Hey all. Here’s where we show off what we are working on.
anyone who has been to greentree PA knows this sight- the PWV shops at Rook yard
I also put some road down. The real road really is that close
Obviously I still need to sand it level. It’s not much, but it is a yard
Hoping to see some more great stuff this weekend.
Good morning from cloudy, cold and trying to snow Northeast Ohio!
Jimmy, thanks for starting us out, you are making great progress on your layout, that scene is looking good.
Finished a couple of cars this week.
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IMRC 10,000 Gal Tank Car kit, substituted Yarmouth Models sill steps for the plastic ones in the kit. Painted with Scalecoat II Black paint and lettered with Champ Decals. Anchor Petroleum disappeared in the early 60’s and the ANPX reporting marks were trainsferred to the Mobile Oil Company and they eventually disappeared in the early 70’s.
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40’ Branchline 1944 AAR Boxcar kit. In researching the NYC Lot 858-B boxcars, I found this was the only group of 40’ boxcars built by the Despatch Shops that had their distinctive car ends and roofs. As there is no 40’ Despatch Roof available, I cut three sections out of a 50’ Roof and spliced the remaining pieces together to get a 40’ roof. This car represents a PC rebuild that removed the roofwalk and lowered the brake gear and ladders. Painted with Floquil PC Green Paint and lettered with Microscale Decals. Car was assigned to the Roots Blower plant in Connersville, iN.
Jimmy … Thanks for string weekend phto fun and thanks for sharing pictures of your layout construction. You are doing a great job!
Rick … The Anchor tank car and the PC boxcar look ourstanding. I like the NKP GP9’s.
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Below are some older photos of Union Station.
Thanks for the inspiring examples above…
I’m back to some modelling activity, including spreading some Sculptamold and a coat of paint on many flat areas, pending scenery details later. On ballasting, I decided to start with my 3 yard areas, using Arizona Rock & Minerals HO Yard Mix #1222. The darker areas are still drying…I think I am getting the process down, with some tweaking to occur, but being very careful around the turnout points now.
The mainline will not be so challenging, except for the steeper roadbed height and sloped ballast. I will be using a blend of several AR&M limestone ballasts that I earlier concocted.
20200306_160549 by Paul Ahrens, on Flickr
20200306_160642 by Paul Ahrens, on Flickr
20200306_160656 by Paul Ahrens, on Flickr
My new layout with a “rare Blue Box F7” running
Let me try this again!
Jimmy: Thank you for starting Weekend Photo Fun for us this week. I love to see thipictures of your layout construction. Please do not stop the updates.
Rick: I am a big fan of the Anchor tank car. It looks great.
Garry: Your terminal scene is magnificent. I was so impressed when I got to see it in person. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
Paul: The ballast is neat and well done. You obviously spent some time doing this right.
Roger: Another new layout! That is awesome news. I hope the trend we are seeing in new construction being shared continues.
I have two new flatcars to share this week. Both are painted and lettered for my STRATTON AND GILLETTE railroad. I bought these kits last year at New Brookland Hobbies on a business trip to the Carolinas.
These kits are from Walthers Proto 2000. I added Kadee trucks and couplers. The precast cement pipe load is from Duha. The load of cooling pipes was bought at Blue Ox hobbies in Georgia, but I cannot recall the manufacturer.
Please keep the Photo Fun Coming. This is always a great thread.
-Kevin
Jimmy, Looks like a cold day on PWV in that first shot. I took advantage of that white-out created by Scupltamold for some “winter” pics a long time ago, but not sure where those pics are now.
Rick, Was not aware that Anchor was that recent, but I wasn’t paying much attention in the early 60s when they were going away. Love that PC 40 footer.
GARRY, Great pics frfom the heart of the Big City!
Paul, Nice work on that ballast. Overcoming the tendency to procrastinate is really hard to do, but once started it’s very reqrding to see the results.
Fitter Roger, Nice looking case of models you have there.
Kevin, that first load is a real eyecatcher. Big pipes there!
Here’s a pic from the extensive test running I’ve been doing on the new display layout I’m getting ready for the Lincoln Square Train Show here on March 28 and 29. One older gentleman always brings his Unitah #59 articulated and runs it back and forth on a 3’ test track. Now he’ll have a way to let it stretch it’s legs, as I can run either DC or DCC on it.
Since the contructioon of the Millertown & Loon Lake happens in our ddining room, here’s one of our cats railfanning things.
Thanks for starting this weekend off, Jimmy. You have a great yard scene coming along there.
Excellent detail, paint and lettering as always, Rick. I’m surprised there were enough shipments of Roots blowers to warrant dedicated cars to the service.
I always enjoy your scenes of the Mighty Burlington, Garry!
Paul and Fitter both have nice collections there [Y]
Can’t have enough flat cars with interesting loads, Kevin. Those look sharp!
Glat you involve your cat in your hobby, Mike.
I would never do something like that —
Roundhouse_cat_sm by Edmund, on Flickr
Glat you got a Bear-Toon recognition [:D]
My car shop and locomotive service track once had those grossly oversized Walthers post-lamps. I recently replaced them with nicer-looking light posts:
Service_track by Edmund, on Flickr
Service_track2 by Edmund, on Flickr
And slightly taller ones in the car shop:
I really didn’t need another job for the paint-shop but I went to a train show in a little town last weekend and this Overland PRR box car jumped into my arms:
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No pouncing with Mr. C, he just likes to watch. On the other hand Wally has been known to paw a loco when it suits hiom or just sit on the track, leading to a collision and subsequent rollover, leaving the crew “scalded to death by steam”! Yikes.
BTW for reference, my build thread on the Millertown & Loon Lake Rwy is here:
Jimmy, Thanks for starting the WPF with your ‘Steeler’ country layout progression.
Thanks to all who make WPF such an interesting smorgasbord of model railroading fun, and the viewers too. Have a good weekend and regards, Peter
Bootiful stuff again Gents and inspiring work![:D]
Here is a lokey I completed a while back for a customer. The actual locomotive is quite colorful and I used Tru Color to reproduce its colors. It was actually a fun project and I had to have a set of custom decals made for it. The actual railroad runs out of Hood River, OR.[C):-)]
As always more great work this weekend.
Since the diner is in Texas this month I pulled out my Accurail kit of the Santa Fe Texas Chief 50’ steel boxcar.
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Accurail Santa Fe Texas Chief 50 Steel Boxcar[/url] by Daves Trains, on Flickr
You got us off to a good start Jimmy, thanks.
Two very nice looking cars Rick, really like the scenery.
The color scheme on your busses reminds me of the El Paso Transportation System of the 50s Garry, City Lines.
Nice track work Paul.
You’ll figure it out Roger.
Superb loads Kevin.
We were stuck with my grandson’s cat, if he even looks like he’s going to get up on my layout we’ll be having catburgers for dinner Mike.
Nice night scenes ED!
Wouldn’t be WPF without the Bear.
I catch your pictures off Flickr Peter, as normal super great detail.
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Good stuff as always folks!! Plenty to get me going this morning. I am diggin’ the loaded flats and the brass box. I always wondered about prepping and painting brass though. I’ve never tried it…
Rich
It’s not “dirty” enough. L O L ( I know … I know… I would “weatherize” dirt. Just to make it look more like dirt. )
OK, here’s my weekend update.
I ran out of CA glue, so these will have to wait till I get to the store.
I got the wheel’s on the Hart Gondola, now I gotta get a load of something in it.
With all the tankcar’s everybody has been posting lately, I felt “compelled” to add a few to the Demon’s Hollow roster.
Just waiting for the paint to dry…( which mean’s I cant touch them till next weekend.)
And, since I HATE sitting there watching paint dry, I pulled these out of the stash…
That’s a Southern Pacific Transfer Caboose, and an old timer Southern Pacific blacksmith car… also waiting for paint to dry …
Great group of pictures and projects this weekend,guys!
My back-ordered decoders showed up earlier this week,so I was able to finish off the engine,and one of the coaches I’m working on. Engine got 2 decoders -one for power and sound in the tender,one for lights only in the boiler. The coach has a function-only decoder with a keep alive,and markers by Tomar.
I really enjoyed everyone’s contributions!
See ya next weekend!
Mike
Mike,
Nice work on those lights!
Mike
