Picture showing 3.5" gauge, 5" gauge, and 7.25" gauge?

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Picture showing 3.5" gauge, 5" gauge, and 7.25" gauge?

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I am working on something and would love a picture showing 3.5" gauge, 4.75"/5" gauge, and 7.25/7.5" gauge trains in the same shot. Can be taken here in the State or somewhere in the UK or Europe, but it would be helpful for a project I am working on. Can anyone provide one?

Thanks.
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Re: Picture showing 3.5" gauge, 5" gauge, and 7.25" gauge?

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Assume you are ignoring 2.5" gauge...

Think I can come up with something at PLS at the picnic in july.

All the gauges you ask about are around the turntable...including the one you did not ask about.
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Re: Picture showing 3.5" gauge, 5" gauge, and 7.25" gauge?

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The more, the merrier! Thanks Bill.
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Re: Picture showing 3.5" gauge, 5" gauge, and 7.25" gauge?

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Bill,
Any luck with the picture?
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not this week...did not take 2.5" gauge loco with me...and, there were no 3.5" gauge locos there at all...do the 'photo op' was a bust...sorry...

Maybe in August...
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That's okay.
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Re: Picture showing 3.5" gauge, 5" gauge, and 7.25" gauge?

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Too bad you didn't get to the recent meet at the St. Croix Railroad. There were all three gauges there, all in steam. Of course, there was 4-3/4" instead of 5" gauge. FLLS will have both 4-3/4" and 7-1/4" running this weekend at their track. I'll be running 4-3/4" steam.
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Well, like you I live in NY... not Minnesota.
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Hi Benjamin,

Yes, as you can see from my avatar, I do not live in Minnesota either. The St.Croix RR is actually in Wisconsin. So, I drove there. Split the drive in two and got there in two days. Ran my steamer for 3 of the 4 days. Got to meet Marty Knox, real nice and knowledgeable fellow. It was a great event.

Was so cool to see the smaller gauges running on the high line, there was even a Shay and a loco for the 2-1/2" gauge track.

If you want a photo, you will probably have to do it yourself. Photo opps are out there. Most people running locos usually do not take very many photos themselves, especially if they are running a steamer.

Take a break, you should get out more often! Hope to see you at FLLS!
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Re: Picture showing 3.5" gauge, 5" gauge, and 7.25" gauge?

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I think I could arrange this at St. Croix, if I can get a steamer of each size to remain stationary in the station, or simply arrange some cold engines on an off weekday.
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Great! Thanks.
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Re: Picture showing 3.5" gauge, 5" gauge, and 7.25" gauge?

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Are you looking for 3/4, 1" and 1 1/2" scale, or 3.5/5/7.x gauge? I can do gauge items, but not scale.
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