"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
Bear. Thanks for starting WPF. Finding old information is rewarding. Surprising what can be found.
This week Dawn has not been 100%, so have been looking after her. Therefore not much done in the train room.
Some old pictures.
A view from the control area. Sometimes you know a train is there, but cannot really see it. In the distance is a Leeds to Wakefield Kirkgate train.
IMG_4224 by David Harrison, on Flickr
An old picture of Jimmy Marston fixing the wheel on the vehicle. Max the dog is wondering over to see why it is taking so long. Meanwhile the breakdown crane passes behind on its way to an incident 'down the line'.
IMG_4741 by David Harrison, on Flickr
The signalman is returning to his cabin after giving the driver of 'Ariadne' his single line token. Behind a Leeds City Corporation bus is turning to go up Lower Briggate.
IMG_4503 by David Harrison, on Flickr
David
To the world you are someone. To someone you are the world
I cannot afford the luxury of a negative thought
Good morning
Thanks for opening WPF Bear. A beautiful addition to The Great Lakes Signal newspaper you found
Enjoyed my time over coffee this morning, looking over the Lachlan River Valley Railway Society, Heritage Center and Museum in the lovely town of Cowra. Found the Lachlan River Bridge of great Interest as well.
Haven't succeeded to find much information on the Makwa Rail Ferry as of yet. But much to my surprise, your model photo of the Captain's Bridge, with Frank the Helmsman, came up on the internet from the July 2021 Jarrell's Show Me Something thread.
Hope you won't take offense to me re-posting that picture, as it amazed me that your photo was in the top listings, on my Google search of the Makwa.
Your photo appears to share a part of the ships History on the World-Wide-Web
TF
PS Oldies but Goodies David Thaughts and best wishes for Dawn.
Good morning from cold, cloudy and wintry mix Northeast Ohio!
Bear, thanks for starting us out, I was hoping for a picture of your car ferry, but TF mananged to complete that for us.
David, any picture of yours is a good picture and best wished for Dawn.
Here is what I completed this week.
Another caboose, this time a Precision Scale version of a PRR N5b, the N5b's were modified N5 that had a number of changes that were manufactured in 1941 thus accounting for the b designation. Painted with Scalecoat PRR Freight Car Red and Black paints and lettered with a combination of K4 and Champ Decals.
Next up a Front Range 50' ACF Boxcar kit, added centered 8' double doors, Moloco ACF cushioned coupler pocket, Branchline 50' Diagonal Panel Roof and A-Line sill steps. Painted with Scalecoat II ATSF Red and Reefer Yellow paints and lettered with Mask Island Decals. Car was one of 100 owned by the T&P for general service, similar to 400 cars owned by parent MP and MI railroads.
Rapido Pennsy FA and FB-2's with a general freight running on the Strongsville Club Layout.
Everyone have a great weekend!
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!
Morning light on the N-scale Housatonic RR.
Hi folks,
Bear, thanks for opening up this edition of WPF. Will you "beartoon" your own picture?
David, you definitely get the prize for the "feel good" model RR.
TF, nice picture. Perhaps Bear will post more photos of this model.
Rick, beautiful work. A few pictures of the painting and decaling process would probably raise interest here.
Housatonic, great scene. Weathering job on the bridge is perfect.
I took a bit of a break from scenery work this week. I repainted and decaled this "what if" locomotive (or "what the heck" loco). CN did not own any articulated locos, but that did not stop me from converting this old Rivarossi into a CN workhorse...
IMG_20230119_160949b on Flickr
Simon
Thanks, Bear, for starting out another WPF. Neat photo of your ship.
As usual, David, your railroad scenes and the stories that go with them are very interesting.
TF, it's interesting that a photo of Bear's ship is on the ship's history site.
Rick, your cars each week are amazing in their detail and realism.
Housatonic, I happy that you are able to post some of your photos on the Weekend Photo Fun thread. My layout is also N Scale, but you layout is much more realistic and advanced than mine. Be sure to post more photos each week -- everyone here loves seeing what other modelers are doing.
Simon, nice photo of your articulated at the turntable.
After a long wait with a mistaken shipment, I finally got my N New Orleans streetcar. I used to ride this a lot years ago. These old streetcars are part of the regular transit system there.
My layout is DCC, and this is a DC model. At one time I wanted to put in a decoder, but I think I'm going to put in a dedicated streetcar line that is DC -- it won't connect with the rest of the layout. I think I will try to add an auto reversing system so the streetcar runs point to point without me running it.
I will have to work on this. I need to take off the trolley poles on top and replace them with something more N scale. Also, the blatantly fake window silhouettes need to be replaced with regular windows.
This is named Desire, but by the time I rode New Orleans streetcars, the Desire line was replaced by buses. The Desire line ran down Bourbon street to Desire and then back on Royal to Canal.
I haven't run this yet since I don't have a DC source of power yet. Someday I may have this up and running!
Edit: I noticed that there's been a pedestrian accident in the Cracker Barrel parking lot.
York1 John
Thanks for getting us started Bear!
David, Love the detail in the tire changing scene!
TF, for some reason I can't see the picture you shared.
Rick, not sure how you get so much done in a week but they look great!
Housatonic, love the lighting in that picture!
Simon, love the steamer! Looks great!
John, neat street car. I think an auto reverse loop would be perfect for it.
And now my offering, a FOS scale gas station. Added some details and some signage to help identify the twn it will be in.
- Bill Rutherford Lancaster, NH
Central Vermont Railroad
Thanks Bear for starting off WPF this week. Interesting clipping. I spent a lot of time during the 80s and 90s in the Manitowoc shipyard.
David - Your photos are always welcome and always a nice change from the 'normal' here in the US. My best to Dawn.
TF- Ishare your interest in the Makwa. Your photo wouldn't load for me.
Rick - Great cars and workmanship as usual. I really like the photo of the Pennsy freight.
Housatonic _ Great photo! A lot of detale for N-scale.
Simon - Loved your "what if" loco.
John - Interesting idea. You know you can run your street car on address "00" with DCC. At least with a Digitrax system. Not sure about the others.
Bill - A cool and unusual model of a gas station.
I've been spending a lot of time updating my website. Finally finished except for a few tweaks.
At the Mansfield, Ohio train show a few weeks ago I purchased these four Union Pacific dome cars for my George Bush commemorative train. They will need metal wheels, interiors, lighting and occupants. Anothe project for the list.
Keep the photos and ideas coming guys. Thanks to you WPF is always the best thread of the week.
Remember its your railroad
Allan
Track to the BRVRR Website: http://www.brvrr.com/
snjroyWill you "beartoon" your own picture?
snjroyPerhaps Bear will post more photos of this model.
Bear, Thanks for floating the WPF with a good helping of maritime flavor.
Thanks to all the contributors and viewers. Have a good weekend. Regards, Peter
Love that weathering! Truck and wheelset both
Speaking of Bear's:
Take Care All!
Frank
Bear: Thank you for starting us off.
TF: Nice shot of Bear's wheelhouse!!!
David: Really like the tire changing scene.
Rick: As always, beautiful paint and decal work.
Housatonic: Great river crosssing.
Simon: Often wondered why the CN never had any articulated locomotives?
John: Neat little street car.
Bill: Marvelous gas station with lots of character.
Allan: Domes are some of my favorites. What were you doing in Manitowoc in the 80's-90's? I was working in Manitowoc during 1989-1995.
This week doing some more work on my wedge plow. The CNW would weight their converted wedge plows with stone during the winter months to have enough weight to keep the plow on the tracks during operations.
The plow is a an old IHC that I added arch bar trucks to and added new metal wheel to this past week. I added the stone this week also and secure it with diluted white glue.
Waiting for some decals to finish the lettering.
Enjoy the rest of the weekend!!
Scott Sonntag
This weeks aquisitions. the trolley joins the other two. Already stripped and in the paint shop. Same with the spectrum H16-44. already half painted. that one came with dcc (TCS)
Trolleys primed. they are all metal. only the on the left is brass. It go the boiled vinegar treatment as recommended because of the years of tarnish. Did that ever clean that off.
I keep messing with this. slowly it looking better. biggest challange yet
I just liked the way this looked. had the other 65T sitting here as it is done, but none of the weathering showed. odd. So I slide 1515 over and toook this. once the abandonded industry in the background is done this shot should be impressive. of course it showed up alot of silvering
shane
A pessimist sees a dark tunnel
An optimist sees the light at the end of the tunnel
A realist sees a frieght train
An engineer sees three idiots standing on the tracks stairing blankly in space
Thank you for a great startup to our WPF, Bear!
Lots of great photos and contributions this weekend! I do so hope Dawn improves, David. My thoughts are with you. Good to see Frank stop by
I had a couple Branchline kits that required repainting and while sorting through my decals I came across some very nice Boston & Albany gold leaf sets. Perfect!
Boston and Albany Coach by Edmund, on Flickr
My grandfather and three of my uncles all worked for the B&A so this is a nod to their memory. Certainly these coaches would have occasionally wandered west of Albany on the NYC in passenger specials and the like.
While I had the airbrush warmed up I decided to grab three of my steam locos to begin the weathering process. I start with a layer of DullCote then some fine "dust" on top of that. This gives me the foundation to layer additional shades over this.
PRR_J 6488 dusty by Edmund, on Flickr
I made this track with a coupler anchor at one end so that I can apply power to turn the drivers while applying the weathering. A few small drops of CRC 2-26 keeps things slippery. It rests on top of an elevated turntable so I have good access with the airbrush.
NYC_5361_dusty by Edmund, on Flickr
Walthers has finally made a bedroom-lounge car available. These have been somewhat scarce in their passenger car lineup:
PRR 6BR-Lounge by Edmund, on Flickr
I have a second car coming, the Catalpa Falls that is still on the rails and is a car that I have traveled in. The fellow that owns it, George Payne, I have known since the early '70s.
So, to pad the order so I could claim the free shipping I had to toss in another cryogenic tank car, what's one more, right?
Air Reduction Cryo O2 by Edmund, on Flickr
My other two are for liquid nitrogen, this one is oxygen. There, that justifies it!
Cheers, Ed
I took a little break from the beer reefers this week and finished up a project that was on the shelf for a while.
I ran a train today.
Marsh creek valley number 52. Almost none of the weatherinf is showing up just the dirt on the roof. the loovers, and such look way to clean for some odd reason.
Shane
A fast freight rolls past the depot.
With these photos you can see how fast this train is going.
Thank you for the thoughts and best wishes for Dawn. Yesterday was a good day for her and was up and about the house.
The British Red Squirrels are still around the layout.
IMG_4010 by David Harrison, on Flickr
pike-62, Kodak Park #8 looks very sharp, but I’m wondering if it has the ability to haul all your beer cars?
That would be a negative. It took 2 stout kato's to pull 64 of them on the modular layout a few weeks back and the roster has grown to over 80 cars as of last weekend on it's way to a goal of 100.
Hello everybody.
Due to computer problems I could not get online for a couple of days this weekend. I will be back next weekend, I promise.
It is wonderful to see new people participating in WPF. This is always a fun thread and I hope to see more people coming back again and again.
THANK YOU to everyone that shared and participated. I enjoyed reading through all of the contributions.
Until next weekend...
-Kevin
Living the dream.
Scottt,
I was assigned to the 9th Coast Guard District Naval Engineering office for several years. We (the CG) often used the shipyard in Manitiowoc for repairs to our ships, both for dockside and drydock availabilities.