Rick: We appreciate the kickoff. I like how your new cars turned out.
Garry: Your shots show off some very well done, imaginative scenery.
Kevin: I'm a sucker for gondolas. I like the decal scheme. May have to look into that.
Allan: Your underneath wiring looks fine to me. I was down under this week hooking up a new building light. I don't bend as well as I would like!
Bill: Your shelf layout looks great. I'm impressed that you added the keyboard. You will not need loco sounds.
Ed: The mikado details are just awesome. So cool.
After recently completing my scenery, I went through the train closet to sort things out. I came across a Grandt Line feed store that I had started, but was insure where it might go. I decided to build the kit just for fun and then consider whether to squeeze it in. I like the store enough that I shoe-horned it in. Definitely (I think) the last structure.
IMG_7303 (2) by Paul Ahrens, on Flickr
IMG_7297 (2) by Paul Ahrens, on Flickr
Paul
Modeling HO with a transition era UP bent
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
Ed .... I like the husky looking NYC 2-8-2. Nicely painted. It looks real.
Allan.... thanks for commenting on my photos. NYC 9519 looks good.
Bill ... Good to see you here . That looks like a fun layout for switching operations.
Kevin ..... The custom freight cars look great. .... You asked about the ice cream truck. It is a Good Humor Ice Cream truck. They were very common in summers when I was a kid in the Chicago area. I think Good Humor trucks were in other cities back then, too.
Everybody ...... Keep on posting good stuff.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Hello, everyone —
Presently there's a light rain passing through NE Ohio, good modeling weather
Thanks for starting us off this weekend, Rick. Excellent modeling, painting and decal work as usual from your shop, Rick!
Garry, that would be the perfect picnic spot for me! Looks sharp, great details!
Kevin, nice work on your rolling stock, too!
I need to go back and "tidy-up" some of the early wiring on my layout, Allan. Someday
I made some progress on my New York Central H-10 Mikado this week. A few more details, cab figures, class-light lenses and some weathering are in order, plus straighten out those foot boards:
NYC_H-10_painted by Edmund, on Flickr
NYC_H-10_painted2 by Edmund, on Flickr
I managed to get a WOW sound decoder and keep alive along with two sugar cube speakers into the beast. It runs and sounds wonderful!
Speaking of covered hoppers, I just added this Intermountain, patched-out former NYC Lot 138H car to my roster.
P-C_hopper by Edmund, on Flickr
Shown as still in the car shop where the repainting was done.
Great stuff, folks! On to more WPF!
Cheers, Ed
May 16, 2020 marked the completion of track and wiring on my new model railroad, a 6' x 1' shelf switching layout based on Scot Osterweil's "Highland Terminal". It's my first model railroad, actually. Track is Atlas code 100 flextrack and sectional pieces and Peco small and medium radius turnouts. Structures seen in the photo below were kitbashed by a friend who was a model builder at an architecture office we worked in many years ago.
2020-05-16_08_Operations-ready by Bill Wilcox, on Flickr
Here is the only known photo of the driving of the last spike (yet to be painted gold) at 5:50 pm CDT, 15 May 2020. Railroad officials of questionable scale observe the momentous event and then head off to have a beer. No social distancing required when you are a plastic based life form!
2020-05-15_TheLastSpike_SidingB by Bill Wilcox, on Flickr
The first test ops session with all track in operation took place on 17 May. The layout was designed for small locomotives and 40' cars. Here's a small locomotive (Bath & Hammondsport S1 #4, an Atlas model) shoving large cars around as the engineering department looks on.
2020-05-17_01_Ops-panorama by Bill Wilcox, on Flickr
Bill
"Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig"
Rick - Thanks for starting off WPF. Great cars as usual. The GB&W box car is really red! The coal drag is magnificent.
Gary - Great stuff as usual. love the park scene.
Kevin - Good looking cars.
I worked for a bit on my new lighting buss. I'm using speaker wire for buss itself. It will have two legs, right and left through push-button switches.
The buss wires:
The rat's nest under part of the layout. Once the new buss is in place, I'll replace all of the patch work wiring for the structure and landscape lighting.
Here is one from the archives: NYC Mikado #9519 appears from behind some track side pine trees near the Black River Tower.
Keep the photos and ideas coming guys. Thanks to you WPF is always the best thread of the week.
Everyone have a safe and healthy Memorial Day Weekend.
Remember its your railroad
Allan
Track to the BRVRR Website: http://www.brvrr.com/
Rick: Thank you for starting us out for the Memorial Day Weekend. Your red PS-1 boxcar is fantastic. It love bold paint schemes. That was one of my favorite things about modelling 1968 before I backdated the railroad to 1954. The scene on the club layout is beautiful. That steam locomotive sure is pulling a lot. My maximum train length will be 12 cars on my layout.
Garry: The park scenes on your layout sure look happy. I have a city park at the end of my road, and there is no happiness there at all right now. It is still all blocked of with barricades. What is the truck in the last picture? Is it an ice cream vendor? I have not seen a model like that one.
I have two new freight cars to share this week, both painted for the CANYON RIVER LINES. This was a custom set of decals printed by Rail Graphics. I have enough to do two more boxcars in this same roadname in an older style scheme... someday.
Keep the photos coming. I hope everyone has a safe and happy weekend.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
Rick ... Thanks for starting Weekend Photo Fun. Your GB&W boxcar and DT&I covered hopper look great. Nice to see the 2-10-2.
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Below is some activity at the county park for Memorial Day Weekend.
Good morning from mostly cloudy and rainy Northeast Ohio!
This is the weekly thread where modelers can show their completed projects, projects in progress and new or old layout pictures.
Finished another Intermountain PS1 40' Boxcar Kit, painted with Scalecoat II ATSF Red and lettered with decals from the Ann Arbor Historical Society. Car was in paper service from Wisconsin to points all over the map. Many of these cars went east on the car ferry to the Ann Arbor in Frankfort, MI. Car was built in 1950 with the standard boxcar red and black paint, then repainted in 1962 with the bright red paint scheme along with the Packers Football (three part decal).
The 5th Athearn ACF 4600CF Covered Hopper kit I have completed, painted with Scalecoat II UP Covered Hopper Gray and lettered with Herald King Decals. Car was in use on the system hauling grain products mostly on the southern end of the system. Car was built new in 1973 for the DT&I replacing older lower capacity cars that were on lease.
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Brought out an old picture I took on the Strongsville Club layout, PRR N1s 2-10-2 with a coal drag going up the hill with a string of coal hoppers, its normal life on the the PRR with the return trip hauling ore to the steel mills.
A large thanks to all that commented on my pictures from last week, sorry I did not reply earlier on that thread.
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!