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Some really wonderful photos this week!  Just the other night I finished up on a concrete station platform and also received the lights I needed for it from forum member Andre Garcia (AG).  The lights are made of brass and very well made.  I think they really work well with the station scene.  I really appreciate his making them available.  Below is a photo I took this evening. 

 

 

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Have a great weekend and if you get a chance visit my website Bo's Trains at http://www.bostrains.com   Bo    

 

 

 

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Amazing photos this week real and models thanks so much all for posting.

 

Really looking forward to another visit of the North West Trunk lines the few photos posted do not come close to showing off the overall size and detail of this layout!

Lets see some more Dave! or a full magazine issue full of articles and photos!

 

Got a couple of more cars for the Turbo train so took it all apart and added a few more passengers and fixed the light issues by swaping locos shells front to back. Looks and runs great!

 

 

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Originally Posted by marker:

 

Shipping Chevy Vegas by rail 70's style.

 

The Story:  http://www.autoblog.com/2013/0...egas-price-in-check/

Great picture. Just this week I thought my name should have been vega_gt_73.

first new car lasted 17,000 miles  and was burning oil! They should have put the forks in the window and brought them directly to the scrap yard!

MPC wasn't just a model train era.

After helping Jack re-align the turntable, we decided to weather a half-dozen lighter-colored cars, including a pair of bulkhead flats I got this week. The bulkhead flats ride so low (at least the 2-rail ones) that I had to take the trucks off and shoot them separately. All in all, a pretty productive day. I still have to paint the wheels.

 

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Weathered Trainman Covered Hoppers with one waiting in the queue.

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Originally Posted by laming:

Hi Matt!

 

Have you gone two rail?  Nice "subtle" work on the weathering.  The cars will blend right in and look very natural.

Not yet. I've gone more hard-core 3RS (as have a couple of other AGHR members) since I have a huge investment in 3-rail equipment that would be impossible to find/replace in 2-rail or convert. Also, since I like big steam, but can't see myself with enough space for 72" radius (O-144) I'll need to retain 3-rail capability in the future.

They should have put the forks in the window and brought them directly to the scrap yard!

 

bptBill - Very funny now, but not then.  At that time, GM didn't have the technology to produce an aluminum block engine without steel cylinder sleeves.  It was too bad they came to market too fast.  I still have insecurities about owning aluminum block engines.  The distrust comes from those Vega days.

Originally Posted by marker:

They should have put the forks in the window and brought them directly to the scrap yard!

 

bptBill - Very funny now, but not then.  At that time, GM didn't have the technology to produce an aluminum block engine without steel cylinder sleeves.  It was too bad they came to market too fast.  I still have insecurities about owning aluminum block engines.  The distrust comes from those Vega days.

As disappointing as the Vega was, the aluminum engine was (over the long term) the right idea, but didn't have the technology at the time to really make it work.

 

My old 2002 Supercharged V6 Nissan pickup is spending it's "retirement" with my son in Las Vegas and still running strong at 370,000 miles on an aluminum block without steel sleeves. Nissan coated the cylinders with "nickosil" which is so hard and smooth that the rings barely wear. Usually some peripheral component gets the engine after a while.

 

I always questioned shipping cars racked upright like meat in a reefer.

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