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davefoxx

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Re: Weekend Update 7/24/16
« Reply #15 on: July 23, 2016, 08:16:41 PM »
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I just bought myself one of these:


That's right!  A Bachmann On30 East Tennessee & Western North Carolina R.R. (ET&WNC) ten wheeler.  Like what happened to @Dave Vollmer a few years ago, the narrow gauge bug has bitten me again after about twenty years since I last dabbled with slim gauge in HOn3 and G.  The track planning begins tonight, after I finish poring over my twenty-five year-old copy of "Tweetsie Country" by Mallory Hope Ferrell.

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Re: Weekend Update 7/24/16
« Reply #16 on: July 23, 2016, 08:56:43 PM »
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Added a sand tower...

Gonna have to dirty it up.

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Re: Weekend Update 7/24/16
« Reply #17 on: July 23, 2016, 08:58:30 PM »
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Rainy day here so I broke out the floor layout. In the downtime between working on real railroads, it's good to not fall out of practice switching...

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Re: Weekend Update 7/24/16
« Reply #18 on: July 23, 2016, 11:27:35 PM »
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I am in NYC for Hackers On Planet Earth, and will be flying back tomorrow evening.


Last weekend, I got to play with some real steam:


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Re: Weekend Update 7/24/16
« Reply #19 on: July 24, 2016, 12:16:09 AM »
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UP 844 rides again. Cheyenne Rail Days photos taken by a Denver friend.

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Re: Weekend Update 7/24/16
« Reply #20 on: July 24, 2016, 01:02:30 AM »
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Sad to see the Mars light gone, it was special and defined the "face" of this loco. Anybody know why it's gone?

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Re: Weekend Update 7/24/16
« Reply #21 on: July 24, 2016, 04:45:18 AM »
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Painted the resin On30 hoppers from last week.


Sprayed them with Rustoleum camo tan then 2 AI washes and a wash of burnt umber.

Little 2x4' On30 layout to run them on.


Will put a small coal tipple where the photo is...
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Re: Weekend Update 7/24/16
« Reply #22 on: July 24, 2016, 01:25:10 PM »
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Quote from: davefoxx on July 23, 2016, 08:16:41 PM
I just bought myself one of these:


That's right!  A Bachmann On30 East Tennessee & Western North Carolina R.R. (ET&WNC) ten wheeler.  Like what happened to @Dave Vollmer a few years ago, the narrow gauge bug has bitten me again after about twenty years since I last dabbled with slim gauge in HOn3 and G.  The track planning begins tonight, after I finish poring over my twenty-five year-old copy of "Tweetsie Country" by Mallory Hope Ferrell.

DFF

I grew up near Asheville and explored this region of NC often!  I have always had an interest in this little railroad.  A while back I found this little gem, a short film from 1949 on the ET&WNC in color!

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Re: Weekend Update 7/24/16
« Reply #23 on: July 24, 2016, 01:37:46 PM »
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Quote from: PiperguyUMD on July 24, 2016, 01:25:10 PM
I grew up near Asheville and explored this region of NC often!  I have always had an interest in this little railroad.  A while back I found this little gem, a short film from 1949 on the ET&WNC in color!


I've always like it too...neat film! Well, it looks like you don't have to worry about ballast in 1949...just grass!  :)
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Re: Weekend Update 7/24/16
« Reply #24 on: July 24, 2016, 02:50:08 PM »
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Quote from: PiperguyUMD on July 24, 2016, 01:25:10 PM
I grew up near Asheville and explored this region of NC often!  I have always had an interest in this little railroad.  A while back I found this little gem, a short film from 1949 on the ET&WNC in color!

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Haha!  I literally just watched that video for the first time last night.  Cool to see the ET in color, and the dubbed sound is from the same locomotive recorded on Tweetsie railroad.

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Re: Weekend Update 7/24/16
« Reply #25 on: July 24, 2016, 02:50:52 PM »
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Quote from: pdx1955 on July 24, 2016, 01:37:46 PM
I've always like it too...neat film! Well, it looks like you don't have to worry about ballast in 1949...just grass!  :)

Sweet!  I despise ballasting.  Everybody wins!

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Re: Weekend Update 7/24/16
« Reply #26 on: July 24, 2016, 02:52:34 PM »
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Quote from: C855B on July 24, 2016, 01:02:30 AM
Sad to see the Mars light gone, it was special and defined the "face" of this loco. Anybody know why it's gone?

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In June 2013, the red Mars Headlight was removed from the engine and stored.
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Re: Weekend Update 7/24/16
« Reply #27 on: July 24, 2016, 02:54:42 PM »
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Quote from: PiperguyUMD on July 24, 2016, 01:25:10 PM
I grew up near Asheville and explored this region of NC often!  I have always had an interest in this little railroad.  A while back I found this little gem, a short film from 1949 on the ET&WNC in color!

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The only complaint about that film is it is too short
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Re: Weekend Update 7/24/16
« Reply #28 on: July 24, 2016, 03:14:45 PM »
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Quote from: UP4-8-8-4 on July 24, 2016, 02:52:34 PM

In June 2013, the red Mars Headlight was removed from the engine and stored.

Why?

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Re: Weekend Update 7/24/16
« Reply #29 on: July 24, 2016, 03:50:50 PM »
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Managed to get some paint on a caboose I've been scratch building.

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