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FVM Hiawatha In Photos
« on: March 17, 2011, 11:49:55 AM »
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Took a few photos yesterday of Fox Valley's Hiawatha on the modules and on the table top. I should have the rest of the photos done today, but here are a few. Right click on them and open them in a new window to see them full size.









Ok, finished editing. You can find the rest HERE
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Re: FVM Hiawatha In Photos
« Reply #1 on: March 17, 2011, 11:53:36 AM »
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Nice Jamie.  You have a gift for setting the mood with lighting.
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Re: FVM Hiawatha In Photos
« Reply #2 on: March 17, 2011, 11:57:27 AM »
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Great photos Jamie! Matt should hire you to do his publicity shots.

Best wishes, Dave
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Re: FVM Hiawatha In Photos
« Reply #3 on: March 17, 2011, 12:02:50 PM »
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Those are HAWT!  DO you have any intentions of publication?  Surely there will be something in there even MR would take.
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Re: FVM Hiawatha In Photos
« Reply #4 on: March 17, 2011, 12:28:08 PM »
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Very well composed. I can feel the breeze rippling the grasses,  hear the click-clacks and, smell the coal burning.

Being a Milwaukee Road shot, that should get it past the first couple cuts in Wauwatosa.
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« Reply #5 on: March 17, 2011, 01:11:57 PM »
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Excellent photos! I agree with you, Blazeman, except that I smell oil burning!  :)
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Re: FVM Hiawatha In Photos
« Reply #6 on: March 17, 2011, 01:13:40 PM »
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Quote from: Blazeman on March 17, 2011, 12:28:08 PM
Very well composed. I can feel the breeze rippling the grasses,  hear the click-clacks and, smell the coal burning.

Being a Milwaukee Road shot, that should get it past the first couple cuts in Wauwatosa.

Minor point but the vast anti-N Scale conspiracy is currently being run out of Waukesha.  ;)
Wauwatosa is actually a great spot to photograph trains, and was frequented by Kalmbach, Westcott, Morgan, etc. It would make a great Mod-U-Trak module.
Here is a shot showing some lease power on the Milwaukee. http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=269097&nseq=12
And the Hiawatha. http://www.coffeedrome.com/images/hiawathawells.jpg

On the other hand, the part of Waukesha were Kalmbach is located is a soulless collection of box stores and franchise restaurants. I leave you to draw your own conclusions.

Best wishes, Dave
 
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Re: FVM Hiawatha In Photos
« Reply #7 on: March 17, 2011, 01:22:28 PM »
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The navy minesweeper I served on yeara ago had  Waukesha diesels.  Are they still in business?
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Re: FVM Hiawatha In Photos
« Reply #8 on: March 17, 2011, 01:41:58 PM »
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Jaime, nice photos as always. Is the first coach behind the engine deadheading?  :-X
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Re: FVM Hiawatha In Photos
« Reply #9 on: March 17, 2011, 02:00:32 PM »
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Awesome
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Re: FVM Hiawatha In Photos
« Reply #10 on: March 17, 2011, 02:10:52 PM »
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Could we as a group just stop making the kind of comment like seen above? No offense Iain, many people make similar references, but there are other ways of saying I really, really like it.
One easy test is "Could you say/have said this same thing out loud in front of your mother or your kids"?

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Re: FVM Hiawatha In Photos
« Reply #11 on: March 17, 2011, 02:11:06 PM »
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Quote from: skytop35 on March 17, 2011, 01:41:58 PM
Jaime, nice photos as always. Is the first coach behind the engine deadheading?  :-X

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Re: FVM Hiawatha In Photos
« Reply #12 on: March 17, 2011, 02:19:00 PM »
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Quote from: skytop35 on March 17, 2011, 01:41:58 PM
Jaime, nice photos as always. Is the first coach behind the engine deadheading?  :-X

Yeah, yeah... Mike just brought that to my attention. That's why I should have cracked open Jim Scribbins book first. :)
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Re: FVM Hiawatha In Photos
« Reply #13 on: March 17, 2011, 02:21:34 PM »
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Jamie,

How would you describe the distance between the cars? The vestibules don't seem to be touching...is there air there?

Best wishes, Dave
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Re: FVM Hiawatha In Photos
« Reply #14 on: March 17, 2011, 02:25:18 PM »
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The "normal" distance between the cars is pretty good, however there is quite a bit of slack in the couplers that permit a lot of forward and back movement which obviously affects the distance between the cars. Are they prototypical? No, but I haven't seen anything yet that is outside of modifying them.

What you see in the photos is the distance between them as I moved it around to photograph things. If I backed it up then the slack was taken up. If I moved it forward the slack lengthened between them.
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