Weekend Photo Fun
JULY 13th to 15th, 2018
All Are Welcome!
Here is an opportunity to showcase any recent project or layout progress or to simply post a photo or two of your favorite railroad-related subject.
Among many other little "nit-picking" tasks done this week, I finally got a DCC decoder into the Walthers Sperry Rail Detector Car.
SRS_123c by Edmund, on Flickr
A TCS T1 Decoder tucks nicely into the closet and W.C.
I added two ceiling lights and have them glowing dimly using a 2.7K resistor:
SRS_123b by Edmund, on Flickr
My first Sperry car had the belt drive and didn't run very smoothly. I've since bought a replacement and swapped the interior which was cast alloy in the earlier one. Not that I really need extra weight but they were identical so... why not?
SRS_123 by Edmund, on Flickr
I need to do a little "caulking" around that headlight. It is glued in crooked from the factory and I hate to mess it up by prying it out
Regards, Ed
Ed, thanks for starting us out and a nice looking car, again glad I still use good old two wires to hook up my trains!
Managed to get some work done and continued on with other projects.
An old MDC Railbox style Gon I picked up in a grabbag of car kits, I removed the cast on grabs and replaced them with wire grabs. Painted the car with Scalecoat II Black and lettered with Herald King Decals (the only ones that sort of fit that car). Prototype was built in 1980 for general service, I stuck in a Duha Rusted Pipe load to finish it off.
Second ACY Boxcar I have done, cut down a 7' Plug to 6' to match the prototype and pulled a 9' YSD out of the scrap box to finish off the car. Painted with Scalecoat II Reefer Yellow and Black Paints, then lettered with Greg Komar Decals. Different from the other car I did, I left it in the 1964 as delivered state with full height ladders and a roof walk. Cars were used in transporting tires to assembly plants and lumber to various locations.
Work in progress is the Canadian Grain Hopper where I am installng the roofwalk supports (a real PITA). Also working on a Branchline Berwik Boxcar Kit, still have to install the Hennessy Door Opener and a plate to place the placard.
Thanks for looking!
Now on to the good stuff!
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!
Nice work, Ed and Rick!
I've been messing around with my version of On2. I'm using Sn3 trucks with a car I built from styrene. By using the Sn3 stuff, this scales out to 27" in O scale. I built the car following a plan in the NG&SLG years ago. The plywood side appealed to me because it looked like a home-built car. My wife named the figure "Van", after Vanna, since he was my model in the few narrow gauge articles that I have written.
I am going to keep moving forward with this. I am happy with it so far.
Chuck - Modeling in HO scale and anything narrow gauge
Ed .... Thanks for starting teh thread, and your decoder installation looks very good.
Rick ... More great freight cars: CNW Gon and ACY Boxcar. Covered hopper work in prgress. ..
Chuck ..... Very nice little boxcar !
Here are few Burlington Zephyr shots.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Earlier this week, I did a bit of railfanning at Boothbay Railway Village. We just received a new (to us) 2 ft gauge diesel switcher. It had been built in the mid 50s for industrual use, but fits in well with the scale of our vintage passenger equipment. SHown here passing by Thorndike Station and the engine shed
George In Midcoast Maine, 'bout halfway up the Rockland branch
Between layouts but here is a shot before my last layout was torn down:
Rio Grande. The Action Road - Focus 1977-1983
Hi all,
ED- Nice install. Good luck with the headlight.
Rick- Nice work. Nice touch with the grab irons. I always manage to lose things like that while trying to install them.
Chuck- Great job. Hope Van can show us some more of your work
Garry- Beautiful shots as always!
George- Thats an awesome little swithcher!
riogrande5761- Great photo. I love a shot of a long string of hoppers. Looking forward to seeing the next layout.
I have been continuing work on the small rocky section of my layout. Most of the basic scenery is installed. I printed a picture I took to stand in as the backdrop until the boss allows it in the budget I still need to make some detailed trees, add in some more final touches to the rockwork and portals, and paint the fascia.
Adam Thompson Model Railroading is fun!
Garry, I love seeing your layout. Always bright and clear photos.
George, Love the engine and it does fit well with the passenger car.
Jim, I'm sure your new layout will look just as good!
Adam, The rocks look great!
Thanks everyone for the compliments.
Ed: Thank you for starting Weekend Photo Fun for us. The Sperry car is awesome. I do not have any MOW equipment at all for the STRATTON & GILLETTE. Maybe when I get the next layout up and running.
Rick: Great modeling efforts as always. I also have a few Duha loads. They are the best way to get a good looking load super fast. They have quite an assortment of rusty pipes. The ACY yellow boxcar looks good as well.
Chuck: I absolutely love the little boxcar. I saved the image into my idea file for future projects.
Garry: The Zephyr sure looks great on you bridge. That is my favorite shot of the set.
George: I would love to see the operator scrunched into that little locomotive. The cab sure does not look roomy at all.
Rio Grande: Nice to see the old layout. I do not have a single picture of my last layout, not one. I wish I took a few.
Adam: Love the rocks, and I love the B&O Timesaver boxcar. For some reason that is one of my favorites.
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I finished this little Manchester Central gondola this week. I tried to put a little color in the load so it was not just a sea of rust. It isn't like they strip the paint off the scrap before they load it. The scrap load is an older Chooch resin casting.
I don't remember who manufactured this kit, sorry about that.
This is the "sister" of this Manchester Central boxcar I finished and posted this picture of a few weeks ago.
Keep the pictures and updates coming! Happy Weekend!
-Kevin
Living the dream.
SeeYou190George: I would love to see the operator scrunched into that little locomotive. The cab sure does not look roomy at all.
The engineer sits sideways. I have not had a chance to look inside the cab yet
G PaineWe just received a new (to us) 2 ft gauge diesel switcher. It had been built in the mid 50s for industrual use, but fits in well with the scale of our vintage passenger equipment.
How cool is that?!!!!! A critter with the engine exposed just like my HOn30 wee beastie in my avatar. I always thought that I was taking a bit of license by building it with the engine open to view. Like many have said, "there is a prototype for everything".
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
SeeYou190Keep the pictures and updates coming! Happy Weekend!
Gladly! Great stuff going on here, Folks! Thank you.
Here's a little detail item that HAS to be part of every NYC E, F and Alco nose. The MU receptacle that nearly always has the door sticking up from the wind blowing it open.
NYC_1607_nose_edited-1 by Edmund, on Flickr
It would be like seeing Cindy Crawford without her beauty mark.
I also dirtied-up the windshield except where the wipers clean it off.
NYC_1607_sm-1 by Edmund, on Flickr
Here's an example (the locomotive, not Ms. Crawford)
http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/nyc/nyc1617a05.jpg
Another modification I finished was to move one of the air reservoirs onto the hood of this RS-2 (should be an RS-3 but that's for another day)
NYC_8209 by Edmund, on Flickr
Some of the steam-generator equipped RS-3s had extra water tanks that forced one of the air reservoirs to the roof.
https://i0.wp.com/digitalrailartist.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/NYC-8344.jpg
Great stuff, folks! Thanks for the contributions!
Cheers, Ed
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
great stuff everyone, probably my favorite thread here
heres what I've got. A little departure from my usual Wheeling Roster I know, but it has a place on the fleet list
Started as an undecorated walthers kIt.
(My Model Railroad, My Rules)
These are the opinions of an under 35 , from the east end of, and modeling, the same section of the Wheeling and Lake Erie railway. As well as a freelanced road (Austinville and Dynamite City railroad).
George ... Thanks for sharing a photo of the 2' guage switcher.
Rio Grande .... Nice photo of the former layout..
Adam .... Thanks very much for your comment..... Your mountain scene looks great.
Chuck ... Your kind remarks are appreciated.
Kevin ..... Thank you for commenting on my photos .... Your freight cars look very nice.
Ed ... Great looking details on your NYC locomotives.
Bear ... LOL
Jimmy .... The NS coil steel car looks great.
Ed, Thanks for the WPF start-up and piquing my curiousity as I found the story behind your Sperry car quite interesting.
Couldn't help but think of the famous "Dead End Kids" when doing this little scene.
Thanks to all the contributors, have a great weekend, regards, Peter
http://s244.photobucket.com/user/cjham/media/20180709_225227.jpg.html?sort=3&o=1
Unsure if this works as its being awhile but new area redeveloped and under construction
Magnum019Unsure if this works
Works better this way.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
Magnum019Unsure if this works as its being awhile but new area redeveloped and under construction
Copy the IMG link from PB and the image will show in your post
Kevin- Nice touch with the paint in the gondola load. Looks awesome.
Ed- That windshield looks about like my truck’s right now nice job.
Jimmy- Great work with the coil car
Peter- Love the way the road looks. Nice graffiti too
Magnum019- Good luck with the rebuild. Looking forward to seeing your progress
Thanks for organizing the WPF again, plus all the interesting offerings.
This week I took on another item lurking in the closet, an Alpine Division Scale Models lumber rack & office combo. A bit time consuming, I really enjoyed building the rack and the way it is open to see much of the detail. I can't say I have become a fan of the paper walls on the rack and office, preferring laser cut or styrene. But I buy structures that I like, so have taken on a variety of materials.
You can see a curved line at grade where I re-cut the cookie cutter trackside upslope. The way things were, there was not much room on the trackside upslope nor the lower (flat) roadside section for more structures. So I cut some of the upslope on the track side and lowered that area, providing a larger lower space this side of the existing road. The truck is sitting on the former upslope piece. Next up is a Grandt Line feed & seed to be a neighbor of the lumber rack.
IMG_0831 (2) by Paul Ahrens, on Flickr
Paul
Modeling HO with a transition era UP bent
I think I might be late to the party but here's a updated photo of my Super Gondola project.
Steve
If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough!
NWP SWPI think I might be late to the party
Not at all... we MRRs party well into Monday morning!
I see some Bear Paws on one of my photos ! Bears don't do windows but they will gladly empty your picknick basket!
Thanks to all the contributors for a Super WPF! Looking forward to next weekend!
Great Stuff, Everyone!
Good stuff here gents and I am a bit late for this party, but, what the heck.
Here are some items I recently completed for our club ops:First off, a reconditioned Athearn double sheeted boxcar with roof hatches fer loading both grain and later grain chaff.
Second, a brand new style of car for newsprint loading on the RR, an Athearn 50', outside braced puppy.
The third puppy is a repainted, scratchbuilt, 50' wood chip gon fer carrying chips to our North Powder paper mill.
Tanker Toad,
Been a while. Nice models you did for the club. the Red MH car looks like a modified ExactRail woodchip car? BTW, I had lunch with my dad, now 88, and he was wearing his KC135 strato tanker shirt. Blast from the past. The USAF sure has changed since those days.
Nice to see the old layout. I do not have a single picture of my last layout, not one. I wish I took a few.
@Kevin, I didn't take any pictures of my previous layout and only have the track plan for it; I had photo's of my grad school garage layout but they are in the attic of my ex's house so not sure if I'll ever get those back. Now with smart phones, I decided on the last layout to take quite a few pictures during construction progress. The planned layout is on hold until the basement can get finishing work done first. To that end I bought house wire and boxes to get the power outlets installed and next Sunday will have 40 sheets of drywall delivered. Hoping to have that done by this fall.
the Red MH car looks like a modified ExactRail woodchip car?
Well, the wood chip gon is actually scratch built and well done I might add by a former club member and is a scale 50' long.
Loved navigatin' the ol' Stratobladder, but with so many changes since 1990, I probably couldn't even tell ya how to fire one up.......
tankertoad70 the Red MH car looks like a modified ExactRail woodchip car?
The side bracing looks very similar to the E-R car, which apparently is finally going to be re-run. Being an SP fan I wouldn't mind having at least one. I expect they won't be cheap however.