weekly photo fun 3-27

 Nice job on the switcher and plow, Mike.

Reading GP-7 no.633 down grade with a string of mts.

 

 

my first attempt at weathering. the photo is a little blurry

Well here's my first WPF contribution. Some early scenery not finished.

Wharf scene started

One other scene almost complete

 

 

I have not had much railroad time because of other hobby projects; I just completed a work table for flame working glass beads. Does the design look familiar?

It is nice to know that L-girder benchwork translates to other projects!   (Hopefully some railroad photos next time.)

Nice Scenery Jeff

Especially the switch back area

Good looking plow Mike

Nice photo Grampys !

If you saw the thread on this loco you'll know I went Crazy and bought it

http://cs.trains.com/trccs/forums/t/150544.aspx

When it came in the mail I put it to work Switching the Loup Creek Mine

 

 

Some views from Hawk Point area.

How wide is your switch back area?  Also how tall.  This would go great along one wall that I have where I want to put a logging scene and do not want a helix to get there.

Knowcents

Well here's my first WPF contribution. Some early scenery not finished.

Terry how do you like your little engine?   Sorry after a couple days last week I realized that the riv one only had 2 wheels for the driver and a regular tender truck instead of the loco wheels.  Looks good though.  How does it run?  I just got a regular one in the mail.  Motor was all seized up.  Completely tore it apart and got it to run real smooth.  It has the motor in the boiler and leaves the cab open with nice backhead detail.  I originally bought it to fix another one that I had but they were not compatibale.  So I just junked the other one into a rustbucket waiting for restoration from the local scenic railroad tour group.

Grampy, what can I say, If I can ever achieve half your quality of work I will be happy.  Awesome work the last couple weeks?  Are you completed with your layout or still building?

Mike

Another GREAT look WPF.  I see the bar gets higher each week.

Well here's some shots of my weathered 2-bay hopper.  It was a B&O, and now its a CSXT.   Heres the list of things done:

New numbers/letters, faded, rust pits, dust/grime, weathered underneath, wheels, back of wheels, trucks all weathered, (hand made) cut-levers, Hi-Tech (unbreakable) rubber hoses, load spillage (real texture), weathered ends.

So..............Here's the shots!!!

rs2mike

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Terry how do you like your little engine? group.

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Mike

As you might guess it's an awesome puller

Because of the height of the drivers on the tender

in a tight turn {18" Radius} the cab roof will rub

 the top of the coal box on the tender

But other than that it runs fine

Sadly theres just no room for a decoder any where

But The guy that had this did a very good good on the kit bash

Grampys Trains

 Nice job on the switcher and plow, Mike.

Reading GP-7 no.633 down grade with a string of mts.

 

 

 

Grampy.

As I scrolled down the page, I went past the posters name & Avatar but as soon as I saw the picture knew that it was a "Grampy" shot. Your work looks almost to real to be a model. You are an inspiration to be sure.

Please, do not ever stop posting your pictures.

As for the rest of the posters to WPF, thank you, well done and keep up the good work. The improvements over the months are very noticeable.

Blue Flamer.

rs2mike

How wide is your switch back area?  Also how tall.  This would go great along one wall that I have where I want to put a logging scene and do not want a helix to get there.

Knowcents

Well here's my first WPF contribution. Some early scenery not finished.

The switch back is 16" deep by 12" high. The length of scene is 8' long. I have attached another shot but excuse the sky as I had just touched up.

Burlington Route 3 bay hopper on its way through the tipple at the mine.

As night falls it heads off the coal dealer

 

 

Here are some photos  to share of signs that I got together to put around the layout.

I plan to print them on photo paper to give them a metal sign look.

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C&O Fan

When it came in the mail I put it to work Switching the Loup Creek Mine

 

 

Nice. I may have to make one of those. As to decoders, Have you looked at the Z decoders? I'm wondering if you couldn't sneak one under the Boiler and a sond in the cab. I'm wondering how effective an engine like that would be?

Great photos and nice work everybody.

Looks like the ever increasing length of a weekend has reached the "weekly" stage now. Fine with me.

Have fun!

 I kitbashed a set of railings for my GD30. It would have been nice to have an exact set but these will serve.

In the past two weeks, I've gotten a half dozen steam locomotives to put decoders in, including three of the Model Power Pacifics.  The Semi Streamlined version doesn't do much for me... the streamlining is pretty poorly rendered, and was obviously concocted to add some badly needed weight over the drivers (it and the boiler casting are metal).  But they run quite smoothly, although a little noisy.




You can see here that the standard version is a pretty handsome locomotive, the NP version features painted whitewalls on the drivers... A very nice touch!


I also got to tinker with a ConCor S-2, which is also a pretty nice looking locomotive.  If only it comes with box-pock drivers, it would make a very suitable starting place for a WM Potomac.  On this one I was just adjusting some CV's and fixing some contact problems.  One of the traction tires kept wanting to slip, but I think I got that fixed, too.


Here's the second one of these little buggers I've done...  The worst part is dealing with the headlights.
Runs great, though, and these are really fun to watch.  Sooner or later I'll get around to putting a chip in mine!


This one's my favorite, a good ole' Bachmann 2-8-0.  Sooner or later I'm going to want to get a brace of these to run down at the club with a 70 car coal train... mid train helpers and pushers at the back.

With all this visiting hardware, I had to pull my two tea kettles out for their new family portraits as well...


The K-2


And my somewhat stylized H-7 Consolidation.

It's been fun running steam on the layout... It's definitely got me thinking impure thoughts...

Lee

 Running trains, Extra 8 east on its way to Plywood District.

Wolfgang

 I love having a skylight in my room because I can get absolutely perfect lgihting effects. i had my ceiling fan light on as well, so there was a bit more light than outside. I weathered the covered hoppers over the past few days.

The camera was dying towards the end, so I had to rush a little bit.

For me, the light setting is half the fun!

 

 

 

My last major project of the season was to fill this gap between the two large hills which I spent most of the winter creating:

 

Here's the result of a couple weeks of work. Parent company NYC excercises trackage rights over the NYB&W. A westbound priority freight with an F7A/B works upgrade past the Sunset Drive-in near the NY/NJ state line while on the opposite track, an E8A/E7B lead eastbound mail and express Train 28 toward the tunnel portal.

Later that evening as dusk settles, the earlybirds begin arriving for the double feature, High Noon followed by Pony Express.

More work on the bridges and creek on my module

 Now have guard rails

I've been working to repaint a Kato Southern Pacific C44-9W.  This week I declared success.

 

Flashwave

C&O Fan

When it came in the mail I put it to work Switching the Loup Creek Mine

 

 

Nice. I may have to make one of those. As to decoders, Have you looked at the Z decoders? I'm wondering if you couldn't sneak one under the Boiler and a sond in the cab. I'm wondering how effective an engine like that would be?

 

I hadn't thought of Z scale Hummmmmm ?

Thanks for the dimensions.  That looks great.  What is your grade percentage?  Is that a bachmann shay pulling those logs?

Knowcents

Great photos again this weekend!

 

Here's my steamer pulling a short consist.

jbinkley60

I've been working to repaint a Kato Southern Pacific C44-9W.  This week I declared success.

 

Looks good.  I have to admit I am ashamed cause I can't quite figure it, but what scale is this?

Great stuff this weekend, everybody!

Here a photo of an SD7 serving Prairie View Oil Company as the eastbound Heartland Zephyr passes on the mainline below.