It’s that time again, Weekend photo fun. For those who are seasoned posters, welcome back! to those who are new here is a general run down:
WPF is where we post photos of weekly projects/archive photos. Railfanning photos seem to be accepted here. For example here is what I have been working on
It;s a fantasy “what if/heritage” unit of the P&WV railway. The prototype was absorbed into NW in the 1960s. It;s most famous scheme is the one I’m doing, which was worn on the fairbanks Morse locos they had, right up until the end.
No new cars or locomotives finished this week, but I did add another load to one of my gons!
This is another Duha load I picked up cheaply on E-bay awhile back. Added it to an E&C Gon I upgraded and painted for the MKT railroad.
I have mentioned that our club had to remove a portion of the layout so the block wall could be rebuilt, I have a picture taken of the layout before the work was done and the new block wall withthe layout section removed.
Hadn’t heard of Duha before Rick, interesting variety of loads, and your third photo inspired me to listen to a certain Pink Floyd album while I compose this.
Like not only the low angle shots Mike but also the humour.[:D]
Thanks for the great send-off to WPF, Jimmy! You must be building quite a roster there. Seems like every weekend you have a new engine or two to show off! Nice!
Where is laying-up cement block part of the “Model Railroading Is Fun” tagline, Rick? One of the first things I had to do to get my basement layout area finished was cut about sixteen feet of concrete floor to move the laundry drains to a new area. FUN hobby isn’t it… pass the Motrin! That open-top load looks great! One of the things on my to-do list is make up a “high-wide” special move train. Someday…
Yes, it was unfortunate that we didn’t meet up at Fitzwater Shops, Rick. I’ll have to let you know when I’ll be there again. There’s a chance I’ll get to Berea but it is “iffy” right now.
Mike
Those are great results with the low-angle shots. I have a couple of Canon SLRs but the things are just too clumsy to try to position for close-up layout shots. So I’m always stealing Mrs. Pullman’s Canon Elph 340HS. Easy to manipulate in those tight areas. Now you have a whole new perspective in seeing the layout. So often the camera sees what we usually miss with the naked eye.
Nice of you to remember Andy, Bear! [angel] He would have liked those zebra-stripes. And “The Floyd”. Yes, I have built many-a-model with Comfortably Numb playing in the background. Pinky, get off the line you bloody idiot! Here comes the train! Ahh yes. I’ll always remember Andy’s sign off… So Long. My dad would say that often when leaving.
Well, I have procrastinated enough so I grabbed the bull by the horns and CLEANED OFF my work table. Well, most of it, anyway…
More official pictures of the recently finished Reading 2-6-4 tank locomotive. It was built on an IHC 2-6-0 frame I got at a show for $5, so the lead and trailing truck wheels cost about 3 times as much as the running frame did.
A little info on the engine, it was used in commuter service in the lines surrounding Philadelphia PA before electrification in 1930. The engines were all scrapped by 1935.
Ed, like the Hullets rember seeing the NKP ones in Huron and the ones on the Maumee River in Toledo when I was a kid.
Casey, always like the various tank engines that the railroads had that serviced suburban passenger service.
Terry, good job on lighting those structures, sure adds to night scenes on the railroad.
Mike, the low angle shots are sure different than your normal ones.
Bear, thanks for the comments and the ATSF scene looks great.
Luckily we did not have to do the block work, the historical society paid for and did the repairs to the wall, we will have to paint it and replace the layout sections we removed.
Here is a shot of removing the track, marking it prior to the saw cut being made. not shown is the module under this section of track with all the control circuits for the signal system. All the wires were cut and marked so they can be reinstalled at a later date.
The cutout section of the layout was stored on top of the yard and the entire layout was protected with plastic to keep out the dust etc. from the new wall construction.
First day of the last weekend this month…whew time goes faster every week it seems…lol Anyway, looks like a lot of great pics this week… I will need some time to go back through them for the details. I took a quick (drone) pic of a loaded coal train departing my yard…
I managed to finish off 3 rolling stock projects this week & weekend.
Firstly, there’s BVLC boxcar no. 15, built from a Boulder Valley Models kit:
I also put together logging flat no. 14, which was scratchbuilt:
Last, but by no means least (especially in terms of time involved) is BVLC loco no. 7:
This started out as a Bachmann On30 porter and a Backwoods Miniatures slope-back tender kit. I scratchbuilt a new boiler top for the locomotive, as I wasn’t a fan of the original high tank. I also built a new, lower chassis for the tender.
Jimmy, Thanks for the WPF start. Making “what if” a reality is fun.
WPF is a fun and inspiring way to visit the past.
Rick, I like those flanges! What a neat looking pipe load, takes me back to my “wrenching” daze in the oil refinery.
Mike, The P.U. at the crossing is the same make, model year and color as a truck I was out bid on at a company auction in the 70s.
Bear, Gosh, already a year since Andy Sperandeo passed. Back in 88’ Andy’s MRR Paint Shop articles provided me the inspiration to acquire an airbrush and try painting and detailing some locos.
Thanks to all for sharing your hobby work and passion, oh, and the memories too, regards, Peter
