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Seaboard Quarterly Publication

Sun, 2014-10-12 05:37 — CarterM999

Prototype information

May be of interest to modelers. Great photos and detail about engines/ cars/ and locations.

http://s-clmodeler.aclsal.org/currentissue/sclm23.pdf

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Prototype Track Question

Sat, 2014-10-11 11:30 — chris.mincemoyer

Saw this attached to the rail while waiting for the Lake Shore Limited at the Buffalo-Depew Amtrak station. Any ideas what the purpose of this device is?

Thanks Chris

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CCT Lodi in large scale

Thu, 2014-10-09 06:15 — supagav

Hi, I'm new to this forum and here looking for some thoughts, ideas and suggestions please?

I'm thinking of constructing a small, large scale (1:29th) indoor switching layout based around the fruit packing lead in Lodi, on the CCT. A long time ago I watched a video of a geep squeezing round the tight corners of Tokay St (?) with some mechanical reefers and I thought that I would love to model that railroad someday!

Gondola with cement canisters

Tue, 2014-10-07 12:01 — Dennis Kauffunger

Can anybody tell me where to get color photo's of gondola's with cement canister so I can weather mine?

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different roads pulling same train

Mon, 2014-10-06 11:15 — tommypelley

Why do I see trains with engines from more than one road. A couple of weeks ago I saw a train with a single KCS unit on point with 2 UP engines and 2 CSX engines behind. Is this some kind of alternative to getting a routing across a foreign road.

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Bumps and Clunks - Switching Videos?

Sun, 2014-10-05 14:40 — Bill Brillinger

Can anyone suggest a few youtube videos that showcase the bumps and clunks of switching without a grade crossing signal bell clanging in the background?

Ideally there would be very little locomotive noise in the video, I'm just looking for some nice examples of the different sounds modern railcars make as they are coming together and apart during normal switching operations.

- Bill