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    My Mulvane, Ks. vacation and railfanning trip

    All the BNSF action is either south or north of Mulvane, Ks. just south of Wichita. The Amtrak and UP engines are in St. Louis in the yard near Busch Stadium. I was actually riding the Metra at the time when I grabbed the shots. Click the pic below to see all the shots from the trip
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    Idea for my layout

    I planned on starting a new layout. Had begun one before, but I didn't care for it, so I am going to start over. I don't have any good layout programs, so I did this woith basic MS paint.. Not great, but you get the idea. The thin black is the track and sidings. The dark green is hills and the...
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    BNSF in Indy area!!!

    I was headed to Pendleton, IN. to run an errand for my wife and I was running behind when I got stuck at LONG traffic light.. All of a sudden crossing arms lit up and came down. I saw coming from the west a BNSF train.. Grabbed the 35mm as soon as I could and only had 24-70mm lens on it. I was...
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    Pic from arch

    From top of Arch in St. Louis
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    What is this?

    What exactly is this?? It was sitting at the end of a siding on the Zionesville Industrial spur. It looks like a glorified weed-eater? Is that all it is? Seems elaborate for that...... Is it just used to clear brush and limbs?
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    Caboose

    I was getting some dinner while at work and I finally grabbed a shot I have been looking for!!!! There is a Conrail caboose that CSX uses to switch some boxcars up by my work and I only see it when I am in my work truck and can’t get a pic. Otherwise I never see the train with the caboose. When...
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    **PIC HEAVY** Bad day gone.... GOOD!!!!

    Had to go to my wifes work to help her pack up all her stuff. She is resigning from being a special education teacher since she is pregnant and she wanted to be in a less physical environment. She works in Anderson and it is a 1.5hr round trip and I usually spend my morning relaxing because I...
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    Have you seen this?

    Don't know how this turned out, but it couldn't be good!! Trains Collide Head On - Video - Pandachute
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    Reason for MU'ed switchers

    I have a question with MU’ed loco’s that are used for local switching. Is there a reason for this? Here in the Indianapolis are CSX does a LOT of local switching and they tend to run two engines lashed together on a regular basis. IN fact they tend to keep there local switchers lashed together...
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    Good news

    My layout was creeping along with it's progress, but I found out that my wife is pregnant with our 1st baby!!!! :shock: :shock:jawdrop jawdrop :eek: :eek: bounce7 bounce7 I guess it's going to go even slower now..... Oh well.... There's no better reason!:thumb: It wasn't a suprise we've...
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    OK, this person is INSANE!!!!!!!

    How the heck is this possible? Under a Train
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    Finally!!!!

    Well, I am TOTALLY psyched. I recieved an Atlas 8-40BW BNSF for my birthday back in April, but it didn't work.:cry: http://forum.zealot.com/t117373/ I ended up sending it back and I finally recieved the replacement and it runs FLAWLESSLY!!!!!! :mrgreen: :mrgreen: Just wanted to share some...
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    time to do some switching

    On the way home from work today I saw this one coming… I decided to stop and grab a shot. It’s headed north to Park 100 industrial park do some switching!
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    Cool find!

    Caught this oldie rolling through the South West side if Indianapolis today... Was being pulled by a couple CSX unit... Barely caught a pic of it as we pulled up.. Only had the 2 CSX units, these 2 Birmingham Southern Units and 2 CSX boxcars...
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    Enjoying new place of employment **PIC HEAVY**

    Well, I started a new job on Wednesday. I now work on our Northwest side of Indianapolis instead of the east side I used to work at. My new place of work is FULL of industrial spurs leading to at least 10-20 different buildings spread out over 15sq. blocks. I see the tracks and cars they leave...
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    1st Building

    My 1st attempt at making a building……… :oops: :oops: A DPM Trackside Transfer. My idea on how to paint windows and doors didn’t work out so I’m going to try something different later.:(
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    Bad day at work... UNTIL.... **PIC HEAVY!!!**

    Was having a bad day at work, but then the crossing bars came down!!!! Funny how that PROBABLY ticks off most people!!! HA HA Lead loco was smokin a bit!!!
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    Loco of the week 4/22-4/28

    Here's my last one, a Atlas SD24 Santa Fe. The second pic is a cool pic of the prototype Pics of my small collection so far
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    Indiana Railroad

    :thumb: Caught this train headed north into IPL with some coal Caught him again at different crossing
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    Bummed

    Got a new Atlas BNSF 8-40BW for my Bday yesterday and it wouldn't work:curse::cry: ..... Couldn't pull slowly... Was making a racket and slipping(motor seemed to be slipping, not wheels) at slow speeds(20-40 on controler). When you got to 45 and up it worked perfectly... Quiet as could be...
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