This came in the mail the other day, rather quickly from the online store that offered it for a song...and some plastic. I like its lines and those huge three-axle trucks. This must have been one whale of a diesel in its time; darned near as big as my Pennsy J1 2-10-4!
Bob Boudreau:
Awesome modeling and photography, Bob.... I really enjoyed the tour of your site.
Is that interior engine shed photo of a FSM "John Allen" shed? I am building one at present (an old "yellow box" kit) and your interior is certainly a masterpiece!!!!
Bob/Iron Goat
IronGoat wrote: Bob Boudreau: Awesome modeling and photography, Bob.... I really enjoyed the tour of your site.Is that interior engine shed photo of a FSM "John Allen" shed? I am building one at present (an old "yellow box" kit) and your interior is certainly a masterpiece!!!!Bob/Iron Goat
Thanks for the comments! No the engine house was all scratchbuilt by yours truly, board by board. When I got back into model railroading I had a plastic Pola engine house. Wanting to take photos that were different, I poked out a rear window and placed the camera right up to the window. Photos weren't too bad, except for the plain smooth and shiney plastic walls and windows with no inside trim. So I decided to scratch myself a model that would be better for photography. I added skylights and made the windows large to allow lots of light in for photos.
Bob Boudreau
CANADA
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Ryan, those colors in your cornfield are really nice.
And, Bob, that is one heck-of-a-camera. Good photo skills.
I've been tinkering with Sandy's George Town Sand and Gravel plant. Decided to build a loading platform from some stained railroad ties I had.
Test fit ... oops ... missing some steps ... now where did they go.
Regards,
Tom
All right, I've finally got these up! Forthose who don't know, I've been experamenting with night photos.
I don't know which one of these I like better:
Extra 408 passes the New Poland, NH depot as another train waits behind it getting helpers.
The Extra waits on the other side of the pass for the train behind it to pass.
Train 406 approaches 408 on the other track. After it passes, 408 will switch to track 1 and follow it.
FoulRift wrote: Happy Thanksgiving all-great shots as usual My track plan is almost done then I can start to build. Here are a few of my favorite pics.Bob
Happy Thanksgiving all-great shots as usual My track plan is almost done then I can start to build. Here are a few of my favorite pics.Bob
Foul Rift, there is a huge amount of promise in these images of yours. The technique of the imaging could stand some improvement, if it wouldn't be indelicate of me to say so, perhaps it's a limitation of your imaging system or software...or web host....dunno, but the items you show are very nice indeed. I would like a clearer and expandable shot of the hopper and the village, the last two images, but they don't enlarge when I click on them.
I would say you can look forward, with confidence, to a marvelous layout once you have it all put together. Very nice work.
-Crandell
Thanks Selector. I'm still new at this photo thing and I will admit that I have lots to learn especially when it comes to arranging the shot. The camera I use is borrowed so I'm still learning it as well. Once I take the shots I use the standard windows program to download them to my computer and IrfanView to convert them to jpeg's and to crop them. Then I upload them to PhotoBucket and edit the photos to 640x480 for message boards. I am limited to taking the shots outside because I have a problem inside-unwanted flash bright spots.(haven't figured out how to turm the flash off) If anyone has anyother suggestions on how to inprove my pictures the are surely welcome.
One other thing-I clicked on the last two images and was ableto see them in a larger size.
Thanks again-Bob
TrainManTy wrote: All right, I've finally got these up! Forthose who don't know, I've been experamenting with night photos.I don't know which one of these I like better:Extra 408 passes the New Poland, NH depot as another train waits behind it getting helpers.The Extra waits on the other side of the pass for the train behind it to pass.Train 406 approaches 408 on the other track. After it passes, 408 will switch to track 1 and follow it.
Ty
your images aren't loading for me
Maybe it's just my computer !
Anyone else see them ?
TerryinTexas
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http://conewriversubdivision.yolasite.com/
Terry,
They're right there in your post.....is your monitor powered up?
Don Z.
Research; it's not just for geeks.
SpaceMouse wrote:Bruce and Dave,Nice nice layout pics. Guys, don't you just love those N-scale layouts. They are just so cute!
Uh-oh Chip, them's fightin' words!
Great work, everyone! Thanks for the nice comments about my pictures. Bob, your shop pictures are more realistic than my shots of the real thing. Colin, yes the BR&W staff are about the nicest I've run into, and their passion for their work is undeniable. Even the reading material in their restroom was Trains magazine!
The smokebox photo and the closeup of the drivers were taken a week prior to the others, and it was dark in there because the shop doors were closed on that first visit. I was doing my best to get everything in frame while not taking a ride on the rows of spare flues, or getting tangled in the welding gear.
Here's a few I forgot to include. I stuck my head inside the firebox to get a shot of #60's new flues and grate. The large pipes circulate water to the water jacket surrounding the firebox.
Yes, the overturned bucket is for sitting.The BR&W headquarters are in Ringoes, NJ, a very rural farming town not far east of the Delaware and new Hope, PA. Number 60's sister engine, ex-Great Western 2-8-0 #40 is currently in service on the New Hope & Ivyland. The tracks southwest from Ringoes to Lambertville, New Hope's companion town on the NJ side of the river, have been condemned. They would like to restore that trackage, but the funds are lacking. The excursions I rode in the early 70's behind #60 went all the way to Lambertville.
Here's something for the Pennsy fans.
Beside the shop with #60, this privately owned PRR Doodlebug is showing its age. In the 70's the paint was fresh and it ran regular excursions. I never rode it, because I was too preoccupied with #60. I don't know what the owners' plans are for it.
This round-top boxcar is also privately owned, and is undergoing restoration. I don't think there are too many examples of these around anymore.
Their trackage was originally a branch of the Pennsylvania, so there's a good bit of Pennsy equipment stored here. There's also a restored PRR flatcar, caboose, and an ore jimmy. And they let us climb on any piece of equipment we wanted, even a caboose with no floor!
End of the line in Ringoes, looking towards Lambertville from the back of a coach stored there, where the trains used to run.
Nelson
Ex-Southern 385 Being Hoisted
Don Z wrote: Terry,They're right there in your post.....is your monitor powered up? Don Z.
Ok now i see one but were's the rest ?
Also using IE 7
Railphotog wrote: Although the Canadian Thanksgiving has already come and gone, this railroad employee is doing his part to celebrate the US Thanksgiving: Happy Thanksgiving!
Although the Canadian Thanksgiving has already come and gone, this railroad employee is doing his part to celebrate the US Thanksgiving:
Happy Thanksgiving!
Bob,
Is this an Athabasca model?
2nd question: should the roof be black on this caboose... I don't recall seeing any with yellow roofs. I love both models!
OK, I fixed the links. They're now on photobucket. Can you see them?
EDIT: Love the CP caboose!
Some more pics from the Sebring MR Club Open House last weekend.
My little contribution. The urban outdoorsman has his choice of rides... maybe. The train coming down the track or the truck waiting to cross them.
I really enjoy seeing other peoples work in threads like this!
JaRRell
TrainManTy wrote: OK, I fixed the links. They're now on photobucket. Can you see them?EDIT: Love the CP caboose!
Yep all better now Ty thanks !
Love the second photo looks very real !
A Thanksgiving excursion train ran through the layout today.
Yes, Chip, it's another one of those cute little N scale layouts.(LOL)
SteamFreak wrote: SpaceMouse wrote:Bruce and Dave,Nice nice layout pics. Guys, don't you just love those N-scale layouts. They are just so cute! Uh-oh Chip, them's fightin' words! Great work, everyone! Thanks for the nice comments about my pictures. Bob, your shop pictures are more realistic than my shots of the real thing. Colin, yes the BR&W staff are about the nicest I've run into, and their passion for their work is undeniable. Even the reading material in their restroom was Trains magazine! The smokebox photo and the closeup of the drivers were taken a week prior to the others, and it was dark in there because the shop doors were closed on that first visit. I was doing my best to get everything in frame while not taking a ride on the rows of spare flues, or getting tangled in the welding gear.Here's a few I forgot to include. I stuck my head inside the firebox to get a shot of #60's new flues and grate. The large pipes circulate water to the water jacket surrounding the firebox.Yes, the overturned bucket is for sitting.The BR&W headquarters are in Ringoes, NJ, a very rural farming town not far east of the Delaware and new Hope, PA. Number 60's sister engine, ex-Great Western 2-8-0 #40 is currently in service on the New Hope & Ivyland. The tracks southwest from Ringoes to Lambertville, New Hope's companion town on the NJ side of the river, have been condemned. They would like to restore that trackage, but the funds are lacking. The excursions I rode in the early 70's behind #60 went all the way to Lambertville.Here's something for the Pennsy fans.Beside the shop with #60, this privately owned PRR Doodlebug is showing its age. In the 70's the paint was fresh and it ran regular excursions. I never rode it, because I was too preoccupied with #60. I don't know what the owners' plans are for it.This round-top boxcar is also privately owned, and is undergoing restoration. I don't think there are too many examples of these around anymore.Their trackage was originally a branch of the Pennsylvania, so there's a good bit of Pennsy equipment stored here. There's also a restored PRR flatcar, caboose, and an ore jimmy. And they let us climb on any piece of equipment we wanted, even a caboose with no floor! End of the line in Ringoes, looking towards Lambertville from the back of a coach stored there, where the trains used to run.
The last time I was there, I don't recall seeing the doodlebug. I hate to see any RR equipment in that condition.
I'm close enough to finishing the project to be able to post some pics. I've been detailing an Athearn SD40-2.
Here's the front shot before:
Here's the front shot after details have been added:
Details added include: new snow plow with grab irons added, mu box, air hoses, coupler lift bar, grab irons on the nose, #58 coupler, drop step, new headlight with bulbs replacing the original lenses, removed horn and relocated and replaced with brass and working rotary beacon.
Other details added, but no showing, include; Cannon fans for both DB and radiator, lift rings, etched brass steps, etched brass safety walkways, and grab irons.
Dave Loman
My site: The Rusty Spike
"It's a penny for your thoughts, but you have to put your 2 cents in.... hey, someone's making a penny!"
All the added details to the front pilot give it that more "cluttered and alive" look.
The biggest change comes from replacing the cast fans with Cannon fans.
Before:
After:
Surprisingly, not a difficult conversion, probably takes an hour or so to do.
Ty,
I like the first 2 night shots better than the others. On the third, the headlight (flashlight?) is too blinding and takes away from see anything else. On the first two there is just enough light to be able to see the subject and around it which causes the viewer to focus on it.
Nice, keep experimenting.
Dustin wrote: Railphotog wrote: Although the Canadian Thanksgiving has already come and gone, this railroad employee is doing his part to celebrate the US Thanksgiving: Happy Thanksgiving!Bob,Is this an Athabasca model?2nd question: should the roof be black on this caboose... I don't recall seeing any with yellow roofs. I love both models!
No, it's a kitbash, made from two Athearn wide vision cabeese. Built it following Patrick Lawson's article in RMC many years ago - a lot of work!
I don't recall re the roof, I have prototype photos that I took, can't recall if I could see the roof in them or not. They are buried somewhere in the 20 albums of prototype photos that I have. I assume yellow is either correct or one of the ways they were painted, as it would have been noted in the article too.
jktrains wrote:Ty,I like the first 2 night shots better than the others. On the third, the headlight (flashlight?) is too blinding and takes away from see anything else. On the first two there is just enough light to be able to see the subject and around it which causes the viewer to focus on it. Nice, keep experimenting.
Thanks!
It was a flashlight..... There's NO WAY I could do that with the little headlight of a model loco!
The light on the 2nd one was supposed to be from a street lamp which is installed, but not hooked up yet.
BTW: How did you do the moon? It looks great!
Sorry,
But #40, is not a sister engine to #60, who, as you know, is a Great Western Railroad locomotive. It was built by Baldwin new for the Lanchaster and Chester Railway, here in South Carolina. When #40 became surplus after World War 2, it was sold to the Cliffside Railroad in North Carolina.
It then migrated north to its current home. While it probably will never happen, it has always been a dream of mine to bring the #40 back to South Carolina where she belongs, rather than running for a, pardon the word, as no offense is meant, "yankee" toruist road.
Cheese
Nick! :)
Cheese wrote:Sorry,But #40, is not a sister engine to #60, who, as you know, is a Great Western Railroad locomotive. It was built by Baldwin new for the Lanchaster and Chester Railway, here in South Carolina. When #40 became surplus after World War 2, it was sold to the Cliffside Railroad in North Carolina.
Duly noted. It seems I was given some false information by a member of the BR&W staff that they both came from the GW.
Not if I have anything to say about it.
Tis the season when the MOW car becomes the dining car. Today the MOW is back in opperation and I begin my Rusty Stumps water tank kit.