"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
Bear,
Easter holiday greetings to to you. Got a bunch of pics still to sort through, but for now will do with a visiting Loon Lake Lumber Shay that my buddy, Bob, brought over for a DC test run. I isolated the end of the layout aroound Crater Lake and turned Bob lose with DC and it was quite the good runner.
Also moved the freight house to a better spot while adding some track.
More pics later, it's a long weekend, BTW, got your message finally, my password got messed earlier today, but I'm back now, will reply soon.
Mike Lehman
Urbana, IL
Smokey CNJ I-5.
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Bear ... Thanks for starting the thread. I can't tell what type of locomotive you posted. 4-8-4 or what ?
Mike L .... Your scenes look great and show a lot of actvity. Nice!
Casey ... That is a beautiful locomotive in an outstanding photo.
Below, an SD7 is delivering an air silde covered hopper to the bakery.
Note: .... A covered hopper is not a rabbit wearing a hat !
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
One of 4 coal operations on my layout. This one can get fairly busy.
Tony
EK Sub in HO Scale
RDG Casey, Holy Smoke!
Garry, Looks like business is good, very good.
Tony, Love the gritty look of your scenes, definitely evokes Coal Country.
So hurrying and grabbed a few more pics to share, Finished up ballasting new track projects on the main layout room in Silverton and this new spur in Eureka.
For now, it's a team track, but the Mine and Mill Workers Co-op Store will soon have a building under construction.
Most have never seen the hill behind Silverton, but here it is as I prepare to bond down ballast on the tracks immediately in front the big town flat.
Ah! Everything back in place. Moving the freight house back opened up lots of room towards the front, allowing for an enlarged Goble's Lumber and Bldg Supply and a team track next to it.
A bonus was being able to park the Rio Grande Motor Ways semi at the freight house.
Heartland Division CB&Q 4-8-4 or what ?
Mike, excellent work, as usual.
Tony, how do you switch out that mine with that many cars? lol
Yeah, here's my project for this week. It mike make the DRGW fans cry, but I butchered up a hopper for the Wheeling
All the work on the extended sides is styrene. I still need to add more grab irons and do the other side. Oh, and weather it of course- it's supposed to be rusty.
(My Model Railroad, My Rules)
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).
Thank you Bear for launching the thread once again. Yesterday afternoon when I was cleaning the paint room, my girlfriend told me over the phone that she would be forty minutes late. This gave me the time to grab a car kit on the top of the pile. I added metal wheels, Kadees #148, weights and washers over the trucks. And voilà, a new car on the roster.
Thirty minutes of plain fun.
Guy
Modeling CNR in the 50's
Mike- Thank you! Also< I noticed you use the LED lights on your ceiling. I am curious as to how many to get good lighting. I am considering a similar sort of thing soon..
Jimmy- It is a chore switching that plant..lol. Once the train arrives, the power cuts off and runs back down the branch. the switchers then run the cars through and eventually are joined back with the locomotives for the run North.
And to evryone- Looks great so far this week.. love the photos. Thanks for sharing!
Alright, Bear is off to the workbench!
Tony73Mike- Thank you! Also< I noticed you use the LED lights on your ceiling. I am curious as to how many to get good lighting. I am considering a similar sort of thing soon..
Tony,
You're welcome.
With the LED light strips, it's hard to say without knowing the specific type of lighting and the distance from layout to ceiling. Not to worry. First put up a single string through the scene. If that's not enough, keep adding. They are directional, so you want to aim the sring as bets you can at what needs lighted. The electricty savings more than make up for the cost, IIRC they pay for themselves in less than 2 years, a darn good return. Bets of all, they run cool, so you wan't be fighting the heat you used to have to put up with to see better.
Good morning from cloudy and cool Northeast Ohio, may get some snow today.
Bear, nice to see you get a break from work and getting some modeling done!
Casey, love your steam loco conversions, not many people doing that kind of work anymore.
Mike, more nice pictures and you have got the lighting down to a science.
Garry, like the Q's early SD's but prefer the red, white and gray paint scheme.
Tony, Super coal facility, makes for having those unit trains of coal possible.
Jimmy, can't wait to see the finished product, I know how long it takes to do conversions, painting and decaling.
Guy, one of my favorite cars, just got some TH&B decals from Aberdeen Car Shops to do a few of those cars.
Here is what I managed to finish this week!
Intermaountain Railway 40' PS1 Boxcar Kit with the 8' PS Door, Replaced the plastic sill steps with A-line Sill Steps, painted with Scalecoat II Boxcar Red and lettered with Mask Island Decals.
Atlas ACF 3560CF Covered Hopper Kit, removed the cast on Roofwalk, stiffening rib (ICG cars did not have it), and walkover platforms. Replaced the roofwalk with a Plano etched metal roofwalk and also the walkover platforms. Painted the car with Scalecoat II MofW Gray and lettered with Daniel Kohlbergs ICG Decals.
Thanks for looking!
Rick Jesionowski
Rule 1: This is my railroad.
Rule 2: I make the rules.
Rule 3: Illuminating discussion of prototype history, equipment and operating practices is always welcome, but in the event of visitor-perceived anacronisms, detail descrepancies or operating errors, consult RULE 1!
mlehman Alright, Bear is off to the workbench! Tony73 Mike- Thank you! Also< I noticed you use the LED lights on your ceiling. I am curious as to how many to get good lighting. I am considering a similar sort of thing soon.. Tony, You're welcome. With the LED light strips, it's hard to say without knowing the specific type of lighting and the distance from layout to ceiling. Not to worry. First put up a single string through the scene. If that's not enough, keep adding. They are directional, so you want to aim the sring as bets you can at what needs lighted. The electricty savings more than make up for the cost, IIRC they pay for themselves in less than 2 years, a darn good return. Bets of all, they run cool, so you wan't be fighting the heat you used to have to put up with to see better.
Tony73 Mike- Thank you! Also< I noticed you use the LED lights on your ceiling. I am curious as to how many to get good lighting. I am considering a similar sort of thing soon..
Another LED option are flood lights. I use ones with 1050 lumens and place them every four feet. That seems to give me good light with no dark spots. As with the strip lights, they are expensive to begin with but will save in the long run. I used to use fluorescent shop light but as my layout grew, it got to the point where I was overloading the circuit. The LEDs solved that problem. I still have parts of the layout lit by fluorescents but as those bulbs burnout, I'll replace them with LEDs.
Rick, Bear, and Mike L ... Thanks for commenting about my photo.
Tony .... Your did a great job weathering the hoppers.
Mike L ... More great stuff from you.
Jimmy ... Your hopper project is looking good.
Guy .... THB box car looks good.
Rick .... Nice work detailing and painting the RI box car and the ICG covered hopper.
mlehmanAlright, Bear is off to the workbench!
I see what the Bear's up to...
Why not make room for four more axles?
Looks like a FUN project
Regards, Ed
Hi folks. My contribution this week is a building I finished for the local club. It still needs a flag: I'm waiting instructions from the club's president to see what it should be. It's meant to be a police station according to the kit, but there is no appetite for that at the club. What do you think, a bank maybe?
Simon
Bear:
Neat project!
I'm guessing there will be four trucks, each with three axles? Will you make the trucks or use ready made? I can see that keeping the whole assembly low enough to the rails will be a bit of a challenge.
I'm looking forward to your progress. Your previous scratch builds have been superb.
All the best.
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
Alan Jones in Sunny Queensland (Oz)
AlantrainsRDG Casey, that Smokey CNJ I-5 is the best smoke I've seen added to a model, right amount, size and direction, just perfect! Cheers Alan
Thank you Alan! There is a lot of source material on the internet for smoke.
Also some extra for this week, an unexpected day off today lead catching Easter Bunny trains.
snjroyWhat do you think, a bank maybe?
Nice looking building.
Bank isn't a bad choice, but it could be a local service club, Elks, Moose, Eagles, Masonic Lodge, American Legion or VFW. Repurposed buildings have a lot of different things inside from the original purpose it was designed for.
Have fun,
Richard
Happy Easter Holidays!
Bus services have commenced on my little Swiss narrow gauge layout with the arrival of a model of a typical Swiss PTT bus as a gift from a Swiss friend of mine.
It´s a highly detailed diecast model made in Switzerland, which in no way could have afforded to buy. I love it.
The layout has seen some progress with the curved backdrop now having been installed.
It´s time I get started on those tiny details which make or break the atmosphere of a layout!
gmpullmanI see what the Bear's up to... Why not make room for four more axles?
After last weeks arrival of some new machinery, I get to focus on doing the one job I am really horrible at, putting in the roads. That little strip of bare homasote will most likely drive me nuts this week. I just never seem to get the roads and landscaping to look the way I want it to.
Rich
After a major 6 car derailment (in the middle of my tunnel of course) I noticed one of the hopper cars was missing 1 wheel set
So i found a new use for my mobus Mini cam
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdebxR-RcC4
TerryinTexas
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Bear, Thanks for starting the WPF. Nice to see the Bear back at the drawing board with pen in hand.
For some reason the Drifter's old classic "Up on the roof" is stuck in my head.
Thanks to all and Happy Easter, Peter
Peter,
I have admired your modeling for some time and it is excellent. But if I were a "rivet counter", which I'm not, I would find fault with the brick chimney not being taller that the surrounding walls.
Enjoy the extras that you add to your work
Bob
Don't Ever Give Up
Ahhhhhhhh..... The Weekend and my favorite thread of the week! As always many very, very nice photos of some excellent modeling. I have been getting a few photos ready to enter in the Regional NMRA Convention contest room next May. here are a couple that didn't make the cut...
enjoy!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Really great stuff, guys'
Finally got the complete Capital Limited. Been waiting some time for this. Now I need plenty of passengers and lighting
Love some of the unique cars, domes my favorite Got to light that drumhead
Love some of the unique cars, domes my favorite
Got to light that drumhead
Modeling B&O- Chessie Bob K. www.ssmrc.org
superbe Peter, I have admired your modeling for some time and it is excellent. But if I were a "rivet counter", which I'm not, I would find fault with the brick chimney not being taller that the surrounding walls. Enjoy the extras that you add to your work Bob
That is not necessary for the parapet walls to lower than the chimmny, the architects where I worked just designed a building where the parapet walls were tall enough to hide all the rooftop appurtences from street view.
Rick J