Gidday All.
HO-Velo "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy,"
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
Nice posts everyone.
I keep a photo diary of my operating sessions. Here are 2 shots from tonight's switching activity at Thurmond on my New River Sub, 1949. The NYC X-29 being shoved by C&O #116 C-15a has come west from Newport News, VA with a load of brakeshoes for the maintainance crew in the "Roundhouse". The brakeman looks like he's daydreaming...
I snapped this next pic right after I spotted the boxcar. From the looks of it, the fireman is ready for a short break before #116 has to run around a cut of 5 MT hoppers to drop off across the New River in SouthSide Junction yard.
I painted and lettered the Soho C&O C-15a (and "Jack" the fireman) almost 17 years ago.
Joel
Modeling the C&O New River Subdivision circa 1949 for the fun of it!
Lots of great pics! Not to play favourites, but...
Ray:
Your ground cover and trees are really well done!
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
As always, some wonderfull modeling being shown in here. You folks do some amazing work!
After several weeks that have been way too busy to even think about Model Railroading, I have had a few hours to get back to work on the area I am completing. The last time I showed this area it looked like this:
Now it looks a bit better I think. Still a lot left to do before It will meet with my approval, but getting there:
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Good stuff as usual!
Terry in NW Wisconsin
Queenbogey715 is my Youtube channel
Looks like a storm's coming.
DC
http://uphonation.com
Great photos as usual. Here's Rio Grande M-78 4-8-2 #1520 eastbound crossing the Dark Canyon bridge partway up Yuba Pass. These were among the most powerful 4-8-2's ever built, and with 63" drivers were more of a Mikado with a four-wheel leading truck than other 4-8-2's. Nevertheless, they served the Rio Grande almost until the end of steam in 1956. This model is a Custom Brass import that has been almost completely rebuilt and re-balanced. It's a nice runner.
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!
Now that I'm living in Colorado (not sure how to fix the location in my profile), I've started work on a new N scale project. I've long been a fan of the Colorado Midland; the first standard gauge railroad to pierce the Colorado Rockies. Very little is available in N scale to model the CMRY, but I'm going to give it a shot. Here's a sneak preview; a Bachmann 4-6-0 hand-lettered to represent a CMRY class 102 Baldwin...
This scene is simply a mock-up. The actual layout will have Atlas code 55 track. And...the PRR Juniata Division is still very much a going concern.
Modeling the Rio Grande Southern First District circa 1938-1946 in HOn3.
Great stuff this week, y'all! I haven't had time to do much recently, but I did get to try out my new camera! There is sound, but you need to turn the volume way up... I'll have to adjust the mic sensitivity.
I do need to find a shorter car to use, my well cars don't really like 18" radius even at slow speeds! It's going to be a great little camera for a variety of uses!
Acela
The timbers beneath the rails are not the only ties that bind on the railroad. --Robert S. McGonigal
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As mentionned before I just begun to build my hight lift rotary coal dumper in Nscale.
Some picture of the first lateral side were the structure is fisnished, more on this link to the "layouts and layout buiding" community.
http://cs.trains.com/mrr/f/11/t/243001.aspx
and some pictures for this WPF,
Building a small yard in Nscale
If interested more picture of the construction of th dumper.
A good start to WPF guys.
Bear, here are a few photos of the minions on the BRVRR working and not working too hard:
Workers.
Fixing the head wheel on the crane.
Shocker's Electric workers changing a blower at the grain elevator.
The crew at the Black River team track working past dusk.
Non-workers.
A trainman relaxing on the rear platform.
Railfans doing what railfans do.
Unfortunately, none of the above photos are new, but they do get the point across.
Keep the photos and ideas coming everyone. Together you make WPF the best thread of the week.
Remember its your railroad
Allan
Track to the BRVRR Website: http://www.brvrr.com/
Bear, Thanks for taking the time to fire up WPF. "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy," but seriously, hope you soon get a break in the action and some modeling fun.
regards, Peter
I think I can. I think I can. I think I can.
T e d
Some great stuff this week. After having to travel to Myrtle Beach for three days for a conference and then being saddeled with a honey-do list, I finally had a chance to work on the layout today.
I finihsed some mountains between Horseshoe Curve and the east portals of the Gallitzin and Portage Tunnels.
Modeling the Pennsylvania Railroad in N Scale.
www.prr-nscale.blogspot.com
A quartet of Alcos preparing to leave the yard.
SP&S modeler, 1960's give or take a decade or two for some equipment.
http://www.youtube.com/user/SGTDUPREY?feature=guide
Gary DuPrey
N scale model railroader
Happy weekends, all.
Here's the Genesis GP-9 with LEDs and a 1000 microfarad capacitor added to the recent LokSound and sugarcube speakers.
And the recent E-6A conversion back with his A/B friend.
Paul
Modeling HO with a transition era UP bent
Hi All
I added a second motor and auger to my coal tipple
and redesigned the internal chute
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TerryinTexas
See my Web Site Here
http://conewriversubdivision.yolasite.com/
Nice start. As usual, I love the Rio grande stuff.
Well,here's a project im working on
I started it, but currently at a standstill on this on-waiting for decals to come it the mail.
(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).
Bear, again thanks for opening up this week, always nice to see old pictures. Mike the amount of work you get done is amazing, I manage to get a little done each week.
Did some more work on the P&LE Hot Coil Car this week.Here I have installed the Large Tank and two evergreen strips along the main frame member. Installed some more of the Adair weights along the inside of the main frame members. Installed more of the Adair weights in the center of the underframe.Two views of the underframe after adding the cushion support assembly in the center of the picture, Six cross bearer caps over the frame cross bearers, mounting bracket for the air reservoir and air reservoir. Drilled numerous holes for the airlines in the air reservoir, brake valve and relay valve, then installed the brake valve and relay valve and ran piping to connect all these brake components.Thanks for looking,Rick J
Installed some more of the Adair weights along the inside of the main frame members.
Installed more of the Adair weights in the center of the underframe.Two views of the underframe after adding the cushion support assembly in the center of the picture, Six cross bearer caps over the frame cross bearers, mounting bracket for the air reservoir and air reservoir. Drilled numerous holes for the airlines in the air reservoir, brake valve and relay valve, then installed the brake valve and relay valve and ran piping to connect all these brake components.Thanks for looking,Rick J
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!
I'll do my best to relieve your too-long-at-work-blues, Bear. Let's see....
Here's a couple of fellows who are on the clock, but probably talking about something non-work-related
Meanwhile, it's hard to get a break when you're working under the eye of the local agent up at the station in Silverton.
Over at the North Star Sampler, it's going to take all day to fill the boxcar with concentrates...
At Tefft, the sidewalk supervisors give a friendly wave to the eastbound freight extra.
The trainmaster seems to be avoiding long trains today after ordering up this 22-car + caboose monster yesterday.
This morning I ran a short test train with class pattern car 180, plus three others that needed a test spin now that I have couplers and trucks on them. There are two more waiting on that, but so far, so good, no derailments on a test run without any added weight means the frame is square and this design works well.
Mike Lehman
Urbana, IL