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Nice locomotives đź‘Ť.
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Very cool!
I love the W&LE's reminiscence of the D&RGW paint.
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Really like the look of that 'bridge',you have obviously built it yourself.What is it made from?It looks like a wooden structure,but I can see metal bits in it.Is it above head height?
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JoeE wrote:Very cool!
I love the W&LE's reminiscence of the D&RGW paint. Thanks for all the compliments guys! I believe the W&LE started to paint their locomotives in this paint scheme after they acquired some of the ex D&RG SD40 tunnel motors.  
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modelmaniac wrote:Really like the look of that 'bridge',you have obviously built it yourself.What is it made from?It looks like a wooden structure,but I can see metal bits in it.Is it above head height? Thanks for the compliment on the bridge but no, I didn't build it myself. Several years ago I seen a custom builder selling bridges on eBay. I contacted him and had him build the bridge for me to my specs. The surprising thing about the bridge is it is actually upside down. I had him build it so it would stand the other way with the trains passing through it. Because my second, unfinished loop is a higher elevation than the inside loop although the trains would go through the bridge the trains made the bridge look too small as the top of the trains would be too close too the roof of the bridge. I was going to cut my losses and order a new bridge when I thought, I'll try flipping it over. It worked out great and there is 6"4" under the bridge, plenty of room for my 5'10" ass.
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Don't matter which way up it is,as long as it supports the load  Looks like it took a while to build,did it cost much?
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modelmaniac wrote:Don't matter which way up it is,as long as it supports the load Looks like it took a while to build,did it cost much? It’s been so long ago I don’t remember the exact price but I want to say it was between $100 and $200 and was like a month to get it. I was very happy with it.
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Well worth it.Looks really good,where it is.
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Claus make sure you lock your doors because you will wake up one morning and The Q will be sitting in your man cave with an engineers cap on his head singing “I been working on the railroad” while putting hours on your engines, which by the way are very nice along with your bridges. You need to seriously think about some dioramas that incorporate both your truck collection and engine collection and get pictures of it up as soon as possible.
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Nice additions. There is a rr truss bridge that crosses the Mongahelia river near Charleroi,Pa. Rt 70 parallels it,I've seen slow moving diesels going across, it I could say Wheeling and Lake Erie units but cant remember.
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Claus,
Are you running DCS or conventional control?
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RMS Models wrote:Claus,
Are you running DCS or conventional control?
I'm just running Conventional. These locomotives are Conventional, TMCC, Legacy or Bluetooth ready but I'm not there yet. Years ago I used TMCC, when you run a system like that you run the transformer wide open and there is a small wire going to the TMCC receiver, that small wire came off on me once I panicked and I had a big train wreck. My trains are 7' off the floor, it's not so easy to react to something like that. After that I have just stuck to Conventional.
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SDBOB wrote:Nice additions. There is a rr truss bridge that crosses the Mongahelia river near Charleroi,Pa. Rt 70 parallels it,I've seen slow moving diesels going across, it I could say Wheeling and Lake Erie units but cant remember. My favorite thing about being on Route 70. The ex N&W Speers bridge. 
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Wow!!! Thanks for posting that!
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That looks the bridge in “Unstoppable” right before the big corner, great picture. Now I want to go find episodes of The Adams family so I can watch Gomez crash his trains head on. Claus I do believe you running some of your older engines off your tressel with the 336’ drop would be more impressive than Gomez running his head on. Imagine the dio you could create on your floor of the cleanup needed, engines, trucks, trailers and heavy equipment. You must have old engines that you were going to get rid off, problem solved with a great diorama to follow. Just an idea.
Steve
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Exkvate3140 wrote:That looks the bridge in “Unstoppable” right before the big corner, great picture. Now I want to go find episodes of The Adams family so I can watch Gomez crash his trains head on. Claus I do believe you running some of your older engines off your tressel with the 336’ drop would be more impressive than Gomez running his head on. Imagine the dio you could create on your floor of the cleanup needed, engines, trucks, trailers and heavy equipment. You must have old engines that you were going to get rid off, problem solved with a great diorama to follow. Just an idea.
Steve They never hit the floor Steve but thank for thinking of me.
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Those are beauties. I'd love to get an O-scale loco some time for display. Something high-hood, and either first gen, or second gen EMD. Just so many damn choices.
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Dex wrote:Those are beauties. I'd love to get an O-scale loco some time for display. Something high-hood, and either first gen, or second gen EMD. Just so many damn choices. If you want one for display Atlas O has the most details, but not the most choices.
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