Good morning from sunny and warm Northeast Ohio, after a few days of spotting rain we are supposedly getting a break today, but lake effect rain may come in from time to time.
Kevin, thanks for starting us out, I have one of those beasts. It is probably one of the only screwups the Roanoke Shops ever came out with. It does burn Bituminous but because of the 63" drivers and attaching the main drive rod to the third driver instead of the second driver they were rough riding beasts and usually did not get above 35mph but were only used in freight and not passenger service. The N&W let them loose during the war as Ed stated to the RF&P and Rio Grande until reunited on the W&LE after the war.
Ed, nice work on that wiring, I am going to have to relamp a few of my locomotives as the lights have burned out and need to replace them with LEDS.
Phil, the Doghouse really changed the look of that 2-8-0, I really like the paint scheme you came up with for that locomotive.
Got some work done this week!
While looking for something else I came accross a pair of Stewart G39's that I had not finished, changed out the couplers and wheelsets, added loads and I now have 38 G39's for my ore train.
Tichy, Panel Side Hopper with Grain Extension, painted with green tinted Scalecoat II Silver Paint, Extension with Floquil Reading Green paint, decal came with the kit, this is the 11th car of this type I have completed. The prototypes are ex-Wabash coal hoppers which were bought by the Andersons to haul grain from Maumee, OH to the Port of Toledo.
IMRC 57' R70 Mechanical Reefer Kit, Painted with Scalecoat II White, Daylight Orange and Black Paints then lettered with Herald King Decals. PFE and others bought 1,000's of these cars to haul produce around the country.
Picture of the plastics plant in place on the club layout, waiting for the scenery gurus to ballast and scenic this area.
Oriental Baldwin PRR BP-20's with the Broadway Limited on the Strongsville club layout.
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!
Looking forward to lots of good stuff here this weekend! My layout is still boxed (haven't figured out room for it in the new place yet) so it's my turn to dip into the archive.
Kevin, that's a gorgeous locomotive. I have a soft spot for doghouses, too, of course.
But my brass PFM didn't come with one, so I had to scratch mine together some years ago.
Phil
Thanks for starting off the first WPF of July, Kevin.
I do like your Wheeling 4-8-2! The Wheeling is in my neck of the woods and I do appreciate their equipment. I believe your 4-8-2 began life on the N&W. Some went to the Rio Grande and some to the RF&P before the Wheeling bought all ten. Eventually they became Nickel Plate 6801 to 6810.
I have a few more photos of the progress on the Santa Fe 10-6 Pine King:
I have the "peeps" in there:
ATSF_10-6_Pine-King-BR by Edmund, on Flickr
— and the start of my "quick & easy" LED lighting with keep alive:
ATSF_10-6_Pine-King-wire by Edmund, on Flickr
I finished up the car and moved on to another project but that's all I have photos of for now
On to more fun and interesting contributions!
Cheers, Ed
Happy weekend everybody. I hope all out there are well and in good spirits.
Welcome to my favorite thread that we share every week. This thread can be a goldmine of creative modeling, inspirtation, and general good atmosphere.
This week I purchased a new (to me) brass locomotive. It is another 4-8-2 type, which is the last thing I needed. I already have three 4-8-2s, but this one , when it appeared in BrassTrains Dot Com, demanded that I purchase it.
It is a lovely model of a WHEELING AND LAKE ERIE Class J-1 Mountain Type. My other 4-8-2s are USRA Lights (2) and Heavy (1). Almost my entire steam locomotive fleet are USRA designs. This one really does not have a family look, but like I said, I had to have it.
Maybe it was the brakeman's shanty on the tender deck that did it for me.
I just love the way this model looks. It has a huge boiler and small drivers. I will cherish it even though it does not fit in with the rest of the SGRR locomotives at all. The firebox looks like it was intended for anthracite coal burning.
I am pretty sure I have a trailing truck from a NEW YORK CENTRAL 4-6-4 Hudson stashed somewhere. I think it will fit underneath the firebox. Maybe I will convert it into a unique 4-8-4 with small drivers for freight service.
It is missing the automatic oiler from the left side of the steam chest. Other than that, I cannot see anything wrong with it.
Just look at this beautiful face:
I set up my Kato Unitrack test track and gave it a test run.
BrassTrains Dot Com rated the running noise as a 7 (10 is the loudest), and I think that was pretty generous. An 8 or 9 might have been more appropriate. It is noisy. It has a can motor (I do not think that it is original), but the gearbox in quite loud. Eventually I will see what cleaning and lubrication will do for it.
It does run smooth, and it slid through a 22 inch radius S curve with no problem at all!
The tender wheels do not turn freely, and that made it spin the drivers on tight radius curves. Eventually I will replace the tender trucks with six wheel trucks from a Bachmann heavy duty depressed center flat car. That should help out quite a bit.
There is no visible wear on the drivers. The box and foam are nearly perfect. There are a couple bent pieces of handrail and piping, but that is easy to repair.
BrassTrains Dot Com said it had tarnish, but I really don't see any.
Overall, I am very happy with this purchase.
OK, that is all for me this week.
Please jump in and share anything you like. I get so excited when we share the fun parts of our hobby with one another.
Stay safe and have fun!
-Kevin
Living the dream.