I’ll start this weekend. I was out at the club running trains last night. My friend also showed up here are some pics. The Southern SD70MAC is mine the rest is his stuff.
-Smoke
my guess is that those are all custom painted. they look very cool, especially the Southern units. the NYC units just look a little…grey.
i just wish i could have an AC4400CW in the Maroon and grey scheme…
The trackwork looks great! Is it hand laid?
Tom
Oh, their custom painted alright. Since the New York Central merged with the Pennsy in '68, you won’t find an SD70 on any NYC roster. The light gray/dark gray was the paint scheme used on some of their F-units in the 50s.
The locomotives do seem nicely painted and detailed. However, the anacronym alarm keeps going off in my head…
Tom
Ballasting my new yard ladder. I laid it all out on a sheet of foam without roadbed because of the transition from existing layout to new addition. Plywood+Roadbed=Foam in terms of thickness. The surfaces were flush with each other and I think It looks pretty good so far.
CB&Q Reefer 6-Pack
This week I completed 3 MEC passenger cars for our Boothbay club layout; shown on my layout with my F3 on the head:
For my home layout, I just completed assembly of a Bowser covered hopper, MEC2432 the dark gray one. I still need to do some weathering and concrete spillage. It is shown at the Dragon Cement bulk and batch plant on the storage track awaiting unloading.
Out of pictures already…[V]
I’ll post a few of my new DCC Atlas IC GP40 I purchased at a train show on Father’s Day for $85.00. I’ve been looking for one of these for a long time. They were produced in 2004 with a MSRP of $129.00, so $85.00 is a steal if you ask me! Only detail I will have to add is the side-mounted bell.
I spent two solid evenings figuring out how, drilling and wiring my Alexander Scale Model NYC Freight station with interior and exterior lighting:
Click picture(s) to enlarge
The first two pictures were taken in the early morning hours. The third picture sorta shows how I wired the 2 exterior trackside lights and the interior ceiling lights.
The wires are tunneled through painted brass tubing (You can see one just left of and at the rear of the divided wall of picture 3, in the corner) to look like interior venting stacks. This will give the interior of the depot a more finished look through the sliding doors and make replacing the light bulbs easier.
For both the interior and exterior lighting, I decided to use 1.7mm 12V incandescent bulbs because they lasted longer (5,000 hrs.) and fit the painted lamp covers better. (No glue needed! [:)]) I have them hooked up to a spare MRC Rail Command power pack set at ~9V. That should make them last even longer.
Tom
Nice Pics Guys!.Sorry ihave nothing to post its real hot in the garage as temps are 111-114 here in AZ. My hats off to you guys nice Pics.
Carl.
Smoke -
I’ll admit the Tuxedo on really modern equipment looks way cool, but those lightning stripes look just plain strange on modern units.
Then again, maybe it’s just me.
I’d love to see something ultra modern in the Southern Green Scheme (no, not 4610, either! Already seen it).
Brad
Looks Great Tom !!!
[bow]
Since it’s late June has the grass started growing on the layout yet ?
[swg]
Yes,
The track is handlaid.
Yep all the units are custom painted.
[%-)] Not sure what your mean there.
-Smoke
I finished up this little project, a train order stand so crews could get their flimsies on the fly.
(Edit)
In the wee small hours of the morning…
Lee
Well,I havent worked on my layout in a few weeks, so I decided to do a little today .This is what a few hours work has come up with.The background buildings are what i’m talking about by the way, LOL
Still need some work but that is the on going story in model railroading.[;)]
Great work as always everyone
Chris
Yeah! I love this photo!
I think I’ll have to pass this weekend. By the time I’m ready for another “photo opportunity,” it will be Tuesday.
I’ll tell ya boys, those are some dang good lookin photos. I especially like them Southern and NYC units. Very unique. I aint never seen nothin like it.
I like the phantom of the future NYC locos, too. Nice work!
Tom, you sure have developed the knack for this stuff. Really good show!
Nice photos everyone.
I’ve been messing with my new EJ&E switcher from BLI.
I also lettered up a caboose for it
And shot some video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHEOhr_3kJA
Jon