Lots of great stuff this week!
Josh those are some mighty mouth-waterin' pix of the announced mp15ac, I just wish Athearn would stop teasing us though...
Wolfgang, I watched your switching video - very well executed, I felt like I was actually there! BTW what kind of sound decoder do you have in that 44-tonner?
Steve that really musta been one windy day! It looks like 7100 was just bursting out of the twilight zone
Selector, fine-looking shot of the meet! I hope that approaching train was moving s-l-o-w though, otherwise that switchman would be in serious danger
Ray, nice lil' station. I may put a few more of that general type on my layout when I get the chance...
Chip, what an excellent set of before/after pix of your old layout! That strategic placement of the various buildings does a great job of hiding the spaghetti bowl
Anthony you are correct, that MSTL geep is indeed a '7' - you can tell by looking at the spread-apart pair of grilles at the end of the long hood. (Athearn always called it a 'GP9' but that was incorrect)
97, that's a beautiful shot of that CR GP9. I neglected to pay much attention to them in the 1980's because I was lamenting the loss of the Reading and other fallen flags that got swallowed into Conrail. But now that they're gone, boy do I ever miss 'em...!
Here are my contribs for the weekend: a series of industrial river bridge pix. I shot them back in April 2003 on a boat tour of the River Rouge near Detroit, MI. (Had to scan these in from prints because I didn't yet have a digicam back then)
First, the prototype of the Walthers bascule bridge, (well
not really, but it sure looks like it dont'cha think?
)
Next, an abandoned
() RR swing bridge:
Now we're approaching the legendary Rouge Steel complex (formerly owned by the Ford Motor Co.):
I honestly don't know if it's the same exact bridge as above or not, but it's the
same type in the 'open' position:
Here's something not seen everyday: a
pipe bridge (behind the smaller bascule in the forground):
Here's something I just
had to include, because it looks so "Huck Finn" - it would look right at home on George Selio's layout!