Running Bear's April 2019 Coffee Shop

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Salutations from Mexifornia! .....

JUSTIN -- 6226 is in need of serious makeup on it's exterior! 6173 could use a trip to the powder room too!

Nice photo - CHET ... How long - do you think - that it will take for your sholder to return to normal? I just wonder if it will affect you accuracy in bowling?

TERRY & Johnny -- Somehow I thought that the "zebra stripes" on NYC went down the entire side? Am I wrong?

Guess that it will get warm soon enough, but 63 high forecast with clouds and humidity is cool to me. I am ready for hot!
The BOSS says I have to clean house today - already vacuumed and picked up the upstairs.
Finally have all the vehicles purring - now, both of our big screen TV's are starting to go. Going to be looking at a 70 incher for the downstairs - up from 60!
Time for sausage, eggs, potatoes, and english muffins at the moment!
 
CHOOCHOOBEEPBEEP said:
Timber Load From Across The Pond
Class 071 GM Makes its way from Westport to Waterford
with a load of Timber for Export
Thought you guys might like to see whats Hauling Freight in Ireland
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Very cool! When I switched from N To Ho I seriously considered doing a European themed railroad. Keep posting pictures like that , and I might change my mind again.
 


Nice picture there, Choo-Choo Chuck ...
Hope you have more to share with us?

First wife/kids/me spent a week around the Dublin area way back when - it was great! :)
Also made many fueling stops in Shannon, but no stopovers to explore around there. :mad:
 
Last one for Today , Dinner Time Here
This is a Class 141 Again A GM Diesel { Known as the Baby GM } Because smaller than the 071 Class
 

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Sirfoldalot said:
Nice picture there, Choo-Choo Chuck ...
Hope you have more to share with us?

First wife/kids/me spent a week around the Dublin area way back when - it was great! :)
Also made many fueling stops in Shannon, but no stopovers to explore around there. :mad:
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Shannon is a Lovely place A great Tourist Attraction there Called Dirty Nellys { pub }
Always full and Great fun to be had if you ever get over again :)
 
migalyto said:
Very cool! When I switched from N To Ho I seriously considered doing a European themed railroad. Keep posting pictures like that , and I might change my mind again.
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Hi Mike way too expensive to model Irish
1 loco alone with Dcc Sound is close to $400
thats why im doing Canadian , plus Irish stuff is limited as to the states
plenty to choose from stateside
 
Good afternoon,

Just getting time to check in... had to start work before 6 am today so already nearly done

Willie... nice drywell ink scenes

Garry-- another nice Burlington scene

Patrick-- have fun mowing! I love the smell of fresh mowed lawn!

Chet-- another nice stockyard view

Choo Choo-- nice to have you here

Justin-- like the train shots

Terry-- I love the F units

My layout shot of the day:

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Most of those are the "super trees" that are made from some weed product purchased and painted, attach some foliage, and voila!

Have to work early again tomorrow.

Dave
 


logandsawman said:
My layout shot of the day:
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Most of those are the "super trees" that are made from some weed product purchased and painted, attach some foliage, and voila!

Have to work early again tomorrow.

Dave[/QUOTE]

Dave: Actually, as good as the trees look, the star of the photo is the Mantua 0-6-0 and tender. If you look closely at both the Mantua 0-4-0 with slope back tender and the 0-6-0 with slope backed tender, there is a close resemblance to the PRR A5 0-4-0 and B6b 0-6-0, that used to run past Mantua's factory window in Woodbury in South Jersey. In any event your treatment of scenery, your blending of ground, vegetation and erosion is very realistic.

Boris
 
Dave - That's always been one of my favorite scenes from your old layout. That's the scene that convinced me to try out Super Trees along with help from your video.
 
Good afternoon. Quiet out here this afternoon. Came upstairs for an ice tea and to see what was going on. Been running trains.

Dave - Those trees are excellent, Like Willie, I do remember the post of them on your old layout. Outstanding.

Justin - Those geeps in the last photo look rather shabby. Nice photos.

Decided to run my shays for a while. Here's a three truck Bachmann pulling out with some loaded log cars. Due to the length of my switchback, three cars is the limit.

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That shay is one smooth running locomotive. May have to set it out on the main line and let it run for a while.

Later
 
Goof afternoon .

Sherrel, Willie, Boris, Chet, Dave LASM and anyone I missed .... Thanks for commenting on my photo.

Willie ... Your DPM industry looks great. Same with the Santa Fe train.

Johnny .... With such a large coffee mug for meetings, I hope there is a restroom nearby.. ,,, By the way, I hope Dena is continuing to do well.

Chet .... Your stock pens look very good. The log train photo is great.

Justin ...... Those C&O Geeps look like a fun prototype to model and weather.

Dave .... your trees look real.

Choo Choo ... Welcome to the Coffee Shop. Thanks for all of the photos and the video.

Here is a Genesis GP7 working at the stock yards.

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Afternoon All,

Did some errands today and then put a coat of Hunterline Creosote stain on the trestle followed by a heavy coat of black weathering powder since coal dust would be heavy on the trestle. Tomorrow is train day, the show followed by the club.:)

Chet- Thank you. Great scenes and the Shay is cool.

Greg- Thank you.

Garry- Great layout scenes also. I have always liked how you did you're vertical separation.

Willie- It has a wood bumper per the Pennsy Plan. The kit did have the option to put a Hayes bumper on it (not provided) if so desired. I added Tichy rivets on the end and bin separation boards (not provided). I took 2 photos of the end of the trestle.

Joe- I decided to put up industrial background sheets years ago (after thought). Once I got them up I decided I didn't like them and then took them off. The problem was that since I really hadn't originally planned on them I didn't have enough separation space from the track so that it would look halfway realistic. After that fiasco I cut thin plywood and applied groundcover to them and that's what I still have.

Justin- Neat pictures.

Choo-Choo- Interesting photos.

I hope everyone has a good night.
 
Well, It's a little after 5:00 pm and I'm still at work....no yard mowing today, so it will be a few days before I can get to it as it's supposed to rain the next couple of days. I'm at almost 7 hours of for the week as I was supposed to get off work at 10:30 this morning. Still have at least a couple more hours to go....
 


Hi guys
back with the last video
This is from you tube compliments to the owner UTTOX5F
it is nice to see some of the old locos on film
Anyway they are again GM Locos Class 121 , Sadly no more .
if you take a close look they are similar to the US switcher SW1500

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