Just for the fun of it, we took some shots of 1950s SP equipment on my HO Siskiyou Line (which ordinarily models the 1980s SP).
Here, for the first time ever, is what the 1950s would look like on my layout!
(click photo to enlarge)
To view all the photos, see:
http://mymemoirs.net/model-trains/forum/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=171
The photos are absolutely fantastic. I normally don’t like steam so much but with your scenery they look incredible. I think this shows how important great scenery is.
Wasn’t there a fameous train robbery that took place on the line you model?( your line is based in the Oregon area, right?)
Joe,
Your photos look great [just like all your other stuff] - but PLEASE don’t ever give up modeling 2nd generation DIESELS…![:O]
Looking good Joe! Now all you have to do is sell off all that nasty old diesel-era stuff of yours and start buying brass models of REAL engines!
Joe,
Take it easy. Please step away from the steam locomotive. Nobody needs to get hurt.
Everything will be alright.
Anything you say or attempt to model in the 50’s on your 80’s layout will be held against you in a court of prototypical modeling.
Don’t worry, Ken. This photo shoot was just to have some fun … I’m firmly entrenched in the 1980s SP. [swg]
But the steam photos were fun.[;)]
Yes, the last train robbery ever took place on the Siskiyou Line in lucky tunnel 13, in 1923. The robbers used too much dynamite and ended up destroying the baggage car and killed 4 men. See: http://www.onthisdayinoregon.com/10_11.html
They were apprehended in 1927 and the one robber that was still alive finally got out in the 1970s.
I love it! I’ve been a fan of your line for about three years now, and if I’m ever in the area, I’ll definitely visit.
Steam looks sooo good! on your pike, I think you should give us some more pics!
Matthew
Darn. Now I gotta start over…[|(]
[(-D] Yeah, those are super cool pictures, but nothing has changed except the grace of the first type of rail locomotives…STEAAAAAAAAMMMMMMMMM!!!
Thanks, Joe. I predict that you will be running steam again before long. It’s like eating one potato chip…
Wow!
Joe, those photos are beautiful. Great job on weathering the steamers!
BTW: Though I’ve seen it before, I am still impressed every time I look at your trackwork. Top Notch! Is it handlaid? or did you use a brand name and weather it?
Thanks
Antonio:
That’s MicroEngineering track that’s carefully ballasted and weathered to look like real track. I wrote an article for it and submitted the article to MR. I also did a video short for them to go with the article. My understanding is you will see this all appear sometime next spring.
These photos are partly because MR wanted me to experiment with doing some cover shots with steam to go with the article. I’m also going to do another Siskiyou Line first as a possible cover shot – Kodachrome! But it’s about the right time, since it’s almost 1986 on the Siskiyou Line, and 1986 is when the first Kodachrom units started showing up on the SP.
I’m usually not much for steam, but any Espee steam intrigues me. Great pictures, Joe.
C’mon Joe, sell all those desieseals, sell all those Railboxes…backdate backdate… [swg]You know you want toooooo[swg]
Hey Joe! Nice to see some good looking power on your layout for a change! LOL All kidding put aside most any loco would look great in those suroundings. Great photos as usual. I learn something new everytime I look at shots of your layout.
Go STEAM!!! Nice photo Joe. Is that a brass Sunset model?
Looks great, Joe! I’m a diesel guy, too, mostly but I love SP MT-class engines. I have a Sunset MT-4 that I keep around just because, even though it doesn’t fit my era at all.
That is awesome! Now…when we’ll we see some turbines![:D][:p][^][8D]
Those are terrific pictures Joe!
Thanks, guys for all the kind words!
Yep, that loco with the skyline cowling is an MT-4, 4-8-2, most often seen on the Siskiyou Line pulling passenger trains. It’s brass, but it belongs to my friend and Siskiyou Line regular Brandon Thompson, and all the painting and weathering work is his. I’ll ask Brandon where he got it.