Good morning from cloudy and cold Northeast Ohio!
Got some cars done this week:
Branchline 40' AAR Boxcar Kit with 7' Door, removed the rivits as the prototype was a welded side car, added A-line Sill Steps instead of the plastic ones. Car was painted with Scalecoat II Boxcar Red and lettered with Smokebox Graphics decals. Car was used in general service on the Ann Arbor.
Tangent Bethlehem Steel built gondola kit, painted with Scalecoat II Boxcar red and lettered with mostly Champ Decals, and some others from various decal sets I had in stock. Car was originally built for the Central Railroad of Pennsylvania in 1944 and was purchase along with 699 others by the Wabash in 1962. This car was assigned to the DT&I at Flat Rock, MI and was probably in auto frame or coil steel service.
3 Athearn GP7's with a mixed freight running on the Strongsville Club layout last year.
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!
Rick: Thank you for opening the Weekend Photo Fun Thread this week. I was just about to work on it when your post appeared. Your two freight cars are beautiful.
It seems that freight cars with flags on them might be the theme this week!
I am presenting this new frieght car decorated for the GARDEN STATE NORTHERN, complete with a flag like Rick's ANN ARBOR and WABASH freight cars! What a coincidence.
I am glad I put A-Line steps on this car, the one on the right is bent already. Those are a great upgrade and add a lot of durability ot the fleet.
Everyone be safe.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
Rick .... The AA boxcar and WAB gondola look great. I like the NKP GP7's.
Kevin .... Your GSN is another nice one.
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It's fun with JaBear time.
First photo: ....... Workers are adding another layer of clean white gravel to the parking area by West End Depot.
Second photo: ........ Later JaBear's vehicle is the first one parked on the clean gravel surface. It is his "mobile oil leak he calls a car" .
Third photo: ....... More later. The railroad superintendant shakes his fists and shouts: "DANG THAT BEAR!"
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Rick, thanks for the start! The boxcars and your layout look great.
Kevin, I know that you keep finishing cars so when your layout is built, I think you're going to need lots of track to fit them all.
I finally got around to finishing some things that have been sitting for a long time on my N scale layout. One that has been sitting for a long time is the Bates motel and house. The roof of the house took a long time to get the angles correct. I also finally added some bushes and junk around the buildings.
York1 John
Thanks for setting up the WPF for this c-o-l-d weekend, Rick.
That WABASH gon lends itself well to the lettering with the ribs spaced perfectly for the name. Nice work!
Changing over end sill steps is an on-going challenge for me, too, Kevin. Scale-sized parts can take a beating.
That's a nice representation of Grease Spot Bear's "droppings", Garry
You have a spooky scene going there, John. The sign lighting is very well done
Here's one of my recent locomotive projects nearly complete:
NYC_DES-3_529 by Edmund, on Flickr
The original custom Microscale decals that came with the loco completely disintegrated when they hit the water dish . So I put together some later lettering from another NYC set.
I put a coat of Dullcote on there, now I'm going to continue with the needed smaller lettering using dry transfers.
Here's my "flag-on-a-car" contribution for the weekend:
UP_4141_SD70sm by Edmund, on Flickr
Great Stuff, everyone!
Regards, Ed
Garry, I didn't mean to ignore you. We must have been typing at about the same time. I posted, and I didn't see yours until I just checked back in. You and Bear are going to have issues with each other over his oil leaks. Funny stuff.
Ed, I love your Bush UP 4141. Great job!
Mel, as always, you do wonderful work with the cars. I know the difficulty of working with those tiny lights. Unlike me, at least you have hair to lose.
John , Ed , and Mel ... Thanks for commenting . I'm glad you ejoyed the fun with Bear.
John ... Creepy scene . I actually saw that movie long ago in a theater.
Ed... I like the NYC loco. Thank you for commenting on my fun pictures. Mel .. great work on your vehicles. Thanks for commnting on my photos.
Hello, all.
Rick: Thanks for the kickoff. I like the layout with the track & roadway. Very realistic terrain.
Kevin: Great job on the box car project.
Garry: I enjoy all your people. I think I need to start painting those in my closet!
John: I think we stayed in that motel. Not too pricey.
Ed: I got to see loco 4141 in Palestine TX with Big Boy 4014 last November. It was disconnected and disappeared that day, I beleive hauled back to Bush #41 library in College Station, unless taken to an intermediate location. I'm resisting adding a 1/87th version to my fleet.
Mel: Congrats on your vehicles projects. I'm afraid I'm a RTR guy so far.
This week I hit a major milestone, completing the scenery. That included finishing up a portion of a stream on the corner, plus adding some easy peasy Woodland Scenic kit trees.
IMG_7182 by Paul Ahrens, on Flickr
IMG_7180 by Paul Ahrens, on Flickr
IMG_7190 by Paul Ahrens, on Flickr
IMG_7251 (2) by Paul Ahrens, on Flickr
Next priorities: paint some people and start (at least) servicing the loco fleet.
Paul
Modeling HO with a transition era UP bent
peahrensEd: I got to see loco 4141 in Palestine TX with Big Boy 4014 last November.
Interesting stuff!
How about a few more photos of the popular engine?
UP_4141b by Edmund, on Flickr
UP_4141 by Edmund, on Flickr
UP_4141d by Edmund, on Flickr
I staged this scene when I heard of the passing of George Bush. I had bought the 4141 some years earlier when it was at a close-out price at, maybe TrainWorld.
I just liked the paint job on the engine so added it to the roster
Carry on with the great contributions, everyone!
Cheers, Ed
Thanks Garry.
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
Bear: ... LOL .. Thanks for another Bear-toon. .. Glad you liked my razzing yu.
Paul .... Thanks for commenting .... You posted great phtos !
Ed .... Nice photos of 4141 and people celebrating .
Everybody .... Keep posting great stuff.
Garry: Loved the scenes. I posted in the diner about them.
John: The Bates Motel scene looks correct, a great movie inspired scene.
Ed: The 4141 is a handsome locomotive.
Mel: Your work with these miniature LEDs is unbelievable.
Paul: Your corner scene is looking very good. I do not own any camelback locomotives, but I love them in photographs.
Bear: Thanks for the toon, good for a laugh as always.
Rick, Thanks for opening the WPF with more of your rolling goodies.
John, Holy shrieking violins! glad there's not a 57' Ford parked at the motel, oh gads, it might already be in the swamp. Spooky cool scene and ready for Halloween!
BH flats in service, but the 70T looks kinda overloaded.
Thanks to all the contributors and viewers, have a good weekend and regards, Peter
Sorry everyone, I realized I haven't contributed to WPF for a few weeks. Lots of good stuff everyone!
https://northcountrytrains.wordpress.com/2020/05/09/a-layout-update-while-in-self-isolation/
I scratchbuilt a mock-up of Dubrey’s service station for Plattsburgh on my layout. I’ll start work on the actual building soon.
I 3D printed some Jersey Barriers for use on my layout, such as keeping the parking contained at the hardware store.
I’ve been doing some switching at the recently rebuilt GP mill complex. I still need to finish up scenery in the area.
Harrison
Homeschooler living In upstate NY a.k.a Northern NY.
Modeling the D&H in 1978.
Route of the famous "Montreal Limited"
My YouTube
Peter ..... The bulkhead flatcars with loads look outstanding.
Harrison ... Very nice work with the mock-up of a service station, the barriers, and the mill comples.
Kevin .... Thanks for commenting on my fun photos.
Peter: That is a great looking load on your bulkhead flatcar.
Harrison: Good to see you back! Your progress is great, and I swear, your skills are improving with each new update. Your hobby work/skills with computers and 3-D printing will benefit you in ways you might not be aware of. When my middle daughter was your age I bought her an internet domain and she tauight herself coding. She made and maintained an impressive web-page for her Neo-Pet activities. Now she is a software engineer for a major corporation in Seattle. It all started with a hobby.
Question(s) for Peter (or anyone else who might know the answer).
Is that a special kind of bulkhead flatcar with what appear to be fold-up ramps at one end? If so, how does it work?
Kudo's to everyone for the quality and array of posts including some good humor.
Tim
Late to the model railroad party but playing catch-up.....
CapnCrunchIs that a special kind of bulkhead flatcar with what appear to be fold-up ramps at one end?
I believe it is a result of the type of diagonal bracing used on the lower-type bulkheads.
Like these:
http://modelingthesp.blogspot.com/2012/07/modeling-sps-bulkhead-flat-cars.html
Good Luck, Ed
That explains it. Now that I look more closely, I can just see a corner of the low bulkhead beyond the vertical bracing. Thanks for the informative link Ed.
Peter, you may have explained this at some other time, but I'm curious what business sign is on one of your buildings -- looks like a large fish.
CapnCrunchQuestion(s) for Peter
Tim, Like Ed said. Recent shot of same flat car.
Thanks and Regards, Peter
York1looks like a large fish
Thanks for your interest John, Yes, a fish sign I modeled after one that still sits atop a building in the S.F. bay side town of Rodeo. Sign was at one time advertisement for a longtime fishing resort that is gone but not forgotten. I like sprinkling my layout with little remembrances.
Garry and Kevin, Thanks for the nice comments.
Everyone have a good Sunday, regards, Peter
More great work Gents and a Blessed Mothers Day to all the moms out there!! Here is my really clean "Q" SD9 chuggin' through Moreland in Portland, OR. Why the CB&Q(?), I'm not sure, but do like the paint scheme!
Don; Prez, CEO or whatever of the Wishram, Oregon and Western RR
It's high time that I posted something in WPF! I had a Funaro & Camerlengo Erie steel milk car kit that was in the stack of completed rolling stock, so I started putting it together. The kit comes "flat" meaning the sides and ends are separate parts. This requires the use of a magnetic holder jig and a small machinist's square. After the car body was assembled, I put the roof walk in place. Next up is to get a shake can of filling primer to spray onto the joints where the ends meet the sides and check for gaps.
Russ
Modeling the early '50s Erie in Paterson, NJ. Here's the link to my railroad postcard collection: https://railroadpostcards.blogspot.com/
Thank you Peter. I now see that it is the same superbly detailed bulkhead car you shared last weekend. I have no idea how you were able to create dents and chipped/rusting paint on the face of a plastic bulkhead. Fine work indeed.
nice work everybody !
So, as I was "digging" through my pile of part's , looking for ..... I have no idea what I was looking for.....
Anyway, I found 3 more Roundhouse flatcar's.
So of course I have to stop everything, and build them. ( I didn't want the one's I built last month to get lonely.)
And wouldn't you know it ..... I mixed up WAYYYYYY to much Tuscon Red paint.
Hmmmmmmm...... now what do I do ????
Paint a building !
We will see how far I get on these ...... before something else "distract's me ......
"Ooooooo , ... Shiny Brass part's ........
Rust...... It's a good thing !
I still don't remember what I'm searching for ..... but my "old timer" part's box is now organized.
Then I got "Frustrated", and cleaned my workbench's....
And STILL dont know what I'm looking for !!!
( but as you can see, I DID find a bunch of detail part's that I hung up on the workbench, just so I could find them later ...... and now I have a Brain full of "project's" ..... OH NO !!!!!)
Little TimmyThen I got "Frustrated", and cleaned my workbench's....
Yeah, I get that way, too.
Glad you have the Xylene at one end and the ash tray at the other
gmpullmanGlad you have the Xylene at one end and the ash tray at the other
Yea , I'm not into "Explodioding". Besides, that's my lifetime supply of liquid glue.
I FINALY remembered what I was looking for. After I painted the flatcar's , I went back to fiddling with my water car's. I needed a lens for the headlight on the back of the slope-back tender, so thats what started my search/massive clean-up.
I finally found my pile of headlight/markerlight's .....
But, none of them are the right size ??????
AAAAAAARRRRRRGGGGGGGGG !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(Now I want to blow something up !)