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[skillman]

I see that John Allen is still influencing our model railroads.

Steve

 

[NYW&B]

I particularly favor this one I took some year's back, entitled "Generations".

NYW&B

 

[skillman]

Very nice. It kind of sums up time passing.

Steve

 

[Southwest Chief]

I like this one (especially when viewing the full size image...link below)

Link to full size image

 

[rodney mcgiveron]

G'day all

G'day to all the photo exhibitors....One day I hope to add some photos but a bit of bare track ,no scenery, new layout just won't cut the mustard yet.
The loader and truck looks so real...My favourite part of Model railroader
(the bible of MR publications) is the TRACKSIDE PHOTOS page. When you can't easily distinguish whether it's real or model , you've got a great layout , fantastic camera skills or both...Many of the forum photo exhibits would certainly qualify....Cheers Rod..

 

[tootnkumin]

There be some Tall Timber in them thar woods!!

 

[skillman]

Actually Toot, there are some places here on the West Coast where those trees wouldn't be that much too big. One of the irritating things to me about many of the "loggong" model railroads I see built is they don't have a clue as to what was logged in the day. The timber was BIG! That's why the loggers could afford to build RRs into the woods to bring it out.In my youth I fell trees that were 6 and 7 feet through. So big that my old Loraine shovel wouldn't load the butt cut onto the truck except one end at a time. The big timber companies had equipment to handle this but when the timber was logged out, the need was gone and so was the equipment. I have some interesting photo's I'll have to post sometime.

Steve

 

[Charles Smiley]

Time on their hands

A quick snapshot of a local so small today there's time for an extra bean stop.

Click below for Model RR slideshow now that photobucket is working again.

http://s1083.photobucket.com/user/Charles-Smiley/slideshow/MODEL-RR/?albumview=slideshow

 

[Charles Smiley]

Local eats

They walk to this place.

 

[Lester Perry]

Something just doesn't look right here.

 

[tornado64]

 

[Burlington Bob]

By Lester Perry;

Something just doesn't look right here.

You'll have that after a hard night of drinking!

 

[Burlington Bob]

tornado64, that photo really conveys a feeling of speed, nice.

 

[tootnkumin]

That looks like the original Hornby Dublo "Sir Nigel Gresley" that I remember from my 11th or 12th birthday. Circa '49='50? Except for the 2 rail, mine was 3 rail.

 

[Lester Perry]

By Lester Perry;



You'll have that after a hard night of drinking!

So who has been drinking? truck driver, engineer, photographer or all three?

 

[tornado64]

That looks like the original Hornby Dublo "Sir Nigel Gresley" that I remember from my 11th or 12th birthday. Circa '49='50? Except for the 2 rail, mine was 3 rail.

it is the latter hornby 2 rail version from around the 1970's i'd guess they were completely new toolings as the 3 rail stuff were cast metal and the two rail are plastic bodies

 

[tornado64]

tornado64, that photo really conveys a feeling of speed, nice.

cheers !! there was quite a bit of photoshop work to get there !!

 

[GPwrangler]

I'll play.

 

[Roger Hensley]

And I'll add one...

 

[Charles Smiley]

Ok, my new favorite. Springtime on the SP San Ramon Branch c. 1956.

Charles