AVRNUT Take a close look at the ice reefer. I bought this car at an indoor flea market a couple weeks back for $4.00. It's an older one, but not sure of maker. No markings on it. It had horn-hook couplers which I promptly swapped out for a pair of Kadee #5's. But it wasn't until I started the weathering that I did the double-take. HUH??? This car has two different road numbers on it! Under the BAR shield on the left is #7564 & on the right is #7560. This car has not been re-marked or decaled by anyone. It's factory paint & markings. Someone was asleep at the wheel. Carl
Take a close look at the ice reefer. I bought this car at an indoor flea market a couple weeks back for $4.00. It's an older one, but not sure of maker. No markings on it. It had horn-hook couplers which I promptly swapped out for a pair of Kadee #5's. But it wasn't until I started the weathering that I did the double-take. HUH??? This car has two different road numbers on it! Under the BAR shield on the left is #7564 & on the right is #7560. This car has not been re-marked or decaled by anyone. It's factory paint & markings. Someone was asleep at the wheel.
Carl
I am not that sure about that Carl, to me the 0 on the right looks a bit out of line with the rest of the number. Add a good dose of Solvaset, some weathering, and a decal can pretty well disappear. Hard to judge without the car in my hands. My
George In Midcoast Maine, 'bout halfway up the Rockland branch
Since I always post pic's of a scenery short on WEPF , I thought I would post a pic of my very first ever weathering attempt, on a covered hopper.
Thanks for looking
Sam
I have been working on my Helix. Currently 5 turns out of 10 are done. It is two tracks serving 3 different levels of the layout. The inside loop connects the lowest level with the top level and the outside connects the lowest level to the mid level and connects the mid level to the upper level.There are also 2 reverse loops and two return loops that are on the outside of the helix
Colorado Front Range Railroad: http://www.coloradofrontrangerr.com/
G Paine AVRNUT Take a close look at the ice reefer. I bought this car at an indoor flea market a couple weeks back for $4.00. It's an older one, but not sure of maker. No markings on it. It had horn-hook couplers which I promptly swapped out for a pair of Kadee #5's. But it wasn't until I started the weathering that I did the double-take. HUH??? This car has two different road numbers on it! Under the BAR shield on the left is #7564 & on the right is #7560. This car has not been re-marked or decaled by anyone. It's factory paint & markings. Someone was asleep at the wheel. Carl I am not that sure about that Carl, to me the 0 on the right looks a bit out of line with the rest of the number. Add a good dose of Solvaset, some weathering, and a decal can pretty well disappear. Hard to judge without the car in my hands. My
Hi George;
I suppose that is possible, but if so someone had to have changed only the 4 to a 0. Yet, the car shows no evidence of "patch" painting under that number & the rest of the markings certainly appear to be factory done & not the result of decaling (or re-painting). There is no hint at all that the whole car was ever re-painted either. There was no weathering whatsoever on the car when I bought it. I double checked the other side & the 0 is perfectly alligned there. Strange.
"I could never belong to any club that would have me as a member."
Welcoming two new Heislers to the Oakhurst Railroad ...
www.oakhurstrailroad.com
"Oakhurst Railroad" on Facebook
G Paine AVRNUT This car has two different road numbers on it! Under the BAR shield on the left is #7564 & on the right is #7560. This car has not been re-marked or decaled by anyone. It's factory paint & markings. Someone was asleep at the wheel. Carl I am not that sure about that Carl, to me the 0 on the right looks a bit out of line with the rest of the number. Add a good dose of Solvaset, some weathering, and a decal can pretty well disappear. Hard to judge without the car in my hands. My
AVRNUT This car has two different road numbers on it! Under the BAR shield on the left is #7564 & on the right is #7560. This car has not been re-marked or decaled by anyone. It's factory paint & markings. Someone was asleep at the wheel. Carl
This car has two different road numbers on it! Under the BAR shield on the left is #7564 & on the right is #7560. This car has not been re-marked or decaled by anyone. It's factory paint & markings. Someone was asleep at the wheel.
Hi George & Carl,
It might be something as simple as this......
Most of my way-cars are Western Pacific with one DRG&W and one BN. I wanted to have a presence of the LM&E and so I completely did a re-do on an old John Deere caboose. I put my black Diamond on it with LM&E in the center of the diamond and on one side 66 below the letters and on the other side 77 below the letters. I read about that trick years ago in MR. it think, that gives a larger presence as it then appears that there is two way-cars belonging to the LM&E. Did I fool you ?? Maybe I am only fooling myself, but it was indeed a written article in one of the mags.
Johnboy out..................
from Saskatchewan, in the Great White North..
We have met the enemy, and he is us............ (Pogo)
Great Locos Marty I assume they are the latest run?
"The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination."-Albert Einstein
http://gearedsteam.blogspot.com/
Geared Steam Great Locos Marty I assume they are the latest run?
They are the latest versions and are very nice. A little light on pulling power if you have steep grades like I do but OK after adding about 1.5 extra ounces ...
Oakhurst Railroad Engineer Welcoming two new Heislers to the Oakhurst Railroad ...
Dennis Blank Jr.
CEO,COO,CFO,CMO,Bossman,Slavedriver,Engineer,Trackforeman,Grunt. Birdsboro & Reading Railroad
The Heislers are HO and from the new run from Rivarossi/Hornby ...
You did a nice job on your railroad......with the details.....I thought it was G gauge at first.
Lovely stuff, everyone, and it is a pleasure to come here these days to see so much involvement! Wow!!
An oldie from the stable:
Oakhurst Railroad Engineer Geared Steam Great Locos Marty I assume they are the latest run? They are the latest versions and are very nice. A little light on pulling power if you have steep grades like I do but OK after adding about 1.5 extra ounces ...
MIne was the last run (DCC Ready). It's my best puller.