superbeAND here is the poor man's camera giving the passenger's eye view
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
AND here is the poor man's camera giving the passenger's eye view
Bob
Don't Ever Give Up
Acela026I also got my Contour camera this week.
Hi, Acela
I found that I could get a lower point of view by rotating the lens 180° and stuffing a little foam in the belly of the well car BUT you have to check clearances overhead.
This was my original setup which was a bit more stable but gave more of a "dome car" view.
Have fun with your new toy! Ed
I added two tank cars to my collection this week!
I also got my Contour camera this week. It works great in the belly of a well car and I'm hoping to film an operating session soon in "first person".
Here's to the week ahead!
Acela
The timbers beneath the rails are not the only ties that bind on the railroad. --Robert S. McGonigal
Found a Santa Fe telephone directory to add to the HO layout desk.
Also working on a CTC inspired box for turnout and other various on/off controls that will go on the left area of the desk.
Matt from Anaheim, CA and Bayfield, COClick Here for my model train photo website
wmshay06 Just a little scene I'm working on - a very small section of coke oven ruins at Ansted, WV. The prototype went cold in 1938 and was a bank of 152 ovens. The model is 1951 - nature hadn't completely destroyed thing yet. Not much remains today. Thanks! CharlesC&O Hawks Nest SD, 1951
Just a little scene I'm working on - a very small section of coke oven ruins at Ansted, WV. The prototype went cold in 1938 and was a bank of 152 ovens. The model is 1951 - nature hadn't completely destroyed thing yet. Not much remains today.
Thanks!
CharlesC&O Hawks Nest SD, 1951
Charles,
Nice scene of the dead Ansted coke ovens. On my 1949 C&O, I run a mine shifter to Ansted that originates from Thurmond. As it was done, 2 G-9s are in charge, one at the point and the other pushing just in front of the wooden cab. I do not model Ansted, but it is represented in my west staging area. I am however modeling a bank of coke ovens that were still in operation at Sewell, W. Va in 1949 that were operated by Babcock Coke and Coal. As you are probably aware, the coke ovens in this region of the C&O were historically significant because they supplied the coke needed to fire the iron foundaries in Virginia that made armaments and munitions for the south during the Civil War.
Anyway, nice modeling during a neat time of C&O history.
Joel
Modeling the C&O New River Subdivision circa 1949 for the fun of it!
That would make a great scene, for one of my Military diorama's.
One of my other passion's.
Really great job!
Take Care!
Frank
Bear,
Just about to shut down and caught Your question.
US penny.....3/4 inches....19.03 mm.
Cheers, the Bear.
Lotta gooda stuff going on.
Ray, You're a man after my own heart, with detail....the tubes lighting up would have been my vision also, but viable??
Peter, I like the way Your scene is coming along.
Sorry not to include everyone one else....but I'm lucky I can remember two.
A little progress on the Rail/Truck area:
New track put down and wired, test fitting parts, they are just sitting there, nothing fastened down yet. That three lane Rix bridge will be lowered 2'' and go into the new backdrop, which will be Walthers merchants row kits, bashed for city scene, with tracks underneath.
Ray:
Very well done!
How did you do the radio dial face?
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
I've been working on some interior details for my scratch-built radio repair shop. Here's a tube radio chassis to go on the workbench. The vacuum tubes were turned from acrylic rod, using a drill as a crude lathe:
Even in 1/24th scale, this is pretty tiny, as you can see by the penny next to it! I considered making the tubes light up, but decided it was more trouble than it was worth. As it is, this pretty over-the-top, since the only way it'll ever been seen is in close up photos of the model. But the building's windows are big enough that it needs at least some details inside, and I'm having fun with it. :)
Hey Dennis!
Nah - that's way too clean and organized to call it occupied!
Give it a few months!!
Seriously, well done!
Model bench is finished and occupied.
Dennis Blank Jr.
CEO,COO,CFO,CMO,Bossman,Slavedriver,Engineer,Trackforeman,Grunt. Birdsboro & Reading Railroad
Some truly great stuff this week. I had some guys over to run trains on Thursday and on of them shot Horseshoe Curve from an angle I never thought of. I decided to take a whack at it myself. Here are the results:
Here's a pair of Geeps working hard to pull a heavy train up the grade.
Here's the Broaway Limited rounding Horseshoe Curve in the evening.
And zipping past Kittanning Point.
Modeling the Pennsylvania Railroad in N Scale.
www.prr-nscale.blogspot.com
Bear, Good to see ya' back at it. I've also got a maritime project going, but nothing as ambitious as yours, nor scratch built.
Frank, I remember helping the driver of one of those International Harvesters unload steel bar stock off the stake bed, "Keep on Truckin'".
Ed, Man, that was a fantastic ride, what a layout, thanks!
Thanks to all and regards, Peter
Thanks Joel:
The assembly line approach has been efficient perhaps, but also often tedious when is comes to things like making the grab irons. I made 224 assorted grab irons over a couple of evenings. Enough said! I originally started with a total of 13 cabooses but I decided to tone it down a bit. The others can wait for a while.
I have to put myself in the same boat as you are re 'slow' - I have had the BB cabooses that I used as a base for almost five years!
Thanks, Dave. It is a sticky door, but I like your second take on the scene much better--too funny! Nice work on the string of cabs. The lit markers really do perk up the rear of a train. I like your assembly line approach to getting a lot of work done efficiently. Wish this slow poke could do that!
Hello Everybody!
There's some terriffic work shown here!
I've had about a dozen pesky projects going the past few weeks and haven't gotten any of them close to a point where I can get presentable photos to post but I will fall back on a video that I shot about two months ago and finally got around to uploading to Youtube... a bit of a cab ride.
I didn't particularly get the layout cleaned up for this, it was mostly to demo the camera for a few interested friends. Hope you enjoy the ride!
Ed
Lots of nice work everyone!
Rick J:
Interesting coil cars.
Mike:
Your stone mill scene adjustments worked really well. Kinky can be fun but not in trackwork!
Tom:
Great scene. I love the differences in track elevation. I am considering dumping a track plan that I have been working on for a long time because it is all basically on one level.
Grampy:
Nice rust job on the truck frame.
Jimmy:
That's a neat paint and decal job!
Joel:
Welcome to the forum! Great scene, but I'm curious about what the guy leaning up against the grey frame building is doing. Either he is having a tough time closing the door or he is reviewing his lunch! Just kidding! I look forward to seeing more of your work.
My fleet of cabeese continues to make progress. Last night I got all the wiring hooked up and much to my suprise all but one of the LEDs worked. (Yes, I had tested them before installation but things happen). The shells are on. All that remains is to install the ladders and adjoining handrails, and touch up the paint. The magnetic reed switches and the keep alive circuits work great!
Here are six of the eight cabooses on the test track. The other two are in the boxes behind:
Here you can see the single interior light for the conductor's desk. The rest of the interior is in darkness as I believe would have been the case when running at night. If you look carefully you can see the half screens on the side windows:
Screen doors and window glazing too:
This project has been lots of fun!
Hello forum folks,
New to this forum, but I have been in the hobby almost 40 years. I absolutely loved taking pictures of real trains when I was a kid and now have to settle for taking snapshots of my 1949 New River Subdivision C&O in the basement. Thought I'd contribute a pic to introduce myself. I would have loved to have been that guy waving the H-4 into the "roundhouse" as the folks in Thurmond called their 2 stall enginehouse.
Mine shifter power waiting for service, Thurmond, W. Va., 1949
I just gotta love a paint scheme like that...
Mike Lehman
Urbana, IL
This started life as a Kato CN SD40-2. I repainted and re decaled it into my second W&LE unit.
(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).
Another good start to WPF everyone. Keep the photos and ideas coming.
The photo below is of my new InterMountain F7. A really nice little loco and the Tsunami sound is really good.
You can see it in action on the layout via the link below. Part 1 of the BRVRR 2015 on YouTube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esMZ_mVBhPI
This PRR 2-10-4 is new to the layout as well.
The link below will lead to Part 2 of the BRVRR 2015 and the 2-10-4 in acton on the BRVRR.
I split the video into two parts to ensure that it would be accepted on YouTube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBg5EGinIck
Keep WPF rolling guys. You always make it the best thread of the week.
Remember its your railroad
Allan
Track to the BRVRR Website: http://www.brvrr.com/
A geep passing SC tower.
Great start to the weekend, everyone!
Here's my "Scenic Limited" climbing Yuba Pass, with Rio Grande 3-cylinder Mountain #1604 on the business end. The loco is a Key import that I re-balanced and re-motored and runs like a champ.
Tom
Tom View my layout photos! http://s299.photobucket.com/albums/mm310/TWhite-014/Rio%20Grande%20Yuba%20River%20Sub One can NEVER have too many Articulateds!
Just on more for now, as my computer is having issues with images today. Here's another angle on the improved stone mill. Basically, it was all about changing angles, too. Before things were parallel and squared up, but angling the buildings (and shortening one) and pushing them back away from the tracks makes it look bigger and more complex.
At least it will if the pic comes up...