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    Time to Step Down

    It has just come to my attention that Crowdgather has a rule that you cannot be a moderator on another site. Since I am an Administrator/co-owner of another railroad forum it would appear that I fit into this situation. Also as many of you know from my Caboose posts with the amount of time...
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    Black Diamond Express

    It is time for what the anthracite roads do best: Haul the black diamonds! P2K Lehigh & New England FA1 P2K Lehigh & New England FB1 Atlas/ARHS Lehigh & New England 2 bay offset hopper Atlas/ARHS Lehigh & New England 2 bay offset hopper
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    Photo Fun Week of 06/15/07

    I will start things off with some “oldies” Bachmann Plus Western Maryland F7A PK1 CNJ F3A and F3B P1K B&O F3A P2K B&O E7A
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    B&O Work Train at M.P. 46

    We heard the dispatcher giving orders to the B&O work train and we headed out and caught it passing Mile Post 46. Atlas B&O RS-1 Athearn B&O Work Train Baggage Car Athearn B&O Work Train RPO Car Athearn B&O Work Train Gondola
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    Penn Central Passing the Grain Elevator; Stills and Vid

    Sitting along the tracks near Drexel Ridge we caught this freight as it past the Grain Elevator. Atlas RS-11 locos A friend’s Plymouth Marketing Associates Atlas Double Door Boxcar Athearn Reading 50’ Boxcar
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    PRR on The Hillside - The Video

    Ok here is my first try at videos. I am not totally sure what I am doing. When I play back the video on the camcorder they are crystal clear. To me on the computer they look fuzzy. Also I noticed that the train is going faster than I would like. From above it looked fine but from trackside it...
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    PRR ON the Hillside

    We were sitting alongside Drexel Ridge when we were surprised by a special that was being detoured over the RK&M. P2K PRR PA1 P2K PRR PB1 Athearn Abbotts 50’ Express Reefer MDC/Roundhouse Chateau Martin Wines 50’ Express Reefer
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    CNJ RSD4/5 Locos on the Hillside

    Went out to the hillside and caught this! Atlas CNJ RSD4/5 Atlas CNJ RSD4/5 Walthers Reading gondola Walthers Lehigh Valley gondola
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    B&O E8 Special

    While we down at the Water Tower and the interchange track we heard the RK&M Chief Dispatcher clearing a special so we decided to wait and see what rolled by. P2K B&O E8A Sound equipped P2k B&O E8B unpowered Walthers Santa Fe REA 50’ Express Reefer (birthday gift – not weathered...
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    B&O F Unit Train

    Now the computer has been replaced I can again get back to the layout and the trains. Here are my latest completed weathering projects (and a couple of extras). P1K B&O F3A P1K B&O F3B MDC/Roundhouse Chateau Martin Wines Express Reefer (previously weathered car)...
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    Reading Local

    Here is the local coming from the Grain Elevator and rounding the curve at the Cement Distributor. Reading P2K GP7 New York Central Athearn ACF covered hopper Farmers Co-op Elevator Assoc. Athearn Special Mid West Run of covered hoppers Lehigh Valley Life-Like covered hopper
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    Cat on the Hill

    Chessie decided to strut her stuff along the hillside! P2K SD9 Athearn Blue Box U30B P1K High rood boxcar Athearn 50’ Boxcar
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    Rolling By The Tunnel

    Just got word that a train would be passing by the tunnel that had some interesting cars. (Actually I spent a good portion of the evening running this train around the layout and watching it pass various features on the layout. Kind of fun to see the trains pass by what you have been working...
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    Yahoo Story About Model Trains

    There is a story posted on Yahoo about Model Trains. Take a look! http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070303/en_nm/life_trains_dc
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    B&O E7A at Castle Rock

    I finally got my new P2K B&O E7A out of the box and lashed up a couple of Walthers Heavyweight coaches to it and ran it by Castle Rock station on the RK&M,
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    B&O Geeps at the Water Tower

    Ran my new Atlas GP-40 locos! Atlas B&O GP-40 Atlas B&O GP-40 P1K Penn Central Boxcar P1K Penn Central Boxcar
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    Reading RS-3's on the Hillside

    Ran another train along the Hillside Atlas Reading RS-3 Atlas Reading RS-3 Atlas PRR PS-2 Covered Hopper Atlas D&H PS-2 Covered Hopper
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    First Train on the Hillside

    Since I finished the turf on the Hillside it was time to run a train. I cleaned the glue off the rails and set the signals to green. First up a good old anthracite coal drag.
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    Gondola Train

    A while back I decided I needed more gondolas. After a short buying spree on EBay I had a few more. The other night I felt like getting out all the 50 footers that I have not run in a while. So here they are passing the Cement Distributor. Atlas B&O RS-1 Atlas B&O RS-1 Athearn B&O...
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    Testing Some Angles

    I wanted to get a feel for some of the angles along the hillside and at the tunnel portal.
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