Weekend Photo Fun 19-21 February 2016

Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
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Gidday All, I’m starting to sound like a broken record but still no modelling time. [sigh]
So once again, from the show archives, a TTn3.5 (1:120 scale using N gauge track) New Zealand Railways DC class locomotive, DC4093 in its early 1980s paint scheme for the Kiwi Lager Ski Trains. The DC class (EMD model G22AR) were rebuilt from the NZR Da class that was my WPF offering from a couple of weeks back. http://cs.trains.com/mrr/f/88/t/254265.aspx


Looking forward to the really Good Stuff,
Have a great One ffolkes,
Cheers, the Bear.[:)]

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Bear,

It’s a fine looking loco and a scale/gauge combo we don’t often see here. I wonder if they served beer aboard the train?[;)]

I’ve got a batch of odds and ends this week. Let’s start off with some mixed gaige action at the Durango depot.

Down in the yard

Up in Animas Forks, one of the local prospectors came into town, looking for a bath by the looks of him.

Lots of news on the logging front. I found a deal on some Rivarossi log cars. Although standard gauge, they’re too charming to resist. They’ll be used to haul logs from around Durango and other places to the NG for loading to go east. Management didn’t want them on the SG main and since the NG main is still a going concern, they take the ride to the creasote plant via Cumbres Pass.

To help with the increased traffic, another log rack was brought into service.

Finally, I started framing the big Outlaw Mine tonight.

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Good morning everyone from cloudy and mild Northeast Ohio.

Bear, at least that looks like a diesel locomotive!

Mike, more progress, don’t know how you do it so quickly!

Well, I got little or nothing done this last week, with no football games on I lost about 5 hours of modeling time, while everyone else watched I worked on trains. This week I ended up doing household chores with the family. So some pictures from the history file.

My Pennsy Athearn GP9’s with a coal drag passing Leon Lavdas’s NYC GP40’s on the Strongsville Club layout.

Pennsy Mike stopping for water with a coal drag.

Thanks for looking!

Rick J

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Bear … Thanks for starting the Weekend Photo Fun thred. I like the NZ EMD lcomotive.

Mike L … Your dual gauge track is quite impressive.

Rick J … Good old Atheran Geeps look great.

Here are some CB&Q F7’s with Standing Falls in the back ground.

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Tomorrow is our local Houston Train Show

http://sanjacmodeltrains.org/styled-2/index.html

I’m entering one of my miners row houses in the model contest

I’ll also be sharing a sales table selling some of my Re Motored Steam locos

seen here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBq9ZcQooyo

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It´s been a while since I last was able to contribute to the WPF thread, but as I am (slowly) progressing with the scenery on my mini Swiss-style layout, I´ll threaten you folks with frequent views on what I am doing [(-D]

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Bear-Thanks for starting off WPF again this week. And thanks for a look at another unusual loco.

Mike-Dazzling as usual. Where do you find the time?

Rick-Love the GPs and the little Mike.

Garry-I like the Burlington locos. My BRVRR F-7 unintentionally mimics the paint scheme.

Terry-Some great modeling there.

Ulrich-Are the structures kits or scratch built?

A little bit of everything from the BRVRR this week:

NYC PA #4210 with a heavyweight passenger consist rounds the curve at the east end of the BRVRR layout.

On a whim I made a small flatcar load of rails for my makeshift work train. I haven’t decided if it will be permanent, but have to work out some tie-downs if it is to be so.

A similar load of ties.

My impromptu work train.

Keep the photos and ideas coming guys. Thanks to you WPF is always the best thread of the week.

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Well I was getting down and dirty this week. I hope I haven’t over done it.

If you look at the prototype photo, it has floor drains and lumber in the pit to help elevate the shoes out of the grease. I have the drain grates ready to go in as well as the lumber. I also have the little bolts that will tie down the track. Gluing all those in place will take time.

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They are resin kits from Tilly Models in The Netherlands.

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Thanks for getting us on track again Bear! I always love to see what everyone has been doing and so far I’m sure not disappointed this weekend!

Hey. hey, hey! The Girder Bridge has finally been installed and glued in place. The rails on the right side of the bridge have been joined and I have run my longest passenger car (only a 60 footer) over the bridge to make sure everything clears and such. I will check my longest locomotive (a 2-6-6-2) to make sure it can make the curve tomorrow if a I get a chance. Worst case scenario is that the two 2-6-6-2’s I use will not be allowed across the bridge. They really don’t need to use that route as it is a loop. They will come out of staging with their assigned train and go through the layout to “Hopewell” drop off cars at a couple of yards, pick up empties and go back across the layout to staging again… So kind of a moot point if they don’t clear the sides of the Bridge. Anyway here she is with still quite a bit of painting (rail), Safety Rails to be installed, ballasting, and scenery yet to be done:

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At Boothbay RR Village, one of our voluenteers has started on a G scale loop around the building lobby with a branch into the layout room. It is 2 foot gauge which is 1/20.3 in G scale. Another of our guys found a deal on a G scale sandy River & Rangely Lakes RR boxcar at the Springfield show.

I made an eary stage, progress video of the project (sorry, it’s a bit rough). we will have it running by the time the museum opens in May

http://vid139.photobucket.com/albums/q301/ggpaine/Boothbay%20Railroad/G%20Scale%20in%20Lobby/G%20Scale%20Lobby%20Project_zpspbgb18a1.mp4

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Those are some great looking structures in the background. Are they crafstman kits, kitbashes, or scratchbuilt?

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Hi - it’s been a while since I posted here. I haven’t been doing much that’s photo-worthy.

These are a couple of “company houses” from City Classics.

I’ve customized each of the houses a bit, particularly the second-floor front porch on the left. Each house (there’s a third, not shown, “across the street,”) has a different paint job, and I’ve added curtains, pull-down shades and Venetian blinds to add more distingushing details. I learned long ago that interior detailing can’t be seen when the windows are this small, but I still add floors and some interior walls so that the inside can be lit room-by-room and some windows will remain dark. I used a small flat-panel LED for the porch light.

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This will be my first WPF contribution in a few weeks. We have some really great stuff this week. I needed bost sides of a Post It note to jot down all the posts.

Bear, That locomotive looks great.

Mike, I awlasy enjoy seeing your narrow gauge stuff. Your layout looks awesome.

Rick, I always love seeing Pennsy power.

Garry, Your F Units look nice and so do the structures behind them.

Ulrich, I love the Swiss narrow gauge. I remember seeing a documentary on the rHb some years ago and it was quite interesting.

Allan, Some very cool scenes.

Brent, I like how your roundhouse floor is shaping up.

Howmus, Your bridge is coming together nicely.

George, I love the Sandy River and Rangely Lakes car.

I have been working hard on the Gallitzin section of the layout between the West Portals of the tunnels and the Route 53 overpass.

Here’s a Switchtower and an old box car that’ts been converted to an MOW shed.

Here’s a newly-aquired RS3 posing under the Route 53 overpass. In the background is Warren’s Country Store, named for a subsitute teacher at my high school and friend who passed away in 2014, he had an awesome Marklyn layout and was always happy to talk trains.

Feed Mill siding:

Cement Plant and Brewery, God help us if a cement hopper acidentally gets spotted onto the brewery siding. Talk abou a hard drink!

Vulcan MFG:

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Thanks to all for the kind comments. I’m not the only one who has been busy[:D]

Allan,

Simply put, I find the time two ways. (Almost) no TV and insomnia.

I pretty much quit watching TV when we moved to Germany at Uncle Sam’s expense when I was in high school. Just never found much to watch when we returned. There was Armed Forces TV, but back then it was populated with last year’s program from back home, so the first year was basically watching reruns. Now I only watch Saturday Night Live and Downtown Abbey – and the Abbey is almost done[:(]

And when you can’t sleep more than about 4 hours a night, you can sorta get more things done as you sleepwalk through life. Fortunately, model RRing doesn’t require intense concentration most of the time or I’d get a lot less done.

George,

Check that G gauge track. In 1/20.3, it should be 3’ gauge. In the original 1/24 flavor, it represented meter gauge, so pretty close to use them for both, but sorta wide for 2’. Still, a beautiful boxcar that well represents the 2’ spirit.

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ThoughT I would post the trackplan of a shelf layout I am working on. Demensions are 5’ x7’. On the right side is my Tropicana Juice Transfer facillity. On the left is an intemodal facillity mostly in the background but some area will be for fencing and containers. Also I am looking at a spot on the very left for my Hess oil Tanks.

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Terry in TX … Your company houses look great.

Ulrich … You are making a great Swiss layout.

Allan … Thanks for commenting. I recall your F-unit and it looks nice. I like the NYC Alco PA and PB

Brebt … You have a dirty job this week.

Ray … The bridge and scene look great.

George … The SR&RL box car looks good

JE Corbet … Thanks for commenting. The background houses are roughly N scale and they force perspective on my HO layout. They were purchased from a dollar store or a thrift store. All I needed to do is touch up the paint. They have good details. … The covered bridge was a broken one I purchased from a gift shop at maybe 80% to 90% off the original price. I glued the broken pieces back on and weathered the bridge.

Mr.B … Your company houses are very impressive too. You and Terry have something in common.

GP9 … Thanks for the remarks. … You have some great looking scenes.

Joe … Your track plan looks like a winner. Have fun.

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1 of 2 tichy tank cars built and ready to paint. Not a super easy kit but I like them, 2 of these even with buying decals will still be cheaper then 1 detailed ready to run tank car.

Plus this.

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Ulrich, tell us about the rocks along your river. I really like the look of them but admit it, you snuck over here and stole them from a riverbank in northern Canada didn’t you. We are doing an audit of our rocks as I type this. Were on to you![oX)]

All kidding aside, the whole thing is looking great.[tup] Who makes the rocks.

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I just completed tracklaying in the yard–with Hayes wheel stops to prevent any airborne freight cars. Eventually the end of the yard will be concealed with an overpass, covering the descending turnback loop below.