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The Colorado Midland has been of interest to me since my son and I were in Colorado a few years back and mountain biked to Hagerman Tunnel near Leadville. The tunnel and remnants of the amazing trestles leading to it are all still there in the middle of nowhere. We also saw the caboose on...

There could be some great modeling uses for this technology. Examples could be making a staging yard disappear, using with mirrors to get certain effects, etc. Pretty cool tech!!! Invisibility Technology Available Now

This cool old industrial building was Power House 2. It dates to about 1900. Sadly, its long gone now. \ A look into the basement...

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Its that time of the year. Model railroads and Christmas just seem to go hand in hand. Since we don't do photo contests anymore, it might be fun to post your Christmas layout shots for everyone to enjoy. I look forward to seeing them! As a starting point, here is one of mine from years...

Hi everyone. For anyone interested in historic industrial sites, here is some photography I did this week at the old Gulf States Steel mill in Gadsden, Ala. Hope you enjoy. http://ericmcferrin.smugmug.com/photos/swfpopup.mg?AlbumID=26011847&AlbumKey=MpRPV9

Copper Creek Trestle (former Clinchfield)... http://ericmcferrin.smugmug.com/TransportationLargeandSmall/Industry/10340550_VhdGqX#!i=1692745177&k=5RRLNPc&lb=1&s=XL

Hi everyone. A few years we took a trip to watch trains on the Clinchfield around the Ky/Va border. Recently, I've been playing with new software and decided to resurrect an older image from the trip taken on a rainy day on the old C&O. Hopefully, someone here will enjoy it the view. :)...

Shot on the return trip from the L&N Convention (Harlan, TN) last Saturday night in Leadvale, TN... That is LGM standing under it. He's about 6'2" tall. The tower dates to 1925 and is on the edge of Douglas lake. The mainline was realigned when the lake was built. Hope someone enjoys it...

For those folks out there (like me) who spend more time thinking about what was historically here in the way of railroads than what is currently here, this thread may be of interest. The mighty L&N was once king of railroads in the industrial region of central Alabama. Under the direction of...

Turn of the century Tennessee Coal and Iron payroll car in infrared (665nm). Look close, the TCI&RR lettering can still be seen. TC&I was Birmingham's largest Iron and Steel player. It became part of US Steel in 1907. Location: Hwy 150 and Morgan Rd, Bessemer, Al...

After a recent trip to locate a long forgotten railroad tunnel, I thought it might be interesting to take a look back at a cool shortline railroad from the industrial past of Birmingham, Ala. If you like history, please jump in and let's take a trip back in time... Before we start I'd like to...

Eager, Jim, "Three Railroads: The Joint Line (parts 1 & 2)," Railmodel Journal, July and August 1991, Golden Bell Press Does anyone know where I can get a copy of these Rail Model Journal articles or have any contact info for author Jim Eager (if you do, please only pass it on in a PM)...

Hi everyone. We recently had an unusual DCC issue that might be of interest to members here. For several years we have run two Lenz LS150 stationary decoders to control the turnouts in our three hidden staging yards. The layout runs on a Digitrax DCS100 Super Chief system. Switch routes...

Just wondering if anyone here has used the new Soundbug "piggyback" sound decoder from Digitrax? http://www.digitrax.com/soundbug.php I am wondering how they sound with the sound files they come loaded with and how they are to install in P2K geeps. This looks like it may be a good way to add...

Hi every one. To spice things up for the holiday season, it might be fun to run a photo contest from now until Christmas Day. Merry Christmas 2010!!! Anything goes.. layout shots, Christmas trains, club layouts. Only one entry per member please. Here's how to enter. Go to the...

In searching for a source for D&RGW fonts for this thread, http://www.modelrailroadforums.com/forum/showthread.php?p=204319#post204319 it occurred to me that this could be a valuable resource for modelers. For instance, we want to do a "D&RGW Platte Canyon Subdivision" sign for the backside of...

...the modern day version of a true (former) iron, steel, mining and railroad town, once the hope of the New South. This is a bit OT, but what the heck, this is the ANPL. I shot this image last Saturday night from a spot on Red Mountain known as Grace's Gap. This overlook is on Birmingham's...

Someone may be interested in these... http://www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=1&f=5&t=932450

Hi everyone. LGM and I attended a SAR school in Georgia this past weekend and, while driving home today, managed to get by Gadsden, Ala for a little railfanning of the Alabama & Tennessee Rivers RR (ATN). http://www.omnitrax.com/rail_atn.aspx ATN runs some ex-SP units and is a cool little...