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Subject:	Re: White Pass and Yukon Railway
Newsgroups:	lugnet.trains
Date:	Fri, 19 Jul 2002 21:30:46 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, James Mathis writes: > My wife just got back from a 2 month driving-journey from New Mexico to > Alaska and back. She was kind to acknowledge my passion for modeling trains > as she took a few photos of some trains she saw in Alaska. One of which was > the White Pass and Yukon Railway. Here's a link to the official WPYR site: > http://www.trainweb.com/railfan/ > > Here's a link to my BrickShelf gallery for my models of the WPYR set: > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=21782 > > But, if this link doesn't work, maybe these will: > > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=211717 > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=211718 > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=211719 > > http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/jamathis/Trains/Passenger/WhitePassAndYukon/p1_alaskan_v1.gif > > http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/jamathis/Trains/Passenger/WhitePassAndYukon/v1/p2_alaskan_v1.gif > > http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/jamathis/Trains/Passenger/WhitePassAndYukon/v1/p3_alaskan_v1.gif > > The passenger cars are supposed to be olive-green solid (no yellow striping) > and have dark red/rust colored roof. I got distracted from the prototypical > wagon color scheme by trying a snot striping like Ben B. uses in some of his > building structure walls. > > This attempt at some of the WPYR models is still quite early. I hope to > refine the models and add some other rolling and power stock sometime. > > Thanks for looking. > > later, > James Mathis Another great looking train James. I would love to see how the coaches are constructed. Like how the sides are connected to windows. Also I wasnt able to find any pictures of the real train on the site you provided. Keep up the great work James. Dave

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		White Pass and Yukon Railway
My wife just got back from a 2 month driving-journey from New Mexico to Alaska and back. She was kind to acknowledge my passion for modeling trains as she took a few photos of some trains she saw in Alaska. One of which was the White Pass and Yukon (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jul-02, to lugnet.trains)

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