Weekend Photo Fun 3/14/08 to 3/17/08

[MilwaukeeRoad]

That turned out very nicely, MR.   Do you intend to weather it a bit?

I wish.. I have no idea on how to.

[jfallon]

Finally have a station building for the display layout at the Norfolk History Museum:

 

 I also acquired some passenger cars for the platforms:

 

 

[selector]

That turned out very nicely, MR.   Do you intend to weather it a bit?

[MilwaukeeRoad]

This is the THIRD kit I have EVER built. So, don't be too harsh! =]

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[Driline]

Looks like some great modeling out there - BUT - some of the pics are too dark to see!!  If you are using digital, they can be lightened!!  Wasting space with dark and/or fuzzy pics is frustrating when you really want to see what the modeler has done.  "Lighten up"!!

Sorry, part of the rules for the Weekend Photo Fun thread are NO critisism of picture taking or modeling skills.

[djb39]

Nice looking SP locos.  What brand are they, & are they still available?

[wm3798]

Well, the employees are gradually recovering from the recent tour by the brass hats. Here's the MY tower operator waving off the Office Car on its way to Connellsville.

I've been working on a passenger consist. It will serve as an office car special, occasionally as an excursion behind the steam engine, and perhaps as an anachronism in regular passenger service from Elkins to Cumberland when I get to that point.  The lettering for the cars is on it's way.

Lee

[Tom Bryant_MR]

Don't have any train shots. Continuing work on the Taylor Mattress factory.  Goal this weekend is getting windows installed.

Window with red circle has had the panes cut out.

 

Regards,

[selector]

Here is an unusual shot of my layout taken through a dip I cut in outer mahogany wall board that covers the layout to make it look tidy from the outside.  You can see a Pennsy T1 in the foreground climbing out of a portal while beyond it is another railroad's consist struggling up their own right of way.

[dragenrider]

My contribution for the weekend isn't nearly as grand as some of the previously posted pictures.  Great works, folks!  I've resurrected my N scale Ozark Valley Railway equipment and started a new small layout.  I've been laying track this week. 

Now, this does not mean I'm giving up my HO scale Cedar Branch & Western!  I just needed to scratch that N scale itch. 

I also went rail fanning and chasing old tracks in Bonner Springs, Kansas.  Here's the local tied up on the spur to an industrial area, complete with a real caboose!

[cwclark]

Dug thru some boxes and found the switchman

hauling out limestone from the quarry

MP15AC switcher returns to the yard from a day's work at the Cline quarry

...chuck

[Oakhurst Railroad Engineer]

Here is my photobucket album ... check out the sub albums for older photos ...

http://s112.photobucket.com/albums/n183/mkbradley_photos/

[simon1966]

Mike and others thanks,

Here is a close up of the hopper.  Now I do not profess to be in the same league as the masters of weathering by any means.  What I was experimenting with on this hopper was the use of oil paints as a weathering method.  What I like about them is that they are very controllable. You can get some very small rust spots, so precision is good. There is also texture to the weathering as the paint is thicker.  This was my first attempt with this method.  It is described in a lot of detail on the first of Scotty Mason's freight car weathering DVDs.  http://scottymason.com/dvd/4/ I would recommend them to anyone as they provide a very good introduction to the subject.

[Geared Steam]

OAKHURST!!!!!!

Awesome layout, nice to see a logging layout for a change.

 

 

[SilverSpike]

Man you all have some great shots there! I have a lot of catching up to do before I can even approach you guys...but anywho....here are a few of my current work on the backdrop and background behind the frieght yard. Still need to weather the background structure and this is just a test to see how it all looks and feels, the tanks are photos that are stuck onto 3/16" foam core and just taped temporary for now:

[Oakhurst Railroad Engineer]

I added utility poles and wires to my Oakhurst Railroad.  Poles from Walthers and wires are EZ Line from Berkshire Junction.  Tried to keep the wires out of the normal reach zones, but I will see how they hold up ...

 

 

 

[howmus]

As always this is the best thread of the week!  Great work from all of you.

I have been doing a whole lot of the boring stuff that has to get done for my first NMRA AP Certificate.  Hopefully I am getting close to being finished.  Just thought I would show the paperwork for one of the more unusual things I did for the electrical certificate. 



For some reason, the text boxes printed when I pasted this page into Photoshop....?  Edit:  Figured it out!



And finally the diagram of the control box itself:

I did manage to snap off this photo for a contest accross the street.  Junior and the crew seem to be taking a long coffee break to avoid starting work loading SLOW Boxcar #172 with field tile for market.....

 

[Anonymous]

 

Wow, some really cool work going on this week! 

Before...what it looked like last weekend

 

 

After...working during the evening time this week

An Athearn MP15AC working in the area of one of the new BLMA modern concrete bridges... 

[Roseville Foamer]

Back form the repair shop.

Before. 

After

[mikelhh]

  Simon's weathered hopper is a real eye-catcher. Top job! I'd like to see more of it.  Loads of great work on show, as always.

 I'm building a diorama for photographing locos and stock. It's set in early autumn. Still much work to do to it, including the level crossing.

 

  

 And one taken outdoors

 

 Mike 

[MRH044]

Here are some pictures from last weekends run. We had great weather and it was a fun day to run trains outside!!  Enjoy the weekend,    Michael

Riverside Station. Passengers wait to board the train.

This hydroelectric powerplant keeps the electric bill down.

This is a great spot to watch trains. I hope those fellows appreciate it.

Finally, this K-28 leads a passenger train through the desert scenery.

[lvanhen]

Looks like some great modeling out there - BUT - some of the pics are too dark to see!!  If you are using digital, they can be lightened!!  Wasting space with dark and/or fuzzy pics is frustrating when you really want to see what the modeler has done.  "Lighten up"!!

[Anonymous]

RRTrainman: Love it! Can't wait to see photos of the finished product!

Altoona: I have one of those P1k boxcars, got it for like $8 at a train show! New in the box!!

Told you I'd have photos...

I staged an old wreck from back in the 50s, in black and white photos. Forget where I got the insperation, might've been DocterWayne's essay on another forum about something like that...

Anyway, here are those photos:

 

And here's an extra train from the White River Jct. shops hauling the railroad's MOW equipment back from their "spring cleaning" to be stored at Concord till needed.

U23B #2306 in the lead

Snowplow 90001

MOW Personell coach 90010

Scale tester car 90021 (not weathered yet)

Bringing up the rear is caboose 95441

Another shot of the MOW equipment in the yard along with an old F7 used as a parts source.

Enjoy! Sorry, I got a little carried away with the photos.....

[RRTrainman]

Heres my pictures of my new yard for Russellville.

Loco shop and Container yard

Sanding and fueling area

Russellville rail yard

Another view

[David Woodard]

Bought my son a Bachmman Casey Jones for his 9th Birthday, party is tonight.  I am hoping we will have some photos for next weekend to post!  He has been circling my collection and my test track for a couple of months yet, so I am sure he is open to building his first layout...

[Hoople]

Art, New r house looks great - why the 2 long stalls?  Going to run a pair of Big Boys?

I need one of those...

[lvanhen]

Art, New r house looks great - why the 2 long stalls?  Going to run a pair of Big Boys?

[Dave Vollmer]

Here's the "new" depot at Lewisport, PA, on the N scale PRR Middle Division:

[tstage]

Dave,

Please check your PM for explanation and repost your pic.  Sorry for the confusion.

Tom

[Dave Vollmer]

Very nice photo Dave! I love those fences between the tracks!

Thanks!  I reposted it below: