Ok,I'm a day late and a dollar short ,but our electric went out yesterday and the gerbil almost had cardiac arrest trying to get me enough power to post this yesterday.
Ok,now that the bull is out of the way this is a pic of my Big Blue CSX boxcar.It is Z scale if any of you are curious .
Great to see all the great work. I was preoccupied this weekend, but did make it to the train show in Ogden. Started work on a LaBelle tank car Sunday evening, so I may have pictures next week.
I've got to pass kudos on to mcfunkeymonkey; This bridge is outstanding. When I first saw the picture I assumed it was HO scale, but to see that you built it this crisply in N scale - I'm impressed! I hope you'll post more pictures of your work and I'd sure like to see this bridge again, installed on your layout.
mcfunkeymonkey
Phil, I'm not a rocket scientist; they are my students.
Could you use micro sol or micro set to loosen them up a bit for you? Or do you think they got sealed with clear?
alco's forever!!!!! Majoring in HO scale Minorig in O scale:)
rs2mike I am sooooo jealous. I have saved a pic of the engine so I can recreate it for my layout. How does it run? It looks great hope you enjoy . Did you say it had ernst gearing in it as well? MIke
I am sooooo jealous. I have saved a pic of the engine so I can recreate it for my layout. How does it run? It looks great hope you enjoy . Did you say it had ernst gearing in it as well?
MIke
Mike, the current chassis is not the one that came with the engine. That one was an old 1970's era chassis with metal trucks and the old open style motor. The replacement was from a switch engine I already had which got dropped and damaged.
Wish me luck on removing the "16" and "Pacific" on the other side. The decals are on tight.
The Cedar Branch & Western--The Hillbilly Line!
An excellent use of $3 Chuck, that is a GREAT scene. Especially the second shot.
Thanks Crandell and Loathar...
Karl.
Heartland Division CB&QThere are lots of great, inspiring pictures this weekend. (too many to name. ) Thanks to all who shared their work!
There are lots of great, inspiring pictures this weekend. (too many to name. ) Thanks to all who shared their work!
ditto. unfortunately, I have none to post this weekend, though I may get around to getting some of my ballasting work on the shelf layout this week.
Sawyer Berry
Clemson University c/o 2018
Building a protolanced industrial park layout
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Quite a few great photos on here this weekend!
It has been some time since I last stepped foot into the layout room and did some work, so today, I made time and here are the results of my first ever scratchbuilding project - a pair of trestle bents:
In this scene, the photo is supposed to show the foliage and trees in the small foreground hill that is behind the cars....I added the shrubs and underbrush about a month ago.
Don Z.
Research; it's not just for geeks.
Again another weekend of some great modeling. Here's my entry. The caboose was one of those old throw down bachmann offerings from the 70's when Bachmann was a bad word. I purchased it at the train show in San Antonio 3 weeks ago for a mere $3.00. It's now a dilapidated yard office in Marfa Texas. A place you could call "right in the middle of nowhere"....chuck
Here are some of the paint schemes used by the Pittsburg and Shawmut on their SW9's.
This is an Atlas O scale model of a P&S loco. I'll have to look for a good picture of the SW9's with this paint scheme.
This was the "bloody nose" paint scheme.
In 1975/76 the Shawmut's SW9's all got Bicentennial paint schemes, new names and numbers. They did one caboose in the red, white and blue scheme also.
What I have noticed is that the three stripes that wrap around the hood seen to have been a factory paint scheme.
Robert H. Shilling II
rs2mike dragenrider I was bidding on one just like this a couple weeks ago on ebay. It was almost done and had Pacific on the one side and 16 for the number I think. Did you win this?
dragenrider
rs2mike, yes, it is the same one from eBay. It appears that I was your competition.
P&Slocal dragenrider Okay, I have seen my fair share of SW9's since the Pittsburg and Shawmut used them as their main locomotive, but I have never seen them with tanks and the box unit on the hood. What is the purpose of those items on a prototype? Nice pics this weekend everyone.
Okay,
I have seen my fair share of SW9's since the Pittsburg and Shawmut used them as their main locomotive, but I have never seen them with tanks and the box unit on the hood.
What is the purpose of those items on a prototype?
Nice pics this weekend everyone.
The box is a dynamic brake. The two long tubes are air reservoirs. Since the logging engines had so many sharp grades the dynamic brakes were used to help hold down the descent speed. Larger air tanks allowed the loco to have bigger fuel tanks underneath and also gave more compressed air for frequent brake applications.
As seen on the website "Abandoned Railroads of the Northwest" at http://www.brian894x4.com/GeorgiaPacificCoosBayRR.html
Great modeling and photos again this week everyone. Keep up the good work!
Jerrell, I love the P-51. I've though of doing something similar with a light plane, but motorized. Decided against it as it would always be in the way. Your method is better.
Selector, I love your "monster" photo. A vision like that would give anyone pause.
The track work and scenery this week are inspiring. I have a lot to do to reach the level of skill shown here this week.
I spent a couple of hours putting electrical pick-ups on the tender of my Bachmann Niagara yesterday. It had developed a tendency to skip lately. Not sure if it just wearing out or if there is some other problem. A detailed inspection found nothing obvious.
Here is NYC Niagara #6015 as it rounds the curve in front of the Farmer's Union Elevator with a short passenger train of heavyweight cars and express on the Black River Valley layout. This was a test run for the new tender pick-ups. I'm happy to report the 'skip' is gone.
Keep up the good work guys. this is the best thread of the week and I aways find it inspiring.
Remember its your railroad
Allan
Track to the BRVRR Website: http://www.brvrr.com/
dragenrider I'm sitting in the den watching a spring-time thunderstorm roll into my part of Kansas. The rain is picking up along with the wind, thunder and lightening. The layout is shut down and unplugged. My notebook is free of wires and is sitting in my lap while I browse through the Weekend Photo Fun. Great shots, everyone! My contribution this week is a logging loco plugging along on the Low Gap trestle. The background is finished on this section, but the detailed scenery hasn't been applied yet. I tried to hid this fact by choosing careful camera angles to avoid the bare ground below the trestle. The lack of trees hurts the picture's effect, though. The engine is a heavily modified Athearn with detail parts added. Under the hood is a stock motor with Ernst slow speed gearing. I'm hoping to add a Loksound decoder soon. Have a great ....YIKES! Close lightening! ...weekend everyone. (Insert sound of booming thunder here)
I'm sitting in the den watching a spring-time thunderstorm roll into my part of Kansas. The rain is picking up along with the wind, thunder and lightening. The layout is shut down and unplugged. My notebook is free of wires and is sitting in my lap while I browse through the Weekend Photo Fun. Great shots, everyone!
My contribution this week is a logging loco plugging along on the Low Gap trestle. The background is finished on this section, but the detailed scenery hasn't been applied yet. I tried to hid this fact by choosing careful camera angles to avoid the bare ground below the trestle. The lack of trees hurts the picture's effect, though.
The engine is a heavily modified Athearn with detail parts added. Under the hood is a stock motor with Ernst slow speed gearing. I'm hoping to add a Loksound decoder soon.
Have a great ....YIKES! Close lightening! ...weekend everyone. (Insert sound of booming thunder here)
Looks great though. If you did build it where did you get the square fan on top, and the tanks. I would like one for my logging layout.(when I get to building it.
Ray, let it not be said that thou art a slouch. Anyone who can produce images like yours of a layout like yours is none too shabby!
-Crandell
Nice work on the trackwork/scenery, Ray. That's the look I'm looking for in one of my yards.
Mike
wsdimennaThis is photo of one section that is nearly done. Still missing poles and some lights.
Ray! Nice work Man!! I need to get something like that done in my own layout. Good inspiration. BILL
Wow! Jarrell, Crandall, Grampy,.......... and all the rest, Wow!
I have been working on details in the yard at Hopewell Junction. Looking at some photos of trackage back in the 20s from the Old and Weary (NYO&W) I noticed a lot of weeds and grass growing along the ROW and even between the tracks..... It is starting to look right for the time and place, I hope....
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Correctomundo: Everyone knows that Perry's place has dinosaurs that are still alive. It would not be unusual to have white bones. In fact there was a recent death of a T-Rex not long ago. He has photos to prove it. Don't think it would have had time to age.
This is photo of one section that is nearly done. Still missing poles and some lights.
Bill D
model in O. the Western NY and Ontario Railroad
perry1060George, I shipped all the dino's to Minnesota before Art arrived. I heard they all froze to death! In the spring, this was all that remained
George,
I shipped all the dino's to Minnesota before Art arrived. I heard they all froze to death!
In the spring, this was all that remained
Tyler, your layout is coming along very nicely. You should have some excellent photo ops once it is scenicked and ready to roll.
Karl, it is always a pleasure when you drop in. I really like this last one. I wonder if I could scratch something like that with a little pondering and some weathering. I'll hafta think on it.
ukguy-Gorgeous trees! Nice little structure too! I've been thinking about doing an On30 diorama like that.
Another great HO kit from Walt at http://www.rustystumps.com/
Some great photos this week! Especially loved the photos from Jarrell, Selector, and Grampy!
Here's what I've been working on recently... This was the mostly finished town of Dooley, NH, but then I ripped it all up to start from scratch... All the track is down here; the cork roadbed in the foreground is the road surface (which will be street running). That's the DDWH interchange under the coaling tower, and the boxcar to the right (the gondola and autorack are on the mainline) is on the Agrawal Paper siding.
Perry ... I enjoyed the pix of your highly creative layout and of the visit from Art .
Everyone...thanks for comments yesterday of the piggyback train on the bridge.
Some of the old HO veterans may be interested that the train includes two TTX flat cars I made recently from some very old Quality Craft Kits. The kits may be about 40 years old and are made of wood. They were fun to make although details are less than what you see today on new plastic models. One of the cars is visible in this photo with a PRR trailer and a Burlington trailer.