough. Favorite company would be Rock Island. I love the red and black schemes that was on there engines for years.
I also want to see a Big Boy in person. I believe there is still one around Omaha at a union Pacific museum.

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Have you ever thought of looking for a model railroad club in your area? This way you are getting to use a ready made layout.

Have you ever been to the Illinois Railroad Museum in Union IL.? That is north of Chicago between I-90 I-94. That is a great place to see real RR equipment. They have a bunch that is in running condition. They don't have a Big Boy, but they do have a UP turbine set. Unfortunately the turbine is long gone.

Bill G.

 

• Mar 20, 2009

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Rock Island RR!

"Route Rock" as its also called.

 

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• Mar 20, 2009

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I'd love to see that Bill. I have not thought about joining a local club, that is a idea to look into.

 

• Mar 20, 2009

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Route of the Rock. Yep, I remember when was young in the 80's, seeing C.N.W railroad operating old Rock Island engines still in the blue paint scheme, although the paint was faded, you could still see make out the design, and I remember seeing Route of the Rock on the side of some of the engines.

 

• Mar 20, 2009

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That's some neat material Syscom. Love it.

 

• Mar 21, 2009

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Continuing on Sys' Rock Island theme here....


Now, what was the name of the passenger train that ran between Chicago and Los Angeles from 1902–1968 by CRI&P and SP?

 

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• Mar 21, 2009

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Messy1 said:

I'd love to see that Bill. I have not thought about joining a local club, that is a idea to look into.

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There are several ways to find a model railroad club.

The simplest is to go to a local hobby shop that has a large model railroad selection and then ask the sales people and/or store owner. If there is a local club, they will be buying stuff here.

Another was is to look in current and back issues of Model Railroader and Trains for club train shows and sales. This can also be done now online.

There are individuals with large layouts that will have a group of 10 to 20 normally people to come over and operate on their home layouts. These are harder to find out about as they "advertise" only by word of mouth. Sometimes these layouts are open to the public for local model railroad conventions. That can be a way to make contact.

I belong to the Kalamazoo Model Railroad Historical Society www.kmrhs.org

I also "belong" to a private group. My firend has a large basement layout of the Boston Maine RR set in 1954. He has enlarged his basement twice so he could expand the layout. That is dedication.

Good luck on finding a group you can enjoy model railroading with.

Bill G.

 

• Mar 21, 2009

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I also enjoy the model railroads, H0 scale. When the time comes and I move back to Sweden (have promised my parents to do that in a few years time, after my dads heart problem), me and a couple of friends are gona build a H0 layout, covering east, midwest and west of the US. Even though I have several favorite US railroads, Milwaukee Road has moved up to the #1 spot and that's the railroad that I'll do, my friends will do the Erie-Lackawanna and Rio Grande....I think!