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Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
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I just post this old photo to get WPF started. Sam

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Caught a Troop movement on the ATSF.

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I put this quiet spot behind Brother Elias’s Last Chance Mission down by the docks in Mooseport.

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Awesome work, guys.

Here’s a couple of shots of some of my modern passenger equipment. On the narrowgauge, this is the San Juan Zephyr.

And this is today’s La Sal Zephyr at Hesperus. This RDC/ex-CZ trailer car combination alternates with a loco-hauled consist that runs in the opposite direction.

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Great work everybody. I have completed weathering my Steamers but in pictures I have taken of them it is hard to see the weathering. Because of this I have nothing to post this week. Everybody keep up the good work.

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Thru the cut and entering South Valley. This was taken about 2 weeks ago.

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Jeff: The troop train is nice as well as is the scenery it is going through,

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Passenger train makes its way over Horseshoe Trestle on my WP layout.

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Mike,

what is the number 28 loco in the top photo? It certainly looks like a New South Wales 48 class locomotive.

Didn’t know the Rio Grande had them.

Bob

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C&O H-8 in the engine house At Thurmond

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A good beginning to WPF guys. Keep the photos and ideas coming.

Here is one of a Santa Fe passenger train from my website:

This is always the best thread of the week guys. Keep it going.

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Bob,

Sharp eye. Yes indeed, it is an export Alco, known on this side of the pond as a DL-531.

It’s a Powerline [IIRC] shell on a K&M Engineers HOn3 chassis. I added steam generator detail on the short hood and repainted it in Rio Grande colors. Right now it’s in the backshop. Despite 24" min radius curves, it’s still a little too stiff to run well on my layout, although it pulls like a mule. I think I need to figure out a way to get some more lateral play in the trucks.

The passenger rolling stock is also imported. The cars are a special run by D+R, available from Doug’s:

http://www.trainstoysandhobbies.com/exclusive_products.htm

The RPO/Express car at the head end was another D+R car that I painted and decaled.

I like steam, although I also like narrowgauge diesels.[Y]

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Some great photos here as always folks!

I have finished the lower staging tracks. Decided to add a bit of scenery on them as the tracks will also serve to showcase models as well. Since the New York, Ontario, and Western is the proto influence for my freelance SLOW, there has to be a lot of weeds, bushes, and such growing near, around, and between the rails…

I have also started top create the form to make a mold for the building sides for the Octagon Blacksmith’s Shop I am building. The original in Alloway, NY was built in 1830 and was made from local cobblestone. The building is still there and is now used for storage.

73

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A lot of great stuff this week,including some terrific shots that show the variety of western mountain scenery.

A freight drifts by the south entrance to the yard.

'Hope everyone has a good weekend.

Mike

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No new photos this week. forgot my camera. Yesterday I helped with the Boothbay Railway Village model railroad layout during the first day of the Day Out WIth Thomas event. Busy in the morning, but very hot and humid for Maine in the afternoon. 90F inside the building and no sea breeze to cool things off.

B-Bay 2 ft gage 0-4-0T Henschel #6 (1934) ran well all day, but Henschel #13 (1913) developed a steam leak in a cylinder in the afternoon and had to be sidelined for repairs during the evening. 2 locomotives are needed for braking on the downgrade with a 4 car train (no air brakes on this old equipment), so 1 car was removed from the train for the rest of the day. The conductors got a good workout on the brake wheels.

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CB&Q O5 leading a passenger train.

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The saints hang out at my picture on the first page of WPF. The sinners go here, out in front of Lucky’s Bar and the Brass Rat.

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Built the first of two MOW buildings for my Free-moN Staging Yard:

First time using corrugated metal roofing, but I think it turned out ok.
(Just have to be careful handling: paint, even dry, just slides off that stuff!)

Lots of great modeling again: thanks for sharing!
Have a groovy weekend.

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Here’s something I’ve been playing around with the past couple of days. It’s an F7 slug with a chopped roof. The portholes, stacks and fans have been removed. As far as I know there’s no prototype for it. It’s just under eleven scale feet high from rail head to roof. A normal F unit is a bit over two feet higher. Why make such a thing? It’s something that not many will have and it’s unusual.

And it’s powered as well. I still have to wire in a decoder.

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Hi Mike,

Look great, is this HO scale or Nscale?

Have a nice WE

Marc

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Lots of good stuff in the photos folks. I’ve been working on a section of the scnery that will be tough to access when the transition to the upper deck is completed. This shows part of the scene taken with just the LED strip lights that illuminate this portion (no room lights used). The next photo is a detail shot of the rock work in the background.

Thanks!

Charles