Sunday Photo Fun -- August 17, 2014

[rockisland652]

I have spent too little time on the layout over the past few months. The layout has resembled the RI after March, 1980, of late.

It was good to see trains moving again last night. So good that I had to start the SPF thread hours early.

Pictured below is one of the trains I ran (after some heavy CRC 2-26 work on the rails), my hot intermodal headed for 12th street, slamming by Joliet. The black and white motif adds credibility to the highly unfinished scene like a TV narrator with a British accent.

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At last, I can see modeling season approaching and look forward to getting stuff done to bring the old RI to life.

Welcome back to modeling season!

Tom

[Deleted]

I think your U25B's look a little to clean....Shouldn't they have every fluid known to man oozing out of every crevice on the locomotive?

Sorry, just couldn't stop myself.....

[dti406]

Did not have anything done last week, but this week I managed to finish some more cars I was working on.



Front Range 40' 1944 AAR Boxcar, which the EL Modernized in the 70's, so I replaced the side sill, removed the roofwalk, lowered the ladders and brakewheel. painted with Scalecoat II Boxcar Red and lettered with Highball Graphics Decals.



The GN had some unique Combination Door Boxcars with an 8' Plug and a 6' Sliding Door versus the usual opposite type installation. The GN Modeling site suggested using a Branchline Single Door Car and widening the door, I went with a Front Range Double Door car and inserted a piece of Evergreen Plastic to narrow the door opening, doors came out of the scrap box, and I used an overhanging Diagonal Panel Roof from a Branchline kit to conform to GN practices. Painted the car with a mixture of Floquil Jade Green and BN Green and lettered with Microscale decals.



Finally an Atlas ACF 3500CF Covered Hopper kit, Painted with Scalecoat II MofW Gray and lettered with decals from Dan's Resin Casting.

Thanks for looking!

Rick J

[mlehman]

Heck, yeah, go for it, Tom. Great Pic! Heck, I was getting that itch working on pics from this week, cooking dinner. Got a teaser, though.

[mlehman]

OK, back for some fun.

As you may have guessed, I will have some new pics up in my SDL39 thread shortly. I still have decals, decoder, and lighting to do along with a a lot of little stuff. Here's another teaser, with the rest here at: atlasrescueforum.proboards.com/thread/2867/dynamic-brake-hatch-sdl39



I also built an outfit car for the Silverton Union RR from a Model Creations Early 10-ton 3' gauge Rio Grande boxcar kit. Most of these were rebuilt to 27' later on. A number of unrebuilt ones went to the RGS, which Sold some to the Silverton RR. Later the SRR bought several dozen, the eventually sold 10 to the Silverton Northern.

I figure the way for such a car to survive another 50 years or so was to be converted for MOW use. That's what I did with mine, as I didn't feel stretching it made sense for just 3'. I'll be back with a link when I get this car's build pics up, but here's one for now...

[TBird1958]

Happy Sunday guys!

I was digging around in my stored stuff a couple weeks back and found these two Genesis Berwick Forge cars.
The D&RGW is one of 10 purchased in '78, likely for automotive service since the model has a return to: Flint, Michigan stencil.



I know far less about the WP car, it sports a '73 date and a Michigan return stencil, so likely for auto parts as well,if you model the Rio Grande you can't really have too many WP or SP cars.

[drolsen]

Aug 17, 2014 6:36:22 GMT -8 TBird1958 said:

I know far less about the WP car, it sports a '73 date and a Michigan return stencil, so likely for auto parts as well,if you model the Rio Grande you can't really have too many WP or SP cars.

There was a great article in the May 2003 issue of Model Railroading by Ken Edmier entitled "Modeling a Western Pacific 60' Berwick Boxcar." I'm pretty sure he included prototype info - he always does in his articles - but I'll have to track down the issue (since Trainlife hadn't been working). He also upgraded the underbody detail because the Genesis underframe was apparently sort of generic, so he wanted to match the WP prototype more accurately.

Fantastic weathering, as always!

Dave

[mrsocal]

Hi gang, I trust everyone is having a great day today? I sure am, not at work!! Here is the tank car project that I am slowwly building. 1st car is gloss coat and decal ready and the 2 sisters are on the build.

[TBird1958]

Aug 17, 2014 11:03:50 GMT -8 drolsen said:

Aug 17, 2014 6:36:22 GMT -8 TBird1958 said:

I know far less about the WP car, it sports a '73 date and a Michigan return stencil, so likely for auto parts as well,if you model the Rio Grande you can't really have too many WP or SP cars.

There was a great article in the May 2003 issue of Model Railroading by Ken Edmier entitled "Modeling a Western Pacific 60' Berwick Boxcar." I'm pretty sure he included prototype info - he always does in his articles - but I'll have to track down the issue (since Trainlife hadn't been working). He also upgraded the underbody detail because the Genesis underframe was apparently sort of generic, so he wanted to match the WP prototype more accurately.

Fantastic weathering, as always!

Dave

Thanks Dave, I'll see if I can find that article. The weathering is primarily chalks, I'm having a lot of fun with them of late.

[wp8thsub]

Aug 17, 2014 6:36:22 GMT -8 TBird1958 said:

I know far less about the WP car, it sports a '73 date and a Michigan return stencil, so likely for auto parts as well,if you model the Rio Grande you can't really have too many WP or SP cars.

WP series 3768-3775 were used for auto parts.

[wp8thsub]

I've been applying static grass lately. It contrasts well against unweathered U23Bs.

[Chad]

Here's the start of the mainline work. Track curves to the left and runs along the hillside.


IMG_0046 by atsfsp, on Flickr

[mrl250]

Great photos everybody.
Glenn Hoover

[mlehman]

Update:



Yes, it's a unique profile. AFAIK, the only dynamic brake equipped SDL-39, prototype or model. But it had to be to be a Rio Grande SDL. Ended up with the billboard RG, partly because the SDLs were built the same year the Rio Grande began repainting some of its older hood units with it. But also because all I had on hand that was suitable. It's grown on me and I'm actually kinda digging it now that the deed is done.

But she's not only painted and decaled, but I got her running on the layout. There's some more tuning involved, as I still have a bit too much endplay in the driveline, but it actually runs pretty good on the stock drive, which received some massaging as it went along.



I picked 3901, because that series was unused by the Rio Grande and, well, it is a SDL-39. Makes me wonder if the three-axle trucks on it were more flexible than on the early SD they tested on the Monarch Branch with poor results, as something like this would've been helpful there, as well as on several other of the Rio Grande lighter branches. Denver was too tight-fisted for something this exotic, even from EMD. But she sure is purty.

So here are three "lightweights" together. They work pretty well, considering I built all three.



The SDL is not a very big loco, but she looms over the narrowgauge Alco, so I doubt she'lll end up on the NG...but you never can tell.

[gtws00]

Mike, Your SDL39 turned out very nice. For sure a one of a kind.
George

[emd16645]

This past Sunday was the start of train show season in New England with the show in Concord, NH. Show was decent, and I picked up a few cars for my fleet. After the show I went home and assembled the cars I got.

First, a Dragon Cement airslide hopper. This car is from a custom run produced for the Eastern Maine Model Railroad Club, that was run a while back.



I also found a set of old atlas kaolin cars. These cars need some couplers and a bit of weathering and they will be ready for service.

[markfj]

Finished this NW boxcar last week, but could not post any photos due to computer problems.
This is a branchline blueprint kit with modified sills, Detail Associates SS6411 stirrup steps, and Kadee 58 70-ton S-2 trucks. The kit comes with 100-ton trucks, but the only photo I could find of a car in this series had 70-ton trucks. I’m not too crazy about the Kadee trucks; they were expensive and I’m not too pleased with the overall look.

Thanks for looking,

Mark