Modeling topic

Copperfield’s One-way Vehicular Tunnel.

Fri, 2021-06-25 08:18 — CKMBingham

Prototype information

The only way to get to the little town of Copperfield. The mine was expanding to the East, the road to Copperfield will be ate away by the mine, so they built this one-way tunnel to gain access to this community.

The car with the scratched Buckeyes---no paint

Fri, 2021-06-25 05:35 — bobby pitts

This is my scratched Tetrahydrofuran car I built the Buckeyes for!

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ESU function mapping Shift Mode

Thu, 2021-06-24 21:24 — kjd

I was going to ask on Tim's thread about how he sets up ESU decoders but it is different enough to be it's own topic.

Starting to look like a building with Exterior and Interior details

Thu, 2021-06-24 17:26 — xboblove

Scenery - Structures

Nearing the end and its starting to look like the prototype. In this video we I manage some exterior details and some build an interior.

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Something has been bugging me lately...

Thu, 2021-06-24 13:34 — petersenm

https://www.iascaled.com/store/SND-BUG

Carbon Dioxide Shipping

Thu, 2021-06-24 05:18 — MEC Fan

All,

I have a question on tank car type and also if it has ever been made in a model.

I recently was looking at a facility that transfer CO2 from tank car to truck.. The tank cars looked different then the average car.

They had more of a frame, and the tank body appeared to be mounted by the way of turnbuckles on the bolsters.

Any specifics would be appreciated.

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Conrail MT4 and MT6 Help

Wed, 2021-06-23 18:41 — MEC Fan

Reading another thread and the subject of slugs came up.

This had me thinking about one of my favorite fallen flags. Conrail..

I did some looking and from what I can tell Conrail only used GP10 rebuilds mated to MT4 slugs,

and only the SD38s with the MT6 slugs...

I have not come across any oddball units being wired for "mother" service.

Can anybody think of a unit other then a GP10 or SD38 mated to a slug for Conrail?

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Wall color

Wed, 2021-06-23 17:57 — hoffertg

I have decided to paint the walls in my train room blue. In taking the lazy way out, I would like to take a poll on the shade of blue that you used and are happy with. Please give me the paint manufacturer and shade color number.

I know that it seems like an odd request but there are so many shades of blue to choose from.

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Where are they now ?

Wed, 2021-06-23 17:30 — keystonefarm

Wondering if anyone has heard anything from Bruce Carpenter who used to have the BNSF Chilli Sub. I know he was tearing down the BNSF and building a new Milwaukee based railroad but that was almost 4 years ago. Not a peep since then that I can find. Also is Rick Rideout still in the hobby ? Been a long time since any pictures or news on his L&N railroad. ---- Ken