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    Western Wednesday

    Can't get much more western than Colorado Midland or D&RGW.
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    From the CM, MT & SL's Old Colorado City shops, Colorado Midland Modeler's custom locomotive and rolling stock continuous thread

    Here's a couple of historic photos to give a bit of a preview of a project that's currently in the works, and will probably be the next one I reveal on here.
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    From the CM, MT & SL's Old Colorado City shops, Colorado Midland Modeler's custom locomotive and rolling stock continuous thread

    Thank you both very much!😃
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    From the CM, MT & SL's Old Colorado City shops, Colorado Midland Modeler's custom locomotive and rolling stock continuous thread

    Today, I have a pair of custom Presidential units in "house" lettering. I've seen pictures of the UP 4141 on here, (both model and full sized) so I think this is ok, but, just for the record none of this is meant to be political in anyway. I figure since one is a "D" and the other an "R", it...
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    Railroad Book Reviews

    Sounds like an interesting thread topic, especially since I'm a book nut. I look forward to the next installment.
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    From the CM, MT & SL's Old Colorado City shops, Colorado Midland Modeler's custom locomotive and rolling stock continuous thread

    I was holding off on posting these for awhile due to the forum having issues, but now that things are better, I'll post them. (Thank you very much, Bob!😀) First up is the rust bucket Chum is Fum and Daffy Duck covered hopper for anyone who didn't see it in the "Share your ghost letters" thread...
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    John's Loco Workbench - More Projects Begin...

    Sounds like an interesting project. While they did propose one, I'm surprised EMD never built an SD30 to compliment the GP30. I haven't done much in the way of diesel shell cutting and kit-bashing, but I've been doing some steamer shells as part of a special project.
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    Share your ghost letters

    Here's my first attempt on this patched out, rust bucket covered hopper. Opposite side with graffiti, just for the record.
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    Home-made truck tuner/axel bearing reamer?

    Yeah, I was wondering if making one was worth the effort. From what I read online it sounded like making one is more trouble than it's worth, I just figured I'd get a second opinion. I don't know anyone within driving distance who wouldn't mind loaning one to me, and I sure wouldn't want to...
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    Home-made truck tuner/axel bearing reamer?

    Here's a bit of an odd question for you all. Is it possible to make a DIY truck tuner/axel bearing reamer? The internet A.I. says it can be done, but I'm suspicious of anything that says. Has anyone actually tried it? I've looked online, and they are very difficult to find. All of the less...
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    History of All Kinds

    That's interesting, I didn't know it was possible to make a working model of that locomotive. Looks very delicate.
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    How do you fill in the grooves for traction tires if you don't want them any more?

    Sorry I haven't responded sooner, been cleaning up some junk in my house's yard.😁 I did some digging on the web and think I may have found a solution. I read that you could put bands of metal on the wheels to fill in the grooves, so I cut some thin strips of brass sheet and spliced them in. It...
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    How do you fill in the grooves for traction tires if you don't want them any more?

    I've thought about trying solder, but I'm not sure if I could do it without melting the plastic parts like the front hub cover. I should mention that this is a somewhat older Bachmann, one of the first versions with a can motor. Surprisingly it does not seem to have a cracked gear. As for the...
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    How do you fill in the grooves for traction tires if you don't want them any more?

    As per the thread title, I'd like to know how you can fill in the grooves because I don't want the traction tires on the below engine any more, so it will ride more level without them. I don't want to derail the pilot truck or front drivers because it's riding nose high. The tires that were on...
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    Ballasting you layout...thoughts?

    I need to ballast a number of areas on my layout, but I'm still trying to work the bugs out of a few sections, and the others I'm considering some possible changes.
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