I am a poor substitute for Kevin, but I thought that I would step up and start this weekly thread in his absence.
As Kevin would say, I am looking forward to seeing everyone’s photographs this weekend. This thread can always be counted on to be the best of the week.
Rich
Double headed steam. Never seen the bottom ones paired up, they seemed to operate at opposite ends of the system but I’d love to hear about it happening in reality.
OK, OK I’m guilty of being a collector. Don’t shoot [:D]
Good morning from Sunny and Mild Northeast Ohio!
Rich, thanks for starting us out in Kevin’s abscence, I hope everything is all right with him, my brother-in-law lives close to Kevin and I heard he is all right also.
Flying Scotsman, will not shoot you some great examples of motive power there. I am also surprised on that last pair as I know the Rio Grande leased the Missabe engines during the winter season in war time.
Here is this weeks accomplishment.
First up, another Front Range Combo Door kit, but on this one I narrowed the plug door to six feet and used a seven foot slider along with A-line sill steps, a Branchline Diagonal panel roof and some grabs from the scrap box to replace the poor grabs that came with the kit. Car was painted with Scalecoat II Boxcar Red #2 then lettered with decals from Mask Island Decals. Car was in general service on the Rock Island.
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Next a Tangent PS 4740CF Covered Hopper kit, painted with Scalecoat II White and Black paints then lettered with Oddballs Decals. Central Soya based out of Fort Wayne, IN promoted the planting and use of Soybeans and became a major player in the world of Soybean production.
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Kato GP35 and Stewart U25B with a Rock Island general freight, running on the Strongsville Club Layout.
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Thanks for looking!
Rick Jesionowski
I don’t post much because i don’t have a lot to show I suppose. I did, this week, get a pool service pullman to put in my ATSF Chief train which I fitted blinds and a name to. Seems quite nice for $50 if a little scuffed.
Not such a success is an S Soho car which in a 1970s way has the windows set too high to line through with the rest of the cars. It again was cheap at $80ish.
viber_image_2022-09-30_19-21-27-764 by Watson Wilde, on Flickr
viber_image_2022-09-30_19-21-27-939 by Watson Wilde, on Flickr
viber_image_2022-09-30_19-21-25-710 by Watson Wilde, on Flickr
Rick, I have to admire the way you manage to get the backing film on your decals to seem non-existent. That applies to lots of the stuff I see on here. I use Micro Sol and Set and it does help but it’s not up to what I see often here.
Rich. Thanks for starting WPF.
Flying Scotsman Great looking set of locomotives and cars.
Rick. I always admire your boxcars, hoppers etc. Such a high standard.
Not much from me. I rewired the layout, so one, two or three operators could operate the layout. The grandchildren can now operate any part they wish.
Some pictures of the layout.
The real Crown Point Yard was originally built as a freight yard lasting into the 1950s before changing to a diesel locomotive depot.
IMG_2347 by David Harrison, on Flickr
IMG_2346 by David Harrison, on Flickr
Clarence Dock and Goods Yard
IMG_2444 by David Harrison, on Flickr
IMG_2443 by David Harrison, on Flickr
David
watson this is a magnificent collection, beautiful machines wonderfully displayed! no apologies allowed.
Rich, Thanks for starting the WPF. Hoping all is well with Kevin.
TheFlyingScotsman, Like your ‘six pack’ of locomotives, especially the SP Cab Forward.
Thanks to all the contributors and viewers. Have a good weekend. Regards, Peter
What did I miss? Did Ian chase him away?
Mike.
Kevin’s house was in the hurricane. He’s OK, but with no power, he probably won’t be able to post for a while.
He has communicated with a friend in the diner who passes the news on to us.
Thanks Rich for starting off WPF.
Fluing Scotsman/Watson -Impressive grouig of big steam and a worthy collection there of.
Rick - Mor great looking cars! Nice mixed freight too.
Watson - Good looking passenger cars. “S-scale” you said?
David - Great photos as always. I enjoy the change of pace your layout and photos bring to WPF.
Mr. Mikado - Agreed!
Peter - Another good action photo. Is the trainman getting on or off?
Mike/York1 - Sorry to hear of Kevin’s misfortune. Ian makd huge mess for thousands.
Went to my first train show in more than 2-years in Berea today. Found a few UP passenger cars for my George Bush train. They will need new wheels and electrification, but they are a start. Here they are for a test run:
Here is my double headed 10-car train. Had to take the photo at the end of the layout to get it all in:
Keep the photos and ideas coming guys. Thanks to you WPF is always the best thread of the week.
A late entry for the weekend.
Rich, thank you for starting us out. Hopefully Kevin gets back to normal soon.
Rick, as always, great rolling stock.
Watson, nice lineup of locomotives.
David, always nice to see pictures of you layout.
Peter, neat action shot of the hoppers
Allan, always love to long passenger trains.
This week I’m working on painting the railings on my Lake Michigan car ferry. A shout out to Ed for showing me the railings from Circus City Decals. Saved me hours and hours of try to create alot of complicated railings. With the Circus City railings and steps and railings from Central Valley, its starting to look pretty good.
Nice stuff from everybody this weekend.
Scott Sonntag
