Living the dream.
Hello everyone, and welcome to a new weekend!
This week my share is a 43 year old commemorative car from the 1980 NMRA convention in Orlando, Florida. The Model Railroad Club of Orlando is long gone now.
-Photograph by Kevin Parson
I am looking forward to seeing everyone's photographs this weekend.
-Kevin
Thanks for starting this weeks WPF, Kevin.
Commemorative car? An interesting one indeed. A pity the club has gone (like others).
Myself
Oh the joys of research.The East & West Yorkshire Union Railway began building a railway to connect with the Hull & Barnsley Railway into Leeds.It was doomed to fail as it ran out of money as soon as work began. The line did get built from Lofthouse to Stourton (about 10 miles in length) The Company did buy some old carriages from the Midland Railway.Somehow the Company survived until 1923, becoming part of the London & North Eastern Railway. The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway had running rights along the line.The line finally closed in 1966.As mentioned the Company bought some carriages from the Midland Railway. Two carriages were similar to Bachmann's 'Henrietta' (Thomas the Tank range). Those carriages were purchased by the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway for a nominal sum. They were not popular and were sold on.Anyway one 'Henrietta' carriages have been purchased and repainted in L&YR colours. Purchased more as a fun object. Doing the research as prompted me to buy another. It has been repainted. They both need another coat of paintOne carriage - as bought
IMG_2726 by David Harrison, on Flickr
Both together
IMG_2733 by David Harrison, on Flickr
David
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Another week of photos to inspire me to work harder on the layout. Thanks for the startup, Kevin.
The Orlando Club car looks nice. I never considered buying something like that until recently. While I don't forsee a fleet of cars like this, it would be nice to have several for the interest value.
David, that's a neat history of those cars. You said they were not popular. What was wrong with them? Nice job painting them.
I finally got my intermodal yard partially finished. I need to work on the areas around the pavement, and put in some other work structures.
York1 John
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Kevin, thanks for starting us out, I had attended the previous three NMRA conventions prior to Orlando, but due to getting married Orlando was out, but I heard it was a not very well run convention from friends who attended.
David, interesting cars as are most that you do wonder why they were not popular.
John, interesting intermodal yard, we have finally got around to finishing our intermodal yard at the club layout, not all complete but the paving is in.
I managed to finish a couple of cars this week!
First another old AHM Covered Hopper, where I removed all the bookcase ladders and replaced them with ones from the scrapbox and added all the airlines for the braking system. Car was painted with Scalecoat II UP Covered Hopper Gray and lettered with Highball Graphics decals. Used in various services on the Rock Island.
Next, a Front Range Combo Door boxcar where I replaced the sliding door with another plug door from the scrapbox leaving the car with a 6' and an 8' plug door. Also installed a Cal-Scale Hyrdo Cushion system on the frame and Moloco ACF style coupler pockets along with A-Line Sill Steps. Car was painted with Scalecoat II Black, Reefer Yellow and Silver paints then lettered with a mixture of AA Historical Society, Highball Graphics and Herald King Decals. The GBW ordered fifty of these cars, 6 were assigned to specific canning plants and the rest were free runners.
Underframe Construction:
Finished Car:
A Pair of Rapido FA-2's in Ann Arbor with a general freight rolling on the Strongsville Club Layout.
Thanks for looking!
Rick Jesionowski
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Kevin, Thanks for rolling out the WPF with a unique piece of past club model railroading in boxcar form.
Thanks to all the contributors and viewers. Happy Fathers Day weekend. Regards, Peter
York John. The Intermodel Yard looks really good. Well done.
Rick. Such high standard in modelling the hopper and boxcar. Well done.
Peter. Such simple scenes so well thought out. Love each and everyone you have posted.
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John & Rick. On information regarding the carriages it doesn't say why they were unpopular. I think the carriages were not liked being four wheeled and did not run well over long distances. The Wisbech & Upwell Railway liked them as does Tanfield Railway who have some today.
Fifth by Bear, on Flickr
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dti406Kevin, thanks for starting us out, I had attended the previous three NMRA conventions prior to Orlando, but due to getting married Orlando was out, but I heard it was a not very well run convention from friends who attended.
As far as I know, there have been three NMRA conventions in Florida. Two in Orlando, and one on Fort Lauderdale. From chatter, none of these seem to have been very good conventions.
I have nothing to compare them to. I have never been to an NMRA convention outside of Florida.
Two recent acquistions for my NYC caboose roster:
NJCB NYC 20100-series wood caboose
OMI NYC rider caboose (opposite side has 5 windows)
Both are in very nice shape and the price was decent. The NJCB caboose doesn't roll very freely so I may swap the trucks out for Kadees at some point.
Tom
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"rider caboose"?
MidlandMike "rider caboose"?
Some states like Indiana have a law where the railroad must provide a rider car (caboose) for the head end brakeman if the train is longer than so many cars. In Indiana's case it was 67 cars. I believe those laws were largely suspended by ICC regulations and or Acts of Congress.
Rick Jesionows
Mike,
NYC rider cabooses were used for mail and express passenger runs from 1943 into the 60s. You can read about them on pg. 28 of this link...