Golden Gate Depot Espee Lark SP Southern Pacific by Greg Posta

Erik thanks for posting these pics!! Also thanks for all the 2 rail postings maybe we can wear down some of the 3 railers showing them more prototypical cars and locomotives without large couplers,wheel flanges and excessive overhang on curves.

Always a pleasure seeing your posts!!!!!!!!!!!

Also thanks for all the 2 rail postings maybe we can wear down some of the 3 railers showing them more prototypical cars and locomotives without large couplers,wheel flanges and excessive overhang on curves.

I agree.  You ought to post at least one in the 3 rail weekend pictures section every week.  It might do more good than you will ever know.  

 

Enlightenment!

Erik,

Thanks for posting those excellent pictures of the SP Lark Consist. To my way of thinking this is exactly what a model railroad should look like - i.e. not 'toy looking' - and an excellent example for all model railroaders to emulate.

Very nice indeed............

At certain angles, no one most people will not notice the difference anyway  Most people take a quick glance, click "LIKE" and don't pay attention to the details in the WPF Thread.

       
       


Ahhhh....

I don't think so. NOPE

Something about that 4' high rail. The P48 images I posted courtesy of http://proto48.org also illustrate very well the holes in your theory that 3RS has any legitimate authenticity in comparison to fine scale.

3RS is loaded out of the box with lots of neat features expect for anything below the anti-climber.

Laid of Sick 1st off you have a beautiful layout same with Norm C as well as Dave from Mercer Hobby shop. anyone would be pleased to have their name on the title of any of those 3 layouts and i am not knocking any of the other 3 rail layouts on the forum.

but to say that it depends on the angle that no one would notice is like saying that if Playboy started having their centerfolds dressed in coveralls no one would notice.

2nd look at the difference in the height of the rail, the 3rd rail no matter how you slice it its not prototypical. sure you can overlook it but why would you want to????

3rd look at the height difference in the cars because of the oversize flanges does that look prototypical?????

4th couplers...... pilots......curves.......???????????????

real bottomline you can call it 3 rail scale or anything else but it still looks like a toy train but just scale sized. and when you can purchase a 2 rail loco or car for the same money why would you want to overlook all the negatives???????

Now THAT is one heck of a picture!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

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LOS, you are a superb modeler.  You can do anything you want.

 

Here's one for you Erik.  All Key.  I forgot to pull out the as delivered E1.  

 

I don't understand, either, why folks would put up with unrealistic things below the anti-climber, but it is what they want, and my personal feeling is that I should try to understand, but not try to convert.

 

There are many folks on the planet who try to get everybody else to look at things their way - there is probably no reason for model train folks to do any of that.

 

The problem I have when trying to understand Hi Rail is when they start trying to make things look like 2-rail, when actual 2-rail is easier.  Then I start scratching my head . . .

 

Yes, that is a stunning photo of the hopper end.  I am not yet ready to convert to Proto-48, but if I was close, that would send me over the edge.

       
       


Hey Bob I am not trying to convert anybody; I am not interested in 1:24 couplers and detached pilots, 30" flanges, and 4' high rail. It's my interest. I respect others interests but I do ruffle my fur on my back when a comparison is made to something that can't be compared. I want as real as it gets for my scale. What you want or what others want is up to you and those others. I say go for it.

I wasn't trying to convert anyone or compare anything. My point was simply the same as Howard's... No one would mind a pic or 2 in the Weekend Photo Fun every week. Thats it, nothing more, no debates, no comparisons.... and if they do mind... who cares... with all the other crap that is brought up and argued about for 6 pages... just share some photos where the majority of people can see them.

My statement above was a response to Howard's comment about posting 1 pic in the 3R thread the 2nd paragraph of that quote.... I edited my original comment to delete the 1st paragraph. Don't take my statement out of context.... I am well aware of the differences

 

Look at the 6th picture Erik posted, bottom right, of the Atlas ice deck. If the bottom right corner of that picture were cropped out (the 2R track), at quick glance, most people wouldn't notice that is a 2R layout. They would have to go back and study it, blow it up full screen. It wouldn't do any harm to post that in the 3R Weekend Photo Fun Thread.... that was all I was trying to say.

We want to wear them down?

It looks like the two head end cars in the Lark consist have 6 wheel trucks. Was this standard for RPO and Baggage cars on the Lark?  Were they built that way or re-built from heavy weight cars like the Empire Builder RPO and Baggage cars?

 

Rolland

Making me drool Howard!



       

       
       

Yes "stream-styled" Harriman full 70' baggage and 60' RPO. These are brass models in the set. The rest are aluminum with brass detailing like other GGD sets.

Good stuff!

This is my HO Espee Lark by Fred Hill of Coach Yard built by Sam Model Tech in Korea. 

 

 

 

 

Nice Erik!

 That is an incredible picture!  Thanks for pointing that out.

Erik,

Your superb photos make me wonder if I should be in HO instead of venerable O.

Norm Rish

Making me drool Howard!

You have enough there in Colorado to keep you busy!  I just posted because it will probably be my last for a long time.  Moving. Yikes

Howard,

 

Any chance you are moving to Texas?

 

Ron H