Welcome to February. Here's where we left off in January, with Kevin's fine looking SGRR box car and post request.
SeeYou190 Anything else that you painted and decalled?
Anything else that you painted and decalled?
Lots of paint weathering on a millwork model.
Show me something you painted and decalled please.
TF
Track fiddlerShow me something you painted and decalled please.
The rebuilt Tyco gondola car painted lettered for the Laramie Railroad:
-Photograph by Kevin Parson
Please show me any model you upgraded.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
Kevin: "Please show me any model you upgraded."
A/B set of Proto2000 E8 locomotives in Atlantic Coast Line, blue and yellow livery, that I stripped, upgraded, painted, decaled and weathered for my Pennsylvania passenger trains.
More upgraded or refinished models, please.
Remember its your railroad
Allan
Track to the BRVRR Website: http://www.brvrr.com/
BRVRRMore upgraded or refinished models, please.
I picked up a vintage LMB Mike some years ago:
LMB H-10 NYC 2-8-2 by Edmund, on Flickr
Replaced many of the details and the motor:
LMB H-10 redo by Edmund, on Flickr
— and today she's earning her keep on the layout:
NYC Mikado by Edmund, on Flickr
More modified, repainted or improved models, please.
Thanks for setting up February's Show Me, TF!
gmpullman More modified, repainted or improved models, please.
NICE
A bashed and modified, triple Warren.
Another scratch, bashed, modified, or improved model, please.
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
I modified an N scale atlas RS3 to an RS3M to match the prototype, for my N scale Housatonic RR.
First photo is the original shell next to the modified shell on a photo of the proto.
Second photo is the modified shell back on its chassis, followed by the painted and decaled end result at the Housatonic's Engine Shop.
Show me a Diesel Engine Shop
this old rivarossi. new pilot. mostly. new drive line with motormounted in tender.
this g scale loco is heavily rebuilt. all new tender. new pilot, new elctronic for battery power. This one was an article in the n90's in garden railways. author sold it. went to england, portagal, southwest US to me in the Northeast. tender took a beating requiring a complete neww one. It showed its mileage from the decades.
Shane
A pessimist sees a dark tunnel
An optimist sees the light at the end of the tunnel
A realist sees a frieght train
An engineer sees three idiots standing on the tracks stairing blankly in space
N-scale Housatonic RRShow me a Diesel Engine Shop
This was my partially finished Diesel shop before junk and parts were added. I never finished it, but on my new layout, I'm using the same building and reconfiguring things a little:
Show me another Diesel shop.
York1 John
York1Show me another Diesel shop.
A busy night:
PRR Diesel Shop by Edmund, on Flickr
Another day —
Diesel shop 2 by Edmund, on Flickr
More locomotive shops, please.
full house.
more locomotive shop please
shane
NVSRRmore locomotive shop please
Diesel shop:
The above seen was photographed at the Model Trains Station Museum.
I am not sure why that water tower is there.
Show me another picture with something that does not seem to belong there.
SeeYou190Show me another picture with something that does not seem to belong there.
The Buck Stops here —
Under a Buck by Edmund, on Flickr
and takes the train!
More oddities and anachronisms, please.
gmpullmanMore oddities and anachronisms, please.
Hmmm... something seems out of place here...
Show me something else that does not belong.
SeeYou190Show me something else that does not belong.
Back to the future?
Double-Stack-retro by Edmund, on Flickr
More incongruities, please.
gmpullmanMore incongruities, please.
How about an E9 pulling the 1950s City of Los Angeles beside a 2000s intermodal train:
Show me another layout incongruity, please.
York1Show me another layout incongruity, please.
This could turn into a big problem.
Please show me another layout incongruity.
SeeYou190Please show me another layout incongruity.
This is the closest thing to an incongruity I have on my layout. The Hiawatha showing up on my east coast layout set in 1956. The Atlantic loco had been scrapped in the early 1950s. My excuse is the loco was preserved and used on excursion trains.
How about we do the alphabet game. I'll start it off with an A. The Bangor and Aroostook.
Give me a B.
John-NYBWGive me a B.
The Bates Motel
How about a "C" please?
York1How about a "C" please?
"C" is for Comet Freight, the LCL express freight service offered by the Stratton And Gillette Railroad.
Show me the "D" please.
SeeYou190Show me the "D" please.
The big D means Detroit!
DTI_coil by Edmund, on Flickr
I have an eye for an E...
gmpullman I have an eye for an E...
A pair of Erie F-units leading a coal train through Bedford Falls.
Find me an F.
John-NYBWFind me an F.
Found! Fumble And Grumble:
Show me the "G" please.
SeeYou190Show me the "G" please.
A Gas Station:
Show me an "H" please.
York1 Show me an "H" please.
A New Haven boxcar.
I think I used this before for the N.
I'm looking for an I.
John-NYBWI'm looking for an I.
I is for Ishpeming (Or Indiana, the car preceeding) — a name you don't hear very often!
ls&i1 by Edmund, on Flickr
Shall we journey to J?
gmpullman Shall we journey to J?
I was stumped until I remembered the NYC Hudsons were J-class.
Keep it going with a K.
John-NYBWKeep it going with a K.
This is a stretch, but how about the Krell Pipe Company?
Please show me something that starts with the letter "L".
"M" please.
How does MONON suit you?
Monon_PS1 by Edmund, on Flickr
An N would be Nice...
New york central FA
O would be cool
Oregon Pacific & Eastern bulkhead flatcar (MDC Roundhouse).
P is next I guess.
Lone Wolf and Santa Fe P is next I guess.
Perkins Cold Storage
Who's got a Q?
John-NYBWWho's got a Q?
How about a Dairy Queen:
Please show me an "R".
R - Rothervale tank car.
IMG_2945 by David Harrison, on Flickr
So to S
David
To the world you are someone. To someone you are the world
I cannot afford the luxury of a negative thought
NorthBritSo to S
I'll take this one...
Show me the "T" please.
SeeYou190 Show me the "T" please. -Kevin
River City Textiles
U know what's next.
U - Underwood & Brown.
IMG_2041 by David Harrison, on Flickr
V please.
NorthBritV please.
As in Lehigh Valley —
L-V_X58_7106 by Edmund, on Flickr
Why not a W next?
gmpullman Why not a W next?
The West End Diner
NeXt
John-NYBWNeXt
Yreka Western double door boxcar loaded with lumber fresh from a mill in Northern California.
Anyone got a Z?
Lone Wolf and Santa FeAnyone got a Z?
The California Zephyr should do nicely:
CZ_Silver-Horizon by Edmund, on Flickr
Maybe carry into a few numerals?
Can I see a 0 please...
0 - 037 on a Class 27 locomotive
IMG_2126 by David Harrison, on Flickr
Number 1 please
NorthBritNumber 1 please
SGRR Double-Door-Boxcar number 16801:
Show me a piece of railroad equipment beginning with the number "2" please.
Number 2 is on Fleetwood Fish wagon.
IMG_5317 by David Harrison, on Flickr
3 is next.
NorthBrit3 is next.
Chesapeake & Ohio business car No. 3:
CnO_3 by Edmund, on Flickr
Let's bring 4 to the forefront...
gmpullmanLet's bring 4 to the forefront.
Good one Ed.
Stratton And Gillette tank car number 40928.
Show me a piece of equipment with a number beginning with "5" please.
Number 5 Take your pick
IMG_5515 by David Harrison, on Flickr
6 must be next.
NorthBrit6 must be next.
Lulu City And Estes Park number 69143:
Show me a piece of equipment numbered with something beginning in "7", please.
Number 7 - E.Turner 79
IMG_5300 by David Harrison, on Flickr
8 is next please.
“Come in Number 9, your time is up!!”
Darn, just when I was getting the hang of this rowing bit...
The sign below the cab proclaims this to be an E9:
BnO_E9-1456 by Edmund, on Flickr
I see a 10 in our future —
The future is here with a 10.
IMG_5333 by David Harrison, on Flickr
Legs 11 please.
Loco 6 11 here in the middle of a trio of dash 9 units.
Can I get a 12?
Number 12 Underwood & Brown wagon again.
As for Number 13 The real L&NWR wagon is of 1921 vintage.
IMG_5850 by David Harrison, on Flickr
Come in Number 14
NorthBritCome in Number 14
GERN tank car number 14702:
Show me number 15.
Please show me a railcar being loaded or unloaded with a crane. Regards, Peter
HO-VeloPlease show me a railcar being loaded or unloaded with a crane.
An old Alco 251-8 power plant being loaded out for rebuilding:
Big-Lift by Edmund, on Flickr
Big-Lift2 by Edmund, on Flickr
More cranes in operation, please.
gmpullmanMore cranes in operation, please.
Log crane:
The above scene is modeled on the Orlando N-Trak Groups sectional N scale train show layout.
Show me any piece of lift equipment.
SeeYou190Show me any piece of lift equipment.
Please show me another piece of lift equipment.
York1Please show me another piece of lift equipment.
Lift on tires:
Road-crane1 by Edmund, on Flickr
Mixer_mishap by Edmund, on Flickr
Lift on tracks:
Crawler_crane by Edmund, on Flickr
Bucket1 by Edmund, on Flickr
More lifting, hoisting, lugging or crawling, please.
Two gantry cranes. old pic. Not as old as everything in it.
More lifting, hoisting, lugging, crawlig please
SHane
https://i.postimg.cc/bNd7z0Y5/100-0384-zpsc9e32066.jpg
This is my Wilford power shovel ( the second one I built )
I have built at least ten of them ... and every time, somebody throws a pile of money at me and " poof" I have to build another one.
More heavy equipment please .
Rust...... It's a good thing !
Little TimmyMore heavy equipment please .
Two excavators:
The above photograph is taken of the modular layout display by the Georgia Division of the Atlantic Coast S Scalers.
Show me more heavy equipment.
SeeYou190Show me more heavy equipment.
Junior and Big Daddy:
Cats_WS-GSQ by Edmund, on Flickr
Something painted yellow, please.
gmpullmanSomething painted yellow, please.
How about some yellow end rail stops:
Please show me something yellow.
York1John Something painted Yellow.
Front of U.K. locomotives.
IMG_2036 by David Harrison, on Flickr
Something painted red please.
NorthBritSomething painted red please.
This New Haven power has some red paint on it.
NH_300_E33b by Edmund, on Flickr
More painted red, please.
https://i.postimg.cc/cHBgLL5T/100_0471_zpsce88de47.jpg
How about Something Green
More green, please.
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
BATMANMore green, please.
Green Building:
More green please.
SeeYou190More green please.
Green hoods on an oxide body:
CR_G41_Mill by Edmund, on Flickr
Let's see more O' the green, please.
I like green, more green please. Regards, Peter
Burlington Northern equals green.
More Burlington Northern green please.
Lone Wolf and Santa FeMore Burlington Northern green please.
On my garden railroad:
BN 9785 by Edmund, on Flickr
A two-color or two-tone paint job, please.
gmpullman A two-color or two-tone paint job, please.
A Reading boxcar
More two tone. (or three or four)
John-NYBWMore two tone. (or three or four)
Stratton And Gillette Comet Frieght service:
More multi-colorpaint schemes please.
Time to invoke the 24 hour rule.
Show your favorite non-railroad related structure. This is mine. A CMR bank building.
John-NYBWShow your favorite non-railroad related structure.
A favorite is sure hard to pin down. I really like my Hadlock Machine Rebuilders:
Hadlock_Night by Edmund, on Flickr
My bank building and city scene is still a work-iprogress:
Street-Scene-wide by Edmund, on Flickr
More favorite non-railroad structures, please.
gmpullmanMore favorite non-railroad structures, please.
My "Favorite" has not been assembled yet.
R Schramm Manufacturing by Fine Scale Miniatures:
SeeYou190More favorite non-railroad structures, please.
York1John Favorite non-railroad structure.
Wyndham Farm
IMG_2465 (2) by David Harrison, on Flickr
Next - Anything of your choice
NorthBritNext - Anything of your choice
Lots of greenery in this scene.
Show me a picture with lots of greenery.
Kevin - Lots of greenery.
50 Shades of Green.
IMG_2150 by David Harrison, on Flickr
More greenery please.
Evergreens up on the mountain pass.
Please show me wilderness or rural landscape.
Lone Wolf and Santa Fe Please show me wilderness or rural landscape.
I employed forced perspective in this corner scene.
More rural, please.
UPDATE: I should probably fess up that I cheated here. There is a large vent pipe that goes into the wall at the top center of this photo. I Photo Shopped it out of the picture.
John-NYBWMore rural, please.
Kind of rural, but not too far out of town.
Show me another rural scene.
Kevin a rural scene.
Farm fields and lake.
IMG_5342 by David Harrison, on Flickr
A backscene of your choice.
NorthBritA backscene of your choice.
A mountain cabin on a little-used back corner of the layout:
Please show me another backscene of your choice.
York1 Please show me another backscene of your choice.
The Rainbow Paints store.
More favorite back scenes.
John-NYBWMore favorite back scenes.
This rolling mill hides a curving track behind and underneath it:
Mill_litup by Edmund, on Flickr
Here's a wider view (before straightening up the area)
Mill-Overall by Edmund, on Flickr
Another one is this "blower house" which was cut at a 45° and reassembled against a wall:
High-Line to mill by Edmund, on Flickr
More background structures or scenes, please.
gmpullmanMore background structures or scenes, please.
Some background flats on the old store layout at Gulf Coast Model Railroading in Sarasota, Florida.
Show me another Boxcar Red Box Car!
Kevin - Red Boxcar.
IMG_5172 by David Harrison, on Flickr
Next - Any colour boxcar except red please.
NorthBritNext - Any colour boxcar except red please.
Yellow Boxcar:
Next - Any color boxcar except red or yellow.
SeeYou190Next - Any color boxcar except red or yellow.
Goin' for the green —
CIM_XM_40-b by Edmund, on Flickr
Please show me a blue box car.
gmpullman Please show me a blue box car.
We've run out of the prime colors. Show me an orange freight car.
John-NYBWWe've run out of the prime colors. Show me an orange freight car.
Here's some Rio Grande orange and an orange stripe on a B&O LCL box car:
XM_on-curve by Edmund, on Flickr
Let's see a fifty-foot freight car, please.
Show me another 50 footer please Regards, Peter
HO-Velo Show me another 50 footer please Regards, Peter
These 50 foot reefers were a recent addition.
Show me a freight car SHORTER than 40 feet (no cabeese, please).
John-NYBWShow me a freight car SHORTER than 40 feet
These Bessemer ore jennies come in at a whopping 27 feet:
BnLE_ore-hopper-1 by Edmund, on Flickr
BnLE_ore-hopper by Edmund, on Flickr
More less than forty freight cars, please.
This car is under 40 feet.
Show me another ballest car.
How about a bunch of ballast cars ?
yea, ... their still under construction....
I liked the previous request, so ...
more less than 40 foot anything.
EDIT : sorry. those are Ore cars.
THIS is a ballast car...
Little Timmy - Less than 40ft.
Take your pick.
IMG_2194 by David Harrison, on Flickr
Anything less than 40ft please
Built on an old caboose frame
More less than 40 foot anything.
Some 34 foot hoppers
Enough with the shorties. Let's see the longest cars in your collection please.
Lone Wolf and Santa Fe Let's see the longest cars in your collection please
Cheers, the Bear.
More long cars, please.
This is a stretch:
Autorack-tri-Wabash by Edmund, on Flickr
Long and tall:
PRR_110103_X60C by Edmund, on Flickr
More outsized or lengthy freight cars, please.
24 hours later and no long cars ?
Ok, show me some geared locomotives.
Little TimmyOk, show me some geared locomotives.
Moving log cars around.
The above photograph was taken on the Atlanta Interlocking Model Railroader's HO scale modular display layout.
Show me another geared steam locomotive.
Not surprised 24 hours has elapsed since the request for geared locos. Not a lot of people have those.
Please show a favorite gas station. This is mine. Bruno's is part of the FSM Roadside Delights kit and is similar to one George Selios built for his Franklin and South Manchester.
John-NYBWPlease show a favorite gas station.
My favorite is my only — for now. I have another one planned.
Fillin_Station_tone by Edmund, on Flickr
More of anything related to fuel, please.
Ed. Anything fuel related.
IMG_4986 by David Harrison, on Flickr
More fuel related please.
NorthBrit More fuel related please. David
Coal is fuel.
More fuel related, please.
John-NYBWMore fuel related, please.
Oil tank car:
Show more fuel related please. Regards, Peter
HO-VeloShow more fuel related please.
Another black tank car full of fuel:
Show me another tank car, but one that is not black.
Kevin - A tank car that is not black
Two here.
Anything of your choice please.
NorthBrit Anything of your choice please.
Here is my rapido outside braced box car.
More cars that are wooden.
bmtrainmasterMore cars that are wooden.
This one isn't just a model of a wooden car, it is built from a wooden kit. It is an Ambroid model.
Show me another livestock car.
Kevin - A livestock car.
2 different types.
IMG_5094 by David Harrison, on Flickr
More livestock cars please.
NorthBritMore livestock cars please.
Please show me something simular to something you see in this photo. It doesn't have to be the same colour or be a perfect match.
BATMANPlease show me something simular to something you see in this photo. It doesn't have to be the same colour or be a perfect match.
I see a pickup truck in your picture. Here's another:
Please show me something similar to something you see in this photo. It doesn't have to be the same color or be a perfect match
BATMAN NorthBrit More livestock cars please. Please show me something simular to something you see in this photo. It doesn't have to be the same colour or be a perfect match.
NorthBrit More livestock cars please.
Interesting request.
The suburban station in this photo is of similar size to the one to the right of the previous photo.
Please show something similar to something in my photo.
EDIT: Looks like the other John and I were posting about the same time. Show something similar to something in either photo.
York1 Please show me something similar to something you see in this photo. It doesn't have to be the same color or be a perfect match
NorthBrit Please show me something similar to something you see in this photo. It doesn't have to be the same color or be a perfect match David
3 replies in less than 10 minutes. Must be an interesting request.
I see a small loco in David's photo. Here's my Plymounth switcher. Looks like it would be right at hom on David's layout.
Show something similar to something you seem in ANY of the five previous posts.
John-NYBW
John, I'm very impressed with your photo of the station. The houses in the background are very realistic. Great work!
York1 John-NYBW John, I'm very impressed with your photo of the station. The houses in the background are very realistic. Great work!
Thank you. I grew up in a house on a hill with retaining walls in the front and that was my inspiration for the scene. Someday, I might try to model my boyhood home but I'll have to either scratchbuild it or become President and then maybe one of the kit makers will come out with one like they've done for Ike and Reagan.
John-NYBW, Really nice scene with the houses in the background. Like your idea of modeling a boyhood home, Michael Paul Smith did that in 1:24 Sewickley on my mind | The town I grew up in is Sewickley, P… | Flickr.webloc
Please show me something similar from what you see in this photo. Regards, Peter
HO-VeloPlease show me something similar from what you see in this photo.
The Tank Farm:
Tank_Farm_night by Edmund, on Flickr
More similar scenes. Chemicals, tank cars, piping, etc. Thanks.
gmpullman More similar scenes. Chemicals, tank cars, piping, etc. Thanks.
I took the Walthers Paper Mill kit and stretched it out and kitbashed some modulars to make a long background industry.
More industrial scenes with tanks.
John-NYBWMore industrial scenes with tanks.
Another unfinished part of the old layout. Much of this couldn't be saved for the new layout, but I want to put something similar (but finished) on the new layout.
Please show more industrial or chemical plant scenes.
Scenes with tanks?
Strike_tank by Edmund, on Flickr
No?
York1Please show more industrial or chemical plant scenes.
Pave_crew-1 by Edmund, on Flickr
That's better.
More industrial scene of any type, please.
gmpullmanMore industrial scene of any type, please.
Industrial Logging:
The above scene is on the Burlington Northern Santa Fe HO scale layout on display at the Chicago Museum Of Science And Industry.
More industry please.
SeeYou190 More industry please. -Kevin
The newspaper industry
Stick with industry
A mining industry.
More industrys.
Getting Forbidden 403
IMG_2522 by David Harrison, on Flickr
Next End of the Line.
NorthBritNext End of the Line.
Those concrete stopping blocks say "stop here — end of line!"
CNW_Bilevel-station by Edmund, on Flickr
More end of the line, please.
gmpullman More end of the line, please.
Track fiddlerMore end of the line please.
Some more progress on a diesel shop with end of line. One day this will be finished.
Please show me another end of line photo.
York 1John
Another End of the Line.
Next - Water. Your choice.
IMG_4230 (2) by David Harrison, on Flickr
NorthBrit Next - Water. Your choice.
Crabapple Cove in the lake resort town of Willoughby.
Due to some pressing family business, I've been resorting to the archives for pictures to post. Next month I hope to get back down in the train room and start posting new pictures.
Since there are only a few hours left in the month, post anything of your choice.
John-NYBWSince there are only a few hours left in the month, post anything of your choice.
Recently posted in WPF. Penn-Central in "better" days.
P-C_4090 E8a-curve by Edmund, on Flickr
More carte blanche, please.
since thereis alot of skilled modeling here, lets see some of yoru old school if you have it. we all started somewhere.
old school please
NVSRRold school please
Snap Track and gray paint:
First_HO-1962 by Edmund, on Flickr
More of what you wish...
Hornby clockwork. by Bear, on Flickr
JaBear More of whatever, please. Cheers, the Bear.
More of whatever, please.
Neat!
More old school or whatever please.