Well, here we are at the very beginning of a brand-new longer than normal weekend.
This is the weekly thread where we all gather to share photographs of our model railroad projects. This is consistently my favorite thread every week, week after week.
We have been going through boxes of old photographs here at the house, and finding some treasures. These two pictures were taken when I took down STRATTON AND GILLETTE #3 from our old duplex. This was an N scale "L" shaped layout built along the walls of the dining room.
It was the last N scale SGRR layout. It had a short life from 1993-1994 I believe. I should have kept better records of all the layouts I have built.
I took a section of it outside, and took a couple of pictures. I should have cleaned all the dust off of it.
This one shows an RS-3 pushing a gondola loaded with scrap metal.
This picture shows an SGRR shop switcher built from a Rivarossi locomotive model. Both of these structures were built from Craftsman kits, and they found a home on my friend Randy's NORFOLK SOUTHERN layout after this picture was taken.
There you have it. The only two known photographs of SGRR layout number #3. I was very happy to find these.
* * * Actually there are a few other pictures of it, but it is in the background of pictures I took of our girls. * * *
OK... lets see what everyone else has to share this week.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
Thanks for starting WPF, Kevin.
Always good looking at old pictures you like. Brings back memories of how it was.
I just ran trains this week.
Searching information on names of Yorkshire Regiments that fought in the Great War has been interesting and enlightening.
Here is a picture of a southbound troop train passing Leeds Sovereign Street Station. On board is part of 19th (1st North Riding of Yorkshire) Regiment of Foot. The locomotive in charge is Ex-Calder Railway 'Bezel'
The same train at Crown Point Junction. Ash Farm Fields and Lake behind.
The scene at Clarence Dock. The goods train hasn't arrived yet. A 'little scallywag' is being 'told off' by the policeman. Has he been stealing (again)?
David
To the world you are someone. To someone you are the world
I cannot afford the luxury of a negative thought
An excellent start to some fine modeling here, fella's! Thanks for starting things off for us, Kevin. May 30? Don't we get a bonus day Monday?
Nice to see you regaling in the old photos. Sure is great to jog the memory and relive happy times.
You have a knack for showing the gritty-side of railroading on your home-turf, David — Bravo!
We're on the home stretch with my signal bridge. I got the bridge set in place and most of the wiring done tonight :
PRR_Signal-View by Edmund, on Flickr
I took the liberty to give her a bit of rust. The PRR wasn't known for top-notch upkeep in the later years.
Both signals are showing Approach Medium here.
PRR_Signal-View-1 by Edmund, on Flickr
I was trying to avoid any more passenger car projects but this 1938 Broadway "View" car just happened to show up today. I might attempt a "Fleet-of-Modernism" paint style on it.
Got to get the ballast finished up there, too!
On to more great stuff, folks —
Regards, Ed
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
It seems like the weeks are going quickly. Another WPF!
Kevin, I've never seen your N scale stuff. Do you miss it?
More nice scenes from David. Is that a painted background at Crown Point Junction? I like it.
Ed, the signals look great. Are they operated on an Arduino circuit?
Bear, we are both having the same weather. Have fun with the covered hoppers. I don't have any, but plan on getting some soon.
I don't have any pictures of this week's layout -- I haven't touched any trains this week. Spring means outdoors work.
I found this photo of the first kit I built -- a Walther's Cornerstone. I didn't paint anything. Since it was installed, it has been taken off the layout and is now in a closet waiting for what? I was just learning how to connect the rails to the building.
Looking forward to more photos.
York1 John
Kevin, I'm digging the old photos! The Atlas / Kato RS3 got me back in the hobby after several years off in the 80's for the typical stuff, cars, girls, college, marriage, etc. The SW1500 looks fantastic, but what is the tubing on the front of it?
David, your photo of Clarence Dock looks fantastic. Very realistic.
Ed, That signal bridge is awesome! That is not modeled very often and you nailed it. Get some paint on that observation!
Bear, That's a bunch of hoppers!
John, Put that building back on the layout! Looks good. I've been thinking about some kind of engine house for my N scale layout.
Not much from me this week, but I did build a flat car using some gears that I found at Hobby Lobby while out with my wife. I decided to put together one of the several MDC shorty flat car, along with some bits of basswood that I also purchased at Hobby Lobby. Kadee trucks, couplers, and Tichy brake wheel finish it off. When I finished it, my wife told me it looks a bit like a ferris wheel...DOH! I might modify it a little...
Chuck - Modeling in HO scale and anything narrow gauge
Good morning
Thanks for another WPF Kevin I'm glad you found your pictures. That's a great looking farm scene. I was getting interested in seeing the big machine those giant tires came off of until I zoomed-in and realized they were gears
I always like looking at your scenery scenes on your layout David
The signal bridge is looking great Ed. Nice job on the rust weathering. I sure would like to see them work and how you designed the signal trip that activates it.
That's a cool engine house kit you did John. I bet that model would look really neat lit up at night.
It's amazing the miscellaneous stuff you can find that works for our hobby Chuck. I like what you did with the flat car.
I worked on my bench-work cabinet this week. I don't have time to dig up my thread so here's a peek of what I've been doing.
To buy drawer slides would be extremely expensive. I'm making my own drawer slides with Masonite. Masonite on Masonite glides slick as glass. I still have to make three more per side and the removable trays.
TF
Good morning from cool and rainy Northeast Ohio!
Thanks for starting us out Kevin, always neat to look at old pictures and see how our modeling skills have advanced over the years.
David, another amazing view of your modeling skills.
Ed, glad you finished with that signal bridge, signals make a layout come alive, but they are a lot of work.
John, Beautiful looking engine house, looks to clean though but I like it.
Bear, keep the fleet growing and finish those cars. I have built 9 of the Tichy Panel side hoppers, and those drive me crazy, although I think I got the last one done in about 2 hours versus the days on the first one.
Chuck, unique load, wish I had the immagination to come up with loads like that.
TF, hope you can still get to the underneath of the layout with those drawers in there, access is key and will be a lot harder as one gets older.
I managed to complete a couple of cars this week.
Intermountain PS 5277CF Boxcar Kit, painted with Scalecoat II Boxcar Red and Silver Paints and lettered with Herald King Decals. The Detroit & Mackinac ran from Bay City, MI to Cheboygan, MI and after Conrail to Mackinac via old MC lines. The 5277's were purchased in the late 70's to partcipate in the IPD Boxcar boom, the D&M folded in 1992 after the natural resources (timber) were depleted and a lot of traffic was lost.
Tangent PS4750 CF Covered Hopper Kit, painted with Scalecoat II MOW Gray Paint and lettered with Herald King Decals. Even in bankruptcy the Rock Island continued leasing more covered hoppers to handle the grain business while retiring old worn out 40' boxcars that were previsouly used in the grain trade. This car had the 1971-75 speed lettering that the Rock Island was using.
Athearn 40' Baby Hy-Cube, removed the cast on grabs and replaced with wire grabs, also installed a Cal-Scale Hydracushion kit on the underframe and made up the brake rodding with brass wire.
Another view of my Rapido RS-11's passing the coal mine on the Strongsville Club layout.
Thanks for looking,
Rick Jesionowski
Rule 1: This is my railroad.
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Thanks you for all the comments on my pictures, Guys. They are much appreciated.
Ed - Excellent signalling work. It looks as though it has been there ages. Love it.
Bear - Good work on those Hoppers.
John - A lovely looking building.
Chuck - 'Ferris Wheel' or not it looks a great wagon load.
TF - Some unusual bridges. . Good looking benchwork.
Rick - Love the cars. Well done.
John - The backscene at Crown Point Junction is painted straight on the wall. It is not bad seen from a distance. (As far away as possible. ) Just do not tell Dawn about it.
Kevin .... Thanks for starting Photo Fun. Your old N-scale layout looks interesting.
David ...... I enjoy seeing your UK model railroad. This time with a troop train.
Ed .... I like seeing your signals. The brass observation looks good.
John ... I also think your engine house looks good and belongs on your layout.
Bear .... Working on covered hoppers looks like a fun activity.
Chuck .... You did well making a load out of a gear from a craft store.
TF .... It is a good idea to have cabinets under the layout .
Rick .... The D&M boxcar and the RI overed hopper look great. The Athearn boxcar looks like a fun project. The RS11's look terrific.
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My contributions .
First, I worked on my coke loads trying to make the colors look like coke instead of coal. I tried to make it look like my very old memory of seeing coke. Also, I refered to some comments in the thread about hauling coal I started. .... I used acrylic paints (watered down) and weathering powders.
The 2 coke cars in the foreground have blues and grays added to them to resemble coke. The 2 cars behind them still look like coal.
My second photo shows a CB&Q 2-10-2 hauling westbound freight train and also the caboose of an eastbound freight train .
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Sorry I have been absent the last 2 weeks. We were very busy with the move and getting ready for the baby. Glad to be back!
Kevin- I like the blast from the past! Whats that little switcher? I like it!
David- Nice scenes! I like the farmers field and the young lad getting scolded
Ed- I really like the signal bridge. Great weathering!
Bear- Quite the hopper collection. DO I see some Bowsers in there?
John- Thats a good looking building! I hope it finds a way out of the closet!
Chuck- Good looking gears! I frequent hobby lobby with the girlfriend but rarely find something for me. Good use of supplies!
TF- Nice looking cabinet. I need one or two!
Rick- I like the RI hopper a lot! Nice work. Cant wait to see the BB box car done!
Garry- Nice looking coke loads!
It was my birthday weekend last weekend and aquired quite a few new things.
First stopped at an estate sale with my parents and found this athearn RTR SW1000 and 2 BNSF Hi cube boxcars. They got them for me as a birthday present
Traded My Genesis GP9 for this BLI Mikado and found this Genesis bigboy with sound for $100. Just could not pass that up.
The Mikado will be in charge of an excursion train
Looking forward to more great pictures!
Happy holiday weekend everyone. Great start.
Kevin - Those are great N scale pictures.
David - Really like the troop trains.
Ed - The signals look great.
Bear - Looks like you will be busy with the kitbash.
John - Bought the same kit for a kitbash years ago and still haven't put it together.
Chuck - Interesting load. Wondering what kind of machine would use a gear like that?
TF - Nice cabinet work.
Rick - More great modeling as usual.
Garry - So that's where your coal loads end up. Love that 2-10-4 also.
Ringo - I have to shop where you shop. Big Boy for $100!!!!! I also really like the BLI Mike in MILW. Been looking for one at a reasonable price.
This months contribution is a CNW way freight 46 waiting at the Plymouth diamond as the southbound Chippewa pulls into town. Note the smashboard. Have to upgrade the paddles on the signal to match the actual signal.
Scott Sonntag
I thought that I would show a photo that shows the size of the gear that I used. The photo above makes it look a little on the large size, but it's really not that big. I chose this size because I wanted it to stand up. If I went any smaller, I could have just placed it on its side! Here is the car with a Red Caboose 40' boxcar...
Kevin, Thanks for opening the WPF. Enjoying your 'historic' previous layout photos prompted me to dig thru some of my own, was fun, thanks for the hobby memories.
Thanks to all the contributors and viewers, have a good holiday weekend as we honor our fallen heroes, regards, Peter
A smash board, well I’ve learnt something new this WPF, thanks, Scott.
Ringo58Bear- Quite the hopper collection. DO I see some Bowsers in there?
Ringo and Scott .... Thanks for comments about my photos.
Ringo .... I like the switcher and the 2-8-2.
Scott ... Your MILW passenger train is beautiful.
Chuck ... You gear load looks very good.
Peter .... I like your scene with the bicycles.
Bear .... Hello.
Here is another picture of coke loads. The side dump car has a load which is tinted with orange as well as blue / gray in an effort to simulate coke.
Hello everyone.
Sorry about being such an absent host this weekend. I was trying to get everything in order and get on the road.
I am happy for all the positive comments on the two old pictures I shared from my layout as I tore it down.
Everything shared this week was great. I read through all the posts, but unfortunately I cannot make the time to comment on all of them this week.
I will see what I can do tomorrow.
Holiday Weekend update:
York1Ed, the signals look great. Are they operated on an Arduino circuit?
Hi, John.
I like to use the boards from LogicRail Signal Animator. I have dozens of these around the layout and they perform flawlessly. They can be adapted so that a turnout or direction change can "force" them to show red which is a feature I've used often.
Logicrail_SA-2 by Edmund, on Flickr
Here are a few recent views with everything wired up:
PRR_Signal-View-2 by Edmund, on Flickr
PRR_Signal-View-3 by Edmund, on Flickr
Thank you to everyone that complimented my signal bridge I have always been fascinated with the "real-world" signals and I'm pleased to see them on my layout. As Rick points out, they make things come alive!
Great contributions, folks! Let's not stop here — today is a bonus day!
Cheers, Ed
Two new North British Railway six wheeled carriages.
One would make the long journey from Edinburgh to Plymouth calling at Leeds New Station (then Leeds Central) on its way. The carriage would return the following day. A Great Western Railway carriage would make the same journey on the opposite service.
Here are the carriages on their first trial run.
Great work, everyone. I can't name everyone individually, but I enjoy all the photos each weekend.
gmpullmanLet's not stop here — today is a bonus day!
Good idea Ed, I'm following Kevin's lead again and busting out another previous layout pic from my archives.
Thanks Bear, My bicycle wheels were stalled by the pandemic, but glad that some of the lost motion was applied to model railroading.
Wishing everyone a good and safe Memorial Day, Regards, Peter
York1Kevin, I've never seen your N scale stuff. Do you miss it?
I was in N scale from about 1982 until 1994 give-or-take.
In that time, I painted over 200 freight cars for the SGRR, 50 or so for other ficticious railroads, and built 3 layouts.
No, I do not miss N scale. My two best model railroader friends both model N scale, and have significant collections of SGRR equipment, so in a way, I guess I never left N scale fully.
trwrouteKevin, the SW1500 looks fantastic, but what is the tubing on the front of it?
I built it to look like a "shop switcher" i saw in an old magazine article. Unfortunately, I do not remember how accurate my model was, or what the details were supposed to represent.
Track fiddlerThanks for another WPF Kevin I was getting interested in seeing the big machine those giant tires came off of until I zoomed-in and realized they were gears
They are actually stacks of copper lock washers. I used those for all kinds of props back in the day.
Ringo58Kevin- I like the blast from the past! Whats that little switcher? I like it!
That is an old Rivarossi N scale SW1500 sold by Con-Cor back in the 1980s. It had a huge can motor behind the fuel tank. This made the fuel tank detail awful, but the model ran great.
That is one of two N scale locomotives that lasted through all 3 N scale SGRR layouts. The other was a Kato PA-1, also sold by Con-Cor.
Well, the bulk of the classification area of my main yard is ballasted. Now comes cleanup - removal of stray ballast against the inside of the rails and vacuuming away any loose bits, plus cleaning the railheads - and I'll be ready to put some cars back into the area and proceed on through the yard throat and to the engine terminal.
Mark P.
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Rick, the D&M didn't fold, it morphed into the Lake States Railroad and has expanded on former CSX track to Sagniaw, Flint and Wixom Michigan.
rws1225 Rick, the D&M didn't fold, it morphed into the Lake States Railroad and has expanded on former CSX track to Sagniaw, Flint and Wixom Michigan.
The track may be there but the railroad incorporated as the Detroit and Mackinac is no longer in existence, I would call that folding.