Let's get the weekend started - just one sub shot and then a few of my adventure yesterday!









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why ould someone jump out of a perfectly good airplane?

MUNI Melbourne Car 496 on the Embarcadero.





Breda LRV 1467 on the private R.O.W. at Church & 20th.





PCC 1059 in Boston Elevated colors on the Embarcadero





Type 8 3800 on Commonwealth Ave., near Boston University



Enjoy,
Lee

Chris, that takes some coglioni!

Lee

Zach

Muy grande cahones, senor. WOW, good for you, Chris. But to risk it all having not yet completing your dream subway layout, and knowing that the Transit Modelers Convention at Rutgers is coming up, like, tomorrow?

But seriously, that looks like a HELLUVA lotta fun!!!!

Steve VP

Nice stuff guys and Chris what can I say but wow. Very impressive dude. As for me I'll stick to subways and trains. My cahones are more O scale when it comes to skydiving.

can you duplicate those street tracks on 3 rail? I LOVE the F line when I visit my cousin in SF.

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why would someone jump out of a perfectly good airplane?

Gee, I don't know...I used to do it for a living (101st Airborne).

But congrats to Chris for making that jump. There's nothing quite like that feeling, is there, Chris?

Some gorgeous shots here by Zach and Lee, as well! I sure do miss riding those various trolleys in San Francisco, Lee--something I used to do several times a year.

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Originally posted by Pelham Express:
can you duplicate those street tracks on 3 rail? I LOVE the F line when I visit my cousin in SF.

I'm using SuperStreets with D-21 curves on the layout I'm building.
Foamboard, from Michael's or A.C. Moore, is 3/16" thick and matches
the height of the SS roadway, to make your streets wider. ETS also
makes great looking 3-rail track, but the curves are very tight.

Lee

A few shots from last weekend's visit to Toronto:









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Subway

Street Cars


Choose View Album after accessing these to see more - including scenes of the quaint village of Unionville which was on the way to George's Trains Store in Markham.


Tom

quote:

I'm using SuperStreets with D-21 curves on the layout I'm building.

Lee: Do you know a good source for those D-21 curves? I need a bunch of them, and have had no luck finding them at York or locally. They appear to be scarcer than hens' teeth these days.

Chris...Incredible....I give you a lot of credit. If that was me, well, you could throw those pants away!

That's not that Australian lady on the platform with that stroller. Nooooo not her again!!

so THATS where all those bogus subway shots in movies come from!!

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Originally posted by Allan Miller:

quote:

I'm using SuperStreets with D-21 curves on the layout I'm building.

Lee: Do you know a good source for those D-21 curves? I need a bunch of them, and have had no luck finding them at York or locally. They appear to be scarcer than hens' teeth these days.

Allan,

Last week, I purchased D-21s from modeltrainsareus via EBay.
Price was $2.99/section, which I thought was a little steep.
But I needed them now to keep my project going. Service was
prompt and efficient.

K-Line is scheduled to receive more in December, according to
its website.

Lee

In order to make these M-7's run correctly, I had to modify the short power truck wire,add 2 fishing line lead sinkers behind the front and oil every moving part.
The motor car is to light causing the front wheels to jump the track at random.
The motor car still shakes even by itself.

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K-Line is scheduled to receive more [SuperStreets D-21 curves] in December, according to its website.

I certainly hope so! Thanks for the info!

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Originally posted by Pelham Express:
why ould someone jump out of a perfectly good airplane?

It wasn't perfectly good - it had this huge hole in the side. Plus I didn't know what I was doing and everyone else on the plane that did know bailed out. I was the last one so figured I better go too.

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In order to make these M-7's run correctly, I had to modify the short power truck wire,add 2 fishing line lead sinkers behind the front and oil every moving part.
The motor car is to light causing the front wheels to jump the track at random.
The motor car still shakes even by itself.

Sounds like it's time to request a refund!

I noticed my Metro North M7 was real unstable too. Shook quite a bit side to side going on a simple loop. But at least its got all of its wheels and running now.

Nice pics everyone!

Prairie