I'll start off with a blast from the past courtesy of Mark, one of my neighbors who knows all about local estate sales and who happens to also know Dale Jenkins, guru of all things Illinois Terminal. Mark has a batch of slides left from a 30-year past estate sale of a local travel agent, Mrs. Brome, who was an Illinois Terminal fan. I'll show one of these to give you a taste of what you will likely see produced some day by the IT Historical Society. This is, we believe, a scene from East St. Louis, sometime in the early 1950s.
The slides are a mx of scenes from all over the IT in the decade or so before the wires came down. There's also some CB&Q and other lines. A nice set of slides that needs preservation.
With the weather turning better, I got out on the patio this week to bring the Tincup & Telluride back from its winter hibernation. Thanks to my contractor, Rick's Equitable Engineering and Salvage, I was able to rebuild the sharp curves that plagued efficient operaton on the main.
At the north end of the line, track was realigned and lots of ballast laid.
I didn't get much modeling done, but hope to get back to some HOn3 passenger cars in the next few days. Looking forward to seeing what's on your bench this week.
Mike Lehman
Urbana, IL
Thanks for that BLAST from the past, Mike! Thanks for setting up the last WPF of April (seems more like February around my area, though!). That is sure a neat slide! Lots of activity. That's a really cozy looking place to sit and sip a favorite beverage and watch the Tincup & Teluride trains roll by.
I kept going on the PRR Electric DD1 project. I sure get distracted easily — I really should be finishing up the roundhouse .
While I had the airbrush warmed up I decided to prep and shoot a couple of cabin cars I had on hand waiting for the paint shop.
PRR_DD1_ND by Edmund, on Flickr
Thats an NDa and an N5. The former was converted from a four-wheel bobber.
PRR_DD1_red by Edmund, on Flickr
It may be hard to discern but the window sash has one coat of brighter red which I'll have to mask before the PRR Dark Green goes on. I also drilled out the headlights and installed micro-LEDs in there.
That's a wrap for me, oh, yeah — I found an old magazine with the inside view of a DD1 that is pretty neat:
PRR_DD1_view by Edmund, on Flickr
On to more great stuff, Folks!
Cheers, Ed
Good morning from cloudy and cool Northeast Ohio!
Thanks for starting us out Mike, both with your old photo and the start of your outdoor layout for the season, like Ed it is still Februrary out here.
Ed, you sure work fast, I don't get half the work done that you do. Think I'll bring my Pennsy Brass Cabin Cars over for you to paint!!!
I managed to get a couple of cars done this week:
Two more Athearn 4 Bay AAR Hopper Cars that I added for the B&O as the car matches their W-2 class exactly. Both were painted with Scalecoat II Black Paint and lettered with decals I acquired from Ed Saurers from the B&O Modeling Group. The top car was the interim paint scheme of the late 40's with the 13 Great State Capital Dome marking prior to the mid-50's Giant B&O.
I also have been working on my PC G47 Gondola.
Here I have added all the plastic to the cross beams to replicate the I beams used in fabricating the frames. In front are the Tichy components that have been drilled out to facilitate adding the wires to replicate the air lines of the brake system.
Here are the Air Reservoir, ABD Valve, Brake Cylinder, and Retainer Valve all installed along with all the relevant piping.
Thanks for looking!
Rick Jesionowski
Rule 1: This is my railroad.
Rule 2: I make the rules.
Rule 3: Illuminating discussion of prototype history, equipment and operating practices is always welcome, but in the event of visitor-perceived anacronisms, detail descrepancies or operating errors, consult RULE 1!
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
Mike L .... Your outdorr RR looks fun.
Ed ... The red actually looks good on the DD1
Rick .... The B&O hoppers look great. Your brake details on the gondola are amazing.
Bear ... Interesting photo of American model railroad club.
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Here are my Genesis GP7's.... #252 was equipped with Tsunami sound at the factory. ... #210 was DCC, and I converted it to Tsunami sound in the past couple of days. The DCC instalation was much moredifficult than I expected.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Heartland Division CB&QEd ... The red actually looks good on the DD1
I believe they were delivered in an oxide red. Tuscan ? — I can't say for sure. In later years I believe the roof was painted with an insulating paint like GE Glyptal which is nearly identical to Tuscan and the carbody Dark Green Locomotive Paint.
PRR_DD1_penn by Edmund, on Flickr
Thank you, everyone! Great stuff... Ed
Nice work everyone. I'm pretty much done with my HOn30 diesel project. I posted a "work-in-progress" picture a few weeks ago showing how I combined an N scale Bachmann switcher with a Funaro & Camerlengo kit (HOn3). Since then, I added a few details, including a winch in the front, and gave it a coat of paint.
The picture below is artificially set in my incompleted yard - the mining scene is not even started yet. To give a sense of the size of the loco, the second shot shows it next to an MDC oldtime 2-8-0...
Enjoy your weekend! Simon
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Thanks to everyone for the kind comments!
Ed, The DDs and cabooses are coming along nicely.
Rick, That gon kit looks like a great deal of fun.
Garry, Those Geeps look tough.
Simon, Love that little switcher!
Bear wrote:
Gidday Mike, thanks for getting WPF under way, it’s good to see people persevering history. Not sure about the easement of the curves on the Tincup & Telluride though, it may just encourage the “Startled Hares” driver to try for Warp Factor 8.5!!Ick!
Yeah, it was really neat to see those slides, plus to know they're going to someone who can give them the attention they deserve and make them available to railfans.
Watch your PM, I'll send a few more views. I've twice lost a letter in draft to finish that last reply due to random machine issues. I figure if I stick mostly to pics I may have a chance of getting it out in the next couple of days - finally.
Will keep an eye on the Hare's driver, as speed will be a temptation. The mechnical super keeps threatening to put the dashboard cam back into the Hare, which could yield some revealing pics.
My assistant, Wally, helped me get some good pics. He stayed out of the way of the Hare, who needs all the luck it can get just to keep schedule.
The Hare at Chasm Trestle at the crest of Graveyard Hill.
Then comes the climb up Pain Hill...
The extra track allowed reinsallation of the mine spur in its original position, so I can anticipate the resulting mine structure I had planned for here once again, It'll be huuuuge.
Here's a piece of rolling stock the contractor left behind... (Thanks, Rick!)
With that, I better head for the barn.
This week I completed 2 more buildings for Boothbay Railway Village. They are actually a kitbash from one kit, a Walthers Parking Garage. They are at the top of the grade on the right side of the layout.
The Parking Garage kit is actually a nice Art Deco motor hotel. I made the back and sides of the kit into an apartment building that hides the main line on the grade
The front wall of if the kit is a building flat against the wall
Both need additional scenery work around them, but there is so much that can be done in one day...
George In Midcoast Maine, 'bout halfway up the Rockland branch
Great start to WPF Mike. Thanks for the 'blast from the past' too. I like your garden railway. I'm going to look into one for my back yard.
Ed - The electric loco project looks good. The last image, I assume a print from somewhere, is really nice.
Rick - Great cars as usual. I have a thing for the Athearn 4-bay hoppers and buy them when I see them at shows.
Bear - Cool picture.
Garry - Love the Burlington locos.
Mike L - You don't see many black cougars like the one in your photo!
George - Your buildings looking good.
A little AMTRAK action from the BRVRR. I dug out part of the AMTRAK train to work on a derailing issue. The photo was taken after the repair. No issues now.
Keep the photos and ideas coming guys. Thanks to you Weekend Photo Fun is always the best thread of the week.
Remember its your railroad
Allan
Track to the BRVRR Website: http://www.brvrr.com/
BRVRREd - The electric loco project looks good. The last image, I assume a print from somewhere, is really nice.
Allan, I discovered this huge collection of scanned trade magazines and other publications. absolutely fascinating information here.
The image came from a June, 1916 issue that I came across looking for information about steam generators used on the DD1s. I can not confirm that they were ever installed.
https://archive.org/search.php?query=electric%20railway%20journal
Once you get the hang of searching through these archives you can find tons of neat information!
Good Luck, Ed
Since the run from Penn Station to Manhattan Transfer was only ten miles, Pennsy felt that steam heating was not necessary, nor worth the cost. The first steam generators were in the P5a's, copied from a unit in a hotel somewhere in Canada.
Dave
Just be glad you don't have to press "2" for English.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQ_ALEdDUB8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hqFS1GZL4s
http://s73.photobucket.com/user/steemtrayn/media/MovingcoalontheDCM.mp4.html?sort=3&o=27
steemtraynSince the run from Penn Station to Manhattan Transfer was only ten miles, Pennsy felt that steam heating was not necessary, nor worth the cost.
This article:
https://archive.org/stream/generalelectricr17gene#page/870/mode/2up
Mentions the purchase of ten GE 650 volt, 412 Kw, DC flash boilers for use in the Electrified Zone. Part of the article describing the operation is here:
PRR_GE_flash by Edmund, on Flickr
Although I don't have any significant evidence that any were ever installed in the DD-1s.
Thank You, Ed
It is 11:55 by my clock, barely any time to get into Weekend Photo Fun.
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I am getting in just by the wire as I type this!
I finished this car earlier this week. It is built from a very old (light blue box) Funaro and Camerlengo kit.
I spent the weekend in Daytona Beach. Just got home, and entered this as fast as I could!
I hope it was a happy weekend for all!
-Kevin
Living the dream.