Nice examples as usual from everyone!
Here a couple of steamers meet near the newly added Smelley Gas Works, another Cornerstone item. Lightly weathered, no glass or lights yet. I haven't liked any of the attempts to make a Testors clear decal yet, so the one shown will go. I can't seem to find a combo of background and lettering that work together as any lighter color is not opaque enough, though black background and red lettering might work. I've ordered some Evans "white" paper for inkjet to try that approach.
Paul
Modeling HO with a transition era UP bent
Heartland Division CB&Q During the 1970-1990 period, GTW acquired remaining half of D&TSL, the DT&I, and some parts of the Penn Central in MI when it went out of business. also, GTW was almost successful in an effort to buy the remaining part of the Milwaukee Road which was in bankruptcy. (Eventiually SOO LINE acquired MILW) Enough of that
During the 1970-1990 period, GTW acquired remaining half of D&TSL, the DT&I, and some parts of the Penn Central in MI when it went out of business. also, GTW was almost successful in an effort to buy the remaining part of the Milwaukee Road which was in bankruptcy. (Eventiually SOO LINE acquired MILW)
Enough of that
Garry, the aforementioned activity is why we DT&I modelers do not acknowledge the existence of the GTW. We have also not joined the GTW Historical Society and just have a very loosely organized DT&I Modelers Group which meets yearly somewhere on the old DT&I and show our models and slides of the railroad.
Rick J
Rule 1: This is my railroad.
Rule 2: I make the rules.
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Nice work from everyone. Alcos on the point of a WB freight.
Allan .... # 6008 looks great
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
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A good start to WPF guys. Keep them coming.
Bear, another good tin plate photo.
MikeL, another interesting car. I envy your skills.
Rick, a nice little loco and an interesting history statement.
GP-9 Man, looks like steady progress to me.
Here is one from the BRVRR:
NYC #6008 enters the big curve at the east end of the BRVRR layout at the head of 10-car heavyweight passenger train. This train seems to fascinate my youngest grandson lately. He's been running it for almost a week now. I can understand his facilitation. There is nothing more exciting than a Niagara in high feather.
Keep the photos and ideas coming guys. WPF is always the best thread of the week thanks to you.
Remember its your railroad
Allan
Track to the BRVRR Website: http://www.brvrr.com/
Bear ... I like the Hornby locomotive. Sorry your model railorading has stalled, and hope it is soon unstalled.
Mike L ..... The MOW car converted from an old coach looks great.
GP9 .... Looks like you are making lots of prgress.
Rick ... Fantastic model of the D&TSL GP7 ! ... I spent many years in Michigan and recall seeing the D&TSL. I recall the hump tower was built into the top of the office building, and I watched a train being humped from that tower. I remember the GP7's operating in 3-unit sets with run-through trains to Flint on the GTW. In the 1970-1990 era, the CN (Parent company of GTW) allowed GTW to be essentially an autonomous company. Since then GTW has been operated as a division of CN instead of a separate company. During the 1970-1990 period, GTW acquired remaining half of D&TSL, the DT&I, and some parts of the Penn Central in MI when it went out of business. also, GTW was almost successful in an effort to buy the remaining part of the Milwaukee Road which was in bankruptcy. (Eventiually SOO LINE acquired MILW)
My photo is the rear of a heavyweight passenger train in Prairie View. The rear car is a diner/parlor car which has been modernized and painted silver as is the sleeper ahead of it.
Bear, again, I love the tin plate.
Mike, as usual your handy work is astounding.
Rick, that Geep turned out quite well.
I've decided to go back to school for computer science and am in my second week. As such, work on the layout has slowed down a good bit. But it hasn't stopped completly. I've made some more progress on the Gallitzin and New Portage Tunnels, as well as the mountains leaing up to them. The framework is in place and the next step is to cover it with palster-soaked paper towels.
Modeling the Pennsylvania Railroad in N Scale.
www.prr-nscale.blogspot.com
Nice start to the thread Bear and Mike, train show pictures are always good and rebuilding cars is something that I usually don't do, just start off with new and get rid of the old!
Here is a project that has been languishing on the work bench for a number of years. I started with a Proto 2000 GP7 and replaced all the plastic grabs and lift rings with metal ones to forestall breakage problems. Also added some other detail parts like the high mounted bell, radio antenna, new horn and beacon. Painted the engine with Scalecoat II Black and lettered with Herald King and Microscale Decals.
The Detroit & Toledo Shoreline railroad ran along Lake Erie from Detroit to Toledo and the only grade on the railroad was its hump yard. The railroad had 10 GP7's and 3 SW-900's as its motive power and they would move 180 car trains with only 2 GP7's as motive power. The railroad was owned by the GTW and NKP which explains its NKP style of lettering. It was later absorbed and became part of the GTW in the 1980's.
Thanks for looking! Rick J
Thanks for looking!
People always love a train, whether as an entertaining "toy" or as a model. Great pic Bear.
Some pics of this week. My very first HOn3 passenger car kit from MRGS. Seemed to take a long time to put together. Looked oretty good then, but now that Blackstone has reset the standards, it was kinda drab. So a makeover was underway to a MOW outfit car, 0256.
Made a cable spool.
[dang Firefox meltdown coming on last night and just didn't feel like waiting around for the reboot...more pics further down the page...]
Mike Lehman
Urbana, IL
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."