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Post by mrsocal on May 31, 2015 9:36:41 GMT -8
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Post by dti406 on May 31, 2015 9:52:28 GMT -8
Scotty thanks for opening up, I don't think I ever saw a Olds Cutlass in that bad a shape ever! Your crane truck reminds me of one like that our company owned until the crew did not notice the low bridge sign ahead and removed the crane from the truck while moving the railroad bridge 6" to the side. I have been doing some work but nothing finished again this week, have been cleaning up a bit trying to find a one of a kind sill step from a kit that went flying off into the eather. So I can now find more than one square foot of the workbench to work on. and the pile of kits around my chair has shrunk dramatically as they are now on shelves. I did acquire a new locomotive and took a few pictures at the Strongsville Ohio Club Layout.   My new Athearn Erie-Lackawanna SDP45 in Bi-Centennial Colors, after the Conrail takeover these engines worked the ore trains out of Cleveland,, OH. I have it paired with an NW SD45 as the engines were financed for the EL by the NW and came as all NW engines with dual controls. See you all later! Rick J [2c] |
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Post by riogrande on May 31, 2015 10:54:22 GMT -8
Nicey nice both. I think Earl Scheib could have a go at the car in that first photo! My first car was a 71 Pinto I bought for $650 (yes, had the fuel tank recall done) and I had a cheapy paint job done on it. Gutless with a 1600 CC 4 cylinder, maybe 75 max speed and shaking too.
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Post by mrsocal on May 31, 2015 11:44:24 GMT -8
Scotty thanks for opening up, I don't think I ever saw a Olds Cutlass in that bad a shape ever! Rick J [2c] Rick here are a couple of my proto ref. photos and I did also try to match the tear in the drivers seat. It is hard to believe such a car could be in that shape.     Thanks everyone. |
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Post by Amboy Secondary on May 31, 2015 13:48:16 GMT -8
Scotty: The Cutlass is great, and so is the boom truck. You captured the cargo deck perfectly.
Rick: The SDP45s are real nice. I had forgotten that the EL was under N&W control prior to Conrail Day.
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Post by kentuckysouthernrwy on May 31, 2015 14:14:25 GMT -8
The only odd thing on the Cutlass is the rear bumper is still there. Here in the backyard of Oldsmobile there were dozens of Cutlasses and after 5-6 yrs their bumpers rusted right off.
Good work everyone, Rick the new loco looks sharp.
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Post by TBird1958 on May 31, 2015 14:43:28 GMT -8
Great looking stuff this week Scotty and Rick! Between a road trip with my band and helping my brother move I haven't been able to finish much over the past couple weeks, should have some SD45's next time tho...... I did manage to adopt this 1:1 scale stray cat, she's beyond sweet, her name is Latifa.  |
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Post by Spikre on May 31, 2015 15:59:02 GMT -8
 Bill, EL was under N&W control from late 67 to about 6/72,according to the ICC if EL was Profitable after 5 years they were to be Merged into N&W. so Hurricane Agnes was the excuse for N&W to cut EL loose. EL SD45s 3601-3620 were ordered before N&W/DERECO control of EL,Single Controls. EL SD45s 3621-3634,SDP45s 3635-3653,GE U33Cs 3301-3315 were all financed by N&W, all had Dual Controls. EL SD45Ms 3654-3668,SD45-2s 3669-3681 were not financed by N&W,didnt have Daul Controls.EL U36Cs 3316-3328 were not financed by N&W,didnt have Daul Controls. EL SD45s 801-803,swapped from D&H,former EMD Demos,back to D&H before CR Day, not Daul Control equipped. only 1 of the SDP45s survived,it is in the Virginia Transportation Museum. edit-- not sure if its an SDP45,or an SD45M,but there is one at St.Louis,it was recently repainted back to EL. may be an SD45 at St.Louis,not listed in the SDP/M Roster. more of the SD45Ms survived,some went to SP,then U.P. not getting all the pics here,so will reserve commenting on them for now. Spikre 
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Post by mlehman on May 31, 2015 17:36:35 GMT -8
Tbird, Love the new cat. We also tend to take in strays. I'm sure she appreciates your compassion. I'm a little slow today because we just got internet connectivity back after it went out at 4am floowling torrential rains in the area. The switch for the Tefft turntable lead arrived not too much trouble to splice it into a 24" R curve. It's probably down to 22" min R, but came out just fine operationally.  A floor...  ...and lights were installed.  I've got more pics I didn't get processed and posted due to the storm. Should be back later with more. |
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Post by mrsocal on May 31, 2015 18:30:50 GMT -8
I really like the whole scene Mike. Way cool stuff!
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Post by mlehman on May 31, 2015 22:11:42 GMT -8
Scotty,
Thanks! I really enjoyed the process on this one. People often like to talk about planning things, making drawings, etc. Those are all good things and I indulge in them myself. But I usually have more fun brainstorming my way through things with a minimum of that fuss and muss.
Guess I'm at least partially a protolancer. Definitely want the close connection to a prototype, just don't want to see that as a limit or constraint. I'm more into what could have happened than exactly what did happen. Creative expression can get stifled for me if I carelessly mix a big stiff drink of prototype absolutism.
That said, this project was much like what happens on the prototype. The RR doesn't do something just because someone thinks a turntable would look good at a certain location. There's an operational reason for it to be there, just as with mine. I certainly enjoy the eye-pleasing composition of the terminal, too. But in the end, the operational flexibility it adds is what I'm really going to be thrilled by.
Speaking of the unplanned, I moved motive power and the caboose for the woods train, which usually sits with its skeleton cars in the pond track at Rockwood over to Tefft along with #49. This added more flexibility for switching by wayfreights at Rockwood, as well as to the logic for them to do it and not the woods train's loco that is sitting right there. Paradoxically in this case, a little freelancing actually added to the prototype practices and credibility.
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Post by Spikre on Jun 1, 2015 12:23:37 GMT -8
 Rick, there is a pic here of 3638 with a Blue Pilot,the engine looks like it just got the RWB paint scheme. also in the 1st pic the Blue looks dark,like the loco,the next pic the Blue looks lighter,is that the camera ? great pics,that Olds looks like an 80s beater !! but have some that still looked almost new as they reached 20 years old. nice Ford Boom truck,should have got some of the plain ones,they were common into the 80s. nice pics Mike,they are coming in good today. Edit- the pilots looked black until the 150W bulb was turned on after dark. unit looked to be Out Shopped on 10/23/75. Spikre
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Post by icrr3067 on Jun 1, 2015 14:21:27 GMT -8
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Post by slowfreight on Jun 1, 2015 15:37:59 GMT -8
icrr, your modeling is totally capturing the feel of 1965 IC. can you show us a stand-off picture of that station? Looks huge!I think that REA box made it over to my layout a few years later for its next owner:  |
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Post by riogrande on Jun 1, 2015 17:07:18 GMT -8
Yes, the station looks massive!
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Post by atsfan on Jun 1, 2015 17:27:54 GMT -8
And now NS runs the southern tier
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Post by mlehman on Jun 1, 2015 17:39:16 GMT -8
SNIP nice pics Mike,they are coming in good today. Spikre Spikre, Thanks! Glad they're working better for you. Maybe the weekend deluge that shut down the internet here for half a day flushed some crud out of the pipes?  Timothy, Beautiful IC pics. slowfreight, I need to work up a couple of those SLC reefers. Yours looks great. |
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Post by slowfreight on Jun 1, 2015 18:25:46 GMT -8
slowfreight, I need to work up a couple of those SLC reefers. Yours looks great. Thanks...it was a fun weathering project. Got a 2-pack when Walthers was blowing them out for $17.95 cuz they were advertised as passenger cars so no one knew they were really freight cars! I couldn't even get the local NM hobby shop to stock a local short line when they had those. I was the only taker. |
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