gmpullman said: "Show me another favorite locomotive."
NYC "Niagara" 4-8-4 #6008.
Show me another favorite locomotive.
Remember its your railroad
Allan
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0-6-0Show me more favorite or handed down loco's
That's easy! My all time favorite would have to be the Cleveland Union Terminal Alco/GE 2-C+C-2 P1a motors.
Built in 1929 for service from Collinwood to Linndale, Ohio, through the Van Sweringen's Terminal Tower, they later saw service on the NYC from Harmon, NY to Grand Central Terminal from 1953 until around 1978.
Hello this is my favorite. This was my dad's first loco he got it in the 1940's and gave it to me in the 70's it still run's. It's a Model Die Casting 0-6-0
Show me more favorite or handed down loco's
A trio of GE Dash 8-40BW's
Please show me your favorite locomotive.
Old is new again, this GE 70 Tonner is still running on the old Belfast & Moosehead Lake RR line North of Belfast, ME; now operated by Brooks Perservation Society. (Maybe the color is different). I custom painted it for my layout
Show me a modern diesel(s)
George In Midcoast Maine, 'bout halfway up the Rockland branch
Not even halfway through May and we're foundering?
Since the last offering was from Kevin, how about a Rivarossi coach (not this particular one, but another just like it)...
...turned into a pretty-decent rendition of one of the CNR's (originally Grand Trunk) wood-sided express horse cars...
Paint on both cars is SMP Accupaint - CNR Green, with lettering done with C-D-S dry transfers.
I could continue on in this vein for sometime, but instead, could somebody show me a diesel that would be in use nowadays, please!
Wayne
Sorry, Kevin, but mine was in response to your previous request...
doctorwayneSeeYou190 Show me another custom, kitbashed, or scratchbuilt freight car.
The work-in-progress shots were included because they were literally a work-in-progress, as my original intention with those cars was to simply fix their sagging floors and leave the cars otherwise as they were. Things got a bit out-of-hand.
Anyway, thanks for your kind remark.
Shall we assume that we're looking for the same, or do you wish to request something else? It's your call.
SeeYou190Show me another custom, kitbashed, or scratchbuilt freight car. -Kevin
doctorwayneMore of the same, please....
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I don't have the WIP photos, and it was nowhere near as impressive as your build... but, here is a STRATTON & GILLETTE flat car built based on a Central Valley kit with a Chooch load.
The cardboard layout mock-up model is done! Now for some picture taking fun!
-Kevin
Living the dream.
SeeYou190Show me another custom, kitbashed, or scratchbuilt freight car.
How about four of these Tyco reefers...
...turned into this...
...then this...
...then given radial roofs...
...to create these...
More of the same, please....
Are there more custom made, kitbashed or scratchbuilt cars?
Here is a STRATTON & GILLETTE TOFC car that I made for a friend's layout:
His layout is set in the late 1960's so this is a bit more modern than what I usually do. The car started as a Con-Cor model, but it has lots of added details.
Show me another custom, kitbashed, or scratchbuilt freight car.
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
This Tangent 6,000 gallon tank car started life as an undecorated kit. The painting part was fairly easy, but the lettering, from various sources, is comprised of 168 separately-applied pieces of decal, some of it only a single letter or digit, and most of the periods following short-forms are single pieces, too...
Keep 'em comin', folks!
Here are a couple of custom cars on the Cardboard SGRR. One us for the Eastern Portland & Chicago, the other for Newport Central.
The Eastern Portland & Chicago car was lettered one letter at a time. The boxcar is a Tichy Kit. The gondola is from Red Caboose.
How about keeping the custom freight cars for a little while longer this month?
Show me another custom lettered freight car.
Here is an insulated box car with MR's decals for Turtle Creek Central. I printed my own decals for the car info and tags. It still needs to be weathered.
Please show me more custom made....
This one starts a bit before the paint and lettering stage...
Paint is Pollyscale, with decals from Speedwitch Media.
Let's see more of your painted and decaled stuff, please.
rogerhensleyMore of the same please.
Here are a pair of STRATTON & GILLETTE boxcars on the store layout at Gulf Coast Model Railroading in Sarasota, FL.
SGRR equipment has been scattered on store layout across the USA for years.
Show me some more freight equipment that you painted and decalled. I like this one.
Custom-painted and lettered. As you wish.
More of the same please.
Roger Hensley= ECI Railroad - http://madisonrails.railfan.net/eci/eci_new.html == Railroads of Madison County - http://madisonrails.railfan.net/ =
howmusOK.... This photo has 8 cars painted and lettered for the SLOW in it... Will that do???...
It certainly will!
howmusMore custom painted and lettered equipment, please.
Hmmm. So many from which to choose...how about a pre-Rapido FPA-4...
...and a FPB-4, to go with it...
I like custom-painted and lettered stuff, so let's see some more, please.
U-18B MEC 404, "Kenneth Roberts". It is an Athearn BB kit that was modified into a U-18 by Chucks Chop Shop in the early 1990s (only way to get one on those days). I bought it as an undecorated kit, painted it, and decaled with Accucals (remember those??)
Show me more custom paint and lettering.
OK.... This photo has 8 cars painted and lettered for the SLOW in it... Will that do???
More custom painted and lettered equipment, please.
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
SeeYou190Bob, I really like the drag line model in the background. Was that a kit, or did you build it?
I think that's a Kibri 10384:
https://www.walthers.com/construction-equipment-menck-crawler-crane-w-dragline-bucket
Ouch! I bought mine when it first came out and it was something like $20. at the time!
SeeYou190Show me a freight car that you painted and decalled, prototyped or freelanced.
These started life as freight cars and ended up as freight cars. In between they carried troops!
Show more custom painted or lettered cars.
SeeYou190 Bob, I really like the drag line model in the background. Was that a kit, or did you build it? .-Kevin It was bought as is off eBay. I believe it was originaly a kit. Bob
Bob, I really like the drag line model in the background. Was that a kit, or did you build it?
.-Kevin
It was bought as is off eBay. I believe it was originaly a kit.
Bob
Don't Ever Give Up
superbePease show more transition diesels
This is a Walthers model awaiting repaint into the STRATTON & GILLETTE high visibility paint scheme.
It was photographed crossing the newly installed cardboard bridges on the model of my layout. It is pulling a string of custom painted freight cars for free lanced railroads. Pacific Transportation, Prarie Creek & Western, and Allegheny and Crystal Bay are represented in the photograph.
Show me a freight car that you painted and decalled, prototyped or freelanced.
SeeYou190 Show me some more transition era diesels. .-Kevin Pictured is an Alco RS 3 Winchester & Western at the mine EDIT: More Loco & Less Scenery Pease show more transition diesels Bob .
Show me some more transition era diesels.
Pictured is an Alco RS 3 Winchester & Western at the mine
EDIT:
More Loco & Less Scenery
Pease show more transition diesels
doctorwayneHow about some more transition-era diesels, please?
Here is an A-B set of STRATTON & GILLETTE RR F3s pulling a string of SGRR boxcars across a bridge.
The setting is my new cardboard 1:1 model layout. Trying out photo locations now. You might see a bunch of pictures from me on this thread in the next few days.
An Atlas RS-1, re-detailed and painted and lettered for a friend...
How about some more transition-era diesels, please?
gmpullman Show me more on-going projects...
Show me more on-going projects...
It might not be a big project. But, having launched this thread for May, I feel responsible to maintain it going. So there is a Durango Press Fairmount M-14 Speeder. A small project between painting sessions.
An easy one now. Please show me a transition era diesel.
Guy
Modeling CNR in the 50's
SeeYou190Please show me more old incomplete WIP projects.
I have a boatload of them, including this boat and Hulett Loaders!
howmusMore Work in Progress please.
This little guy has been kicking around my workbench for more than 20 years:
I really need an Overland Drive chassis for an SW1500 to complete it. I have a serious love for center cab diesels. A Whitcomb is in my future for sure.
Please show me more old incomplete WIP projects.
I've been putting up the fascia boards on the new section of layout.
I am now starting to test fit where the buildings will go in the area (Milo Mills):
More Work in Progress please.