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Post by mlehman on Nov 1, 2015 6:45:00 GMT -8
Standard and narrowgauge yard crews tidy up things in Durango.  Dual gauge track was sometimes referred to as basket weaving in steel.  While nearly empty as this hour, the yard will fill as the sun sets, leaving plenty of work for the night shift to sort out.  |
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Post by tankcarsrule on Nov 1, 2015 6:45:40 GMT -8
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Post by kentuckysouthernrwy on Nov 1, 2015 6:47:56 GMT -8
Modelers dream. Great to look at.
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Post by nightmare0331 on Nov 1, 2015 6:49:13 GMT -8
oh wow.
Excellent work!
Enjoy!
Kelley.
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Post by dti406 on Nov 1, 2015 7:26:13 GMT -8
Bobby, beautiful work, after doing a number of cars with all the plumbing, I am now understanding what all that stuff does and it makes the car look great. Only many times it is not seen on the model as it is hidden unlike on tank cars. Here is my most work with piping, but I did not do any unions and tees like you did!  Railyard Models Hot Coil Car kit, but I am still not finished. Nothing much accomplished this past week, so some new pictures from at the club!  Pair of Athearn GP9's going past hobo heaven, you can see the flickering fire as they make their hobo stew.  Another picture of the GP9's leaving the tunnel with a train made up of various cement covered hoppers. See you all later! Rick Jesionowski |
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Post by jr59 on Nov 1, 2015 9:29:42 GMT -8
Night Shift after the Snow Fall. This is a Little Baking Soda Adventure on a very small Diorama.   best Regards Jürg |
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Post by TBird1958 on Nov 1, 2015 10:16:50 GMT -8
Fantastic work on that tank car Bobby! EMD's GP30 were first delivered to the D&RGW in 1962, replacing 13 FT units traded back to the builder, they also ushered in the concept of Short Fast Trains (SFT) designed to compete directly with the Union Pacific. The idea was to use as many new high horsepower units on the head end as needed to make track speed over the entire railroad without the use of helpers. Rio grande liked the new units so much they reordered and additional 15 that were delivered less than a year after the first batch. In addition to replacing aging F units they also easily pushed aside the three Krauss Maffei units that were spending almost as much time in the shop as they were on the road. GP30's were eventually used system wide, laboring as helpers, leading the Ford Fast and even on the CZ when the need arose. Later joined by GP35',40's and 40-2's the GP30's were always popular with crews because of the creature comforts of the cab and their ride characteristics, other than 3 units wrecked the roster survived into the 90's with most units being sold and moving on to new owners. The model is a Life Like P2K PH.I unit that started life as #3005, the prototype was destroyed in a wreck at Swan, CO in Sept. 1970, my time line is a bit past that so I choose to renumber this unit. This easily done by wet sanding the numbers off of the cab with 2000 grit automotive paper and re-shooting the cab sides with some TCP black. Over the years Microscale has issued Rio Grande decals in several shades of orange, having a bunch to choose from made matching things up pretty easy except for the number boards - I just didn't have enough of the older font to do the unit so I had to use the newer rounded numbers instead. Overall the shell of the Life Like unit seems very nice, it disassembled easily and has pretty fine detail, unfortunately I've never had the same fondness for the original chassis, in addition to the well documented cracked axle gears it sits a bit high and the forward portion of the fuel tank has a huge gap that that you can see way too much daylight thru. After trying a couple options to remedy these issues I decided to go ahead and use Kato GP35 chassis to upgrade my units, rounding up 7 of them took about a year, but eventually I had them all in hand. The big advantage right from the start is compatibility, a lot of my roster is made up of upgraded Kato and Atlas units, right out of the box they run very well with each other DCC or DC, so it's easy to mix units and still have a nice running consist. The only real downside to the Kato Chassis was the casting itself, the sill is nothing like the prototype - GP35 or 30,having a large triangular edge that only made fitting it to the GP30 shell even more of a challenge. The mechanism was stripped off and the entire sill was milled off along with some filing to ensure a good fit. This allowed the addition some simple styrene stripes to represent the fishbelly sill of the prototype and to close up a bit of the gap between the top of the trucks and the sill so the unit sits down on it's trucks. Kato's fuel tank much better and obviously has no gap to try and hide. The rest of the project is pretty straightforward with the addition of the nose headlight,plow, and re rail frogs being the noticeable Rio Grande details. Orange and black never goes out of style, even on the day after Halloween!   |
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Post by nsfantodd on Nov 1, 2015 10:45:45 GMT -8
Wow Bobby, that piping is awesome!
TBird, your GP30 turned out great! The frame rail work was well worth the effort!
Todd
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Post by riogrande on Nov 1, 2015 11:01:07 GMT -8
Mark,
Great synopsis of the GP30 origins and usage. I have noticed that even well past the time when newer models were established such as the GP40 and GP40-2, the GP30's were still seen leading trains well into the 1980's. A few years back I read that EMD paid close attention to the construction and fit of the GP30 since they were, in a sense, a flagship to a new 2nd generation of turbocharged diesels. Because of that, small details like tight fitting cab doors and other amenities were noticed and preferred by engineers over later EMD models. They sometimes led tunnel motors too. Great job on the GP30 #3006 - I don't have any KATO chassis but do have 3 of each phase that need re-numbered and correct nose lights and plows to be fitted some day.
jr, nice snow scene. The car with the lights on look great too.
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Post by TBird1958 on Nov 1, 2015 11:26:09 GMT -8
Thanks Todd and Jim!
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Post by gp74444 on Nov 1, 2015 11:28:17 GMT -8
having fun with the parts box ,its has a sw 1500 frame and walkway with a GE long hood and cab.the nose is from a GE U boat . |
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Post by kcjones on Nov 1, 2015 14:25:43 GMT -8
Bobby,
Are you NUTS!!!
You're going to go blind if you keep that up!! BTW, I saw something you would be interested in over on the Altamont Press discussion board. Recent thread by PDXrailtransit of NG rail down in Brazil [?] BB40's. There is a string of tank cars that look like they were broken in the middle [V shape} mounted on flat frames. Very weird looking. Oh, Mike. Take a look also. Maybe you can figure out how to get a tunnel motor up to Crater Lake. I think I saw a few ES44's running on those tiny rails.
JL
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Post by drolsen on Nov 1, 2015 16:50:00 GMT -8
That GP30 looks great! I have to model about 4 former GP30s and GP35s that were turned into CSX road slugs, and I may have to go the Kato chassis route with the GP30 slugs. They need to be very smooth-running, since they will do the majority of the switching on my future layout. I'll have to keep an eye out for good deals on less desirable Kato GP35s (like CP). Since we're sharing photos of underbody details, here are a couple. I'm upgrading some details on ExactRail's Southern PS 5277 waffleside box car, and while I hadn't intended to replace this much when I got started, I broke a few of the plastic pipes and ended up going a little further. I replaced the piping between the major brake components with phosphor bronze wire and used steel wire for the rods from the vertical brake levers to the trucks, then added some chain and steel rod to the hand brake. The wire was coated with Floquil primer, which is why it's all gray now, until I dig up some paint to match the body color. Nothing as fancy as Bobby's work, but I have to do a half dozen of them, so I need to get it done quickly.    Dave |
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Post by mlehman on Nov 1, 2015 17:04:18 GMT -8
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Post by bdhicks on Nov 1, 2015 17:18:52 GMT -8
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Post by tankcarsrule on Nov 1, 2015 17:38:37 GMT -8
Thanks to all who had such kind words for my plumbing nightmare. This car has a J-1 relay valve that requires 3 extra lines and 2 air tanks so lots of lines. So many great models on display, a real treat for the eyes.
Regards, Bobby
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Post by Chad on Nov 1, 2015 17:57:47 GMT -8
Been working on the layout a bit. Here is the farm supply dealer. 
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Post by djh4d on Nov 1, 2015 21:15:13 GMT -8
Late to the party again! Sometimes foreign power is seen on other railroads. In this case, things are not what they seem because this is a UP train and CSX is the foreign power! A buddy of mine needed some additional units for his train, so I sent was able to send some horsepower his way. Seen here is CSXT 7690 giving Uncle Pete a helping hand. Looking at this unusual lash-up, I asked if I could post some pictures of his equipment. As they say, "the rest is history." UP 5267 is at the end of its run and about to enter Cravens yard.  Enjoy, -Dave |
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Post by kentuckysouthernrwy on Nov 2, 2015 6:51:55 GMT -8
Ok, why not? My Railyard Models Mopac caboose:  |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 2, 2015 10:42:20 GMT -8
Orange and black never goes out of style, even on the day after Halloween! TBird1958, Very nice work on this. Your decision to collect enough Kato GP35's payed off and is the right way to go. Doing the fish belly frame modification is the icing on the cake for the 30 and 35. Gives the model the correct look and stance. Very nice low angle shot you took here to really show off the stance of the GP30. I could offer you up additional tips to really spruce up your model, but I do not think you want to go there. What you have done goes a long way to improving on your model. What is impressive is you took a stock model and made the bare minimum modifications to turn it into a great and much better looking model. Brian |
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Post by TBird1958 on Nov 2, 2015 16:27:38 GMT -8
Orange and black never goes out of style, even on the day after Halloween! TBird1958, Very nice work on this. Your decision to collect enough Kato GP35's payed off and is the right way to go. Doing the fish belly frame modification is the icing on the cake for the 30 and 35. Gives the model the correct look and stance. Very nice low angle shot you took here to really show off the stance of the GP30. I could offer you up additional tips to really spruce up your model, but I do not think you want to go there. What you have done goes a long way to improving on your model. What is impressive is you took a stock model and made the bare minimum modifications to turn it into a great and much better looking model. Brian
Brian,
Thank you for the kind words! I admire your work a great deal, you're spot on too, I just wanted to keep this model simple, it travels and gets handled a lot. It also it only the first of another 6 left to do so to keep it realistic the detail level is simplistic.
Best Regards, Mark
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