Hi Iain... Another explorer from Planet Railwire, I see...
Lee
Route of the Alpha Jets www.wmrywesternlines.net
From the far, far reaches of the wild, wild west I am: rtpoteet
R. T. POTEET wrote:I don't discount the possibility that you are creating an exageration and using something akin to Code 125 - or larger - rail under an HO Scale locomotive but the locomotive/trackheight relationship under your NS whatever - GP38(?) - gives your scale away as N Scale. Some may have spotted other things but that, to me, was an instant giveaway.
My new layout will feature code 55
HO: The NS covered hopper and the red Fs passing the double headed steam coal drag.
Z: The red and white passenger car, not nearly finished.
N: All the rest.
Thanks for the compliments on the weathering.
Yes, I hate the size of the MTs. I've started using Z couplers on scratchbuilt and kitbashed stuff.
Welcome
Scale: N
The couplers were, for me, the giveaway. There's a red U30CG. As David pointed out, not available in plastic HO. Nice work on the weathering :)
"I like my Pullman Standards & Budds in Stainless Steel flavors, thank you!"
I'd say HO or N, although you'll have to answer something for me, are they all the same scale?
E-5; what do you mean?
to the forum Iain!
Beaufort and Morehead city, NC is a wonderful area to model. Wish I had known about that area before I started building my current layout, it makes for a great railroad prototype. I put together an entry for the Model Railroader Layout Design Contest that did not win, but it was based on modeling that very area.
This is a link to an interactive layout plan that I submitted for the contest, just mouse over the numbered sections to view images for the respective areas:
http://piedmontdivision.rymocs.com/iatp.htm
Ryan BoudreauxThe Piedmont Division Modeling The Southern Railway, Norfolk & Western & Norfolk Southern in HO during the merger eraCajun Chef Ryan
Welcome!
My guess would be N-scale. I recognize the lack of trip pins on the Accumate couplers because they likely fell out.
I also recognize the N-scale Atlas NS GP-38 early version #2001.
welcome !
i'm guessing based on the paint containers in the background of one shot that the models are N scale . it's possible they're Z but i haven't seen enough Z stuff to decide . nice weathering whatever scale they are
Chip
Building the Rock Ridge Railroad with the slowest construction crew west of the Pecos.
- Luke
Modeling the Southern Pacific in the 1960's-1980's
Some nice lookin' cars there. The Norfolk Southern car looks like HO, and most of the rest look like N, with maybe some Z scale, too.
Wayne
Welcome to the board. Some great Photo's and very nice weathering too.
As far as scale? I guess HO would be too easy... so, I will go with the odd ball and say TT? or maybe N?
Best Regards, Big John
Kiva Valley Railway- Freelanced road in central Arizona. Visit the link to see my MR forum thread on The Building of the Whitton Branch on the Kiva Valley Railway
My name is John.
Some of you may know me from other forums (Lee, Dave).
I'll start off with a couple of prototype shots:
The first locomotive sat on Radio Island, between Beaufort and Morehead City, NC, for years. I managed to get a bunch of photos of it before it was scrapped.
The second was probably one of the last Fairbanks Morses left in revenue service. I managed to get a cab ride a week after this photo was taken. We switched a couple of boxcars. It was absolutely awesome. She now resides at the railroad museum at Spencer, NC.
I can probably say that I am one of the few people to walk the entire length of one of the railroads I model, the Beaufort and Morehead. The others are Atlantic and East Carolina and the orginal Norfolk Southern.
Ok, can you guess what scales the following are? (Those that know me, please don't spoil it!)
Conrail covered hopper:
Some Norfolk Southern stuff
Norfolk Southern combine and express boxcar
Freelanced stuff:
Pholl Gual, pronounced Holl Goo-al, is a freelanced steel mill that I had thought about doing
DS4-4-1000
Pholl Gual hopper