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Show Me Something - March 2020 Edition

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Posted by doctorwayne on Tuesday, March 3, 2020 1:39 PM

BATMAN
Show me a car you have every # in the release from.

Well, the stuff shown below was going to be my reply to BRVRR's request for more tanks cars, but it took a while to find them and to sort out the duplicates, too.

Since all of them, as best I can recall, are custom lettered, I have all that I've ever created (except for the too-modern-for-my-layout-one shown in black & white) which was sold some years ago....

Sorry if there are any duplicates, but I think this is as much "more" as I'm able to show, as far as tank cars are concerned, but certainly not all of the car numbers that I've created.

Wayne

Now, back to Brent's request...

BATMAN
Show me a car you have every # in the release from.

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Posted by gmpullman on Tuesday, March 3, 2020 2:43 PM

doctorwayne
Now, back to Brent's request... BATMAN Show me a car you have every # in the release from.

I have fifty of these Bessemer & Lake Erie ore Jennies. MTH only made them in four numbers Bang Head

I have a LOT of renumbering ahead of me Huh?

 BLE_ore by Edmund, on Flickr

Brent may consider this heresy, but I HAD to do it. These cars are being repainted into Bessemer.

 CN_ore-repaint by Edmund, on Flickr

Please show more cars you've had to renumber due to duplication.

 

 

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Wednesday, March 4, 2020 1:23 AM

gmpullman
Please show more cars you've had to renumber due to duplication.

This is embarassing, because I created the renumbering situation through my own stupidity.

SPOILER: The loaded flatcar is part of my Weekend Photo Fun this week.

I accidentally numbered two STRATTON AND GILLETTE flatcars 63703 completely by mistake.

One of these will need to be renumbered.

Show me a mistake you made.

-Kevin

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Posted by gmpullman on Wednesday, March 4, 2020 12:17 PM

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Show me a mistake you made.

Guess what? Styrene does not do well in a 200° oven!

 PRR_tender by Edmund, on Flickr

Making a PRR auxiliary water tender using a brass body. I had experimented with a brass filler piece over the coal bunker but elected styrene instead. Shot the Scalecoat I and everything looked fine. I even paused for a moment before placing this whole rack in the oven, sure that everything was metal.

 PRR_cistern_crop by Edmund, on Flickr

Fortunately an easy fix but I still don't know what I was (not) thinking at the time.

Please show more goof-ups.

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Wednesday, March 4, 2020 9:11 PM

gmpullman
Please show more goof-ups.

There don't seem to be a lot of mistakes out there that people want to share.

This one isn't really my mistake, other than I am the one that did not take the decal off of the freight car.

I was really excited about this "Fireball Express" decal I found in a 1/25 scale car kit decal set.

Unfortunately the yellow "Fireball Express" lettering is on a white background. I could not tell this when it was on the white decal carrier paper.

NEVER print yellow lettering on a white background. Come on people, that is heraldry 101 right there. This mistake is really a shame, because this could have been one awesome looking boxcar.

Show me a locomotve coupled to one, and only one, freight car.

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Posted by gmpullman on Wednesday, March 4, 2020 9:45 PM

SeeYou190
Show me a locomotve coupled to one, and only one, freight car.

Spotting a coil car for unloading:

 Coiled_steel by Edmund, on Flickr

 

Show me a locomotve coupled to one, and only one, freight car.

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Wednesday, March 4, 2020 9:53 PM

gmpullman
Show me a locomotve coupled to one, and only one, freight car.

STRATTON AND GILLETTE 408 is moving a MYAKKA VALLEY boxcar down a wooded line.

Please show me another locomotive coupled to one, and only one, freight car.

-Kevin

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Posted by Heartland Division CB&Q on Wednesday, March 4, 2020 11:06 PM

Here is an SD7 spotting a beautiful S&G boxcar from Kevin. 

 

Please show another single locomotive with single freight car (or passenger car) 

 

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Posted by doctorwayne on Wednesday, March 4, 2020 11:37 PM

Heartland Division CB&Q

Please show another single locomotive with single freight car (or passenger car) 

 

Here's the EG&E's 4807 on a caboose hop...

Wayne

How about another shot of one locomotive with one car, please.

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Wednesday, March 4, 2020 11:58 PM

Heartland Division CB&Q
Here is an SD7 spotting a beautiful S&G boxcar from Kevin.

Great picture Garry.

doctorwayne
How about another shot of one locomotive with one car, please.

Keeping with Garry's post, here is another STRATTON AND GILLETTE boxcar getting pushed into position.

Show me another locomotive coupled to one car.

-Kevin

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Posted by gmpullman on Thursday, March 5, 2020 12:05 AM

SeeYou190
Show me another locomotive coupled to one car.

 PRR_NDA2b-1 by Edmund, on Flickr

Another one-on-one {one engine-one car} scene, please.

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Posted by Marc_Magnus on Thursday, March 5, 2020 9:13 AM

I'm looking to find time to work on some projects but free time is extemly reduced for now for my train project.

I need a big steam ship to take of my coal from my coal dumper; none exist in N scale, but I'm going to kitbash one with the use of two model ship with a scale suitable for N scale

This ship in N scale is future  kitbash, the hull comes from a sail boat made by HELLER the "Passat model" and the superstructure comes from the old "Shell Welder" produced years ago by Frog.

The hull will be cut to a water level and the bow reconstructed to be straight and look like a steamer of the 30's

In fact something like this old picture

 

The donnors

 

A previous kibash with the old frog model

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Posted by BRVRR on Thursday, March 5, 2020 10:38 AM

An interesting model Marc, but back to the current theme:

Ed: "Another one-on-one (one engine-one car) scene, please."

The Grafton Turn eastbound.

Any more "one-on-one" scenes.

Tags: BRVRR , NYC

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Posted by HO-Velo on Thursday, March 5, 2020 11:28 AM

More single locos with a single freight car, regards, Peter

Btw Doc Wayne, the 'chair fumigation' went over my head to begin with, lol, thanks.

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Posted by doctorwayne on Thursday, March 5, 2020 12:34 PM

HO-Velo
More single locos with a single freight car,

Wayne

Please show us another pairing of one locomotive and car .

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Thursday, March 5, 2020 12:42 PM

doctorwayne
Please show us another pairing of one locomotive and car .

An older picture of my 0-4-0 (unpainted still) shoving a tank car down a siding.

Show me another locomotive coupled to one car.

-Kevin

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Posted by G Paine on Friday, March 6, 2020 9:54 AM

A B&M SW-1 pushing a boxcar into the Greenvale Junction engine house on my layout. B&M kept their SW-1s for many years including long enough for at lest one to get painted in the late 1970s all blue paint scheme

Show me another locomotive with only one or two cars

George In Midcoast Maine, 'bout halfway up the Rockland branch 

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Posted by Track fiddler on Friday, March 6, 2020 10:18 AM

More of the same please.

 

 

TF

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Posted by gmpullman on Friday, March 6, 2020 2:17 PM

Track fiddler
More of the same please.

In a daily ritual, the diminutive "S-Motor" pulls the observation car off the Century for turning and service. 1

 IMG_6939_fix by Edmund, on Flickr

 IMG_6943_fix by Edmund, on Flickr

Continue with one-car:one-engine, please.

 

1: Yes, in reality the motor pulls the entire train to Mott Haven for turning but I'm using my

modeler's licence here.

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Posted by BRVRR on Friday, March 6, 2020 7:32 PM

Ed: "Continue with one-car: one-engine, please.

NYC S3 #874 working the team-track in Black River.

More of the one-car, one-engine theme.

Tags: BRVRR , NYC

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Posted by doctorwayne on Saturday, March 7, 2020 1:11 PM

BRVRR
More of the one-car, one-engine theme.

Here's one locomotive and one car (RPO/baggage/passenger) all rolled into one...

Wayne

Let's continue with the one loco/one car theme, so please show us a locomotive pulling a passenger car from a different owner-railroad.

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Saturday, March 7, 2020 2:28 PM

doctorwayne
Let's continue with the one loco/one car theme, so please show us a locomotive pulling a passenger car from a different owner-railroad.

I am sure you knew this would happen! Here is a nifty GORRE AND DAPHETID combination passenger/caboose being pulled by a STRATTON AND GILLETTE 0-6-0 locomotive.

Show me another nifty train car.

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Posted by gmpullman on Sunday, March 8, 2020 11:48 AM

SeeYou190
Show me another nifty train car.

Sperry Rail Service No. 123 fits the bill:

 

 Sperry_123 by Edmund, on Flickr

Show me any type of unusual or out of the ordinary rail equipment.

 

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Posted by BRVRR on Sunday, March 8, 2020 12:20 PM

Ed: "Show me any type of unusual or out of the ordinary rail equipment."

NYC RDC with passenger coach in tow.

More unusual equipment or combinations, please.

Tags: RDC , BRVRR , NYC

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Posted by doctorwayne on Sunday, March 8, 2020 12:20 PM

gmpullman
Show me any type of unusual or out of the ordinary rail equipment.

Here's a scratchbuilt weed sprayer car, one of two built about 45 years ago...

The sprayer arms are positionable.  The second car was built for a friend, but was stolen a number of years ago.

Wayne

Please show us another unusual car or locomotive.

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Posted by Heartland Division CB&Q on Sunday, March 8, 2020 1:26 PM

Unusual car: 

Great Northern heater car. It was used on passenger trains with locomotives not equipped with steam generators. This model was made by Rapido, and it simulates steam. . 

 

 

Please show another unusual car. 

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Posted by gmpullman on Sunday, March 8, 2020 5:03 PM

Heartland Division CB&Q
Please show another unusual car. 

I'll see Garry's steam generator car:

 IMG_9290_fix by Edmund, on Flickr

    — and raise him a scale test car Wink

 NYC_Scale by Edmund, on Flickr

More unusual railroad equipment, please.

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Posted by Heartland Division CB&Q on Sunday, March 8, 2020 9:50 PM

Unusual railroad equipment. 

Dynamometer car trailing the SD24's. 

 

PLease show another unique or special purpose railroad car. 

GARRY

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Posted by G Paine on Sunday, March 8, 2020 10:40 PM

This special well car was built in the B&M shops to transport large reduction gears for steam turbine powered ships from the GE plant in Lynn, MA to shipyards up and down the East coast

Show me another special or unique car

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Sunday, March 8, 2020 11:53 PM

G Paine
Show me another special or unique car

This is on the store layout at Bllue Ox Trains in Georgia:

Show me a boxcar with a stripe.

-Kevin

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