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vonhammer_87 said:
Well here's a pic of my birthday present, my first 2-rail O scale locomotive. It's an Atlas O GP9, lettered for SOO #2410. This photo was taken at the Detroit Model Railroad Club in Holly,MI. The loco came with DCC and QSI sound. She can pull 15 cars, I tried 19 but wouldn't make it up the grade.
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I get one Soo line loco and every one jumps on the band wagon...lul

But 731 can take 20 cars alone. The again the club in Holly has a lot of cars with plastic wheels, which hinders rolling.
 
i mite have posted these before but don't remember.. some of the collection
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part of the Great Northern collection in our bar
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Lego track size

Does anyone know off hand what size track that you can use for lego locomotives. 'IE" O gauge, S gauge or are they made to legos own width? I do know that my Aristo track that I use for my garden railway is way to wide.
 
I have known of some enterprising Lego train fans making their own track with O gauge rail and modifying Lego plates for sleepers, in order to give a more realistic track geometry than what the normal Lego track allows. There are a number of online resources on how to do this, such as through Railbricks Magazine, so it is definitely possible to use track that looks better than the Lego-made stuff. ;)

Anyway, most of my old HO equipment I started collecting from my early teens in the early 1990s is now in my brother's custody, but here's a few examples from the collection (shown on a friend's layout at a local train show earlier in the year):

My Athern SD-40 made up to look like an Aussie Westrail L class diesel

Limited edition Powerline 830 class 31 in Silverton Tramway livery

If I can dig my other models out of storage I might post some photos of them here too. :)
 
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I will hopefully get pics up of some O and HO models that a friend of mine's Dad gave me for $20. There was a large quantity of older HO but some nice O guage products as well. (63 trains total!!!!)
 
I swung by the trainshow not too long ago today and I picked up two new steam engines,one, an IHC 0-8-0 yard switcher (painted and unlettered),and then,a bachmann-spectrum model of Frisco 2-10-0 russian decapod #1630 with sound,and I just recently picked up a union pacific 2-6-0 mogul from my local hobby shop as well!
 
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I am very happy right now! For Christmas my mom and dad managed to get a hold of a Riverossi ATSF #3460 "Blue Goose" for about $40. They thought it looked good in the picture, so they bought it. Once it got to our house they saw it was smothered, choked, and nearly murdered with dirt, dust, and grime. My dad cleaned the shell of the engine and tender in a washtub and then he got to work on the engine itself. The tender was missing and axle and the loco was missing the pony truck and some exterior add-ons, along with a piece of chipped away plastic. So, he sacrificed one of his NYC 4-6-4's for parts and got the Blue Goose running. It is truly a great engine!
Here it is next to 4449, inherited from my grandpa. If you look closely above 3460's cylinder, you can see the piece of plastic my dad cut to fill the gap from the broken skirt.
 
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not Engines but Made some landscape out of foam,flex rock, bricks etc today.
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Some Buildings by Woodland scenes,
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Some pics of some HO stuff that was in my room at the time...

Athearns really have the decal business down now i reckon


Kato SD70MAC (custom weathered)-same number as BDP's N gauge one lol
 
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Very Nice Rich. I'm getting a BNSF H2 70MAC in N scale ASAP(Translates to when I have cash :hehe: )

I model West Coast N scale, '90's Era. Means there's Amtrak, BNSF, UP and Warbonnet Santa Fe, My favourite RR's.

Jamie
 
Well this is a picture of my first 2-rail O-scale locomotive, an Atlas O SOO Line GP9, the photo was taken at the Detroit Model Railroad Club in Holly, MI. The three flat cars behind the loco are also mine.

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And here's my 2 rail O scale GP35 Soo Line #731. I have posted photos of her in the past, but this is after I weathered her.

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I think that 0-4-0 was a toy not a model but good anyway
I have plans to get a Hornby Flying scottsman When I have money:hehe:
And maybe a Hornby Thomas:o
 
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