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#1 Inactive_josh_*

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Posted 10 November 2008 - 12:46 AM

Nov10.....8AM....after a 3 year restoration..Sac Northern's 2-8-0 #2714 is ready for her first run

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at 8;10 AM....josh bearden, steam operator for the Sac Northern slowly pulled his locomotive out of the locomotive workes in Grove city

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as we snap photos of 2714, we happen to get one of the main line units that pull trains over the Sac Northern line


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after throwing the switch...josh moves his locomotive back to the sanding tower to fill her up for the days trip

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soon it was time to head off....with fire man Di'Mario aboard the locomotive makes its way past SN #441

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soon we are stopped at the yard office to pick up the train orders

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Post icon  Posted 10 November 2008 - 12:55 AM

first stop was at the grain storage plant to pick up a boxcar,2 tankers and 2 gons


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next were some empty hopper cars and then it was time to get going

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comeing off the wye, josh and his locomotive have some mowing to get done





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Josh supplys plenty of power as he pulls his train hard up the hill out of grove city


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fire men Di'Mario puts on thick black smoke as the train powers up the hill

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soon the train got out of town and we are able to get a good shot of josh's private boxcar behind his locomotive


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we then left the train while we set up at the grade crossing to wait for #2714 to pass


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more shots and story when i get to them :lol: :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

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Posted 10 November 2008 - 01:26 AM

Nice! Good looking route.

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Posted 10 November 2008 - 01:26 AM

Excellent shots and the loco is a real treat....Vandy tender, my fabourite.

Cheers Bazza

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Posted 10 November 2008 - 01:33 AM

thanks guys.......and she sounds so beautiful in the morning to :lol:

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Posted 10 November 2008 - 01:57 AM

our cameras say fair well to #2714.....we will have to wait for her return trip in the after noon to meet her again


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Posted 10 November 2008 - 01:50 PM

Hello Josh
That's an outstanding set of screenshots. :lol:

Cheers Tony :D

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Posted 10 November 2008 - 11:29 PM

How does one take screenshots in MSTS? Is it built into MSTS? or do I need to go DL Fraps?

And yes, nice looking shots.

Falcus

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Posted 11 November 2008 - 01:50 AM

that afternoon we caught up with 2714 heading back home

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the only stop was to pick up a few loaded boxcars


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then it was on the road again.......




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soon the train passed the refinery and stomped its way up the hill


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we soon crossed over the bridge almost to home

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soon we got home, josh ran his locomotive round the wye and put her away for the night

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sac northern will run this 2-8-0 2 times a week until the line gets 4-6 more locomotives......hope you enjoyed our trip!!!!

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Posted 11 November 2008 - 05:04 AM

View PostFalcus, on Nov 11 2008, 04:29 AM, said:

How does one take screenshots in MSTS? Is it built into MSTS? or do I need to go DL Fraps?

And yes, nice looking shots.

Falcus


Your Print Screen key will take a PCX screen capture in MSTS. It will save the files in the root MSTS directory. If you want to share those, you will have to convert them to JPG format before uploading into a post. If you don't have an image viewing program that will do the conversions, do a search for Infranview. It's a free image viewer/utility program.

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