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Railroad "Boneyard" |
Posted by: ezdays - 06-27-2009, 01:35 PM - Forum: Upper Berth
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For those of you that haven't yet seen it, the show, "Boneyard" will be airing the episode about recycling old railroad equipment. It will air tomorrow morning, June 28th on the HIST1 channel. Check your local listing, but it's on at 9 AM here in Arizona, so I'm assuming that it will be around noon on the east coast.
It's interesting. They show you how they recycle old rails and ties and even a locomotive and old car boneyard. They even go into how they restore old passenger cars.
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Posted by: tv_man - 06-27-2009, 04:43 AM - Forum: Contests & Challenges
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It seems that summer has started already. Time to unveil the plans for the scratchbuild challenge. As my layout is still without track, but with a fairly clear idea of the trackplan, any trackside structure would be of use, and a generic goods shed can be placed anywhere, so that's the direction I'll head to. Inspired by the 'NW 58th St., Miami' approach of a long, no-frills structure, I found the following structure: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Datei:Schuppen_50_in_Hamburg-Kleiner_Grasbrook.jpg&filetimestamp=20061008105306">http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?tit ... 1008105306</a><!-- m --> . It could probably be a bit older looking, as I want a branch-line look on my layout instead of a big-city industrial complex look, so I will probably mix in some older style architectural features like on this one: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.panoramio.com/photo/1649787">http://www.panoramio.com/photo/1649787</a><!-- m --> or <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.weimar-rastenberger-kleinbahn.de/Lokbilder/efnord.jpg">http://www.weimar-rastenberger-kleinbah ... efnord.jpg</a><!-- m --> . I'll try to draw some blueprints which combine features of these three to give an idea of what is going to be built.
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NEW Image Resource: |
Posted by: Bob C - 06-25-2009, 09:18 AM - Forum: Upper Berth
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Hi, folks. Just got a heads-up from Google about a new source of Railroad images and info:http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cd...=/knx_rail, from the Seymore Library at Knox College in Illinois (Galesburg ?). They are creating a digitized library of photos, documents, etc. - looks like a labor of love and a fine potential resource for those interested in mid-western rail history. Are you kidding - NO Institute of Higher Learning would affiliate with me - just wanted you to know ! Bob C.
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Prototype photo source |
Posted by: nachoman - 06-24-2009, 03:04 PM - Forum: Weathering
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I know this subject has come up before, maybe over at Z, but anyone know of good sites to get prototype photos to use as weathering examples?
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