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Jim
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My wife and I spent Valentines weekend at the Lackawanna Station (Radison Hotel) in Scranton PA. this year. I was able to kill two birds with one stone that weekend if you know what I mean....
The hotel is great and I highly recommend it if you ever get a chance. It is within walking distance of Steam Town and Scranton Hobby also. Here are a few shots from that weekend.
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Here are a few more from Steam Town from that weekend...
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what dose one get when you buy two diffrent lots of parts and pieces off of ebay, One lot I purchased about 6 months ago was a beep lot, another lot was Lionel cut up shell lot, not sure what to call it as the baby boat name goes to the U18B
Now what to paint it
Originally Posted by electroliner:
David,
Its an Accucraft Ruby 2 bought used although new ones run in the range of $500.00 which is a comparable cost to many "electric" engine offerings in O scale, although I don't want to give the impression that G scale is the only choice. Many live steam engines are offered in O scale as well. She is a good runner and since she is a saddle tanker I may add a small coal bunker to the end cab. The side tanks easily come off and could just as easily be replaced with running boards and a tender. It gives some variety so the traditional layout doesn't get stale as the outdoor is dormant during the winter months but its too nice to be holed up in the spare bedroom with the tabletop. At least for this kid. She runs on distilled water, butane, running gear oil and steam oil. Her cab simply lifts off as in the photo as I was running some safety valve adjustments using the pressure gauge. She has a water valve that allows adding additional water while under steam which helps. This is designed to run out of gas prior to running out of water and her running pressure is @ 40PSI with a max boiler capacity at 80PSI They can fairly easily be turned into Forneys. There are how-to articles on the conversion process and below is an example of a Forney. With some modification they can run under steam by radio control. Hope this helps..
Very nice and thanks for the info I looked on e bay and saw several but all were G scale. I was just wondering do they make an O scale that will run on 3 rail track? or do you need O scale 2 rail track. Reason I ask is it would be
fairly easy to construct a car/set of cars that could haul compressed air to use instead of steam so you didn't set your tunnels on fire . Some of the paint ball air reservoirs could be made to look like tank cars. For command control the new digital programmable servo's from Futaba with metal gears are smaller than a quarter and super strong . I use them to control my turn outs on my layout . On the new digital transmitters you can program throw rate and distance for each servo( I also fly R/C Heli's) and the learning curve is really very small.
Thanks again
David
David,
As far as running on three rail track, I have never heard of that variation as needless to say, these are generally used as outdoor engines for safety reasons. They can be run on air, for testing. However, the boiler constantly is producing steam as it is used and you need a fairly large impractical storage tank to run let alone pull a load. I suppose one of those little DC powered compressors might work off track power if you could find one small enough to say, fit in a tender. I don't know. As far as relatively affordable O gauge starter live steam engines, look at Mamod engines carried here in the U.S by Yesteryear Toys. There is a live steam engine that produces steam by track power but I cannot recall the manufacturer in the U.K and I think ( not sure) the gauge is OO similar to HO but I might be wrong.
Mike Slater, that is one ugly locomotive! I like it!
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A quick pic from under the bridge.
The bridge was custom made by my friend Tim. If you like what you see he would be happy to sell you one! He is terrific to work with.
David
This is by far the best thread each week. Thanks Scott for starting these threads off. The thread shows a thumbnail of what our hobby is. You all are very talented and it is wonderful to see how diversified everyone is. Thanks again for posting so that I and others can see your handy works.
I'm in complete agreement with you Roger! This is the best thread each week and I think this weekend's is one of the best in recent months. Very nice work folks!
Following were taken on my layout this afternoon. The engine is a WBB L&N FA-1.
Curt
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Custom painted DT&I GP15
Geese infestation
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Originally Posted by davidbross:
A quick pic from under the bridge.
The bridge was custom made by my friend Tim. If you like what you see he would be happy to sell you one! He is terrific to work with.
David
Neat tractor-trailer! I used to work for Carolina Freight!
Bill
Mike, love your baby boat!!! I have a U-18 in HO scale and always wanted one in O scale. I think what you have there is a GE U-7!! NICE WORK!!
Originally Posted by AMCDave:
Mike, love your baby boat!!! I have a U-18 in HO scale and always wanted one in O scale. I think what you have there is a GE U-7!! NICE WORK!!
That'd be a GE U 9 = Half of an U 18 
David
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Here is the start of my layout.
The Pere Marquette pulls the mail train into the small village of "Little Rapids, MI"
The 1225 waits for her freight cars to be switched out of her train before she can move on to her next stop.
An overall shot of my 13.5'x8' layout.
The layout is just starting. I hope to add some grades in the track near the back of the layout and add a staging yard where I can move full trains on and off the layout. Even though I have a loop to run trains around and around I plan to do a lot of switching, and have some industries where I bring trains onto the layout, break them apart and switch them to their industries and build new trains.
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Originally Posted by Plankowner110:
Originally Posted by davidbross:
A quick pic from under the bridge.
The bridge was custom made by my friend Tim. If you like what you see he would be happy to sell you one! He is terrific to work with.
David
Neat tractor-trailer! I used to work for Carolina Freight!
Bill
Thanks, Bill. The tractor trailer is neat. I wasn't even sure that was a real company. Now I know! I just put the bridge in BTW. I should shoot some pictures of it. It is 48" or so and unbelievably well done. It is all foam!
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That'd be a GE U 9 = Half of an U 18
It was so short I thought it was a bit less than 9!!!!
Sirt,
That is a great subway shot! I love the lighting. Nice photography!
Barn
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Originally Posted by juniata guy:
I'm in complete agreement with you Roger! This is the best thread each week and I think this weekend's is one of the best in recent months. Very nice work folks!
Following were taken on my layout this afternoon. The engine is a WBB L&N FA-1.
Curt
Very Nice!!! Something about that L&N in the Black & Cream. I have this same engine in an A-B-A configuration on display in my office beneath a charcoal drawing of the L&N Depot in Evansville. I just pre-ordered the Lionel Legacy F7 A-B-B-A in the Blue & Cream. I appreciate that Lionel has 4 different L&N engines with multiple road numbers in the 2012 Signature Edition Catalog ... but my wife doesn't ... Oh, well!
Originally Posted by Gilly@N&W:
Just a sneak peak of what I'm working on today. I have 4 arch sections to cut to length. If I keep this up, I just may have a layout someday!
This shows 90% of the train room bench work. Next will be a connector to a wing wall to the left (not seen) and two bridges spanning the stairwell. Then a 2' around the room shelf in the unfinished area on the other half of the attic. This will connect the left to the right side of what you can see here.
Gilly
One of those "why didn't I think of that" ideas. Love the bridges!
Brian
Just another weekends example of how talented our members are. Well done and thank you everyone for posting photo's.
TEX
Steve
Originally Posted by davidbross:
Originally Posted by Plankowner110:
Originally Posted by davidbross:
A quick pic from under the bridge.
The bridge was custom made by my friend Tim. If you like what you see he would be happy to sell you one! He is terrific to work with.
David
Neat tractor-trailer! I used to work for Carolina Freight!
Bill
Thanks, Bill. The tractor trailer is neat. I wasn't even sure that was a real company. Now I know! I just put the bridge in BTW. I should shoot some pictures of it. It is 48" or so and unbelievably well done. It is all foam!
David,
Just to share some motor carrier history, Carolina Freight Carriers Corporation was one of the nation's biggest trucking companies serving all states east of the Mississippi. It existed from 1932 until 1995 when it was absorbed by Arkansas Best Freight (ABF.) Headquarters was in Cherryville, NC.
Bill
I have a couple of vintage Carolina Freight tractor trailers["ten wheelers"] that I bought many years ago at the founding family's little Museum in Cherryville.
Ken Younger, former President of Carolina was a neighbor and friend.
