OK, so, back to WPF, with a photo! Great work everyone.
Recently aquired GP38, has joined the GLC fleet, for switching duties. Should be no problem as to the former owner. The crew brings in a reefer to the Great Lakes Millings' frozen food plant, as they switch the plant and transloading yard.
Mike
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This was a very fun Weekend Photo fun .... Thanks, JaBear for starting the thread, and thanks to all who participated !
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
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Guy PapillonYou also inherited a cooky factory in Southern Quebec, Canada.
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
I'm putting a scenic cover over the 4-track staging yard shown without most of the cover sections.
With most of the cover framework in place:
And, with the covers in place:
The cover sections are designed to be removeable, but with the gaps masked by scenery to the extent possible. Each section is a piece of foamboard with pink foam on top to give it stiffness and "terrain." When it's done, it should look like a single-track branch line (the outer track away from the wall) with a steep slope topped with mostly forest.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
G Paine hon30critter I'm tempted to invest in one. Caboose Hobbies in Denver stocks them; but I do not see any vendors in Canada. There are some in the UK, and elsewhere in Europehttp://www.minitrains.eu/mt-retail-imp.html
hon30critter I'm tempted to invest in one.
Caboose Hobbies in Denver stocks them; but I do not see any vendors in Canada. There are some in the UK, and elsewhere in Europehttp://www.minitrains.eu/mt-retail-imp.html
www.central-hobbies.com
Guy
Modeling CNR in the 50's
Having travelled the Matterhorn-Gotthardbahn (the Glacier Express), your layout brought fond memories. Esp the "whistle" of the electric loco. I can recalk places just like this ...
hon30critterI'm tempted to invest in one.
George In Midcoast Maine, 'bout halfway up the Rockland branch
Heartland Division CB&Q JE Corbet ..... Glad to bring back memories. In 1959, a daytime trip from Omaha to CHicago was probably the Nebraska Zephy. It usually had the articulated consist of stainless steel passenger cars. I grew up next to the Burlington, and our house was one of thousands you passed approaching Chicago. ... We road on several railroads on trips between Chicago tand other parts of the country. I was on the North Shore Line several times. .... Amtrak, interstate highways, and jet airliners ruined train travel which was enjoyable while it lasted.
JE Corbet ..... Glad to bring back memories. In 1959, a daytime trip from Omaha to CHicago was probably the Nebraska Zephy. It usually had the articulated consist of stainless steel passenger cars. I grew up next to the Burlington, and our house was one of thousands you passed approaching Chicago. ... We road on several railroads on trips between Chicago tand other parts of the country. I was on the North Shore Line several times. .... Amtrak, interstate highways, and jet airliners ruined train travel which was enjoyable while it lasted.
I'm pretty sure it was the Nebraska Zephyr we took to Chicago. I had an old timetable that was from the second half of 1960 so it was probably the same schedule. I remember we left early in the morning and arrived in Chicago before dark. I've since lost the timetable. I'm guessing it was behind schedule leaving Omaha because if I remember right it was supposed to leave Omaha sometime in the 6-7 am hour but it would have been dark at that time of year. I think we took a different train on the return trip because we arrived in Omaha after dark. Of course it might have been behind schedule as well.
I repeated that trip on the Amtrak a few years ago. I remember after leaving the Burlington Station and turning south along the west bank of the Missouri past Offut Air Force Base before turning east to cross the river. My memory of the 1959 trip was that we crossed the Missouri immediately after leaving the station but that could be a fuzzy memory. Do you know if the normal Burlington routing in that day was to head south before crossing the Missouri or might we have crossed the river and then turned south. My old railroad atlas shows the CB&Q had tracks on both banks of the Missouri.
A quick & dirty video, made this morning:
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Thanks George.
I'm tempted to invest in one.
Danny:
Neat saloon. It is a bit small so I'm assuming that all the patrons get along together very well!
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
Some very impressive work so far.
Here's what I've finished off this week - the Campa Saloon, the first of three buildings that will represent the edge of the town of Campa, OR:
hon30critterAre the Minitrains locomotives well built?
From the short test runs I did, it seems to be a good runner out of the box. The motor is vertical with a small flywheel on top. The wiring to the motor and lights is very fine, I melted the insulation off with my soldering iron rather than trying to strip it. Headlight and backup lights are LEDs with a tiny diode rectifier located in the smokebox. I am pleased with the purchase.
George
Neat little project!
Are the Minitrains locomotives well built?
Thanks
So where was the short?
Now that that nasty short circuit on my layout is fixed, I can do something. I am installing a decoder in a Minitrains HOn30 Forney, and needed to do a test run to be sure the motor wires frmo the decoder were installed correctly - they were!!
TerryinTexas
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Heartland Division CB&Q Bear ... Thanks for a fun start to weekend Photo Fun. Frank ..... Thanks for a fun reply to Bear. I'l just grin and JaBear it. Mile L ... Nice photos of some old west buildings. I like the name of the town and its welcome sign. Rick ... Are you having fun yet ? ... I bet the Aloc will look good when you complete it. ELEPHANT STYLE I am running a Burlington passenger train with an Elephant Style locomotive consist. "Elepahant style" is a railroad term meaning all locomotives in a consist are running forward. In the photo, my train is departing from Union Station. The CB&Q often operated passenger trains with elephant style consists especially in the 1960's
Bear ... Thanks for a fun start to weekend Photo Fun.
Frank ..... Thanks for a fun reply to Bear. I'l just grin and JaBear it.
Mile L ... Nice photos of some old west buildings. I like the name of the town and its welcome sign.
Rick ... Are you having fun yet ? ... I bet the Aloc will look good when you complete it.
ELEPHANT STYLE
I am running a Burlington passenger train with an Elephant Style locomotive consist. "Elepahant style" is a railroad term meaning all locomotives in a consist are running forward. In the photo, my train is departing from Union Station.
The CB&Q often operated passenger trains with elephant style consists especially in the 1960's
My first train trip was on the CB&Q at the end of the 1950s. Our family traveled from Omaha to Chicago to visit my maternal grandparents for Christmas 1959. We then took the North Shore to Milwaukee to spend New Year's with my Dad's side of the family. Back to Chicago on the North Shore and then home to Omaha at the start of the new decade. I remember seeing a silver loco at the front end but I don't think it was elephant style. Still this brings back found memories.
JaBear,
You also inherited a cooky factory in Southern Quebec, Canada.
I got some weathering done on the wood for the flatcar deck. This was only the first coat, so it's not going to be final.
And after
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These are the opinions of an under 35 , from the east end of, and modeling, the same section of the Wheeling and Lake Erie railway. As well as a freelanced road (Austinville and Dynamite City railroad).
CSX_road_slug hon30critter Ken: They look great! Thanx Dave! SS Express Those B&O GP9's look great....all for 50 bucks a pop too!!! Thanx Rich, they were an impulse buy - Kleins had them on sale and I couldn't resist! They are great runners and pullers, but I've had to invest a bit of "sweat equity" to disguise their Bachmann origins...
hon30critter Ken: They look great!
Thanx Dave!
SS Express Those B&O GP9's look great....all for 50 bucks a pop too!!!
Thanx Rich, they were an impulse buy - Kleins had them on sale and I couldn't resist! They are great runners and pullers, but I've had to invest a bit of "sweat equity" to disguise their Bachmann origins...
Ken,
I'll add my huzzahs. Nice work!
Mike Lehman
Urbana, IL
hon30critterKen: They look great!
SS ExpressThose B&O GP9's look great....all for 50 bucks a pop too!!!
-Ken in Maryland (B&O modeler, former CSX modeler)
Started working on a scratchbuilt 50ft flat car for a NMRA scratchbuilding certificate towards a Master Model Railroader certificate/
Despite the rather bad weather, thegardening crew decided to brave the gusts of wind and rain and plant more fir trees on the layout, spray paint them and sprinkle them with a generous dusting of fine turf.
Bear, Thanks for opening the WPF, seeing Frank's haulers is always fun and a 22 wheeler to boot.
Paycheck in hand and gazing at his reflection Ted contemplated entering the card room...
Thanks to all and regards, Peter
mlehmanWell, so much for "development." I think we all concluded that you'd get more days off if you became, ahem, the principal behind all this hocus-pocus
I think we all concluded that you'd get more days off if you became, ahem, the principal behind all this hocus-pocus
Not only that, but maybe Bear will then have some time for the important stuff - model railroading .
mlehman But the Bear's business empire is expanding -- or at least his fame. Check out this new sign that went up in Black Cat Junction this week... SNIP I am rather afeared that this sudden acquisition of a construction company, a diner and having a suburb, partially, named in his honour will go to JaBears head. The next he’ll become Mayor of Black Cat Junction (“wot nefarious means!!!?” “Bribery?!! No they were just donations!!”), and in conjunction with a reputable (??) developer will turn Beartown into a high end ski resort for celebrities and the very rich, all the work being carried out by a certain construction company. (“Conflict of interest?!! How dare you!!!) (Splutters indigently into large brandy snifter and manages to look suitably outraged.). The wye will have to be scrapped to make way for the heliport, and the Overtime Saloon and its surrounds will also be demolished for the casinos construction. The displaced residents of Beartown will be offered alternative accommodation , at very reasonable rates, at the “Thistle Dew” Trailer Park, a subsidiary of Ursidae Corp, and located on the reclaimed site of the former municipal tip, where not only will there be hot and cold running water, but also flush toilets, though only in a communal block.
mlehman But the Bear's business empire is expanding -- or at least his fame. Check out this new sign that went up in Black Cat Junction this week... SNIP
But the Bear's business empire is expanding -- or at least his fame. Check out this new sign that went up in Black Cat Junction this week...
Well, so much for "development."
I will say that there's room for the heliport in the upscale part of BCJ on the hill above Beartown. They may go all NIMBY, but hey, THEY are the ones who can afford that ride to work.
This reminds me of one trip on the D&S. When the train got to Ah Wilderness, here came the helos to drop off some guests there. I suppose the train was too slow for them, but if it were me, a charter of one of the business cars would be cheaper, plus they have a full bar (usually not part of a helo's standard fitment).
Those B&O GP9's look great....all for 50 bucks a pop too!!!
Rich