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Offline utkan  
#101 Posted : 11 February 2014 17:36:56(UTC)
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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.


Looks like 1/1 images of some of utkan's pics... BigGrin



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...wish they were MINE......LOL LOL
Do unto others, as you would have them do unto you...
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Offline BrandonVA  
#102 Posted : 11 February 2014 18:08:47(UTC)
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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.Flapper


So demanding...


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Offline BrandonVA  
#103 Posted : 11 February 2014 18:12:43(UTC)
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And now to appease the kiwis:

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Raurimu Spiral, North Island Main Trunk Railway, New Zealand
More info: http://www.historic.org.nz/ther...terResults.aspx?RID=7588

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Offline BrandonVA  
#104 Posted : 11 February 2014 18:14:30(UTC)
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And back to narrow gauge:

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"The Burma Mines Railway in Namtu: The Wallah Gorge Spiral"
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Offline Superlampster  
#105 Posted : 11 February 2014 22:00:55(UTC)
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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.Flapper


So demanding...




As the kids put it: LOL !

Great thread by the way !

Cheers Henrik
Offline BrandonVA  
#106 Posted : 12 February 2014 16:16:12(UTC)
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Mixed roundhouse?

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Offline Alsterstreek  
#107 Posted : 13 February 2014 12:56:05(UTC)
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Mixed roundhouse?

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Hi Brandon,
I cannot see the photo? Neither with Microsoft nor Apple powered IT...

Offline Alsterstreek  
#108 Posted : 13 February 2014 13:14:18(UTC)
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Maeklong Railway, Thailand (not to be mistaken for Maerklin).
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Offline Alsterstreek  
#109 Posted : 13 February 2014 13:19:47(UTC)
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Cannot make up your mind about track layout?
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Offline BrandonVA  
#110 Posted : 13 February 2014 15:25:33(UTC)
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Hi Brandon,
I cannot see the photo? Neither with Microsoft nor Apple powered IT...



I noticed today it is not showing up for me as well. I have attached it directly so it can now be seen.

-Brandon
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Offline BrandonVA  
#111 Posted : 14 February 2014 21:13:43(UTC)
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A tunnel right before a bridge?

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Union Pacific goes under SP line in Ankeny, WA 1987
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Offline BrandonVA  
#112 Posted : 14 February 2014 21:15:54(UTC)
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This one looks familiar...

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BNSF in Frost, California, 2014
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Offline BrandonVA  
#113 Posted : 14 February 2014 21:17:41(UTC)
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This one probably dosn't count (off topic), but it would be amazing to model it...maybe less so to drive over it.

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UP Half Moon Trestle, near Reubens, Idaho, 1977.
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Offline Alsterstreek  
#114 Posted : 15 February 2014 00:50:49(UTC)
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Crazy diamond crossings in front of tunnel portal? Yes, in East Dubuque, Illinois (USA).
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Offline Alsterstreek  
#115 Posted : 15 February 2014 17:02:20(UTC)
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Rolling stock sitting off track on your layout? It is prototypical: runaway in St Louis, MO (USA), 1954.
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Offline Alsterstreek  
#116 Posted : 16 February 2014 14:07:14(UTC)
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Slightly off topic, since this is impossible to model. However, it might serve as a reminder to keep track arrangements simple - Newcastle on Tyne, England.
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Offline Alsterstreek  
#117 Posted : 16 February 2014 14:10:11(UTC)
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An alternative to GHI: elephant power - Sydney, Australia (1932).
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Offline Alsterstreek  
#118 Posted : 16 February 2014 14:17:02(UTC)
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Whimsical tunnel? Prototypical in Castelldefels, Catalonia, Spain. Obviously, the tunnel serves only to support a lookout.
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Offline BrandonVA  
#119 Posted : 17 February 2014 20:48:21(UTC)
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Crazy diamond crossings in front of tunnel portal? Yes, in East Dubuque, Illinois (USA).


Is that a main line or something else out of the tunnel?

-Brandon
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Offline BrandonVA  
#120 Posted : 17 February 2014 21:00:36(UTC)
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Whimsical tunnel? Prototypical in Castelldefels, Catalonia, Spain. Obviously, the tunnel serves only to support a lookout.


Why else would you have a tunnel? :)

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Offline BrandonVA  
#121 Posted : 17 February 2014 21:02:12(UTC)
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I have some of these on my layout.

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UP Horseshoe Curve, Coastal Subdivision. San Luis Obispo, California, 2009
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Offline Alsterstreek  
#122 Posted : 17 February 2014 21:02:39(UTC)
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Tunnel under hill with the north portal serving as the lead to east approach to the Dubuque Rail Bridge on CN (former IC) Railway, thus originally built by the Illinois Central Railway. More info:
http://www.illinoisarcha...on%20Tunnel%20Report.pdf
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Offline Alsterstreek  
#123 Posted : 17 February 2014 21:03:41(UTC)
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Tunnel under hill with the north portal serving as the lead to east approach to the Dubuque Rail Bridge on CN (former Illinois Central) Railway. More info:
http://www.illinoisarcha...on%20Tunnel%20Report.pdf
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Offline Alsterstreek  
#124 Posted : 18 February 2014 11:25:43(UTC)
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Having kids? Mixing cars and trains? Well worn coaches for rugged playing? Is it prototypical? What would 007 say?
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Offline BrandonVA  
#125 Posted : 18 February 2014 16:53:51(UTC)
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What's next? Preiser bungiee jumping?

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Offline BrandonVA  
#126 Posted : 18 February 2014 16:55:28(UTC)
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Speaking of kids playing on the tracks...

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Offline BrandonVA  
#127 Posted : 18 February 2014 16:58:28(UTC)
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And just so I don't get in too much trouble, low bridge?

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Offline BrandonVA  
#128 Posted : 18 February 2014 19:57:51(UTC)
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This one is for Ian:

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London, Midland & Scottish Railway Insulated/Heated Banana Van, built 1946.
Article: http://www.bluebellrailway.co.u...luebell/pics/570027.HTML
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Offline Alsterstreek  
#129 Posted : 18 February 2014 23:41:22(UTC)
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Yes, ahm, this is for the model railroader, who, ahm, has no space, but wants to have a plausible scenario with a big train, and cars, and urban backdrop and Preiserlings placed in an unmotivated manner on the street. Thanks for your attention (California Zephyr in Richmond, CA, 1968).

CORRIGENDUM: Western Pacific’s 3rd Street Station in Oakland, CA

Edited by user 27 February 2014 15:18:22(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

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Offline Paul59  
#130 Posted : 19 February 2014 10:40:38(UTC)
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If you need to squeeze a line into the town…
Weymouth Quay branch UK

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Marklin HO using M track. Now reverted to analogue as I find it has more character - and I understand it!
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Offline BrandonVA  
#131 Posted : 19 February 2014 18:27:11(UTC)
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Today's edition: Standard Marklin yard:

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Somewhere along the SP line.

-Brandon
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Offline Alsterstreek  
#132 Posted : 19 February 2014 18:39:38(UTC)
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Today's edition: Standard Marklin yard:


Well, they wasted a lot of space by using the long turnouts, while everybody knows that freight cars also look good on the short ones.Flapper

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Offline BrandonVA  
#133 Posted : 20 February 2014 18:14:02(UTC)
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I find that my track plan and road plan don't always line up.

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UP Geeps moving through Downtown St. Louis, Missouri, 20013
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Offline BrandonVA  
#134 Posted : 20 February 2014 18:21:51(UTC)
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Even though Marklin has never made a B unit for the 3181/4181 Burlington Northern F7s, don't despair:

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-Brandon
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Offline Alsterstreek  
#135 Posted : 20 February 2014 18:46:14(UTC)
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Return loop? Of course, it is prototypical for a mining railway at Ponta da Madeira in Brazil.
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#136 Posted : 20 February 2014 18:48:44(UTC)
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More locos than wagons? Or wanting to display vandalized locos which cannot run themselves any more? Get inspired by the example of the 2003 delivery of US made ES58AC locos to Vale of Brazil.
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Offline Alsterstreek  
#137 Posted : 21 February 2014 16:09:13(UTC)
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Yes, those street runs. Have a steam loco and modern model cars? Wanna mingle? Check the Czech Republic then.
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#138 Posted : 21 February 2014 16:12:42(UTC)
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Too many steamers, not enough space? Try scenic arrangements, like terraces in a Chinese mine or pile up bridges like in Richmond, VA (USA).
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#139 Posted : 21 February 2014 16:55:11(UTC)
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A tunnel under a town? Sounds like my layout.

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Pam Am GP40 at Bellows Falls, Vermont, 2013
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Offline BrandonVA  
#140 Posted : 24 February 2014 21:14:07(UTC)
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True story.

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-Brandon
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Offline Alsterstreek  
#141 Posted : 25 February 2014 16:18:45(UTC)
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The Williams Loop is a rail spiral located on the Union Pacific Railroad's (originally Western Pacific Railroad's) Feather River Route through the Sierra Nevada mountains in northeastern California, connecting the Sacramento Valley to Salt Lake City via the Feather River canyons.
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#142 Posted : 25 February 2014 17:03:21(UTC)
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True story.

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-Brandon


Blink Cannot see it? Mellow

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#143 Posted : 25 February 2014 17:18:04(UTC)
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Blink Cannot see it? Mellow



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Offline GlennM  
#144 Posted : 25 February 2014 17:42:43(UTC)
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Fancy sharing your ferry with an ICE......


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Or on video;







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Don't look back, your not heading that way.
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#145 Posted : 27 February 2014 08:56:08(UTC)
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No space? Modern minimalistic flyovers? Highway and several railroad mainlines embedded in a rural green landscape plus a navigable river before the backdrop of a steep cliff cramped on a narrow shelf layout? Abrupt change between bucolic environment and big town? ICE trains calling in a station just adjacent to the greenery? Tunnel portal and highway overpass disguising mainline tracks disappearing at the end of the layout? Take Wuerzburg in the German river Main valley.
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#146 Posted : 03 March 2014 03:21:46(UTC)
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Excessive use of brick archways and viaducts supporting dual track mainline in green landscape? Try Souillac in France:
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#147 Posted : 03 March 2014 12:52:58(UTC)
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The Williams Loop is a rail spiral located on the Union Pacific Railroad's (originally Western Pacific Railroad's) Feather River Route through the Sierra Nevada mountains in northeastern California, connecting the Sacramento Valley to Salt Lake City via the Feather River canyons.


Once again the Williams Loop, this time with the California Zephyr crossing its own path.

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#148 Posted : 03 March 2014 19:58:15(UTC)
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Too dramatic scenery in limited space? Not near Red Cliff, Colorado (USA).
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#149 Posted : 03 March 2014 20:01:03(UTC)
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A high bridge towering above an European town with half-timbered houses, but without meaningful mountain scenery? The Morlaix granite viaduct in France was built 1861-1864 for the line from Paris to Brest, is 292 metres long and 58 metres high.
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#150 Posted : 03 March 2014 20:05:34(UTC)
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No patience to construct a fancy bridge over a deep gorge? The wrought iron Rouzat viaduct built in 1869 crosses the Sioule river in France.
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