Gandalf0444
FVRR member
I made it to Chester finally!
Valley Railroad(Essex Steam Train)
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Gandalf0444
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Thanks! AlmostVERY cool Mike.They could be actual pictures.
Bill
:hehe::wave:@funforme3: Please review item #18 (bullet #2) here:
http://forums.auran.com/trainz/CodeOfConduct.htm
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Bill
http://forums.auran.com/trainz/CodeOfConduct.htm
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Bill
Gandalf0444
FVRR member
Thanks Bill.
P.S. I finally met George today.
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P.S. I finally met George today.
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FVRR member
Yes him and his fireman are very entertaining.:hehe:
Gandalf0444
FVRR member
Did some track work a week or so ago to fix the washout that occured after that massive rain storm that trampled the country.
Gandalf0444
FVRR member
strench707
TCR Content Creator
Great shots Mike, looks exactly how it was when we rode it!
Davis
Davis
Gandalf0444
FVRR member
Thanks! Yup the train is essentially in the same order as it was when we rode it with the exception of 97 being the head rather then 40. After awhile I have picked up the usual order of the train cars. Thomas will be there this weekend and next...(yay?:hehe
It will be a very busy weekend this weekend tons of thomas excursions as well as a charter being pulled by 97 from Goodspeed to Deep River. Not sure if the thomas train will be headed by 40 or a diesel or not. I am thinking a diesel but could be proven wrong.Gandalf0444
FVRR member
Yes the Valley Railroad is doing restoration work on 3025. It is moving, but only as fast as the work force and us volunteers can go with the resources available. the Porter 0-6-0 is owned by the FVRR organization and is being restored as far is visual, but nothing is stopping it from becoming operational. Locomotive 103 is actually no longer on the Valley Railroad, it was sold to the Naugatauck RR sometime ago and was just being "stored" on the Valley. As of last year almost to the date 103 was taken and moved to the Naugatauck, as of right now I have no clue as to what is happening to it there.Are the Valley Railroad is doing operational restoration work on Valley Railroads new locomotive 3025 as well the 0-6-0 porter locomotive number 2 & even Valley RRs first locomotive 103?
Thanks I strive to keep it as real as possible with what I have..To bad it is not a DEM but I am not going to complain since it looks good regardless.Also I love this railroad and I like your route of the Valley Railroad. Keep up the good work.
Gandalf0444
FVRR member
I did not model 40 and 97. They are simply reskins so some details may look a bit off to the trained eye.Awsome. Did you make the the Steam Engine models of #40 & #97. Plus did you know that im a member of the Trainz Commuter Form as well.
Anyway last Wednesday 40 and 97 were putting on the sister act:
http://i570.photobucket.com/albums/ss145/TCRStaff/Essex/100_1128.jpg
http://i570.photobucket.com/albums/ss145/TCRStaff/Essex/100_1127.jpg
http://i570.photobucket.com/albums/ss145/TCRStaff/Essex/100_1126.jpg
And last but not least me on top of the porter getting ready to put one of the decorative steam dome covers back on.
http://i570.photobucket.com/albums/ss145/TCRStaff/Essex/100_1133.jpg
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Gandalf0444
FVRR member
The tender of 3025 was sand blasted awhile ago now. Just I could not get a picture of it since it was way down in the south yard...and frank;y I was to lazy to walk there:hehe:
http://i570.photobucket.com/albums/ss145/TCRStaff/Essex/5-19-10006.jpg
The brown area you see is slated to be torched off(and in fact has already been done so and it is just barely hanging there) to make it resemble a more New Haven flavor....
http://i570.photobucket.com/albums/ss145/TCRStaff/Essex/5-19-10006.jpg
The brown area you see is slated to be torched off(and in fact has already been done so and it is just barely hanging there) to make it resemble a more New Haven flavor....
