The 'new' look of IC&E and DM&E engines.
With the paint on most of the road units in fairly good condition, only a lettering update was applied to the units. Hopefully the Blue & Marigold diesels will be will be around for a good time to come.
The model:Kato HO SD40-2 Mid #37-6610Detail Associates & RailFlyer detail partsDecals from 8 sheets of Microscale DecalsAn 'in-the-works' Ath BlueBox CP SD40-2 is behind the Kato.
Happy “April Fools” Everyone!!!
Comments Welcome!
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Joke or not, I think you have some nice photos there, Chad. A nice layout as well.
I call this one "Just Another Seneca Afternoon"
Crandell
I have been busy rebuilding the city on my layout. Here is some nightshots of it as it looks now:
As you can see it´s a work in progress. Real good time ahead of me to make all the small details now.
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Nice rendition of Edward Hopper's 'Nighthawks', Gaffen. I love seeing well known scenes reproduced in miniature on layouts and always wanted to do that one, but have never quite gotten around to it. Do you perhaps have any further, 'daytime', photos so that we can see what the building's exterior and its surroundings are like in their entirety?
From what can be seen in your 'night' photo, the restaurant appears to be set on a bluff, or above a cut of some sort, making me wonder if you've executed the scene in the very same manner John Armstrong did on his layout years ago?
CNJ831
Hi and welcome to April,
you guys over there are certainly great innovators. I was lucky enough to be able to get my hands on a new product to help with scenery.
Should be available soon they tell me.
Check it out here
http://southcoastrail.blogspot.com/
Bob
@Geffen, wonderful urban scene. You really caught the era.
This week was a very busy one.
Some progress on my fleet of 4 kitbashed drop bottom gondola (bachmann 40' gondola).
Completed the kitbashed Massey Harris dealer building. Final paintwork not done. Scratchbuilding the small 1 storey shed was quite fun.
And we reinstalled the scratchbuilt 120' turntable in the furnace closet with some mock up scenery. Purely utilitarian, the layout wasn't planned to have one and it would look out of place on it anyway.
Enjoy!
Matt
Proudly modelling the Quebec Railway Light & Power Co since 1997.
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Looks like we are off to a good start!!
Here's a few oldies but goodies from me.............
"Rust, whats not to love?"
I'm today busy with 0n26
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This is what you get with three-rail- track.
Wolfgang
Pueblo & Salt Lake RR
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My goodness, model railroading is hard to do. Nobody is ever willing to help you, they are all just so lazy:
Happy April fools!
~G4
19 Years old, modeling the Cowlitz, Chehalis, and Cascade Railroad of Western Washington in 1927 in 6X6 feet.
An area I'm working on that used to be a hillside with track going up into a logging area. I simply couldn't stand all that wasted space so I'm reworking it and adding 3 new industries since I'm a bit more into ops than scenery though I like them both.
Flannigans Furniture is the larger building on the left and a scrap/salvage yard will be beside the metal building.
Jarrell
Great work so far, everybody!
This picture was around last April 1st. ... It would be nice if it was real.
The real "blackbird" paint scheme looked good on Burlington SD7's in the 1950's. Here is a model of one.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Nice work so far in the thread. Thought I might post a few from the old layout:
Guy
see stuff at: the Willoughby Line Site
Nice work so far.
Chad - I agree. Joke or not, that's some great modeling!
Here's a shot of some foreign power on my layout that's just passing through,.. I hope (*gulp*).
Thanks MABruce & Selector! I appreciate your comments!
I think what makes it neat, is that it could be probable.
CNJ831 Nice rendition of Edward Hopper's 'Nighthawks', Gaffen. I love seeing well known scenes reproduced in miniature on layouts and always wanted to do that one, but have never quite gotten around to it. Do you perhaps have any further, 'daytime', photos so that we can see what the building's exterior and its surroundings are like in their entirety? From what can be seen in your 'night' photo, the restaurant appears to be set on a bluff, or above a cut of some sort, making me wonder if you've executed the scene in the very same manner John Armstrong did on his layout years ago? CNJ831
Thanks for seeing the resemblence
I put it on a "overpass" so it came up a bit and also on the front of the layout.
I took this one today:
As you see, there is some work to be done yet.
Good work, everyone.
Opening day of trout season at Hammer Creek. DJ.
51% share holder in the ME&O ( Wife owns the other 49% )
ME&O
Looking good so far and that is no joke....
Here is the small bit of progress I have made on my overpass.
Be Wise Beware Be Safe
"Mountain Goat" Greg
SP&S Oregon Trunk
There are some excellent modeling pics this week.
DJ, Nice pic and very fitting. Is opening day in SE PA tomorrow or next Saturday?
~Rob S.
Robert H. Shilling II
Awesome! No Fooling.
Right DJ, because having an Alco going VRMMBAB VMBABVMBA overhead is a good way to at
-Morgan
Beautiful scene, Grampy. I like the lush grass on the right bank of the river, what is it?
Grampys Trains Good work, everyone. Opening day of trout season at Hammer Creek. DJ.
P&SlocalThere are some excellent modeling pics this week.~Rob S.
Agreed. I really like those period correct night shots.
San Dimas Southern slideshow
Thanks, guys. Rob, tomorrow in SE, 2 weeks, for rest of the state.
Jarrell, that is Silfor, Summer collection, I think, from Scenic Express. DJ.
It's been too long since I posted anything so here goes.
Jaeger Kit of Weyerhaeuser Load
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Another Jeager Kit of Hampton Lumber Load this one was done a lot better than the first pic because it was the first one I did.
And finally, two plate steel loads scratchbuilt out of styrene. They aren't done, but I will try to get them done sometime next week. They are placed on two Athearn 60' flat cars decorated for BNSF. I weathered the decks with paint and powders.
Will
Pasture area on the right side of the around the walls is done
Need to add the house- barns -silo and other structures
UncBob Pasture area on the right side of the around the walls is done Need to add the house- barns -silo and other structures
Nice work on this pasture. However, I would advise you to flock together you animals. In real life, cows, horses and sheeps tend to stay together and often near a water spot. For sheeps pasture, it is a common sight to see animal trail along the fences. It would give more dynamic appeal to this scenery without extra work. Anyway, a train running through countryside is a never dying classic.
Decided to try posting a pic to the forum, we'll see if this works.
It's an undec atlas hopper that I painted and weathered... haven't done much weathering and it looks more like it was used as an outhouse for a flock of crows than I intended.
I didn't get it to post right, got a link to it instead... it was a flickr page and I don't remember the rules on posting links so I edited that out. I'll have to re-read the instructions and try again. Sorry everyone.
several edits later: Thank you selector, I finally figured out how to copy the link to the photo!
You need the URL for the full-sized image bracketed closely by the img tags. They have the square brackets [ ] around them.