WPF 2/19-2/21

[C&O Fan]

A video of my new geeps

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bdlf98d28e0

[cwclark]

Terry, 

I'll have to watch it from the house. Our company 'puters won't allow us access to youtube.  Did you get the curved turnout situation solved?....chuck

[MAbruce]

C&O Fan

A video of my new geeps

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bdlf98d28e0

Nice Coal drag!

Here's one on my layout taking the grade:

 

[cudaken]

Terry, they sure sound good.

        Ken

[Heartland Division CB&Q]

Nice work Terry and MAbruce !!!!!!!  It looks like coal trains are busy helping utilities replenish stockpiles from the cold winter season.

Here are shots on my branch line. First is an overview of a short train. Secon is a zoomed in shot of the locomotive.

[C&O Fan]

cwclark

Terry, 

I'll have to watch it from the house. Our company 'puters won't allow us access to youtube.  Did you get the curved turnout situation solved?....chuck

Yea Chuck I extended the gaurd rail See the photo

http://cs.trains.com/trccs/forums/t/169330.aspx

Not pretty but it will get me thru open house tomorrow and Sunday

Maybe I can find a new turn out at the show

I think this one got warped from the ballast

 

[C&O Fan]

MAbruce

 

C&O Fan

A video of my new geeps

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bdlf98d28e0

Nice Coal drag!

 

 

Thanks MAbruce

I like the tall grass in your photo it looks good along the water's edge !

[C&O Fan]

cudaken

Terry, they sure sound good.

        Ken

Thanks Ken

That's a newer version and the Nathan 5 chime horn is much more proto type

than the first version

[Scarpia]

MABruce and Gerry, great shots. Bruce, I love your reeds, they look great.

I haven't done much, but I've been working on weathing this Walthers van. Not quite done yet, but it's coming along.

 

[Grampys Trains]

Very nice work, so far.

PRR F30A flat car converted to TOFC service. DJ.

 

 

[jdobo]

GP 7 about to leave the E-Street Yard.

[Heartland Division CB&Q]

DJ ... I like the Pennsy TOFC picture you ahve posted in recent weeks! ... In particular, I like the TOFC trailer you posted today. Feel free to tell us more about the trailer.

[Motley]

Quit posting pics of real trains, this is supposed to be for model trains!

OMG I don't know how you guys do this amazing work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jacon12]

Finally I got some stairs leading up the ridge to the section foreman's house.  The steps were purchased and I built a small platform about half way up.  Guess I gotta get some handrails in place now.

Jarrell

[dti406]

Here are a few more cars I have recently finished assembling, painted and decaled.

This is either a Eastern Car Works or E&B Valley car with Microscale Decals.

This is either a Eastern Car Works or E&B Valley car with Champ Decals.

This is an Eastern Car Works Car Kit with Herald King Decals.

 Thanks for looking

 Rick

[howmus]

WOW!  Great start already and it's only noon on Friday!

I have been working on a scratch built backwoods style engine house.  So far I have drawn out what I want to build (been changed 3 times so far...) and started to build it from the ground up.

Here is what I have accomplished so far (I have decided this one will be and experiment with a, hopefully, much better one for contest later).  It will have to be removable so the floor has to be built in sections.

Flooring is made of scale 1"x 4"x 8'  lumber that has been "weathered" with an India Ink/Alcohol wash.

[Silver Pilot]

Some SOO F3 weathered for a friend.

[RailfanS]

Well here's my big accomplishment this week:

I finally had the time to realign the tracks and install the base of the car/ loco shops. As you can see the building still needs some work, but that can be done a little at a time. I can now move Loco's into and out of the shop under their own power.

Also here's a video I recorded today of my SD40-2 moving the MOW train out of the yard after the project was completed:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ti1BQ_A0jbU

 This video features rare footage of a CVS unit running long hood forward on the mainline.

Have a great weekend,

Jamie

[Robby P.]

  I see the "bar" is set higher each week.

  Here's a shot from me .

[Anonymous]

First up, a "good looking" photo from me because everything else is just progress shots.

LE-2 switching at night in West Canaan, NH.

I recently starting building a burned-out barn from Horst Meier's article in Model Railroader. Here's the materials.

A couple hours later, the wall frames and roof ends have been started. I bought way too little of the heavy square stripwood so my roof is going to be built of the skinny stuff. My barn is going to much more destroyed than the one in the article.

I also *finally* put sides on the Shaker Hill Road bridge in Enfield! They just need paint and weathering.

It could be a few weeks till these projects are done (IF they ever get done! ) but I'll be sure to post photos then!

 

[Motley]

RailfanS

Well here's my big accomplishment this week:

I finally had the time to realign the tracks and install the base of the car/ loco shops. As you can see the building still needs some work, but that can be done a little at a time. I can now move Loco's into and out of the shop under their own power.

Also here's a video I recorded today of my SD40-2 moving the MOW train out of the yard after the project was completed:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ti1BQ_A0jbU

 This video features rare footage of a CVS unit running long hood forward on the mainline.

Have a great weekend,

Jamie

 

Jamie, what engine house is that you have? Is that the Walthers Cornerstone one?

[RailfanS]

Motley

Jamie, what engine house is that you have? Is that the Walthers Cornerstone one?

 

I'm pretty sure it's a Walthers Cornerstone. I bought it at a show for about $5, already "built" but in rough shape (missing some windows, the orignal roof, ect.). I figured it would be better to buy a fixed-upper rather than the $40+ Walthers kit that I think it is.

 

[IVRW]

Great job everybody! Howmus, thats hard board by board construction, but it looks great, Robby, really nice shot, and Tyler, way to go on getting projects done, just to name a few.

Well, the family went down to Arizona last week, and so I didint get much done on my RR. Now hold it! That doesnt mean I was devoid of trains! Far from it!

First, we went to a Wild West attraction, and guess what was there? A Train

This is 'supposedly' a 1/3 construction of a loco from the 1860s

Then we went to downtown, and guess what was there? A Train

This was a huge railyard. Sorry for the quickly snapped photo.

Next, we went out to a National Park, and guess what was there? A Train

An old SP SD class, running a local (?) on an old branch (?).

Finally, we returned home, and guess what was there? A Train

I finally started ballasting again!

[jecorbett]

Great work everyone. It's nice to get back online after a series of heavy snowstorms here in Ohio covered by internet satellite dish and knocked me off line for 10 days. I was able to get to the library computers but was given only an hour of time and that was just enough to catch up on banking, bill paying, and a few other pieces of business. I missed the last two WPFs and I'm too lazy to scroll through the archives. Earlier this week I rigged up a hair dry to two wooden poles that gave me a combined 12 foot length which was just enough to reach the satellite dish from the top of the ladder and melt enough ice and snow to get me back on line. Today we are getting our first significant melt. The last I heard, we might be getting another major storm around Sunday. The hair dry is still attached to the poles.

I am in the midst of a major scenic project, my first largely residential area using techniques from Lou Sassi's excellent book. It's been slow going but I'm finally making some headway and hope to have the area photo ready in a couple weeks. I know a lot of modelers post in-progress photos but for some reason, I like to have my scenes relatively complete before posting them. In the meantime, all these excellent photos are keeping me inspired.

[Driline]

 

Silver Pilot

Some SOO F3 weathered for a friend.

I love the paint fade. It looks so real. I want one.

[Driline]

 Here's a few pics of my scratchbuilt Ralston Purina plant using foam core and strip styrene. I have yet to add details. So this is just a plain canvas for now...

[mountaingoatgreg]

All weathered and ready to ride the rails

 

 

And a custom painted Locomotive I did for a customer....

[Anonymous]

Driline

Here's a few pics of my scratchbuilt Ralston Purina plant using foam core and strip styrene. I have yet to add details. So this is just a plain canvas for now...

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Now THERE'S an example of a model railroad industry large enough to support rail service! 

[blownout cylinder]

Silver Pilot: Beautiful work there! Even the windows have real glass!

[zgardner18]

Driline

 Here's a few pics of my scratchbuilt Ralston Purina plant using foam core and strip styrene. I have yet to add details. So this is just a plain canvas for now...

 Okay what is up with those clouds?  Are they painted or photos because I really like them.

Here's is the only thing that I have done so far this weekend.  I put together this slideshow of all the random photos that I had on Photobucket.  This link is down in my signature.  Just click on the photo.  The slideshow moves pretty fast so I recommend stopping it and moving through it one by one.