Outstanding photos, everybody.
Here is a picture of Walthers F7’s in Prairie View.
Still a long way to go on my layout. I love the close up shots of the steam engine wheels. I have to say there is some truley inspering work done by everybody on here.
A couple from me
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk12/traxrs18/DSCF3398.jpg
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk12/traxrs18/DSCF3397-1.jpg
sorry about the double post of th pictures figured out what I was doing wrong to post them though.
just started balasting my track. hurt my tailbone last week so standing to do all this was better than sitting.
later
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Did a little locomotive work this Saturday. Finished transferring an older P2k shell to the newer DCC/Sound P2k Geep chassis for my club loco. Just had to trim a little plastic, especially the clear “light bar” that draws light to the headlight & number boards.
Also tried my hand at weathering my first diesel. It is just an old junk “dummy” that I had laying around, so pay no attention to the fat handrails and old (RP25?) couplers.
They’re called NMRA or “horn-hook” couplers. RP-25 is also a n NMRA recommendation, but refers to wheel conture not couplers.
Ru
n Run through running repair shop…Hosler helper spotting 731 on wheel pealer for the machinist to profile wheels. Shop is about 80% compleat
Wow
Double WOW!
Jwar41, great picture. You got to post a few more of that.
Johnney Reb,… Allentrains…, TA462… Thank you for the nice compliments. This pic is from the other end (may have posted on this forum?), is all scrachbuilt. The 10 wheeler is my wifes and she likes old steam. I know some here would have coronarys mixing eras, But I would rather have her beside me in the hobby to enjoy it in the fullest way possable. But now she wants her own garage LOL for her steamer. So I guess I will build a shop and sell tickets LOL… again thanks for the complements, Take Care…John
John, that shop is absolutely astounding! Excellent work!
ns3010…Thank you for your kind words, have a great day…John
I’ve finished work with this ALAMOSA CAR SHOPS reefer kit, a pile of wood and parts.
Now this car is in duty.
Wolfgang
jwar41,
Very, very nice modeling. And only 80% complete? Look forward to seeing it when you think you have reached 100%.
Here’s my weekly swamp update:
The white rectangles are temporary dams to hold the Envirotex in the higher inlets behind them. The brown lump on the left is the beginning of the beaver dam.
I’ve started adding plants to the swamp basin. I used one of those “pot topper” things for the bright green grass up front, and some field grass further back. The cattails behind them and the one stinging nettle on the right are Walthers Botanicals.
Wow it’s been a long time! The major things I’ve done:
I’ve managed to build three more car kits, this time not of logging disconnects, but old blue boxes and other assorted makers. The middle one will soon be lettered for the BWTC.
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Also, I had a slight problem when an apparatus designed for the altercation of the intended direction for mobility of copious quantities of freight suddenly made a unequivocalness decision to become monodirectional. In the end, I replaced it.
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A while back, I was encountered with a riot on the layout from workers who despised sleeping on the ground day in and day out. Because of my workload at the time, they held a demonstration and did the immediately above damage. So, in order to appease them before they poured acid on my foam layout, I built them some bunkhouses:
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~John
Today I enjoyed a pleasant visit from Rev. Dr. Major Dave Vollmer as he took a little side track to the Land of Pleasant Living before dashing off to BWI for the flying cattle car back to Florida.
The visit included some switching as BT-1 headed west through Cumberland, then a grand tour of the layout by Dave’s notorious Brass K-4…
Here she is steaming up on the ready track at Ridgeley next to WM 204, my K-2 Pacific.
…and taking a spin on the turntable
then out on the line. The photographers at Casselman Crossing were struggling to balance themselves on the rocks in the fast moving stream…
The footing was better out on the high iron, but the K4s was picking up speed as she headed downgrade toward Connellsville.
Later, the K4s was deployed on an OCS train out on the Thomas Sub, and shot here at Hinshaw.
It was a great visit, and I enjoyed having Dave go out of his way to see the layout.
Lee
John, that is hilarious! I love your quirky veiwpoint. [bow]