It’s almost noon (EST), and something is missing!!! I feel empty! Now I realize there is no Photo Phun, so I guess I had better start one.
Here are a couple of old photos I like. BM 300 and 1715 passing through Greenvale Junction
The gravel loader north of Greenvale
Have a good weekend everyone with lots of photos/videos. Now I am happy.[:D]
Yesterday, I finished the MDC/Roundhouse 2-8-0 I got at a train show last year.[:D]
Before:
After:
The only thing I haven’t put on yet is the tender marker lights. I lost one of them in the mess of my workbench, so I’ll put them on if I ever find it. I replaced all the stock wheels (minus drivers) with Intermountain metal wheels. The tender wheels conducted poorly and tarnished/rusted quickly, and the front axle had plastic wheels. The Intermountain wheels really improved performance a lot.[:D] 1 more project done(ish), a million more to go![:D]
Not much to look at, but my first try at Scratch Building anything. I use match sticks and tooth picks for most of the wood.
Far from being done, but no longer looks like a paint paddle! [:D]
Cuda Ken
Really nice, Cuda Ken. Okay, thats the building, where will it go?
Very nice work. [tup] [tup]
Here’s a hopper I did over the weekend (last week). Not a rust bucket, but still has the “used” look. Most of the BN hoppers I found weren’t to bad. I went with the surface rust look.
G Paine, nice job on the loader.
Darth, excellent looking loco.
Ken, nice start on the platform.
Robby, very nice weathering.
RS1 with an EB local. DJ.
Great stuff so far, and it isn’t even officially the weeked yet!
My diesel roster is looking more uniform with the latest unit to roll out of the paint shop
So I now can run a lash-up that never was - an RS3 & RS11 heading up a mixed freight (the Monon never rostered any of either locomotive type)
Jim
Another fine start to WPF. Great work everyone.
Robby, love your weathering job on the BN hopper. Very well done.
Here’s my shot for the week featuring a recently installed bridge (backdrop is digitally added):
I have been working on a bridge for my layout that crosses the aisle way into the room. The bridge will be mounted on a 1x10 and installed later this weekend. The first photo is the prototype bridge the second is of the finished product.
A close to step-by-step guide to its construction is on my Colorado Front Range Railroad website.
I have also been working on Control panels:
IVRW, and others thanks for your kind words! IVRW, I have done some snooping in your photo bucket account, some nice work. In fact better than 60% of my bench. It will be going next to my passenger station in the town of Kingsdown. I think the station it self is a Walther’s, but not sure. I bought it off E Bay some 4 years ago.
Ken
Very nice work all! Here is a new video from the WRS, following local LE-1 through it’s switching in Lebanon. Thanks to user RailfanAlex for most of the audio.
Switching in Lebanon with LE-1
And here’s two photos of my new scenery in Lebanon.
LE-1 switching Eyore’s Kitty Chow.
Train WJNA rattles the windows of the Lebanon Depot as it thunders past the yard.
Wow that is saaaaweeeet!!! Can you make me one like that? I model D&RGW, and the one I have now sucks. I’m in Broomfield, we are neighbors!
Michael
Well, it’s perfect modeling weather here in The Old Dominion, rain, fog, and wind so I’m posting two pictures. The second showing some of what got done this week.
Last Week
Thanks for looking.
Bob
Michael,
I am actually in Houston for the foreseeable future for work but I consider Colorado home. With the right tools (and a trip to caboose hobbies ) I have faith that you could build one too!
ME makes a nice 50’ deck girder bridge (I had an el-cheapo Atlas laying around that i cannibalized), buy some switch ties or stripwood that is about the thickness of two ties and cut them to length (they are longer than regular ties) and dye them brown with a 50/50 mix of alcohol and liquid brown shoe polish. The railings were built from scratch but you might be able to find something like them at caboose. The decals were custom printed as well on my laser jet printer (both the Rio Grande herald and the black striping). I only used four colors of paint: Silver, Concrete gray, White, and Rust. Weathering was done with self-adhesive weathering chalks (Brangdon powders I think) and the rust paint. The White and the gray were for the abutments.
Anyway I hope this helps!
Weeds and grass are growing along this industrial area. Hopefully a chain link fence will grow around the lumber yard as well![:D]
Another Texas & Nevada Mountain box car 
Well, this was a lucky day for Joe. One of his fellow workers found him up against a tank saddle. (see flesh colored spot in previous picture). Fortunately he wasn’t hurt too bad and returned to work. His boss thinks he was taking a nap.
He’s on the cat walk waving to his fellow workers
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Great Work,
Not much from me this week, though I did get a new desk/workbench.
Old:
New:
It’s about 2 times the size of my old one, and has more drawers. I use it for working on locomotives/ rolling stock, structures, and any other MRR projects. It’s also were I do my school work and use my laptop.
Have a great weekend everyone,
Jamie
Jamie, I couldnt help but notice your laptop backdrop. It looks like a huge yard. Where did you get the picture?