GP-9_Man11786 RDG Casey It's the Loram rail grinder train. You beat me to it. This was definitly my luckiest railfan catch ever. If only they'd make a N Scale version.
RDG Casey It's the Loram rail grinder train.
It's the Loram rail grinder train.
You beat me to it. This was definitly my luckiest railfan catch ever. If only they'd make a N Scale version.
Do they have these in HO scale?
I haven't seen model of these before. It would be a pretty cool scrtch build, but very long and complicted.
Modeling the Pennsylvania Railroad in N Scale.
www.prr-nscale.blogspot.com
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Martin4Hi GP-9_Man11786 what is on the track in your second picture ? Are these some king of Genset locos ? Martin 4
Good question! I don't think I have ever seen anything like that before.
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
Hi GP-9_Man11786
what is on the track in your second picture ? Are these some kind of Genset locos ?
Martin 4
Heartland Division CB&Q Casey ... Nice work on the Pacific and the Baldwins. I am observing two types of exhaust manifolds for the VO-1000's. I notive because, I am familiar with CB&Q VO-1000's which also had two types of exhaust manifolds. Burlington had the 4-stack type located in Kansas City and the single stack type in Chicago.
Casey ... Nice work on the Pacific and the Baldwins. I am observing two types of exhaust manifolds for the VO-1000's. I notive because, I am familiar with CB&Q VO-1000's which also had two types of exhaust manifolds. Burlington had the 4-stack type located in Kansas City and the single stack type in Chicago.
The one with the 4 stacks is a real odd ball engine. Originally on the copper range railroad then on the New Hope and Ivyland, it is a non turboed DS4-4-1000 using a VO1000 car body. This is why the radiator screen up front is flat instead of angled like normal VO1000s.
Other odd features are the covers for the top radiator vent (because of original use in northern Michigan), an engineer's side cab door, and small circle caps just in front of the cab on the hood that seem to serve no purpose.
This is what I'm looking to end up with.
What I've managed to get done this weekend is a little bit different. I'm in the middle of converting an On30 Mogul into a 2-6-2 tank engine. While the saddle tank is being done with 'usual' modeling methods (i.e. PVC pipe and styrene), I've decided to have the new cab 3D printed.
I've finished designing the cab in Blender, and have sent it off to Shapeways for printing. Here's how it looks:
The red shape is the locomotive body, green is a section of the body I need to modify, and blue is a placeholder for the driver figure.
EDIT:
Just realised, I should add this as well:
This is what it looks like after being broken down into 'kit form', and adding a couple of details I forgot on the previous render.
The Location: Forests of the Pacific Northwest, OregonThe Year: 1948The Scale: On30The Blog: http://bvlcorr.tumblr.com
Bear, Thanks for getting the fun started and the movie.
Thanks to all and regards, Peter
I click on the upload button, then Choose Photos or Videos. I then get a select dialog on my computer. I select the image and click OK. The photo uploads. I click on the save button and nothing happens, it seems, but clicking on the uploaded photo works.
Edit:
I am not using Microsoft anything. Maybe it something Windows specific. Try using a non Microsoft browser and see if it makes any difference.
CG
Heartland Division CB&Q Yes i tried that and it did work but now that box has a photo in it so it no longer works C&O Fan Is anyone but me having issues with Photo Bucket it seems to be stuck in a loup Yes if you are trying to upload and get a loop asking you to log in over and over. ..... I worked with other forum members who helped me to figure it out. .... I can now only upload from one location. The "Upload" buttons at the top put you in a loop. ..... In the library you can see a selection of your photos with each in one of the boxes on a page. The upper left box on the library page says "click to upload", and that is where to upload without a loop happening.
Yes i tried that and it did work but now that box has a photo in it so it no longer works
C&O Fan Is anyone but me having issues with Photo Bucket it seems to be stuck in a loup
Is anyone but me having issues with Photo Bucket
it seems to be stuck in a loup
Yes if you are trying to upload and get a loop asking you to log in over and over. ..... I worked with other forum members who helped me to figure it out. .... I can now only upload from one location. The "Upload" buttons at the top put you in a loop. ..... In the library you can see a selection of your photos with each in one of the boxes on a page. The upper left box on the library page says "click to upload", and that is where to upload without a loop happening.
TerryinTexas
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GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Nope. Just got right in. FYI, I log in using my user name, not my email address, and I don't use the automated log in.
I'm currently experimenting with different types of
Surface Mount LEDs for a welding scene i'm going to do on the layout
Here's a 9 second video of a bright white one
I'm still waiting on the blue one i ordered from ebay
I will then compare the 2 and chose the best looking one
This is pretty close i think
what do you think ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sH-fVQl2lpo
Bear:
Thanks for the information on your club situation. We have a surplus of school portable classrooms. The old ones can be had for very little money, but finding a place to put one and then hooking it up to services is very difficult and costly.
A seasonal shotl
Custom project for a friend.
Still need to touch up a couple spots.
(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).
Thanks for the kind comments, everyone
Ed, Adding some grenery is a great way to beat the season's drabness here in the Northern Hemisphere. And nice work on that tower, can't wait to see it lighting things. I am stretching history a bit with Camp 13, as the Colorado loggers tended to be the sort that roll them up the boards and onto the car. I don't have the best source on CO logging, but it tended to be puny stuff. But I like to stretch things for the fun of it, so let's do big time logging anyway
dti406Mike, nice extension for that logging camp, need a Shay for that line, like the Argentine Central out of Silver Plume.
Thanks, Rick. I actually have copy #13 of the original Argentine book stashed away (whose name and author escapes me.) Yes, Colorado just needed more Shays to be perfect. I've got a line on one through a friend, the other one of a pair he bought years ago. He brought the one he knows the location of over and we rigged a section of the layout for DC. It's a PFM Benson IIRC and ran impressively as it was tuned by a local loco pro. He's pretty sure he still has the other one, but it's buried in stored stuff. When he digs it out, we just may make a deal.
BTW, like the chem tank car. Can never have enough of those and relatively few are produced as models.
Reading Casey, Good stuff!
Garry, Those Erie-builts were unique, yet familiar-looking. Guess it's hard to get a cab unit wrong, at least when it comes to looks.
Tony, A fine job there. Impressive!
GP-9_Man11786Mike, the logging camp looks great. If only you could find a way to prototypically justify running the Uintah 2-6-6-2Ts on your layout.
Wow, you said it, except I'd likely go with them in Sumpter Valley form, as those tenders are a lot more practical than the short-legged tanks were. One of my very ocassional visitors has a DC Uintah version and that's the other engine I'd convert back to DC for a day if brought over here.
Bear,
I thought that interior looked familiar for some reason. Now I'm going to pick the dusty reaches of my brain to figure out why. Maybe Panama (he says, because I've got a Panama RR video in the works coming soon to a forum much like this one...)?
Bear's right, clubs are works of love, because the only way they work is when those involved find a reason to make a commitment to them. That's always harder than it seems and, as bdear hints here, harder than he makes it look. But it is one very important way that our hobby has of impressing on the public that we're not a bunch of lone cranks...nope, we come by the dozens!
Mike Lehman
Urbana, IL
hon30critterJust out of curiousity, what is the club located in?
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
Sunny but a bit chilly here in the Palmetto State. The week seems off to a great start.
Bear, That's a cool video.
Mike, the logging camp looks great. If only you could find a way to prototypically justify running the Uintah 2-6-6-2Ts on your layout.
Ed, your yard scene and floodlight look great.
Rick, another great crop of rolling stock.
Garry, your bridge is awesome.
RDG Casey, your fleet looks sharp
Tony, great job on the weathering.
I've statred working on recreating my favorite railfan spot, the overlook on the former PRR main line at Cassandra, PA.
And the prototype:
I've also been working on the Southfork Branch. The coal truck dump is the only customer on this end of the line:
Great stuff so far everyone !! I found a pic of an older NYC box that had been patched to CR.. with the old logo showing... I just had to give a shot at modeling it , esp since I had a similar car..
Tony
EK Sub in HO Scale
Bear .... The club layout is very impressive.
Mike L .... Your logging operations are great.
Ed ..... I am very impressede with your work and how quickly you get stuff done.
Rick .... Your freight cars look great.
Below are FM Erie builts. ..... The prototype and my models (P1k)...
Custom decals came eariler then expected, not complaining, but still have 1 more Baldwin to do before paint.
Also a G-3
Good morning Bear and everyone else from snowy and cold Northeast Ohio!
Bear, I can apppreciate the club operations as I am directly involved with our club, after the recent wall repair we have installed the layout sections back in place and are reconnecting all the wires that were cut. At the same time we replaced all the ceiling tiles and installed new LED lighting in place of the old flourescent tubes.
Mike, nice extension for that logging camp, need a Shay for that line, like the Argentine Central out of Silver Plume.
Ed, that yard looks great, and your work on the tower is superb!
Managed to get a couple of cars completed this week!Athearn Chemical Tank Car Kit, painted with Scalecoat II Reefer Whiteand Black Paints, then lettered with Oddballs Decals.ExactRail PS 4427 Covered Hopper Kit, painted with Scalecoat II ReeferWhite and lettered with Oddballs Decals. These cars were originally ordered in 1964 and were repainted in this paint scheme in 1978 whenthe SOO was doing their white paint kick on cars.Thanks for looking!
Rick Jesionowski
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!
Good day, gents and Folks!
Thanks for swinging the roundhouse doors open on another great WPF, Bear! Very enjoyable video, indeed. I almost feel as if I know some of the blokes there, as Mike says it has a railroady atmosphere and everyone looks "chummy". I believe I recognise a bit of the rolling stock as well
Having a secure and tidy club location is sure a problem for lots of clubs, as you know, Dave. So often we hear about layouts that have to be dismantled due to "lease contingencies" and such. I hope you folks find a better location.
That's some pretty neat rigging, there, Mike! You will have a very informative bit of history demonstrated on your layout that visitors can learn all about the logging industry
This photo has always fascinated me. I can't make cuts that clean with a fancy chain saw, these guys make 'em perfect—by hand!
Well, winter hit the Great Lakes area with a vengance today! Already a fifty-car pileup that closed the Interstate. More snow coming in the next 36 hours. Good model railroad weather!
Some of you recall the neglected yard that looked like this a few weeks ago...
Well, tonight I got around to planting some "tufts" and doing some static grass!
That sure makes things look a bunch more realistic!
I wonder if I could talk Rick into coming over and do some of his superb weathering on these P-C cars?
I found a big 'ol oak tree and planted it by the tunnel here...
Humm, maybe this will be "big oak junction" ?
I did a little more work on the brass yard light tower. I'll post some pics later today. Getting those tiny LEDs glued into a light housing can sure be a pain waiting for the glue to set and keeping the light aligned!
Once the LED is aimed and set OK then I drip a little canopy cement in there to fuse everything together. The kit didn't come with lamps so I made up these out of scrap-box pieces!
Well, I've hogged up more than my share of bandwidth here so I'll turn the floor over for More Great Stuff!!
Regards, Ed
Great video! It looks like a really railroady atmosphere, lots of folks having fun in different ways, but all sharing an affection for model railroading that is common the world over. What's uncommon is the joint effort that brings about this happy scene. I'm sure there's lots of blood, sweat, and tears that doesn't show, too, but the results look well worth it. You've got an institution to be proud of there at the club.
Here in the suddenly frozen wastes of Illinois, I utilized the hacked wye switch removed where I built the new curved switch on the lead into Silverton to provide a much needed extra spur at Camp 13's logging operation.
Then I could start with finalzing the layout of things there. The logging will be done with the help of dozers and arches to bring the big sticks up to the landing. There a logging boom will load the cars for the trip to the mill. While I'm not following it in detail, I am using the basics of the "hayrack boom" diagrammed here for a loader: http://apps.leg.wa.gov/wac/default.aspx?cite=296-54-99014
Some useful pics are here: http://www.mendorailhistory.org/1_logging/log_booms.htm
Here's what I've got so far...
Lots more rigging to come, but it looks about right. The stand-in "tongs" are just pieces of plastic sprue that were about the right size; I hope to get nicer ones, but this is where the 69" height (the highest point on the entire layout) of Camp 13 works in my favor I found some old Billing Boats blocks used for ship models that also helped me out. I'm using Clover House #282 Stranded Cable where I need strength and Westrim Crafts Stretchy elastic cord where that works to make things neater once tacked down and tightened.
Nice club set up.
Just out of curiousity, what is the club located in? Do you have your own free standing building or are you renting a room? The reason I am asking is because my club (Barrie Alandale Railroad Modellers) is in desperate need of a new location. We are currently in the back of a wood working business. There isn't enough space for our layouts and the sawdust is a killer. We operate every Tuesday but the first half of every session is spent just cleaning the track. The biggest challenge is that funds are limited and local real estate is expensive.
Thanks,