Milk run part 3...Old #628 eases around the bend at the head of the yard:With some light braking the engineer slows her for final approach to the station at Hopewell Junction:
Garry it is a Bachmann 4-6-0 that has been decaled and numbered for the SLOW. Runs a NCE decoder (she came DCC Ready). Right now she has been taken to the roundhouse (workbench) to see why all of a sudden she is derailing in some of the curves. The spring under the front truck had slipped out of place and was preventing the truck from turning in the curves. Tried rebending the spring and put it back together. So I have now used a touch of Walthers Goo to keep it in place. By tomorrow she should be back up and running.
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Rsy ... Very nice layout photos. That's neat 10 wheeler. Feel free to tell more about that loco.
GARRY
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Milk train part 2:If you look in the woods just past the tracks, you can see the foundation of the old barn where the original homestead was:The train crests the summit just before she passes Thompson Tile:Having made the grade she rounds the hill and heads into the cut just before another tunnel:Back down the other side of the grade, brakes still hot she has permission to enter the block before Hopewell Junction Station:
wm3798PS: Everything I know about Minnesota I learned by watching Fargo...
Sorry to be the bearer of bad geographic news, Lee, but Fargo is in North Dakota. You betcha.
Other than that, great pics. Sorry I can't join you. My camera has gone to meet its maker. In this case, though, it's under warantee, and the maker is Sony, so I'm hoping to see it again sometime before the New Year. I've got a bunch of stuff ripped up now anyway, so, well, carry on, everyone.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
All good efforts and fun on this weekends Weekend Photo Fun and the point of the thread is to have Weekend Photo Fun. We all enjoy posting pics of our layouts and handing out pats on the back because........its.........Weekend Photo Fun ...........Cant wait till next weekends........
Weekend Photo Fun
Here I thought I was a super sleuth for figuring that out so quickly.
Good gosh, folks...
"Mr.AtothaM" ... "A to the M..." Al Mayo. I mean he's not exactly being subtle.
Modeling the Rio Grande Southern First District circa 1938-1946 in HOn3.
Nice work ray, love the 2nd pic.
Hey timbob, check your PMs.
Sawyer Berry
Clemson University c/o 2018
Building a protolanced industrial park layout
Another fantastic weekend here folks! I do enjoy seeing all of your work.I did a bit of railfaning today (model type) and caught Ten Wheeler #628 at the head of the morning Milk Train. I caught up to her as she was climbing the grade on her way to Bare Hill just as the morning sun was starting to peek through.She has to pass Cooley's Blue Ice on the way up:Then along Seneca Lake where she has to start climbing again:Then across the bridge and up the hill by the old Arthur Homestead:More to come...
Well, how I've spent all of today as follows:
in morning, went to church
Around one, applied first coat of paint (not primer) to my GP35, one of my railbox boxcars, and the pieces for my pikestuff engine house.
for the next several hours, listened to music, read, and watched the Tennessee-New York game (GO JETS, they won!), stopping reading once to apply more paint.
Cleaned off my 4x8, laid the foam on it (still have to secure it), and laid the track out on it (again, not securing it).
A BIG thank you to my sis for letting me borrow her camera!
So here they are, and before you try to dis them, I did them by hand w/o masking:
My AAT boxcar:
Front of the GP35:
Back of GP35:
and here's my plan for the 4x8 (have a pic of the track laid out, but it's bad lighting, so not gonna waste space):
So now I need 4 Atlas code 80 right switches, 15 ground throws, and road bed. When do I think I can get it too the point where everything runs: a week after Christmas, lol.
shayfan84325 I've spent the last few evenings working on a little 36' truss-rod gondola. I staged a picture of me putting on one of the final touches:
I've spent the last few evenings working on a little 36' truss-rod gondola. I staged a picture of me putting on one of the final touches:
Phil,
That is great. Where did you get it.?
Chip
Building the Rock Ridge Railroad with the slowest construction crew west of the Pecos.
railroadyoshiA round of applause to the mod who swooped in and got the situation under control before it got out of hand.
I agree!
A round of applause to the mod who swooped in and got the situation under control before it got out of hand.
OK Who appointed you the all knowing one?
Any argument carried far enough will end up in Semantics--Hartz's law of rhetoric Emerald. Leemer and Southern The route of the Sceptre Express Barry
I just started my blog site...more stuff to come...
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The U23B also has 2,250 HP...
Nothing new to post from me, I've been busy all weekend and haven't touched my layout at all. Enjoyed reading everybody's posts though!
Nothing from me this week, lots of good photos though.
Sawyer, IRL, the GP35 had more horsepower than the U23B. (2500 vs 2300, the GP30 has 2250). Uboats are generally longer than their EMD counterparts, so might be why it pulls better.
Vincent
Wants: 1. high-quality, sound equipped, SD40-2s, C636s, C30-7s, and F-units in BN. As for ones that don't cost an arm and a leg, that's out of the question....
2. An end to the limited-production and other crap that makes models harder to get and more expensive.
Allan, all the photos this week have been fabulous, but for me your second photo there just took it all! What a wonderful moment.
Thomas and Friends have painted Diesels as being EVIL so it's no wonder the kids like steamies.
Great stuff again this week guys. I think I'm out of my league, but I'll post a couple photos anyway.
NYC GP7 #5809 hauls a short mixed train (per Walther's latest update) around the curve at the Black River Valley COOP.
Yours truly and almost 3-year-old Nathan watching a Lots And Lots Of Trains video. He pays close attention when the steamers are on, but doesn't seem to think much of diesels. A model railroader in the making, I think!
Sorry about the touch of 'red-eye' couldn't get rid of it for some reason.
Keep up the good work guys, you are always inspiring.
Remember its your railroad
Allan
Track to the BRVRR Website: http://www.brvrr.com/
Loco Nice work there Stein. I've been thinking about a barge as well. Do you happen to know of any kit or such for pushing them?
Nice work there Stein. I've been thinking about a barge as well. Do you happen to know of any kit or such for pushing them?
For a tow boat ? (which is not towing the barges - it pushes them. But a collection of barges lashed together is known as a "tow").
Diesel tow boat that seems appropriate from the 1970s e.g. here:http://www.cmrtrain.com/towboat.html
Prototype photo of 1950 stern wheel steamer: http://collections.mnhs.org/visualresources/image.cfm?imageid=102086
Hasn't noticed anyone offering those stern wheel steamers as a H0 model kits yet, but hasn't been looking for one either - I plan to just model the barge part, not the tow boat.
Edit 11/25: had a quick look around. You can get plans of sternwheel paddleboat tow boats from various sites and scratchbuild one. E.g. http://modelplans.steamboats.org/p13-ward-diesel-towboats.html
The smallest kind of sternwheel paddleboat on these plans is about 90' long and 26 feet wide and 2 1/2 "stories" tall above the water line - call it about 18-20 feet tall, ie in H0 scale about 12" long, 3.5" wide and 2.75" tall, and in N scale about 6 1/2" long, 2" wide and 1.5"- entirely practical sizes for a scratchbuilt model railroad layout.
Smile,Stein
What the heck, I'll post up my beat up old dio. That thing as been moved about 20 times now, stored in freezing to 100 degree storage unit, stuff falling off. But hey, it is under the new lights in the train room....
Love the Northern & the CZ Garry!
- Luke
Modeling the Southern Pacific in the 1960's-1980's
Well, I took these pics last night w/ a dying camera (sorry about the quality, had to rush). So here's some highlights of what I got for my b-day.
First, my new U23B compared to my GP30 I've had (GP35 is down for paint, that's why it's the GP30. they're both pretty much the same length). I've nicknamed my U23B The BEAST!!! This thing is huge. It outweighs my other locos too.
One of my favorite boxcars that I got:
Also finally moved up from my bachmann trainset powerpacks to an MRC Tech 4, the 220 model. This thing is AWESOME, I love it.
I had a great birthday yesterday and got a lot of great stuff, here's the whole photo album:
http://s253.photobucket.com/albums/hh55/Packers_1/b%20day%2008/
I didn't know that Hot Wheels was making a 1:87 line... I've been out of the HO racket for about 30 years!
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wm3798Jeff, for the record, Hot Wheels and Match Box cars are typically closer to 1:64, or S scale. That mid 50's jalopy next to the station should dwarf a modern Mustang.But recognizing that you're in it for the fun, I'll concede that you can get "close" with those cars, and you certainly can't beat the price or availability. In my younger days fooling with HO, there were quite a few Hot Wheels, Match Boxes, and even the occasional Johnny Lightning.
Jeff, for the record, Hot Wheels and Match Box cars are typically closer to 1:64, or S scale. That mid 50's jalopy next to the station should dwarf a modern Mustang.
But recognizing that you're in it for the fun, I'll concede that you can get "close" with those cars, and you certainly can't beat the price or availability. In my younger days fooling with HO, there were quite a few Hot Wheels, Match Boxes, and even the occasional Johnny Lightning.
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Robby P. OUTSTANDING WORK THIS WEEK. Great shots everybody. Heres the latest on my engine. I weathered it, and added some details. Snow plow, ditch lights, MU cables, and a GPS system. Before: After:
OUTSTANDING WORK THIS WEEK. Great shots everybody.
Heres the latest on my engine. I weathered it, and added some details. Snow plow, ditch lights, MU cables, and a GPS system.
Before:
After:
Excellent fade!
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EXPERIMENTATION TO BRING INNOVATION
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Not quite up to the stellar standard some of you other guys set, but here is my little project for this weekend - a scratchbuilt Mississippi coal barge for the municipal Barge terminal on my layout.
It is 4" wide and 12" long - about 30 x 90 H0 scale feet. I know that a modern coal barge is about 200 feet long and 35 feet wide, but this is supposed to be 1957, and 4x12 inches visually seemed not too horribly compressed.
Built from 0.40" sheet styrene, some foam from an old matress to flesh out the piles without adding too much weight, black ballast glued into the bin over the foam to look like coal, and the thingies to fasten ropes to (I know that the shoreside equivalent is called a bollard - but couldn't locate "barge terms for dummies" using google to find out what the boatside equivalent is called) is made from sprue leftovers.
It is my first attempt at scratch building any kind of boat, and it still needs a bit of TLC - sanding down the edges a little, painting it black and weathering it.
That will have to wait until next week sometime - we are celebrating Thanksgiving her with the extended family on Sunday Nov 23rds (I know it is really Thursdag Nov 27th - but that is not a holiday over here in Norway, so we do it the weekend before or the weekend after). So Sunday will not be part of the model RR weekend for me.
Smile, Stein
Driline jeffrey-wimberly Is the Red car 1:87 scale? Its hard to tell in the picture but it looks right.
jeffrey-wimberly
Is the Red car 1:87 scale? Its hard to tell in the picture but it looks right.
The Mustangs 1/87 too. (I've got one) Hot Wheels has a whole line of 1/87 cars out now. Mostly super sports cars and a VW bug. They have a cool 1/87 Mach 5 too!