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Thanks guys! the C32-8 will be ballast express. I was thinking og going blue whan i realized the paint scheme was late conrail, but i already had the paints and decals so i'm sticking to it. ANd if you get a SD45-2, be wary of those already sound equipped. The MRC decoder used by genesis...

Yeah, those are definitely not comets. Theylook familiar. I want to say they are the same as the MARC cars, but those are fluted, and even more different yet. I don't think anyone makes that car. The Comet IIs you'll find though.

I guess i better get some red white and blue out there! E60MA 610 basks in the morning sun. The E60s i think were the last major american electrics run here in the northeast. everything else is imported now. An aging U-boat is passed by a modern Dash-8 The Big Blue is pulling a tank...

I would not paint my own numbers. they are to small for HO. Also, F10s are available from IHP if you want one.

If they are straight stripes, then get the stripe decals. you can get stripes of various sizes in most colors. its easier that way.

You wouldn't happen to be familiar with NTRES? Its a site based around younger modelers, but they model the exact same stuff you do. Infact, a kid of there is trying to make a GP40MC the same way you did. I still think people need to go for that HEP generator in the back though. No one has...

30! How do you do it?! i'd be insane a that point:thumb: :mrgreen: I only have about 3 on the bench right now, and if i'm lucky, i'll start building 2 more GP15s. One is already enough for a headache, lol. How will you ever finish this one?

Pictures, as promised! The first three show show the track plan changes This is the first of three Smokey Valley Conrail GP15-1s i plan to build. The first two will be the original paint, while the third i think i will paint and detail with the Conrail Quality paint scheme that...

Forgot about those critters! they'd probably be better now that you mention it. the trackmobiles only have couplers on one side (atleast a working one, the other is a scale dummy). I think the trackmobile only has one powered wheelset as well. I'll have to see about a critter. I know i saw...

sounds like it is right up my alley!

I've already replied. As for lowering the trucks, i am wary of this. I have an Article by Jim Six, who also acknowledges the truck height problem in Smokey Valley GP15-1s. He discussed this option brifly, but mentioned that the modeler who first tried it is now having reliablility problems...

How did you lower the bolsters? this has been a problem for my GP15-1 project. It makes me cry that you use an Smokey Valley GP15-1 frame for a project like this. You don't know how hard it is to find one of those. Its next to impossible, and by sheer luck, i found one the other day. I also...

Well, I just went and completed the red track. Its about the same, except that I had to use a curved switch on the left side of the above diagram, and i had to push it all the way up to close to the opposite corner. It looks really nice though, and definitely will help with switching and...

thats fine! In the end, i'd need more curved switches, and they probably cost a bundle that i don't want to pay. besides, i've found a VERY good article on scratchbuilding catenary, better then the one i was originally using. and of course, i've been trying to save up for my local...

the platform is already on the outer track the red and blue tracks would let me use the other side of the platform.

the only thing with the blue is so that passenger trains can use the other side of the station. They can't use the inner circle. It could also work to bring the larger freight trains in close to the yard. At the same time, you are probably right because it will be difficult to find a switch...

Well, i've decided to add a passing track in front of the yard. the switch leading into the interchange has been moved way back, and now trains can pass around to the other side to move things in and out. Previously, if a train wanted to put cars on the interchange, it would have to use the...

I finally fixed all the troublesome track work on my layout, and so everythign is running smoothly once again. That C32-8 is still annoying, but its looking good so far. I'm going to try to finish my scenery this summer instead of focusing so much on my locomotives, although i still have a...

I need more real estate, which requires monies i don't have, lol. even if i did get some more money, i'd probably end up buying some obscure and ridiculous expensive commuter cars, lol. thats cool. When are you going to start mounting it all down and putting it together?

I wish i were building onto my layout right now.