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Hi Deano, Believe it or not, but I've not even one UP engine!!!!! All I have is a UP bathtub gondola made by Roundhouse.:cry: But I've some SP engines, here is a photo of my latest buy, an Alco RSD-15 Alligator by BLI. I took an other photo of the backdrop building, just to show how I've done...

Hi Deano, Thank you!!!sign1 If you look at the photo, you can see that it is realy a photo. I used a tree on the left and a highway overpass on the right (arrows) to hide the transition. I printed the photo on heavy matt paper, cut away the sky and glued it on thin foam. If still have to...

Hi Deano, The blue building in the background is a print out of a photo I've found in the internet. You can find here and another view here

Hi Deano, I'm more on passenger locos. I've 8 AMD-103, 9 F40PH (Walthers, Kato, Spectrum, PFM, IHP), 4 Dash 8-32BHW, 1 F59PHI, 1 F59PH, 1 AEM-7, 1 ALP-44, 1 GG1, 1 HHP-8, 1 Acela Express, 1 E8, 1 FM Trainmaster (SP Commuter). The roadnames: Amtrak, Amtrak California, Caltrain (San...

Hi, here's my list. I simplified it a bit. Amtrak: 16 (3 w/sound: 2 Das8-32BHW, 1 P42), (Atlas, Athearn, Kato, P2K, Spectrum, Walthers) Caltrain: 4 (PFM, P2K, Spectrum, Walthers) Other Commuter: 11 (Athearn, Kaslo, Walthers) RDC's: 4 (Athearn, P1K) SP: 6 (1 w/sound: RSD-15), (Atlas, BLI...

Hi Josh, you don't need a bulkhead flat, every flat or a gon should work either. The bulkhead flat was what I had on hand ro take the photo's. The switcher is a Kato NW2, the best loco I own when it goes to slow switching! My new test track is more a switching layout. It'll fit above my working...

Hi, I will start with a prototype photo, I took it in Winnipeg in 1997. It's a poor scan, watching the trains and engines there made me more confident in modelling north american railroads. Far on the right were the CP(?) shops in Winnipeg and a lot of Soo engines. Tobias

Hi Josh, found the spare wheels for the big machine today. The switcher crew should have noticed the unsecured load on that bulkhead flat! Pic is taken on my new test track I'm building to fit above my desk. If you take a close eye on the water in the concrete channel, you'll notice it is...

Hi all, my opinion is less rules and more photos! Let's get all in one thread, I'm voting for Photography too and there should be one rule, every post should have a engine pic in it! Let's create a thread that will break the sound barrier!!! What about 1000+ posts? Tobias

As a loco nut (having more locos than other rolling stock): YES!!!!!!!!! That's a great idea! And not to forget GMD, Lima, Paducah Shops, Boise/MPI, Alstom, Bombardier, ASEA, .... Tobias

Hi Deano, it's my first post on this thread, but I check the news in this thread everytime I'm on The Gauge. Your rolling stock is great and I've got a lot of information about sound decoders! I was thinking about getting the MP15 with QSI sound too, but now I know I've to buy it without...

What is the correct blue for Metrolink? It looks a bit like Conrail blue on fotos.

And a few more...

Unbelievable!! Here's a first overview, right after opening the box. You get a lot of foto etched parts and high quality resin. What you don't get: locomotive chassis, MU hoses, front/rear handrails and the longer grabs for the doors. It'll take the some time to finish this kit and I still have...

Hi Miles, It's south of the baseball stadium parking lot. The two streets left to the apron are Mission Bay Blvd North and South. The Caltrain station is not that far from there. I'm using Google Earth on my MAC, then I did a screenshot of the area of interest, you'll get tiff file. I used...

There is a lot to model in SF. There were several car float ops across the bay, the reminders can still be found. If you have one of Walthers car float aprons on the shelf and never knew what to do with it: Tobias

I've some ez track from an Acela train set. I don't like them, if you want to go with this style of track, think about Kato's Unitrack. Much better. It shouldn't be a big problem to bet the track up and down, but remind clearance and grade! You could combine EZ Track with standard track for the...

May be you can get some inspiration here: http://www.gatewaynmra.org/project.htm Nice little layouts for beginners, most of them 4x6. I like them! Tobias

Hi DennisJR, What period and what region are you interested in? What do you like, mountains, city, seaside? 4x6, hmmm, switching layout? May be dividing the layout lengthwise with a scenic divider and modelling to different areas on the two sides. Tobias

More about SP and the Bay! => http://wx4.org/to/foam/sp/a_sp.html Tobias