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    my on30 Scratchbuilding105' truss bridge

    Very nice looking bridge. Is that Peco On30 track under your steamer?
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    Model Of The Week: Porter Bash !!

    Quarryman, Great job on both of your engines. The family look you have is really good. Also your work in styrene is excellent. I too would like to read about your techniques and such. Fan of OZ in Reno NV, Greg
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    Re-gauge N Gauge steam to HOn3. HELP!!

    I dug out my book Mexican Narrow Gauge by Gerald M Best. The mallets were 2-6-6-2's and my not have run past the early 1950's. More detailed reading is in order. :) Greg
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    Re-gauge N Gauge steam to HOn3. HELP!!

    Without digging through my box of books I seem to remember large mallets in Mexico that had tenders and weren't tank engines. Whether they were 2-6-6-2's or 2-8-8-2's I don't recall. They were big looking, handsome in my opinion and ran into the early 60's. If I get a chance I'll look the...
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    Post "Current Shots" of Fallen Flag Power Here

    The UPY 1377 is an ex-MP unit so it works for a fallen flag unit. :D Greg
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    O to On30 Diesel Conversion?

    EMD exported SD45's to Brazil for a meter gauge iron ore railroad. To get around the weight on the rail issue, they used D trucks like the ones used on the UP Centennials making the engine a DD45M. I've seen HO SD9 chassis used under EMD G12's for a cheap and reliable way to power narrow gauge...
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    Post "Current Shots" of Fallen Flag Freight HERE:

    Still running around without CSXT slapped on it. Headed for the local GM warehouse in Reno. Headed east for another load of Corrs I bet. :D
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    Post "Current Shots" of Fallen Flag Freight HERE:

    Several of these are still running around northern Nevada out of Elko.
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    Saving an Alco RS-1

    It never hurts to mention things like that. I saw a picture of an 80 ton GE that slid off a low boy and took out some piers of an overpass. Oops. Greg
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    Oahu Railfanning

    There were a couple of 0-6-0 tender engines in Mexico that were narrow gauge. Greg
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    Saving an Alco RS-1

    I have been asked some questions about costs involved in saving the RS-1. Here is an estimated break down and explanation. The figure to load and move the engine over the road is $18,000 and $23,000. We are hoping for a donated crane service at the loading end. It will be moved over the...
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    Oahu Railfanning

    Michael, Nice pictures, thanks for sharing. I really like the 0-6-0. Those trucks under the tender look almost like they are touching. I think that would be a neat switcher to model. 0-6-0's weren't real common in 3' gauge were they. Greg
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    Spokane International RR

    Another link that should be of interest. Branch Lines and Other Railways in the Kootenays Greg
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    Saving an Alco RS-1

    An opportunity has presented itself to save an Alco RS1 that once ran on the Spokane International, Tidewater Southern and Central California Traction Company. A group of TS and CCT fans are banding together to save the engine and move it to the Western Pacific Railroad Museum in Portola...
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    Info Needed Regarding Sn2

    I stumbled across this. Looks like Sn2 would have been pretty close. YouTube - Sugarcane Train Nyleta YouTube - Cane Train YouTube - cane train YouTube - EM Baldwin cane train 'Oakwood' YouTube - Loco Jamiaca being pushed by loco Manoo Greg
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    Gondola's?

    With the railroads being so big, the 40 yr interchange rule is basically moot. We run 45 yr old PS-2 covered hoppers here in Nevada to the sand pits and to California all the time. Captive service but still using old cars, till they get b/o and repair is determined on cost. Capacity has been...
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    Gondola's?

    WP bought 100 of them in September 1953. In 1978 25 of them were reconditioned and renumbered. They ran an additional seven years or so in their intended service. There are maybe one or two still in MofW service for the UP. The one you see there is the second one the WP museum tried to get...
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    Tennessee Valley RR Chattanooga,TN

    Good eye there Triplex. That GP7 may have come from the NC&StL but you are right the U.S. Army had some too. Alaska RR had some ex-Army GP9's on those trucks also IIRC. Greg
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    Gondola's?

    Ultra short as they say, 29'4" inside length. They were bought with roller bearing trucks and specifically for coiled steel service between Utah and Port Chicago CA. Greg
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    Info Needed Regarding Sn2

    Only15, There are some neat cane railways in Australia for inspiration. I'd grab some N diesels with the driver rods and kit bash some engines for Sn2. A lot of the wagons are two axle flats from the pictures I've seen. Rob a few N trucks for wheels and stick them under some short flats. A...
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