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prrhorseshoecurve posted:

Some really cool pictures. NOtice the Single red landern hanging off the rear!

I got my lantern from Ace trains off of Ebay. I just need an SMD led to place inside and connect it to my brake vans!

But the highlight of the trip (for me at least) was riding the London to Paris Eurostar. Only 2 and a half hours
and a really beautiful, smooth train.

NICe! I have to ride it again! It used to take 3+ hrs in the last century due to the slow track in Britain.

A couple of things to note.  

The London, Midland and Scottish Railway’s mixed traffic, medium powered Class 5, 4-6-0 locomotives were designed by Sir William Stanier.  These highly versatile locomotives were universally known as ‘Black Fives’. Stanier, who had previously been the Works Manager at the GWR Works at Swindon realised that there was a need for larger locomotives and using his experience gained at Swindon took inspiration from the GWR Hall Class locomotives.  Both the Black 5 and Hall locomotives shared similar cylinder arrangements, internal boiler design and had 72 inch diameter driving wheels. Consequently, the ‘Black Fives’ with their 6 feet driving wheels could attain speeds of around 90mph, making them ideal for passenger traffic   ACE Trains   is producing the Castle Class which is similar to the Hall and the Black Fives     http://www.acetrains.co.uk/e7-4-6-0-castle.html

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Note the C1 on the back. Same as the lionel Hogworts coach

 

 

 

kanawha posted:
M J Breen posted:

I've been across the pond for the last couple weeks touring London, Scotland and Ireland - here's a mix of train and trip photos!

1) Who says 3 rail isn't prototypical!?!? The blue line "tube" as we connected form Paddington to Kings Cross station.

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I was also in Scotland,England, and France last month. Rode the London Underground, and noticed the center rail. It's insulated from the roadbed and I'd like to know what it's for. Could some of the cars have a center rail power pickup or is it the power return (AC neutral or negative DC)?
Earls Court station:
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Key Gardens Aboveground station:
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Also rode the Jacobite Express from Mallaig to Fort William in Scotland that the Hogwarts Express was modeled on. Passed by the maroon Hogwarts engine in the Fort William yard but couldn't get a picture of it.
First Class coach, really elegant inside:
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Good looking engine:
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Regular coach, a real step down from first class on the inside:
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But the highlight of the trip (for me at least) was riding the London to Paris Eurostar. Only 2 and a half hours and a really beautiful, smooth train.
 
St Pancras station, London:
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Free meal:
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171 MPH. Take that Amtrak!
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Lastly we rode a Virgin intercity train between Edinburgh and London. Like riding airline economy for 5 hours. Awful. In fact I wish we had flown that leg instead.
 
Ken

Wonderful, Ken!

Peter

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tackindy posted:

Working on a flat car with M1A1 Abrams.  Printed the first one.... now it needs a second and paint!

What scale is the Abram and Sherman?

This is a 1:48 scale Abram on a heavy duty flat car.

 

They are around 1/48 to 1/50.   I scaled the M1 bases in photos.  The Sherman is a Corgi model.

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tackindy posted:
PRRronbh posted:
tackindy posted:

Working on a flat car with M1A1 Abrams.  Printed the first one.... now it needs a second and paint!

What scale is the Abram and Sherman?

This is a 1:48 scale Abram on a heavy duty flat car.

 

They are around 1/48 to 1/50.   I scaled the M1 bases in photos.  The Sherman is a Corgi model.

The Corgi Sherman  is 1/50. The M1 is neither 1/48 or 1/50. Having seen the M4 and the M1A1 side by side, The M1A1 is a lot bigger. Also you could not fit a Sherman on the same 50ft flat car with an M1. Nothing personal. 

tackindy posted:
SIRT posted:

   NYC, RBX......................

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I still maintain my belief that Sirt cannot be that good at aging... and that he is just that good at adding big ole lobster claw couplers to pictures of real trains!

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 If course I'm kidding and he is that good!!!!!  

Couplers, what couplers, I don't see em in the photo................

I did some shooting this evening, got some decent photos. Nothing particularly special, but definitely worth the trip.

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That said, a group of people at a gazeebo (probably meth heads) were yelling and making odd gestures as I was sitting diagonally across the grade crossing waiting for the Coast Starlight to go by. Just as the Amtrak train approached, I realized they'd been yelling at me the entire time. One yelled for me to leave. I was ticked once I realized this was all directed to me (but too far away to hear most of it or see whatever gestures one fat guy in the group was doing) and yelled back, "Come MAKE ME, you [bleepidy bleep bleep]. Of course, the woman in the group is the only one to try to walk over to where I was parked. I was going to leave anyway once that train was passed, but I was glad to get out of there. They never put two and two together on what I was taking photos of  and she yelled something about having my license plate and 'harrasment'. I guess they though I'd been taking photos of them all along (oddly only when trains going by?)

I wasn't remotely scared, but I was pretty ticked off. But I guess that what drugs and paranoia will do to someone...

I was glad to leave because I have a concealed weapons permit and I was packing. But I just didn't see any version of allowing her close to my SUV where I wouldn't be having a very bad evening right now.

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suzukovich posted:
tackindy posted:
PRRronbh posted:
tackindy posted:

Working on a flat car with M1A1 Abrams.  Printed the first one.... now it needs a second and paint!

What scale is the Abram and Sherman?

This is a 1:48 scale Abram on a heavy duty flat car.

 

They are around 1/48 to 1/50.   I scaled the M1 bases in photos.  The Sherman is a Corgi model.

The Corgi Sherman  is 1/50. The M1 is neither 1/48 or 1/50. Having seen the M4 and the M1A1 side by side, The M1A1 is a lot bigger. Also you could not fit a Sherman on the same 50ft flat car with an M1. Nothing personal. 

Yes the Sherman is 1/50 and based on some pictures I looked at I got the M1A1 as close to size as I could while still maintaining a good fit on the railcar.  I thought I got it pretty close to scale based on what I saw online.  I'm doing two M1A1s per flat car based on how they transport them today.  I printed the M1A1 myself so it isn't available anywhere.  They take around 24 hours to print so it's slow going.  

Originally posted by Scale Rail:

I think this would be an interesting O gauge weed spray train. I took this picture years ago north of the Bay Area. You could modify a MTH doodlebug and just add a string of single dome tank cars. Don

IT would be easier to modify a baggage car. Just take off one vestibule and add windows, lights, a horn and a brake wheel. The unit doesn't look self propelled.

tackindy posted:
suzukovich posted:
tackindy posted:
PRRronbh posted:
tackindy posted:

Working on a flat car with M1A1 Abrams.  Printed the first one.... now it needs a second and paint!

What scale is the Abram and Sherman?

This is a 1:48 scale Abram on a heavy duty flat car.

 

They are around 1/48 to 1/50.   I scaled the M1 bases in photos.  The Sherman is a Corgi model.

The Corgi Sherman  is 1/50. The M1 is neither 1/48 or 1/50. Having seen the M4 and the M1A1 side by side, The M1A1 is a lot bigger. Also you could not fit a Sherman on the same 50ft flat car with an M1. Nothing personal. 

Yes the Sherman is 1/50 and based on some pictures I looked at I got the M1A1 as close to size as I could while still maintaining a good fit on the railcar.  I thought I got it pretty close to scale based on what I saw online.  I'm doing two M1A1s per flat car based on how they transport them today.  I printed the M1A1 myself so it isn't available anywhere.  They take around 24 hours to print so it's slow going.  

A Sherman is about 19-feet long, 8 1/2-feet wide and 8-feet tall.

An Abrams is about 26-feet long body (32-feet long including cannon forward), 12-feet wide and 8-feet (for one version a couple of inches shorter) tall.

Ron

SIRT posted:
tackindy posted:
SIRT posted:

   NYC, RBX......................

NYC B-W [6)

I still maintain my belief that Sirt cannot be that good at aging... and that he is just that good at adding big ole lobster claw couplers to pictures of real trains!

Funny-Laughing-Gif-Dr.-Evil-Image

 If course I'm kidding and he is that good!!!!!  

Couplers, what couplers, I don't see em in the photo................

Good point!  Now you're just getting lazy and posting pictures of real train cars!    

But seriously.... your work is always awesome!  It has gotten me up to the train room a few times to do some weathering of my own.  Mine isn't nearly as realistic as yours but it looks good to me and your's was the inspiration!  I always love seeing your work on here. 

tackindy posted:
suzukovich posted:
tackindy posted:
PRRronbh posted:
tackindy posted:

Working on a flat car with M1A1 Abrams.  Printed the first one.... now it needs a second and paint!

What scale is the Abram and Sherman?

This is a 1:48 scale Abram on a heavy duty flat car.

 

They are around 1/48 to 1/50.   I scaled the M1 bases in photos.  The Sherman is a Corgi model.

The Corgi Sherman  is 1/50. The M1 is neither 1/48 or 1/50. Having seen the M4 and the M1A1 side by side, The M1A1 is a lot bigger. Also you could not fit a Sherman on the same 50ft flat car with an M1. Nothing personal. 

Yes the Sherman is 1/50 and based on some pictures I looked at I got the M1A1 as close to size as I could while still maintaining a good fit on the railcar.  I thought I got it pretty close to scale based on what I saw online.  I'm doing two M1A1s per flat car based on how they transport them today.  I printed the M1A1 myself so it isn't available anywhere.  They take around 24 hours to print so it's slow going.  

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PRRronbh posted:
tackindy posted:
suzukovich posted:
tackindy posted:
PRRronbh posted:
tackindy posted:

Working on a flat car with M1A1 Abrams.  Printed the first one.... now it needs a second and paint!

What scale is the Abram and Sherman?

This is a 1:48 scale Abram on a heavy duty flat car.

 

They are around 1/48 to 1/50.   I scaled the M1 bases in photos.  The Sherman is a Corgi model.

The Corgi Sherman  is 1/50. The M1 is neither 1/48 or 1/50. Having seen the M4 and the M1A1 side by side, The M1A1 is a lot bigger. Also you could not fit a Sherman on the same 50ft flat car with an M1. Nothing personal. 

Yes the Sherman is 1/50 and based on some pictures I looked at I got the M1A1 as close to size as I could while still maintaining a good fit on the railcar.  I thought I got it pretty close to scale based on what I saw online.  I'm doing two M1A1s per flat car based on how they transport them today.  I printed the M1A1 myself so it isn't available anywhere.  They take around 24 hours to print so it's slow going.  

dodx40399amr

The M1s are on DODX 40000 class 100t 68ft flatcar specifically built to carry tanks. Note the three axle trucks. The other commonly seen car are the 89ft flat's that are the same as the TTX. Which carry everything else.

suzukovich posted:
PRRronbh posted:
tackindy posted:
suzukovich posted:
tackindy posted:
PRRronbh posted:
tackindy posted:

Working on a flat car with M1A1 Abrams.  Printed the first one.... now it needs a second and paint!

What scale is the Abram and Sherman?

This is a 1:48 scale Abram on a heavy duty flat car.

 

They are around 1/48 to 1/50.   I scaled the M1 bases in photos.  The Sherman is a Corgi model.

The Corgi Sherman  is 1/50. The M1 is neither 1/48 or 1/50. Having seen the M4 and the M1A1 side by side, The M1A1 is a lot bigger. Also you could not fit a Sherman on the same 50ft flat car with an M1. Nothing personal. 

Yes the Sherman is 1/50 and based on some pictures I looked at I got the M1A1 as close to size as I could while still maintaining a good fit on the railcar.  I thought I got it pretty close to scale based on what I saw online.  I'm doing two M1A1s per flat car based on how they transport them today.  I printed the M1A1 myself so it isn't available anywhere.  They take around 24 hours to print so it's slow going.  

dodx40399amr

The M1s are on DODX 40000 class 100t 68ft flatcar specifically built to carry tanks. Note the three axle trucks. The other commonly seen car are the 89ft flat's that are the same as the TTX. Which carry everything else.

Nobody makes the DODX 40000 flat. On the other hand several make the TTX 89ft flat cars.  The 50.6 ft flat's not strong enough to carry the M1A1s, but could haul 2x M4 Sherman's, M26, One M48, M60 series tanks.

M J Breen posted:

I've been across the pond for the last couple weeks touring London, Scotland and Ireland - here's a mix of train and trip photos!

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I hope you enjoyed and I tried to keep this post mostly train related. If you are debating about doing a trip - just get on a plane and go, it's a big world and it's easier to see more of it than you might think! 

 

Thanks for posting the great pictures.  The NRM is one of my favorite places.  I've been to many of those locations, and echo your sentiment that such a trip is not to be missed.  Did you take any pictures of the "warehouse" area at the NRM or the transport museum near Belfast?  And if you didn't get to ride the North Yorkshire Moors Railway, be sure to add that to your next trip.

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