Welcome to this exciting edition of the APRIL 8, 9 and 10, 2022, Weekend Photo Fun.
Please use this thread to post any photos of your recent projects or a favorite scene on your layout. Everyone is welcome and all contributions appreciated.
This week I managed to lay the ties for the "abandoned" siding that once served the feed mill:
Feed_Mill_Siding-J by Edmund, on Flickr
Once ballasted, then dirt covered, I'll distress the ties a little more and make them look like they've been there fifty years or more.
Feed_Mill_Siding-H by Edmund, on Flickr
Feed_Mill_Siding-G by Edmund, on Flickr
I also soldered together a guard rail out of surplus rail. Looking at old photos I found that there really weren't very many guard rails in place to begin with and those few out there were made of whatever was on hand.
Feed_Mill_Siding-F by Edmund, on Flickr
Feed_Mill_Siding-E by Edmund, on Flickr
Scrap rail seemed to be prevalent, though. Mind you all these scenes show the "pre-weathered" state of modeling. Once things are farther along I'll add more rust, weeds, distress and ageing.
I also fit a curb into the employee entrance to the Postal Annex building. This will probably be a bus stop and turn-around:
Feed_Mill_Siding-D by Edmund, on Flickr
Here's feed mill 2.0. My original structure was made in 1997 and there are changes I wanted to make since this will now be a front — center building.
Feed_Mill_Siding-B by Edmund, on Flickr
Things are moving along here. Once this particular area is established I can return my attention to the "Big City"
Feed_Mill_Siding-A by Edmund, on Flickr
On to more great contributions, please!
Cheers, Ed
Thanks for starting WPF, Ed
Loving the excellent scenes.
From myself.
Gateshead based Class 47 47401 'on its way home' with a Leeds Central to York local train. Seen here arriving at Roseville Station.
IMG_5043 by David Harrison, on Flickr
Inverness based Class 37 37026 'a long way from home' passing Charlie Marston's Salvage Yard with a York to Leeds Central local service.
IMG_5014 by David Harrison, on Flickr
Another Gateshead based Class 47 47404 with a Leeds to Birmingham Parcels Train. In real life 47404 spent a lot of time around Birmingham. I think the crews there liked the locomotive.
IMG_5202 by David Harrison, on Flickr
Keep the photographs coming.
David
To the world you are someone. To someone you are the world
I cannot afford the luxury of a negative thought
Good morning from sunny and cold Northeast Ohio! We may get snow later in the day/evening.
Ed, thanks for starting us out with some great shots, I especially like the abandoned railroad siding.
David, like you photographs also, great passenger train action, don't always see that.
Did not get any modeling done this week due to a bowling tournament over last weekend and staying at my son's house while some major plumbing work was being done at our house. So you are going to get an old photograph I took at the club.
Rapido New Haven FL9's with a mixed milk and passenger train leaving the station on the Strongsville, OH Club layout.
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!
Thanks, Ed for getting this week's WPF going, it is a weekend staple that I enjoy.
2861 was a West Coast Hudson that found its way to Calgary in 1939 to help the Royal Train with its first big climb into the Rockies toward Banff. Here it is coming past to hook up for the big pull.
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
"Thank You" to Ed for opening the Weekend Photo Fun thread this week. I did not get much sleep Wednesday night, and fell asleep super-early last night and slept through the start time.
Another "Thank You" to everyone that has contributed so far.
Ed: I like the look of the abandon siding. This is a great feature to include to set the mood of a scene. There used to be lots of guard rail in the Florida Keys made from old railroad rail from when they took up the rails and "roadified" the railroad bridges.
David: Thank you for more great photographs. I really like the way the scenery comes close to the railroad in the pictures this week.
Rick: You deserve a break! I hope you enjoyed your time with your son. The NEW HAVEN locomotives are beautiful.
Brent: Nice Hudsons.
In keeping with Ed's "abandoned trackage" theme I am sharing these old pictures... when I built my layout test segment, I included an abandon line that had once been double-tracked, but reduced to a single track.
-Photograph by Kevin Parson
I should have put the abandon trackage close to the aisle because it made it hard to photograph as I built it.
-Photographs by Kevin Parson
This was the kind of picture I was able to take when all was said and done.
Let's all keep the fun photographs coming. I am looking forward to a great weekend.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
Thanks for all the activity already Great Stuff!
I have a spot where a passing siding ends to join the single track main. Rather than make a conventional-looking switch I decided it would look neat to give the impression that the siding was once part of a double-track main which had since been reduced to one track.
IMG_8287_fix by Edmund, on Flickr
Track_joint by Edmund, on Flickr
It has a neat overall effect.
Kevin, a while back I rode the old C&O through Virginia and there were several realignments that bypassed old tunnels like you show in your scene.
IMG_0579 by Edmund, on Flickr
IMG_0584 by Edmund, on Flickr
Carry on folks!
Another WPF off to a great start.
Ed, thanks for starting this out. That's a neat idea about using old rail for guard rails.
David, another good set of scenes from you RR. I again notice your use of lots of plants to fill in the scenery. Very nice.
Rick, I like the fueling station that is on your club layout. That's another thing I don't have on my layout.
Brent, those are beautiful locomotives.
Kevin, that's a pretty neat progression of pictures to show your work towards a finished scene.
I also have a picture of part of the layout that is no longer there. This bridge was a single track Atlas bridge that I converted to double track. Unfortunately, I did this when I began my first layout, and I glued everything together and glued the entire thing to the surface.
I tried my best to remove the bridge intact, but ended up basically destroying it. I'm beginning the process of building some new bridges from scratch. Maybe by next week's WPF, I will have some early bridge building photos:
York1 John
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
I started a new project this week - a CNW waycar (caboose). I don't have one on the layout, so my CNW trains have been pulling (horrors!) NP and GN cabooses.
I do have a couple of the Walthers 4-window waycars in CNW that they produced years ago. I just hadn't gotten around to building them.
I want my waycars to stand out a bit, so I'm adding Tomar's Adlake markers to them, driving the LEDs with NCE Light It boards. These Light It boards are great - they're like a lobotomized mobile decoder that only does lighting funtions - and they're not overly expensive (about six bucks each in a six pack). Power comes from Kadee electrical pickup trucks.
Enough blather - photos
Testing the first installation a couple days ago:
And amazingly (because I did it) the markers work great!
So now I'm on to painting and installing all the grab irons. These tiny little things require drilling #80 holes to install them.
Here's two of the end grabs, with eyelets at the corners, painted and installed. Only a thousand more grabs to go! Just below the roof on each side of the door, you can see the drilled holes for the grabs that go there.
And here's those grabs in my tiny little alligator clamps waiting for the paint to dry.
Mark P.
Website: http://www.thecbandqinwyoming.comVideos: https://www.youtube.com/user/mabrunton
Lots of great modeling already. I have a few modest projects.
My Austrian diesel has been running around for years without a proper pilot.
Too much open space, so I finally dug out a couple of the plows I use on my NW2M conversions and fitted them to the boxcab. They ended up looking pretty good.
After some confusion about where the Current Keeper leads go and a mangled decoder, I managed to get sound in another NW2M.
Just getting started on this Wheels of Time kit for a mid-60s Chevy semi tractor.
Seems a little pricey, but the castings are exquisite and the prototype is otherwise not available. Almost lost one wheel in the drain when cleaning it up, but managed to get it before it went in.
Mike Lehman
Urbana, IL
Ed, Thanks for opening the WPF with abandon, track that is.
Mike, Always enjoy your layout pics and looking forward to seeing your Wheels of Time Chevy tractor build.
"Meaner than a junkyard dog"
Thanks to all the contributors and viewers. Have a good weekend. Regards, Peter
John: Thank you for the comments on my photo-progression of that scene.
I had some unforseen problems with the painting of the wooden tunnel portal. The main portal is a resin casting by AIM, but the wooden retaining walls are plaster castings by Woodland Scenics.
I thought that if I primed everything with a thick coat of black, the paint would take into the details evenly...
NOPE!
The plaster parts took paint and washes differently than the resin part. I tried all kinds of different techniques to balance out the colours, but in the end, I was still not satisflied with the final result.
It looks OK, but it could have been better with a lot less effort.
I learned from that... in the future all parts of a scenic element should be the same material.
Even when you have a scene that's gone to the dogs, it's a great one, Peter.
HO-VeloMike, Always enjoy your layout pics and looking forward to seeing your Wheels of Time Chevy tractor build.
Thanks and here's the mostly finished Chevy hoisting a container.
Needs some more daubing at the "lighting," some windshield wipers, maybe an exhaust. I wasn't too sure about the windshield, but after the canopy glue dried, it's acceptable, just needs some more glue to build up the "gasket" some.
Peter) Flawless!
PMR
Ed: That siding from a crossover does look great. Nice work with all the details and weathering. I saw lots of abandon railroad tunnels when I was out West. Unfortunately I could not find ways to get close for good pictures.
John: Too bad about the customized double track bridge. I have a similar story about the N scale double-tracked Intercontinental Bridge on my Dream House layout. It was destroyed during removal also.
Bear: Thank you for the Toon this week. Always needed and appreciated.
Mark: That looks like a fantastic caboose project. Those Tomar signal lanterns really add a lot to the model. Great work.
Mike: That snowplow really adds something to the Australian diesel. I wish Wheels Of Time made more stuff. Those boxy-cab Chevrolets look great, but too new for me. In the later picture it looks like the body color of tan is appropriate for these trucks. Nice job.
Peter: Wonderful scene with the "Junkyard Dog" keeping watch.
SeeYou190 John: Thank you for the commentson my photo-progression of that scene. I had some unforseen problems with the painting of the wooden tunnel portal. The main portal is a resin casting by AIM, but the wooden retaining walls are plaster castings by Woodland Scenics. I thought that if I primed everything with a thick coat of black, the paint would take into the details evenly... NOPE! The plaster parts took paint and washes differently than the resin part. I tried all kinds of different techniques to balance out the colours, but in the end, I was still not satisflied with the final result. It looks OK, but it could have been better with a lot less effort. -Photograph by Kevin Parson I learned from that... in the future all parts of a scenic element should be the same material. -Kevin
John: Thank you for the commentson my photo-progression of that scene.
Kevin looks great but a little nit to pick, most railroads would center the track in tunnel to get the additional clearance for the larger cars that were comming into service.
SeeYou190Mike: That snowplow really adds something to the Australian diesel. I wish Wheels Of Time made more stuff. Those boxy-cab Chevrolets look great, but too new for me. In the later picture it looks like the body color of tan is appropriate for these trucks. Nice job.
Thanks, Kevin. It was a 60's shade of brown,which I'm not a big fan of, but it was right for this era truck. BTW, it's an Austrian diesel, so different hemisphere. I do have an Australian-produced model of another type, so perhaps accounts for the confusion?
Good afternoon everybody.
Great looking scene you have Ed. The former siding, and the ex-double track segment, both add a great touch of realism.
David - Very nicely detail scenes for your layout. The blossoms were really well done. I like the salvage operations as well, nicely done.
Rick J - Very nice looking NH power.
Brent - Nice Hudson.
Kevin - The abandoned second track looks very nice.
John (York1) - Nice job on the dry bed scenery.
Bear - Thanks for the beartoons.
Mark - I like the lit marker lights.
Mike - Nicely done with the plow and the truck kit.
Peter - Well done gaurd dog scene.
My contribution - While I have yet to finish the layout, I did finish another project - A new work bench!
New work bench by Richard Woodworth, on Flickr
It will allow a great place to assemble and repair models, and a nice place to paint. The extension cord is temporary until the electric gets wired in.
Keep all the great photo's coming!
Ricky W.
HO scale Proto-freelancer.
My Railroad rules:
1: It's my railroad, my rules.
2: It's for having fun and enjoyment.
3: Any objections, consult above rules.
I finished three more reefers this weekend.
Thanks for starting off WPF Ed. Lots of good ideass this week, I'm going to steal a couple of them. Thanks.
David - Great scenes. Love the flowers.
Rick - Good photos. Loved the NH locos.
Brent - Nice photo. Interesting senario and locos.
Kevin - Nothin like thinkin ahead. Interesting idea.
Ed - A good idea. It obviously made a point.
John - that was a good looking bridge.
Bear - Good one!
Mark - Good work.
Mike - Good stuff.
Peter - Great scene.
Kevin - The tunnel portal looks good to me.
Mike - Thats a good looking truck. Nice job.
Ricky - Good looking bench. Lots of built in storage.
Pike - Good work on the reefers. You must have quite a collection by now.
My little fork lift kit is coming along. a few tweaks to the man guard, paint and some weathering to go.
The abandoned trackage on the BRVRR is actually my progrmming track.
Keep the photos and ideas coming guys. Thanks to ou WPF is always the best thread of the week.
Remember its your railroad
Allan
Track to the BRVRR Website: http://www.brvrr.com/
dti406A little nit to pick, most railroads would center the track in tunnel to get the additional clearance for the larger cars that were comming into service.
I absolutely agree.
However, I am much more interested in interesting Photo-Locations than prototype fidelity.
I remember reading many articles on the design of the HOn2-1/2 CARBASSETT AND DEAD RIVER RAILWAY layout, and how much thought was put into photography on the finished layout. I thought... Yep, that is how I am going to do it.
I figured the abandoned tackage coming out of the tunnel was more interesting than centering the track.
Thank you to all the great contributors to this weekend's WPF thread!
— and a much appreciated Bear Toon!
Cheers! Ed
[quote user="mlehman"It's an Austrian diesel, so different hemisphere.[/quote]
Somtimes I read way to quickly and miss important details.
Ricky: I hope you get as much service and enjoyment from your new workbench that I have gotten from mine. It is my favorite piece of furniture.
Pike: Thanks for the pictures of your wonderful refrigerated boxcars.
Allan: That forklift is looking amazing. Great project.
Thanks again to everyone... see you next weekend.
gmpullmanOn to more great contributions, please! Cheers, Ed
SeeYou (Kevin): Always loved a scene of a train coming out of a tunnel.
Don - Specializing in layout DC->DCC conversions
Modeling C&O transition era and steel industries There's Nothing Like Big Steam!