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I had been using a Kodak easyshare DX4900 4mp camera for quite a while. it is a very easy camera to use and they are not too expensive. they work great for model ictures and all other pictures.

Ballast... what kept everything in place

here are a couple of shots.

I need one of these boxcars for my UP excursion train. I am still waiting for a brass model to show up. but in the meantime, is there any way to kitbash one? this is the boxcar that they use to carry the steps and other equipment in (UPP 9336). any tips or ideas?

Golden spike. connected the east and the west

I already have one....dont know what I am going to do with it tho........ I think I have 4 different email addresses...and I only use one.

I am all signed up at the new place. c'mon everyone...sign up and lets go!!!!

Coal dust. covering the line from the mines in Wyoming.

a carpet full of N scale parts. hmmmm.....so that's where they all went..

this is a pretty interesting curved set of tunnels on the UP main, just east of Ogden, Utah. had to pull my truck over on the side of the road and run through the bushes to get this shot :D

I guess i'll have to enter my scratchbuilt stone house. I built up a frame of scale lumber, glued on each individual stone, and then used plaster for mortar between the stones. It turned out pretty good in my opinion. here it is located on my photo module, surrounded by cactus and railroad...

I have been trying all day to access my team, but I cant log on. is anyone else having trouble? by the way. you all might as well give up now.....

thanks for the links. unfortunately none of those show the units while they were still in SOO line paint with EMD patches. after further research, I found one major problem. these units are suppoed to have ratchet brakes, but the models have brakewheels. looks like some nose replacement is...

I am all set up for the draft. are you all prepared to get beat? :D

I just picked up a set of Athearn SD40-2's. one of them is an ex SOO line SD40-2, #6309 and the other is an ex MILW SD40-2, #6310. I also have the blue EMD lease SD40-2, number 6382. I want to add details to these 3, but I am having trouble finding pictures of 6309 and 6310 before they were...

Golden Spike

Houston Texas is going to be moving Southern Pacific 982 (F-1 Class, 2-10-2) from it's resting place in Hermann Park to a new site near Minute Maid Park. check out the info here: http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/front/3322748 some more info on the locomotive here...

3 bay covered hopper