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Hello all,  Just got back home after over 2 weeks in England, so pardon me if this is not from my layout. Instead, here's one I took at the National Railway Museum, York, England. They have a nice O-gauge two-rail layout. This is a model of the Mallard, the 4-6-2 that set and still holds the world speed record for steam locmotives at 138 mph. The original is also at the museum.

 

B&OBill

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Originally Posted by N.Q.D.Y.:

Welcome back Bill, and thanks for posting a picture of Mallard.  I hope that you had a wonderful time in England.

Thanks, Nicole. We did have a fantastic time. I saw the actual Mallard, of course. An even bigger surprise was having its sister engine, "The Bittern," on our steam excursion trip on the 15th. Several of the Mallard-class are still active. Some are in green paint, but Bittern is blue like Mallard. Here's a photo I took in Plymouth after the locomotive had uncoupled from the train and was headed for service. 

 

I think this would make a fantastic Lionel engine, and is a reminder of the 30's.

 

B&OBill

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Great photo's everyone! I look forward to this thread every week. 

 

Here's a few projects I've been working on the last few weeks. My Dad's favorite road besides the Nickel Plate Road is the Wheeling & Lake Erie. Since there isn't much out there to buy off the shelves, he asked if I could do a couple repaints for him of some Rail King equipment. You all get to see them before he will. I have to wait until Thanksgiving for delivery.  

 

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Originally Posted by dmestan:
Originally Posted by Jumijo:

 

 

Deconstruction of the layout finally began this weekend.

 

 

 


Maybe I missed the story - Jim, why are you taking it down?  Are you planning a new layout?

 

Don

Don, after 7 years, I've had enough of what's there now. Maybe something slightly bigger and a bit more realistic scenery next time. 

New design for the crash pad layout.   It's 6x8.   Designed to show off all the whirring and noise making accessories.   I use three crossovers.   BY using the old trick of wiring certain switch pairs together, the train will take a different route around the loop automatically.   I also include a pic of how I notched  Fastrack transition piece to use with my Bascule bridge.

Still have a few more accessories to place.  Also, a whole bunch of buildings, cars, people, etc.. to fill up the open space.

 

 

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Originally Posted by Michigan & Ohio Valley Lines:
David,
That EMD Demonstrator is outstanding.  Enjoy it!

 Thanks Keith, I have remembered about your SD70M dummy, I'll keep a look out for it at York.



Thanks David! Enjoy the meet.
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