It's that time again- Weekend photo fun. For those who are new here, WPF is where we show off what we have been working on all week, and weekend. Here is my project. Inspired by Mike's Car for his Garden Railroad....I created my own car. My logic behind it is, it's the missing link between the McKeen car and the RDC units. It's still a WIP, and will be painted for my Freelanced road. The power is similar to an RDC.
It's one of my "crazy places my mind goes" specials/
So let's see what everyone else is working on.
(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).
Jimmy.. that is very creative. Actually, the New Haven "Roger Williams" train was a RDC train with end cars having cabs . If you google New Haven Roger Williams RDC , you might find a photo .
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
I came across the roger Williams as I was looking up how the RDC was powered. Interesting pieces of machinery. The locomotive is an old (and I mean OLD) Rivarossi....so right now it's a dummy. Until I can get a new motor for it. It only has to pull itself so it won't need a lot of pulling power.
Jimmy an interesting start to the weekend!
I have completed some cars showing the progression of the paint schemes and one special paint scheme!
Intermountain 1937 AAR Mod Boxcar kit, which is equivalent to the Burlington's XM-32 Class Boxcars, substituted Yarmouth Models Sill Steps for the kit supplied plastic steps. Painted the car with Scalecoat II Boxcar Red and lettered with Microscale Decals. This car was delivered in 1953 and painted in the standard scheme of that time. Everywhere West was on one side of the car and Way of the Zephyrs was on the other side.
The same kit, but painted with Scalecoat II Chinese Red and lettered with Microscale Decals. These cars were painted in this scheme from 1958 to mid 1968. Car was originally built in 1945. Same flip flop on the slogans also. This car was numbered in the group for the Q's subsidiary Fort Worth and Denver.
Same kit again, but this time painted with Floquil Gold Paint and lettered with Microscale Decals. Car built in 1950 and this special paint scheme was applied in December of 1966, one of eight cars rebuilt by the Q's Havelock Shops in one day and all were painted gold. This commemorates winning the Railway Progress Institute's Golden Freight Car award for 1966. The award was for the most effective promotion of railroad freight traffic in America.
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!
Cheers, the Bear.
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
Jimmy, Kind of scary where one's mind will wander off to That's a very credible effort, although I'd throw in a rooftop fan or something to make it a little busier towards the cab end, sorta like a mullet -- business in front, party in the back.
Rick, I really like the Q and I'm sure GARRY is enjoying this week's edition of Rick's Car Shop, too.
Bear, Neat little models. Tourist cabins?
Actually did some modeling indoors this week. It looks much more inspirational than it seemed at the time. I decided to remove and repair a dead light post from near the Durango station. So I moved it where it would do more good over by the brief Durango business district.
Mike Lehman
Urbana, IL
Great Stuff this Weekend, Fellas'
Thanks for the neat send-off, Jimmy. That F-Coach looks pretty neat! The roof contour is about perfect! Have you dreamed-up a paint scheme for it yet>
Excellent progression on the XM paint jobs, Rick. The gold car is almost like prototype following models. It looks like unpainted brass
Does anyone here remember when the Q painted the 5632 gold in 1964 for the 50th anniversary of the Chicago-Aurora route?
https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2017/03/the-50th-anniverasary-gold-painted.html?m=1
Those laser kits look like a hoot, Bear. I really enjoy a good laser cut kit. The precise cuts are a breeze to work with
Nice look on the continuing night scenes, Mike. Very moody with the pool of light under the lamp. Super!
I just wrapped-up one of my "mini-projects" just a few minutes ago. A while back I was paging through a Pennsylvania Railroad book and spotted this interesting water bridge:
PRR_plug1 by Edmund, on Flickr
The Late Great PRR had a number of these spanning the main line at various locations from about 1910 through the end of steam in the late '50s.
I started thinking about a "Scratch-Bash"* using a Oregon PRR signal bridge, Tichy water spouts and an old AHM water bridge kit.
IMG_9750_fix_w by Edmund, on Flickr
IMG_9760_fix_w by Edmund, on Flickr
And here it is with a little paint...
IMG_9766_fix_w by Edmund, on Flickr
IMG_9771_fix_w by Edmund, on Flickr
IMG_9777_fix_w by Edmund, on Flickr
Well, that should save a little time at the water plug!
*Some scratch-building and some kit-bashing
Great Stuff as always! Carry On!
Ed
Added some important items to the foundation I have been working on.
Rick ... This may surprise you, but I deifnately like your boxcars.
South Penn .... I see the detail in the basement ! ... Clever !
Mike L ... Nice night shots.
Ed ... The water bridge is a unique structire. Very good !
Bear ... Please shopw us the completed houses. Looks like fun.
Here is a 4-8-2
mlehmanI'd throw in a rooftop fan or something to make it a little busier towards the cab end
Jimmy, Never mind that suggestion. I've got this figured out. What you have there is one of those new battery-powered railcars. They plug it in to recharge! No need for any motor related roof eye-candy at all.
It's great to live in these modern times.
Ed, Thanks for the comments Now that says big time railroading -- and is a bit easier to depict in model form than those track pans on the New York Central. Do the water nozzles rotate or are just tucked out of the way but are close enough to make things look good?
SouthPenn Added some important items to the foundation I have been working on.
He's thinking as he rakes the sand level for the basement floor concrete pour, "Hmmm, this is a great time to change the floorplan so that the stairs come down in the middle here in order to provide an unobstructed round-the-walls mainline run..."
Gotta think bigger than 4x8 with a new basement in sight.
Hmm....I'll have to look into moving the steps.
Didn't John Allen start with a 3x6 (?) layout? And it's easier to pick up a 4x8 to pour the concrete. But if I install an around the walls layout, I could anchor it to the walls and still pour concrete. Hmm...
SouthPennBut if I install an around the walls layout, I could anchor it to the walls and still pour concrete. Hmm...
Ah, I thought maybe you were going to continue building the house until the For Sale sign went up out front? Nothing wrong with the way it is...I agree, the small layout is inspirational and leaving it as is lets the viewer decide for themselves what the scene means. That was just my reaction
Very Creative Jimmy
Neat lookin RDC
I also love the water Bridge~~~~ Nice Bash
I spent my time making one good 0-6-0 out of 2 basket cases
The one on the right has a broken frame so it was stripped for parts to make the one on the left run
So I guess you could call this Loco Bashing
TerryinTexas
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Finished the initial paint job on my homebrewed R36WF. Waiting on decal paper and then I'll glue on the pantograph gates and other exterior details. Later the interior, lighting, electronics, etc.
SouthPenn, love it!! Though Mikes suggestion of relocating the stairs so as to be able to create the round the wall layout makes good sense!
mlehmanNeat little models. Tourist cabins?
Thanks for all the kind words and suggestions.
I gave serious consideration to changing the layout to an around the walls style. But for the time being I am leaving it a 4x8. Visiters to my layout will look into the basement and instantly recognize what it is and understand why it's there. An around the wall layout would be more of a ' whats that? ' reaction. Most of my visiters are not modelers.
Jimmy, Thanks for firing up the WPF and a glimpse into some out of the box modeling fun.
South Penn, I really dig your basement under construction scene.
Good to see the Bear at the bench and nothing ticky-tacky about his little houses.
Vuelta a Espana time, Venga! Venga!
Thanks to all and regards, Peter
Jimmy - LOVE the railcar. I am impressed at how well the roof lines seem to line up.
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Rick - I am posting my "boxcar of the week" too. Nowhere near as good a story to go along with it. Very nice work.
I finished this "Cumberland Road" boxcar this week. I was not sure about using the Hinomaru emblem in the paint job, but it looks OK to me, and "Red Ball" logos were not all that rare in the USA, even after WW2. Plus, I had the decal on hand.
If you click the image you will get a better view.
Happy weekend everybody.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
Great pictures as always.
I'm heading south this evening to view the eclipse. Original plan was to go to southwest Kentucky but the forecast has changed from mostly sunny to partly cloudy. Now it looks like the best bet for sunny skies within driving distance is Lebanon, Tennessee. It's a little east of Nashville and right in the center of the totality path. Even this is a crapshoot. Totality only lasts about 160 seconds and one ill timed cloud could spoil the show.
If I do get lucky and get some pictures, would it be considered a faux pas to post them to next week's WPF. I know we like to keep this a railroad themed thread but since this is such a rare event, I was wondering if people would mind making an exception. I suppose another option would be to post them on the Trackside Diner.
Jimmy_Braum It's that time again- Weekend photo fun. For those who are new here, WPF is where we show off what we have been working on all week, and weekend. Here is my project. Inspired by Mike's Car for his Garden Railroad....I created my own car. My logic behind it is, it's the missing link between the McKeen car and the RDC units. It's still a WIP, and will be painted for my Freelanced road. The power is similar to an RDC. It's one of my "crazy places my mind goes" specials/ So let's see what everyone else is working on.
When I got back into model railroading about 40 years ago one of the first books I got was a primer by Linn Westcott. There was a picture of a similar motorcar using an Aero-train body with a passenger compartment. It's the first thing I though of when seeing your fantasy car. Imagination has no bounds.
About 40 years ago when I got back inton model railroading one of the first books I got was a primer by Linn Westcott. It showed a similar motorcar with an Aero-train front end and a passenger compartment in the rear. Imagination is a wonderful thing.
NYBW-JohnIf I do get lucky and get some pictures, would it be considered a faux pas to post them to next week's WPF.
Bring along a box car with you. Take a photo of it during the black-out. Include a few other shots of the eclipse as well... problem solved
I'll look forward to seeing the photos
Have Fun! Ed
The boys at the Club are rehashing the “Mountain Layout” and these are for the logging camp.
Neato! Looking forward to more logging. I need to get a few things done there myself after a start in it, plus it's an area of modeling that remains quite popular if perhaps a little less built than in the past.
Ed's eclipse idea works for me. Or -- safely and without trespassing -- set up a time lapse series on something interesting along the right of way, grade crossing or track signal, a bridge, or a cut of cars. What could be really interesting would be pics of a passing train, which would start in light, go on into darkness and come back out into the light. With a ~3 minute eclipse, it could be done at a single spot with the same train passing by.
But good luck getting a good spot except by luck now. I-57, has been packed since Friday. Amtrak's train are long sold out, although you can board here (Champaign, IL) if you already have a magic ticket. The local air traffic control has ben handling light aircraft flying in and Carbondale's 200 parking spaces are all gone, although still space at Harrisburg and Marion, plus in Missouri across the river. The trains are likely to be one of the few transportation modes running relatively normally on Monday, so should make a great topic.
mlehman The boys at the Club are rehashing the “Mountain Layout” and these are for the logging camp. Neato! Looking forward to more logging. I need to get a few things done there myself after a start in it, plus it's an area of modeling that remains quite popular if perhaps a little less built than in the past. Ed's eclipse idea works for me. Or -- safely and without trespassing -- set up a time lapse series on something interesting along the right of way, grade crossing or track signal, a bridge, or a cut of cars. What could be really interesting would be pics of a passing train, which would start in light, go on into darkness and come back out into the light. With a ~3 minute eclipse, it could be done at a single spot with the same train passing by. But good luck getting a good spot except by luck now. I-57, has been packed since Friday. Amtrak's train are long sold out, although you can board here (Champaign, IL) if you already have a magic ticket. The local air traffic control has ben handling light aircraft flying in and Carbondale's 200 parking spaces are all gone, although still space at Harrisburg and Marion, plus in Missouri across the river. The trains are likely to be one of the few transportation modes running relatively normally on Monday, so should make a great topic.
Well, I was too busy getting ready for the road trip to pick up on the suggestions so there was no mixing railroading with the eclipse. I kept a close eye on the forecasts the last two days trying to find the place with the best chance of sunny skies. I changed my plans 3 times in the last two days including twice the morning of the eclipse. I was in Bowling Green, Ky on the northern edge of the totality path pondering my next move. Not having a smart phone or tablet, I got a copy of USA Today and their latest forecast showed a pocket west of Bowling Green with good prospects for sunny skies. I was intending to go to Lebanon, TN about a half hour east of Nashville but then decided to stay a little north of Nashville so I could be in position to move west quickly if need be. I ended up watching the eclipse in a Walmart parking lot in Russelville, KY roughly 10-15 minutes from Hopkinsville where the max totality occurred. Other than losing about 10 seconds of totality, it was a perfect spot. There were just a few puffy clouds when the eclipse began and they had completely dissapated by the time of totality. There was a small encampment of eclipse chasers in that parking lot and Walmart didn't seem to mind as we were all on the far end of the parking lot. The heat and humidity were oppressive and it was nice to be able to go into the air conditioned Walmart and do a little shopping to cool off prior to the start of the show, plus their restroom was handy as well.
A fellow next to me came up with a different take on the old pinhole projection. He mounted his binoculars on a tripod and blocked off one side. He had the large end toward the sun which projected the sun's image onto a piece of poster board. It reversed the image from top to bottom but gave a clear view of the progress of the moon across the sun.
Once totality began my hands were shaking and it was hard to steady the camera. I was able to get a few shots which were clear enough to make them worth posting. I wish I had used more zoom than I did but still got some good images.
On the way into Russellville I crossed two single track lines and I'm guessing at least one of them used to belong to the Louisville and Nashville.
The trip to Kentucky and back was the road trip from hell. I stopped to get a room about 11 pm Sunday in Elizabethtown which is about an hour and a half drive from the center of the totality path. There wasn't a room to be had. The woman at the Motel 6 front desk told me their chain was completely booked all the way north to Indianapolis. I got at most 4 hours sleep in my car before deciding to get breakfast. The Waffle House was nearly full at 3:30 am. Sleeping in the car was a minor inconvenience compared to what I went through on the way home. Everybody didn't arrive at the same time but everybody was heading home at the same time. I am not exaggerating when I say it was a 300 mile long traffic jam. Every construction zone or highway merger became a choke point that brought traffic to a stand still. There were stretches where you could get up to speed but then you'd hit the next choke point. It took me five hours to go from my home to Bowling Green and 12 hours to return. The 2 1/2 minutes of totality made it all worthwhile.
I checked the map for the next total eclipse in 2024. I was pleasantly surprised to discover my house is just a few miles outside the southern edge of totality. That one is supposed to have totality lasting over 4 minutes. The downside it's in April. Chances of sunny skies in April in Ohio are not good. Just hope I'm still around to see it. Anyone who didn't get to see this last one should make a point to get to the next one. Words can't describe what a wonderous sight it was.
NYBW-John Great pictures as always. I'm heading south this evening to view the eclipse. Original plan was to go to southwest Kentucky but the forecast has changed from mostly sunny to partly cloudy. Now it looks like the best bet for sunny skies within driving distance is Lebanon, Tennessee. It's a little east of Nashville and right in the center of the totality path. Even this is a crapshoot. Totality only lasts about 160 seconds and one ill timed cloud could spoil the show. If I do get lucky and get some pictures, would it be considered a faux pas to post them to next week's WPF. I know we like to keep this a railroad themed thread but since this is such a rare event, I was wondering if people would mind making an exception. I suppose another option would be to post them on the Trackside Diner.
Sky was clear in western KY for eclipse. Total eclipse was 2 minutes and 40 seconds here. Awesome. Moon was a huge black disc surrounded by a massive ring of fire. The maximum eclipse was between Hopkinsville and Princeton which was 25 miles from where we live.
Heartland Division CB&Q NYBW-John Great pictures as always. I'm heading south this evening to view the eclipse. Original plan was to go to southwest Kentucky but the forecast has changed from mostly sunny to partly cloudy. Now it looks like the best bet for sunny skies within driving distance is Lebanon, Tennessee. It's a little east of Nashville and right in the center of the totality path. Even this is a crapshoot. Totality only lasts about 160 seconds and one ill timed cloud could spoil the show. If I do get lucky and get some pictures, would it be considered a faux pas to post them to next week's WPF. I know we like to keep this a railroad themed thread but since this is such a rare event, I was wondering if people would mind making an exception. I suppose another option would be to post them on the Trackside Diner. Sky was clear in western KY for eclipse. Total eclipse was 2 minutes and 40 seconds here. Awesome. Moon was a huge black disc surrounded by a massive ring of fire. The maximum eclipse was between Hopkinsville and Princeton which was 25 miles from where we live.
My original plan was to go to that spot between Princeton and Hopkinsville where a farm was hosting an event called Solquest if I remember right. Then I looked at the forecast on Sunday and they were calling for 10% chance of rain there but 0% chance in north central Tennessee so I switched my plan to Lebanon, TN right in the center of the path. During a pit stop I looked at the map and decided it might be better to pick a spot north of Nashville so I could move west quickly if need be. When I got to Bowling Green, I picked up the USA Today and their forecast map showed the best chance for clear skies was back in the Hopkinsville area so I changed plans again. I was heading back to my original choice when I stopped in a Walmart in Russellville. I saw a guy setting up camp in the parking lot and asked him how close we were to maximum totality. He said we would lose just 10 seconds of totality in that spot but he figured with the clouds coming in from the west we would have a better chance of clear skies. The convenience of having a restroom plus the airconditioning in the Walmart store was enough to get me to change plans one more time. Turned out to be a good choice. Not a cloud in the sky by the time totality hit. We were very lucky. I recorded The Weather Channel's coverage and they had crews in Carbondale and Nashville which bracketed our location. Carbondale only got a few seconds of viewing due to one large cloud and Nashville saw nothing. I felt bad for those people but good about my choice.
My house is just a couple miles outside the path of totality for 2024 although I will have to drive about an hour to northwest Ohio to get max totality. 28% of days in April are completely cloudy and our local weatherman didn't say how many are partly cloudy. I don't recall a lot of completely sunny days in April so I'll probably have to be flexible again and hope I guess right like I did this time.