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Weekly Photo Fun - cn nutbar - 04-09-2021

The rookie meets the veteran

[Image: 51105175923_32883ab223_k.jpg]P1430436 (2) by Ed Creechan, on Flickr


RE: Weekly Photo Fun - bdw9535 - 04-09-2021

Peter Lumber

Bruce

   


RE: Weekly Photo Fun - UP SD40-2 - 04-09-2021

Great start for the week Ed & Bruce! Applause Applause Icon_e_biggrin

I have a pair of Snoot nose SD40-2's rolling out to run the locals for the day...
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RE: Weekly Photo Fun - tompm - 04-09-2021

We are off to a great start.

Ed, as always your photo and models are awesome.

Bruce, I love the details in the scene. Feels like you are there.

Deano - Those locos look great as does the track and ballast.

Here is one of newer members of my fleet and my addiction to GG-1’s and a story.

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I have been searching for this scheme on and off for a couple of years. I was hoping when Broadway Limited and Bachmann released their new GG-1’s this would be one of them. The scheme known as the American Railroads scheme was applied to only one locomotive #4902 in 1969. The locomotive hauled the Golden Spike Centennial Limited on its return trip from Washington, DC to New York City. The only HO version I knew of was made by Rivarossi for AHM.

Knowing this I had been hesitate about paying a large sum on what would be close to fifty-year-old model. For some time, I had been watching several on eBay. The seller of one these made a special offer on the price. This offer made the model very interesting. I also had some promotional money that was due to expire. Using this promotional money and the seller’s reduced price made the model irresistible, thus I pulled the trigger.

Paying $50 for the model I figured if it did not run, I had a rare shell to work with or a static display piece for the layout. When it arrived, the box was worn, and the plastic protector showed fifty years of discoloring and cracks. I put the loco on the tracks and fired up the controller. I turned the knob and away she went. It ran better than some of the newest locomotives I have gotten over the last couple of years. To say I was happy was an understatement. Now I need to figure out how to change the hook and horn couplers to Kadee’s