lets start it off today with some new scenery i made for holloween.
New diesel power on the Seattle & Yakima RR
Bill T.
So we are off and running;
My contribution, pictures of three recent aquisitions, two from Ebay and one from a regional swap meet.
This was an Ebay purchase, basically in good shape but with lots of nicks and scratches that I had to touch up in order to make it presentable.
The B&O car was another story. The vendor warned that there was a certain amount of warpage in the body. Most of which I was able to straighten out, except for the roof. The boxcar doors looked like a couple of kettle-cooked potato chips, and had to be replaced with reproductions. But I think it came out OK.
This car was the swap meet purchase, it's one of only two "Flyonel" that I own. It started life as a vintage 1980's blue ROCK boxcar. I repainted it, planning on backdating it to a 1950's era Rock Island car. Unfortunately I wasn't able to obtain the appropriate decals. I wound up finding this set of Mo Pac dry-transfer decals through Caboose Hobbies in Denver.
I have figured out what is wrong with my brain! On the left side nothing works right, and on the right side there is nothing left!
The latest Weaver flat and trailer from Andy Petersen Supply
My Lionel 2018 & 2035 double headed postwar steam.
Here's what happens when you try to pull too many freight cars. It's called stringlining. I have been able to successfully pull 23 postwar freight cars through tight 027 curves before the stringlining occurs.
David. Very nice layout built using 027 track. I like the extra cross ties that you placed under your track. Great job!
Cobrabob.
Toy Trains, they are not just an adventure, they are a way of life !
Also David, how did you modify your 2018 so that you could doublehead with it? Did you modify the front with a coupler?
Cobrabob8 David. Very nice layout built using 027 track. I like the extra cross ties that you placed under your track.
David. Very nice layout built using 027 track. I like the extra cross ties that you placed under your track.
Thanks! The cross were made out of 1/8" thick masonite hardboard and were cut out on a bandsaw. The natural medium brown color of the hardboard matches the metal ties, so no stain or finish was needed. I applyed a dab of white glue to the back of the ties and slid them under the track, so the ties are attached to the layout and not the track.
Cobrabob8 Also David, how did you modify your 2018 so that you could doublehead with it? Did you modify the front with a coupler? Cobrabob.
Yes, I added a coupler to the front of the 2018. The coupler is attached to a brass strip that is then attached to the underside of the front set of leading trucks. An article on how I did it will be in the December 2010 issue of O Gauge Railroading Magazine (sorry CTT).
Here's a Lionel NYC 4-6-4 hauling a Sunoco oil train.
Altogether, that's 5 tank cars and the Peoria & Eastern RR bay window caboose.
Including the Nascar version... no two of them are identical. The black two-dome version was bought 20 years ago.
Couple shots from my layout...
Charlie a.k.a. MichiganRailRoad714 (Charter Member TTC)
Charlie: Nice looking Depot! Your layout is really shaping up!
Kurt
great photos all and thanks for sharing.
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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That depot really looks sharp, Kurt.
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
stebbycentral The B&O car was another story. The vendor warned that there was a certain amount of warpage in the body. Most of which I was able to straighten out, except for the roof. The boxcar doors looked like a couple of kettle-cooked potato chips, and had to be replaced with reproductions. But I think it came out OK.
Wow, I have never heard of straightening warped plastic carbodies before! How did you do it?
Big CONGRATS to our own Seayak Bill and Raymans for having their pics in this month's CTT.
Stebby - That B&O boxcar has got character. I've seen real ones dinged up worse.
Nice cross-section of photos this week folks. Thanks everyone who shared.
You guys are the best for posting pictures on SPF. My wife came into the room when I was looking at the photos yesterday and for a moment, a very brief moment, she thought on a relative basis that I was deprived.
Dave......those flags on your 2018 look great.
Jack.
IF IT WON'T COME LOOSE BY TAPPING ON IT, DON'T TRY TO FORCE IT. USE A BIGGER HAMMER.
nickaix stebbycentral: The B&O car was another story. The vendor warned that there was a certain amount of warpage in the body. Most of which I was able to straighten out, except for the roof. The boxcar doors looked like a couple of kettle-cooked potato chips, and had to be replaced with reproductions. But I think it came out OK. Wow, I have never heard of straightening warped plastic carbodies before! How did you do it?
stebbycentral: The B&O car was another story. The vendor warned that there was a certain amount of warpage in the body. Most of which I was able to straighten out, except for the roof. The boxcar doors looked like a couple of kettle-cooked potato chips, and had to be replaced with reproductions. But I think it came out OK.
Basically by gluing thick sheets of styrene to the inside of the walls and clamping them until the glue set. The roof, as I said, defeated me. I tried gluing sections of Plastistruct beam material along the hollow section formed by the inside of the roofwalk. But I couldn't get enough consistent pressure across the the whole length of the beam in order to force the roof into proper aligment.
Nice bunch of pictures this week. Thanks for posting.
David - placing heavier cars in the front of the train and lighter cars at the end of the train will reduce the tendancy for stringling.
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