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Post by ChessieFan1978 on Mar 31, 2019 6:32:30 GMT -8
Here are some Family Lines C30-7's that I detailed and my buddy Tom Adair weathered.  Untitled by Matthew Fisher, on Flickr |
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Post by Great-Northern-Willmar Div on Mar 31, 2019 7:00:45 GMT -8
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Post by TBird1958 on Mar 31, 2019 8:27:16 GMT -8
ATSF 25007, one of 10 cars in series 25000-25009 built at the railroad's Cleburne, TX shops in 9/63 for high speed Tuna Fish service from eastern connections to the west coast. The prototype featured a unique truck mounted coupler which proved to be derailment prone at track speed and especially during switching moves. This along with the cast, non usable steps and ladders made the cars difficult to use and they were not well liked by the crews and were often the last cars in train, except when helpers were required, then the cars had to be re-spotted behind the power. Ocassional leakage of the commodity caused these cars to smell rather bad and more than a few of the crews assigned to switch the cars in L.A.were overcome by fumes after a few days of hot summer sun. While a bold experiment in service to a single high dollar application the cars were withdrawn from service after less than ten years, the lack of a suitable backhaul only hastened their demise. Enjoy the month of April Gentlemen!  |
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Post by simulatortrain on Mar 31, 2019 8:39:36 GMT -8
Here's a quick update on those TTDX cars I posted a little while back:  I'll remove the reporting marks later today and paint the new/moved parts. I also have some 3D printed parts I want to show off, but their paint is drying right now. |
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Post by GP40P-2 on Mar 31, 2019 9:19:00 GMT -8
ATSF 25007, one of 10 cars in series 25000-25009 built at the railroad's Cleburne, TX shops in 9/63 for high speed Tuna Fish service from eastern connections to the west coast. The prototype featured a unique truck mounted coupler which proved to be derailment prone at track speed and especially during switching moves. This along with the cast, non usable steps and ladders made the cars difficult to use and they were not well liked by the crews and were often the last cars in train, except when helpers were required, then the cars had to be re-spotted behind the power. Ocassional leakage of the commodity caused these cars to smell rather bad and more than a few of the crews assigned to switch the cars in L.A.were overcome by fumes after a few days of hot summer sun. While a bold experiment in service to a single high dollar application the cars were withdrawn from service after less than ten years, the lack of a suitable backhaul only hastened their demise. Enjoy the month of April Gentlemen! I am just...without words...  |
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Post by fr8kar on Mar 31, 2019 10:27:36 GMT -8
My latest order of parts from Shapeways arrived yesterday. I cleaned and primed the parts before running off to work. When I got home I assembled the prototype of a bay window caboose kit. It represents CNW's rebuilt version of Chicago Great Western cabooses 625-634, which feature riveted battens and a non-overhanging Stanray roof. The model consists of two ends, two sides, a roof, an underframe and a detail sprue with smokejack, toilet vent and battery box. I designed the underframe to accept Moloco draft gear parts (though the draft key detail must be removed to fit, an unfortunate compromise). I used trucks from a Rail Yard caboose that the puppy ate last year. Still to come are the crossover platforms and steps to be built from Moloco parts and styrene sheet. I have revised the model to position the battery box better vertically (I modified it for this model and the change is reflected in the current design) and to add smokejack detail on the roof. I am toying with the idea of adding handbrake stands to the kit, but I'm not sure if they will be robust enough to survive cleaning and handling. Only one way to find out I guess!      I also printed some parts to convert a Walthers bay window caboose to a Rock Island prototype, but I'll have to wait until later this week to sink my teeth into that one. |
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Post by riogrande on Mar 31, 2019 10:43:50 GMT -8
Mark, very interesting tuna box car. What model was used to make it?
Adam, what are those spikey things at the ends of the flat cars?
Well, back down to the basement to continue sanding and skim coating. Soldiering on.
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Post by milgentrains on Mar 31, 2019 10:52:11 GMT -8
ATSF 25007, one of 10 cars in series 25000-25009 built at the railroad's Cleburne, TX shops in 9/63 for high speed Tuna Fish service from eastern connections to the west coast. The prototype featured a unique truck mounted coupler which proved to be derailment prone at track speed and especially during switching moves. This along with the cast, non usable steps and ladders made the cars difficult to use and they were not well liked by the crews and were often the last cars in train, except when helpers were required, then the cars had to be re-spotted behind the power. Ocassional leakage of the commodity caused these cars to smell rather bad and more than a few of the crews assigned to switch the cars in L.A.were overcome by fumes after a few days of hot summer sun. While a bold experiment in service to a single high dollar application the cars were withdrawn from service after less than ten years, the lack of a suitable backhaul only hastened their demise. Enjoy the month of April Gentlemen! You had me, good one! |
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Post by Colin 't Hart on Mar 31, 2019 11:09:35 GMT -8
ATSF 25007, one of 10 cars in series 25000-25009 built at the railroad's Cleburne, TX shops in 9/63 for high speed Tuna Fish service from eastern connections to the west coast. The prototype featured a unique truck mounted coupler which proved to be derailment prone at track speed and especially during switching moves. This along with the cast, non usable steps and ladders made the cars difficult to use and they were not well liked by the crews and were often the last cars in train, except when helpers were required, then the cars had to be re-spotted behind the power. Ocassional leakage of the commodity caused these cars to smell rather bad and more than a few of the crews assigned to switch the cars in L.A.were overcome by fumes after a few days of hot summer sun. While a bold experiment in service to a single high dollar application the cars were withdrawn from service after less than ten years, the lack of a suitable backhaul only hastened their demise. Enjoy the month of April Gentlemen! Love it! A chunky car with a chunky load :-) |
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Post by ChessieFan1978 on Mar 31, 2019 11:19:53 GMT -8
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Post by simulatortrain on Mar 31, 2019 12:56:08 GMT -8
Adam, what are those spikey things at the ends of the flat cars? On the prototype I'm not sure, something to do with the tiedown chains. Maybe they're supposed to catch a loose chain and keep it from flying around/into things. On the model they're Central Valley picket fence. Here are the printed parts: Previously shown wheels for the wheel car:  Cable reels (to be painted gray yet and chipped with salt)  Big squirrel cage blower:  |
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Post by packer on Mar 31, 2019 13:22:35 GMT -8
Worked on some fixer-uppers:  Some Bowser covered hoppers, adding plano roofwalks because the original ones were busted. Not 100% sure what I'm supposed to use to cut them off the sprue or glue them down, but i'm liking them soo far.  Athearn PS 2600; needs stirrups and probably will paint the end cages.  Athearn PCF boxcar. Needed stirrups and whomever had the car before me put some rather large screws (like those from an atlas switch machine, but longer) on the coupler boxes. so it ended up breaking the post inside the boxes and going through the top. I used some bits from a kadee box to get some flat head 2-56 screws in. I cut the screws off flat with the top of the boxes. If I can take the floor off I'd like to paint it dark brown. The following was supposed to be posted last week but due to being in Wisconsin I didn't. I did get to go to Rochelle on the way back though.  New loco for me, genesis GP38-2. Had a coupon for MBK and they had a sale on select Athearn products.  My first moloco car. It's making me want to toss my Details West and Walthers RBLs out.  I have a thing for beer cars. Ebay sniper special. |
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Post by riogrande on Mar 31, 2019 14:27:08 GMT -8
On the prototype I'm not sure, something to do with the tiedown chains. Maybe they're supposed to catch a loose chain and keep it from flying around/into things. On the model they're Central Valley picket fence. Here are the printed parts: Previously shown wheels for the wheel car: Whoa, those wheels have some major flat spots in them!  Those "picket fences" look very odd, I've never noticed them before. Wild! For sure, the Moloco cars will make you toss out equivelent low detail cars. I think the Walthers are not the same RBLs so I still have a few of them. I just picked up that BN Moloco car recently - those were seen frequently on the D&RGW. |
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Post by dti406 on Mar 31, 2019 15:41:58 GMT -8
Good evening from cloudy, cold and snowy Northeast Ohio! I finally got home today from working at the Ohio Women's Bowling Tournament today. So I am posting a couple of cars I got done this week.  This is a Walthers 4427 CF PS Covered Hopper kit, substituting for a Bethelem Steel 4526 CF Car as we will get multiple vendors for the 4427 but no Bethelem car ever made. This is the first cars the Ann Arbor got after the DT&I took over the Ann Arbor from the Wabash, which had to divest the Ann Arbor due to the merger with the NKP and NW. The first use of the compass herald on the Annie. They were used in moving malt to breweries in Wisconsin via the car ferries.  A long involved story goes with this car. In 1972 the DT&I managed to get a new sand pit opened in Yuma, MI with them loading 20 cars a day for shipment to the Brook Park, OH Ford Engine casting plant. The DT&I supplied 100 - 100T PS 2600CF Covered Hoppers for this service to go with the Annie's existing 1958CF Covered Hoppers. After the DT&I divested themselves of the Annie after Conrail as they did not want to be involved with CR or any other railroad at the time, the Annie had to replace the 100 DT&I cars, so they leased some 77 Ton cars from Chicago Freight and 125 77 Ton ACF CH-29 Cars from the P&LE. This car is from an Eastern Car Work's pseudo CH-29 kit, but the lettering was a real problem. NYC fans will notice the capy and other lettering is from the NYC which I found on a Microscale P&LE set, the ferry in the fog came from the Herald King Caboose set and some from the 50' Boxcar letttering with the return to Yuma, MI lettering coming from a Highball Graphics DT&I set. Another neat thing was after Conrail and their loco shortage sometimes Ann Arbor power was used all the way to Brook Park. Thanks for looking! Rick Jesionowski |
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Post by fr8kar on Mar 31, 2019 18:04:09 GMT -8
Cool story on that sand hopper, Rick. Nice work, too!
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Post by kentuckysouthernrwy on Mar 31, 2019 18:54:27 GMT -8
ATSF 25007, one of 10 cars in series 25000-25009 built at the railroad's Cleburne, TX shops in 9/63 for high speed Tuna Fish service from eastern connections to the west coast. The prototype featured a unique truck mounted coupler which proved to be derailment prone at track speed and especially during switching moves. This along with the cast, non usable steps and ladders made the cars difficult to use and they were not well liked by the crews and were often the last cars in train, except when helpers were required, then the cars had to be re-spotted behind the power. Ocassional leakage of the commodity caused these cars to smell rather bad and more than a few of the crews assigned to switch the cars in L.A.were overcome by fumes after a few days of hot summer sun. While a bold experiment in service to a single high dollar application the cars were withdrawn from service after less than ten years, the lack of a suitable backhaul only hastened their demise. Enjoy the month of April Gentlemen! You had me, good one! I knew there was something fishy going on! |
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Post by jbilbrey on Mar 31, 2019 19:23:32 GMT -8
Great models all. Having grown up watching the early years of CSX, I really do miss those Family Lines C30-7's. It also didn't help that I spent couple days this last week in the heart of the Eastern KY Coal Fields. Unfortunately traffic was way down and I only heard one train rumble past the hotel the entire time. Still, the trip gave me some ideas on how to proceed with a new layout to build with my son. I hope to put the pencil to the paper and translate the ideas into something a bit more concrete than a general idea in my head.
On the plus side, I swung by a not-so-local Hobbytown USA in Knoxville and snagged one of the elusive Walthers Mainline HTTX flats. I left the VTTX flat on the shelves if there is anyone in the general area and are still looking for them.
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Post by gevohogger on Apr 2, 2019 8:49:57 GMT -8
I love Es and Fs when they survive to wear a modern paint scheme.
Do you have a fleet of these or do you just re-post them from time to time?
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Post by 12bridge on Apr 4, 2019 8:57:11 GMT -8
Ryan, your caboose looks great. Your parts look much better then the last batch of stuff I got from Shapeways..
One thing we seem to be missing draft gear wise in this scale is a proper, non cushioned caboose draft gear and buffer plate. Not one single place (even brass) has gotten it right to my knowledge.
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Post by fr8kar on Apr 4, 2019 14:11:03 GMT -8
Ryan, your caboose looks great. Your parts look much better then the last batch of stuff I got from Shapeways.. One thing we seem to be missing draft gear wise in this scale is a proper, non cushioned caboose draft gear and buffer plate. Not one single place (even brass) has gotten it right to my knowledge. That was exactly my reaction to these parts. The last batch was unusable but I didn't figure that out until I had cleaned and primed the parts. I suppose I could have made a case for a reprint but I just threw the parts out. I haven't tried to do much with draft gear because I don't know how this plastic would hold up under those kinds of stresses. Moloco covers several variations so I just design to fit their parts. I got the steps built for this caboose the past couple days. Still a ways to go though.  |
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Post by GP40P-2 on Apr 1, 2021 18:14:09 GMT -8
ATSF 25007, one of 10 cars in series 25000-25009 built at the railroad's Cleburne, TX shops in 9/63 for high speed Tuna Fish service from eastern connections to the west coast. The prototype featured a unique truck mounted coupler which proved to be derailment prone at track speed and especially during switching moves. This along with the cast, non usable steps and ladders made the cars difficult to use and they were not well liked by the crews and were often the last cars in train, except when helpers were required, then the cars had to be re-spotted behind the power. Ocassional leakage of the commodity caused these cars to smell rather bad and more than a few of the crews assigned to switch the cars in L.A.were overcome by fumes after a few days of hot summer sun. While a bold experiment in service to a single high dollar application the cars were withdrawn from service after less than ten years, the lack of a suitable backhaul only hastened their demise. Enjoy the month of April Gentlemen! BUMP Since there wasn't any April Fool's activity on the forum today, I think that we need to revisit TBird's post from 2 years ago. |
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Post by TBird1958 on Apr 1, 2021 21:39:10 GMT -8
"High speed Tuna Fish service" |
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