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Low clearence? Don't have any tunnel portals? No problem.  Delaware, Lackawanna & Western running a museum train from Steamtown mall at a tunnel near Scranton, PA (2011). -Brandon |
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Originally Posted by: BrandonVA  Low clearence? Don't have any tunnel portals? No problem. The mystic portal is heart-shaped.  |
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90 degree curve adjacent to station throat? Curved layover tracks squeezed into the inside? Vintage car collection parked next to mainline? Possible at Boston South Station. Alsterstreek attached the following image(s): |
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Presentation of loco collection (Sotteville, France). Prototypical and thus of interest for the model railroader: Of course electric locos not under wire. Alsterstreek attached the following image(s): |
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Uiuiuiui, Wild West methods. I would rather decently turn around my train at Boston South Station loop instead (bird's eye view courtesy Bing Maps). Alsterstreek attached the following image(s): |
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Two track mainline avoiding some uneven ground. They're not always parallel ;)  Burlington Northern crosses the Sinsinawa River in 1993 (Portage, Illinois) |
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Spaghetti bowl in low land? Mainline bends 90 degrees on ramp to large bridge? One railroad bridge above another? Northern access to Elbe river bridge (which itself is outside the picture) in Hamburg, Germany has it all. Gr. - Ak Alsterstreek attached the following image(s): |
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Central Portland, Oregon (USA) grain elevator with reverse loop (bird's eye view courtesy Bing Maps and Google Maps, respectively). Alsterstreek attached the following image(s): |
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S curve? :)  A CN coal train on the Luscar industrial Spur (Cadomin, Alberta, Canada) -Brandon |
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Originally Posted by: Alsterstreek Presentation of loco collection (Sotteville, France). Prototypical and thus of interest for the model railroader: Of course electric locos not under wire. Looks like 1/1 images of some of utkan's pics...  |
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No, this looks more like Utkan's: All under wire (at Maschen marshalling yard near Hamburg). Gr. - Ak Alsterstreek attached the following image(s): |
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Speaking of Marshalling yards, maybe something like this?  N&W RR 1961 Marshalling Yard |
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No service area? No problem. Tanker cars are easy to come by.  ATSF Super Chief being fueled in Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1943. This happens sometimes on my layout too.  An ATSF engine crashes through at Los Angeles Union Station, 1948. -Brandon |
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And now you expect me to model this?  |
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Or these :  Another classic :  Y  Edited by user 05 February 2014 21:49:56(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: Alsterstreek And now you expect me to model this? Yessir ! You mean you haven't already ? If even by accident ? Reminder of one steamer on your layout pushing another out the tunnel ... face to face ;P https://www.marklin-user...t-trains.aspx#post442606Y  |
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Originally Posted by: Alsterstreek And now you expect me to model this? Didn't you just get another ATSF A-unit? I'm not sure this is a matter of expectations ;) |
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Curved viaduct (90 degree bend) in front of a grotesquely idyllic backdrop - meet the Royal Scotsman. Alsterstreek attached the following image(s): |
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This looks like the Glenfinnan Viaduct, on the West Highland Railway in Scotland. I've been over it a couple of times.
It is also the viaduct that appears in the Harry potter films with the Hogwarts Express steaming over. |
Ray
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Hi Ray
You're not wrong - it is indeed the Glen Finnan viaduct.
The steamer operates from Fort William to Mallaig and return during the summer months.
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Running trains from a different country? DB 221 a long way from home (in Greece):  (This may be cheating though, I believe this locomotive was sold to the railroad in Greece) -Brandon |
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I have no words.  "Working it's way down the Joint Line south of Denver, this special Amtrak move to get one of it's newest electric unit #600 to the Pueblo test track is seen passing through Greenland." (Greenland, Colorado) (Link: http://www.railpictures.net/vie...?id=438230&nseq=218)-Brandon |
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Originally Posted by: BrandonVA Running trains from a different country? DB 221 a long way from home (in Greece): (This may be cheating though, I believe this locomotive was sold to the railroad in Greece) -Brandon You are right,the photo is taken in Greece.
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Low clearance bridge with switching yard underneath?  Paducah & Louisville Railroad Fresh Pond Yard (Fresh Pond, New York, 2013) -Brandon |
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Originally Posted by: Yumgui O-v-e-r-k-i-l-l ...  |
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And then some more ... : Y  Yumgui attached the following image(s): |
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Originally Posted by: Alsterstreek O-v-e-r-k-i-l-l ... Heh, Is this "Overkill" a swivel bridge or under pass I don't know about yet ... ^^ ? Y |
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Judge yourself:  Alsterstreek attached the following image(s): |
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Can we have the New Haven Alco PA1 number 775 we saw at the photos at least for the next year?
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For anyone out there being impacted by the serious issue of EMD jealousy, here are a few shots to assure your current units are prototypical:  Galveston, Texas 2012  Greenville, South Carolina, 2012  Chicago, Illinois, 1973  Joliet, Illinois, 1973 |
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I fear you have to stick to this one (helping myself from Yumgui´s vast trail with 1,820 (!) photos) a Delaware & Hudson PA.  Alsterstreek attached the following image(s): |
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Originally Posted by: BrandonVA For anyone out there being impacted by the serious issue of EMD jealousy... That would be me. The double-headed and the triple units look like yours. However, the Joliet brothers do not know if they are supposed to be Blues or Reds Brothers. Something different: Do you believe that it scares off other forum members, when our gang of clowns is occupying a thread?  Greetz - Ak |
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Originally Posted by: Alsterstreek That would be me. The double-headed and the triple units look like yours. However, the Joliet brothers do not know if they are supposed to be Blues or Reds Brothers. Something different: Do you believe that it scares off other forum members, when our gang of clowns is occupying a thread? Greetz - Ak I think you've got the band back together :) I thought the thread was for inspiration. For model railroads, not for other members to become clowns ;) Although sometimes it's hard to tell with all those bright colours... I think a similar scene would not be uncommon in 1:87(ish)  Norfolk Southern and RJ Corman at Lexington, Kentucky, 2012 -Brandon |
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Going round in circles in East St Louis, IL (USA) - bird's eye view courtesy Bing Maps. Greetings from "Bozo" the clown  Alsterstreek attached the following image(s): |
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Too short tunnels, too many of them? Mainline curving around with one curve in sight of the other? It is prototypical: The "Badische Schwarzwaldbahn" near Triberg in the German Black Forest forms several "balloons" almost touching each other with a number of very short tunnels. Gr. - Ak Alsterstreek attached the following image(s): |
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Originally Posted by: BrandonVA
Tracks too close together?
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And another (too?) short tunnel. Gr. - Ak Alsterstreek attached the following image(s): |
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Helix in the garden ? Private narrow gauge railway in Costa Rica... Alsterstreek attached the following image(s): |
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Too short tunnel with too many Preiserlings on top, with a steamer under overhead wire. Possible in the Black Forest in Germany. Alsterstreek attached the following image(s): |
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I understand one thing, after looking at all the nice photos here.
I havw to buy myself a bigger house, so I can have a gigantic tran room, maybe a couple of hundred square meters?
Thanks for the inspiration! |
Best regards Svein, Norway
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The Wutach Valley Railway in the Black Forest, Germany, has a series of curves (including one complete circle) with spectacular large viaducts, tunnels and bridges plus the only spiral railway tunnel in Germany. Photo shows portal of the Stockhalde spiral tunnel, which is clearly identifiable on the attached map, too. Alsterstreek attached the following image(s): |
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Originally Posted by: BrandonVA Couple of switches being delivered to a new section of the layout: And you deem that to be prototypical? My switches are always delivered in a red and white plastic bag with a big M on it. Edited by user 11 February 2014 12:11:02(UTC)
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More pix of Wutach Valley Railway in the Black Forest, Germany: 1) Track before and after the spiral tunnel (below and above, respectively). 2) Biesenbach viaduct with the same line above (on bridge) and below (in the valley). 3) Ditto. 4) Epfenhofen viaduct. Alsterstreek attached the following image(s): |
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