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Thanks Erik.

 

I've lived in Denver and Ft Collins and Durango and graduated from CSU.  Your pictures and videos of the modular layout and the activities at Tim's -- and on top of all this good stuff -- having the best model railroad store in the known civilized universe, Caboose Hobbies -- are making me want to come back to the Front Range.  Now if I can just convince my wife!!

 

Is there any realistic hope that the Colorado Midland will be resurrected in any reasonable timeframe?

 

What brand is the black ABBA set of Rio Grande F units?  My guess is Atlas O?

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Originally Posted by Austin Bill:

       

Thanks Erik.

 

I've lived in Denver and Ft Collins and Durango and graduated from CSU.  Your pictures and videos of the modular layout and the activities at Tim's -- and on top of all this good stuff -- having the best model railroad store in the known civilized universe, Caboose Hobbies -- are making me want to come back to the Front Range.  Now if I can just convince my wife!!

 

What brand is the black ABBA set of Rio Grande F units?  My guess is Atlas O?


       



Yeah I think they are Atlas. Hey thanks for the great words!
Originally Posted by Austin Bill:

       
Erik, Maybe I asked the wrong question before.  What camera and type of lighting do you use when rendering those high quality photos of those beautiful individual engines and cars on the COS website and your many posts of same over time?  Certainly not an iPhone as at the meet?

Great stuff on the website.

       


Oh those-- ;-)

Yeah NOT an iPhone. Hahahah

That is rather Complex to explain in one post.

Nikon D3S, D800 a variety of excellent ED class level glass and my studio lighting in a spare bedroom. I will elaborate later ok.imageimage

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This is our "branch line" tight radius and slow orders. Maximum speed limit 35 smph. The radius is 54" super elevation.




Originally Posted by Dennis210:

       

Erie, thanks for posting the videos and the progress of the overpass....You did an excellent job....Do you know the curve diameter that your friend has on his layout....I see that he ran 80' flatcars...

 

Thanks Dennis


       

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As I move along I am now going to start building the small community to the right of the highway. Time is tight these days for me. I would have been on this far more frequently if not for a 8 month old around the house.

I've been building structures mostly Berkshire Valley and scratch built for the town. John is building extensions for the modules. I will pass all this along in the coming installments.

I've really enjoyed seeing "a little street running" and it has inspired me to get rolling on Johnstowne on the LTN! imageimage

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Ya know, we all probably have some trains in our past that we should have paid more attention to. Well, please allow me to provide a bit of a heads up.........those 3 Amtrak GE locomotives (sorry, don't know their names - I'm essentially a steam man) and the Superliner train, are just gorgeous! Might be time to grab some photos of the prototypes while they are still in service; I have noticed that they are starting to look a bit shabby.

If I were a little kid seeing this display, I would have o scale railroad spikes shooting out of my ears! Truly cool!

 

Originally Posted by Rick Bacon:

       

Saw you guys at the show today.  Looking good!  Who did you anger to get stuck back there?  There was plenty of space out among the inferior scales!  I guess, having displayed at a few shows (60 or 70?) back in my single days, I can appreciate the solitude of a quiet corner!

 

Like I said, good looking modules and models!  Well done!


       



Thanks Rick sorry I missed this post.
Originally Posted by Erik C Lindgren:
Thanks guys-

It was a heavily kit-bashed Rix HO kit. I think the railings are just about right for o scale. No bad at all.
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I remember when those first came out in HO scale.   They are perfect for WPA era road bridges and are very common here in PA even today.  The ends of the bridge contain a bronze keystone with the year of the building. 

When I saw your model I was thinking how just one panel would make a perfect rural road bridge over a small stream that would be perfect from the 30s right up to today.

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