Weekend Photo Fun 01-19-08

[SpaceMouse]

This week it warmed up a little and I decided to take a walk with my dog. I had it in mind to find my way to the tracks because I could hear the horns of the coal drag at 1 am in the distance and I knew they were in the area. In the winter, with the follage down, I figure I had a shot. Well, I hiked about 1/2 mile on some decent trails and all of a sudden I was on top of them.

My goal is to catch an SD-45 coming out of the tunnel. The tunnel was built in 1903 for the Buffalo, Rochester, & Pittsburgh and I bet there may be as little as 6" of clearance in places.

Notice how tight the curves are. I did not zoom to make them seem tighter. They seem pretty tight for out in the sticks. No doubt, more remnants of the BR&P. 

In picture 4, there is a number and a steel plate bolted to the ties. Any ideas what the plate is for?

[aav]

     SpaceMouse,

       I'm guessing that plate might have something to do with the sign on the right.  Possibly telling work crews that, that sign should be there,  i'm also guessing that the sign is a mile marker. 

        By the way,  that's a nice lookin' car your kid made!   

[beegle55]

loathar, the restraunt looks great! Great work and a nice present. Nice pictures everyone, I'll try to get my camera in comission to share some pictures I took when I went on a recent senic RR trip. Have fun this weekend everybody!

 -beegle55

[outdoorsfellar]

Construction is now complete on my N scale Allegheny & Cumberland. Today, I finished the east end of Coal Fork Jct. with the addition of palster cloth, & some senic material. I installed the last of the facia for this area earlier this week & this is the finished product. I still have a huge amount of clump foliage to add, but no more screws & glue ! What I like best about my layout is that, with all the twists, turns & even tunnels, my 20 car trains look longer from the track side railfanning perspective since the entire train cannot be seen....

[mikesmowers]

  Very nice pics this week. I have also been working on my Merchant's Row, I am almost ashamed to post pics here after looking at loathers, I wish mine looked as good. Here is what I have to show, I still need to some more detail work such as signs etc...

  And this is my new Fire Station.

  Sorry these are not as good as the other pics here this weekend but I have been working on them for several weeks and wanted to show off I guess. Have a good weekend.           Mike
 

[C&O Fan]

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Track plan:

 

 Hope everybody else also is having fun with their hobby! 

Grin,
Stein

 

I'm gonna have to lose some weight before i come over for an ops session

my belt size is 32" and i thought i was skinny for an old man !

I Like the track plan !

[rolleiman]

Nothing new on the layout to share this week. Too much camotion with getting the roof redone.. For a railroady picture however..

 

For those of you who don't know what or where this is, it is what Use to be the DT&I RR going through Allen Park, Michigan.. Took it last November just before dusk on my way home from a job. For a short time in the 1920s, Henry Ford owned this part (or all) of the railroad with the intention of having both railroad and watercraft supply lines to his factory (Ford Rouge). I believe it was he who attemped to electrify the railroad and the arches shown in the photo are the still standing remnants of that project.. A very little about it can be found here..  

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit%2C_Toledo_and_Ironton_Railroad 

Somewhere I have a photo of them stringing the line but I cannot find it right now.. 

[loathar]

Mikesmowers-Give me a break! Your scene has my little building beat hands down! You sure work a lot faster than I do.

[Nighttrain]

Nice work evryone.

Especially sweet Brian M.

Driline thats shaping up well. Is that Woodland Scenic field grass?

Heres some stuff from me.

Aggro, Thats really good weathering on the Frisco hopper. I'd like to read a thread of how you weather and did those rusty spots.

I agree on a how-to thread.  Absolutely fantastic job of weathering on that Frisco covered hopper....Bob   

[gear-jammer]

Nice job everyone. 

Looks like you are sure having fun with the sepia, Crandell.  Keep them coming.

Mike, Your Merchant's Row is looking great with your interior additions.

Aggro,  Thanks for sharing your before and after photos on weathering.  Now when I look at freight cars you have taught me to look for the blemishes.  Thanks for that.

Sue

[steinjr]

Track plan:

http://home.online.no/~steinjr/trains/modelling/progressive/progressive17.jpg

I'm gonna have to lose some weight before i come over for an ops session

my belt size is 32" and i thought i was skinny for an old man !

I Like the track plan !

 Thank you! 

 Shouldn't be necessary for you to lose too much weight - fortunately operator in plan is 30" diameter, not 30" circumference. I am definitely not a skinny guy, and I fit in here just fine in the space set aside for operator

 Smile,
 Stein

 

[MRH044]

Here is my latest G scale MOW car. It is one of the three tool cars on the train.

[steamage]

Been detailing, painting and decaling this week on this old Kato U25b as an SP unit 7502. Still have several more casting to add when I get them, but just want to run it now. And a good runner too.

[chadw]

After seeing Crandell's sepia toned pics, I decided to try one.

[Kenfolk]

Great fun looking at all the photos this weekend. I've been out of town and unable to work on the layout, but stopped by a LHS while here and picked up some stuff for the layout. Maybe I'll have some pictures coming soon.

[eeyore9900]

Well, after a very aggravating 2007, I'm finally able to post a some pics of my 1st car since last winter-Proto pic 1st:

 

 

[wedudler]

 Great weathering, I like it very much. Some fine day...            

 

My current work, Diamond Valley the second last segment.

Wolfgang 

[Hansel]

AggroJones,

That is great weathering!  What are your techniques?

Thanks,

Hansel

[Nighttrain]

  Very nice pics this week. I have also been working on my Merchant's Row, I am almost ashamed to post pics here after looking at loathers, I wish mine looked as good. Here is what I have to show, I still need to some more detail work such as signs etc...

  And this is my new Fire Station.

  Sorry these are not as good as the other pics here this weekend but I have been working on them for several weeks and wanted to show off I guess. Have a good weekend.           Mike
 

Man there is nothing to be ashamed of with your modeling work.  Great photography and the night scene with interior lighting, people on the streets, and vehicles makes the town look alive and thriving....Bob

[Railphotog]

Been scanning some of my old black and white prints for posting on another forum, might as well do it here too:

 

(click on photo to enlarge)

This is a double exposure of my kitbashed CN C-Liner, made from an AHM shell many, many moons ago.  Shot the chassis without the body, added the shell and made the second exposure on the same film frame.  Haven't tried such an effect with digital, could possibly be done by combining two images in layers.  But that is way beyond my interests at this time!

 

 

 

[secondhandmodeler]

For anyone who asks Mr. Aggro about his weathering techniques, you won't get far.  He makes money off of his creations, so it's kind of like asking a chef for their recipes.  "Oh sure, you take water, tomatoes, garlic, sugar, SPICES, and mix it together."  Just so you know.  Maybe I'm wrong.   

[Dave Vollmer]

Here's another shot of my N scale PRR H10sb I reboilered last weekend:

Here's another look at the mods required to fit a decoder (in this case, a TCS M1 under the electrical tape) and to fit the narrow modified Minitrix K4 a boiler/firebox/smokebox:

Once upon a time I was scared to hardwire a DCC decoder...  No longer.  TCS is great because they have a no-questions asked "goof-proof" warranty; you toast it, they replace it for free!  I toasted one my very first try, and they replaced it for free.  So I highly recommend TCS.  I've also hardwired Digitrax DZ123s.

This weekend we actually had some snow in North Carolina (no, this ain't Pennsylvania so it actually makes the news!) so I had lots of modeling time.

I took a new Walthers GSC flat lettered as a Pennsy F41 (front, nice little car, so I can forgive the incorrect deck for the PRR F41) and painted up and weathered the deck to look like wood.  I also made a load of pipes from styrene tubes. 

The other flat (rear) is an Athearn flat also representing a PRR F41.  The load next to it is a slightly modified Hay Borthers Garage load.

Two obviously different cars representing the same car class and number series?  The proto police are probably speeding to my house with a warrant right now...!

[saronaterry]

here's mine:

[Bill54]

I've been wanting to put a few pics on here for weeks but haven't had much to show except benchwork. 

I'm finally starting to lay roadbed.  I was given good advice & tips from several members here which made the process go much easier and faster.  Here are a few pics of my staging area where I started laying the cork roadbed.

[reklein]

OH MAN!!!, no more pictures of cool G gauge stuff please. I don't need another hobby. I been eyeing a spot in my yard for a year or two now and keep resisting.

[lvanhen]

Well, after a very aggravating 2007, I'm finally able to post a some pics of my 1st car since last winter-Proto pic 1st:

 

 

Don't get me wrong, I'm not a fan of grafitti, but your ability to copy the prototype is remarkable!!!  It almost looks like you photographed the original & made decals from it!!  How did you ever get the ATW114169 on the truck?!!  GREAT JOB!!!!

[fiatfan]

When the local Critters went down for the count, a friendly neighbor loaned the town of Adobe Flats a couple of locos for a few days until the critters have been repaired.  The local folks were rather surprised to see what was switching the local pet food plant.

 

Tom 

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Getting this E7-A E6-B lashup into operation has been my weekend project. Both are donations and they both needed some work. The E7 had a bad light board and a broken gear. The E6 has bad pickups in the front truck, other than that it's fine. I removed the lightboard from the E7, wired in a 12v bulb and wired the pickups directly to the motor and light. I then ran wires from the good pickups in the E6 and connected them to the E7 and added a drawbar between the units. They are now permantly coupled together. Being that both units are powered the set can pull a string of more than thirty cars without a problem. It's going to be fun putting decoders into these two locos.

 

[Cox 47]

This is a IC SW 8 spotting a Staley Shorty Tanker in on the Greenup team track on my N scale layout....COx 47

[OKrlroads]

Great work everybody.

loather and Mike, nice job on the buildings.

Aggro, Mitch, weathering and detail work  look great.

Driline, got any pics from trailer park guys camera?