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Post by ChessieFan1978 on Mar 15, 2020 4:36:01 GMT -8
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Post by riogrande on Mar 15, 2020 4:55:06 GMT -8
My wife had us out the better part of yesterday getting rain barrels and related hardware for the garden but hoping to get some progress on the layout today. From last week - Worked on getting the helix area done and long view of bench-work progress so far:   A nice diversion from the constant barrage of Covid-19 news. Keep'em coming. |
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Post by rockfan on Mar 15, 2020 5:42:34 GMT -8
I thought NW and Southern only bought hi hood locos, why did NW have low hood locos?
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Post by drsvelte on Mar 15, 2020 6:29:35 GMT -8
I thought NW and Southern only bought hi hood locos, why did NW have low hood locos? I believe N&W’s first order of EMD SD40-2s in 1973 (#1625-1635) were the last units delivered with high short hoods. The five remaining SD40-2 orders all had conventional short hoods. The long hood end was still considered the front however. The last GEs on the N&W to have high hoods were the U30Bs (last ones built in 1971). Southern's U30Cs did have high hoods. |
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Post by nsc39d8 on Mar 15, 2020 6:33:09 GMT -8
Norfolk & Western dropped the high short hood because of the extra cost involved and no evidence of improved safety. N&W made their first order for SD40-2's with the high short hood in 1973 then on the 1974 order they dropped the high short hood. The only GE's With high short hoods were the U30B's. All the N&W ordered GE Dash 7's hod low noses. Southern continued with the high short hood thru the last GP50's. The merger of N&W and Southern saw the first locomotive order with low noses. Both C36-7's(with the large dynamic compartment) and SD50's. N&W had ordered C36-7's before the merger. Matt's 8501 was a NS rebuild with the large dynamic box. Anyway my contribution, here are some full pictures of my B32-8, NS 3524:   Model is an Atlas B40-8 and BWH32-8 with the frame shortened and the shells were spliced to the prototype. Great work everyone, |
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Post by kentuckysouthernrwy on Mar 15, 2020 6:58:24 GMT -8
Jim, the layout is coming along nicely. Again, we’ve begun another fine week of reminiders that not EVERYone here is a pop it out of the box modeler. Looking forward to seeing more here today, after all where is there to go? Everything is closed or cancelled. Here the workbench is packed with 90% stuff, nothing done to brag about. Sure are a lot of parts to a SCALETRAINS.com SD40T-2....  |
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Post by rockfan on Mar 15, 2020 7:28:20 GMT -8
Thanks, I've always thought NW and Southern were hi short hoods until the merger.
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Post by dti406 on Mar 15, 2020 8:03:05 GMT -8
Good afternoon from partly cloudy and cold Northeast Ohio! %20IMG_0692.JPG) Atlas FMC 5077CF Boxcar kit, painted with Scalecoat II Silver and Black, and Floquil SP Daylight Red paints, they lettered with Herald King Decals for the Hartford and Slocum Railroad. One of the early IPD Boxcars, which were free runners and brought in small railroads substantial revenue until the Staggers Railroad Act killed the Incentive Per Diem rate structure. %20IMG_0697.jpg) Athearn ACF 4600CF Covered Hopper Kit, painted with Scalecoat II UP Covered Hopper Gray paint and lettered with Herald King Decals. The DT&I had a hundred of these cars that replaced leased PS 4427CF Covered Hoppers and were used to service the grain elevators on the south end of the railroad. This is the fourth car I have completed and have 3 more to do.  My favorite pair of engines, Athearn GP38-2's with a train of coil steel flats heading to the stamping plant. Picture taken on the Strongsville Club layout. Thanks for looking! Rick Jesionowski |
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Post by TBird1958 on Mar 15, 2020 8:07:27 GMT -8
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Post by simulatortrain on Mar 15, 2020 15:46:56 GMT -8
Working on scratchbuilding a pair of Cumberland Valley (PRR) FL flats. I'm out of Tichy stake pockets temporarily so the second one is paused.  |
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Post by packer on Mar 15, 2020 16:57:43 GMT -8
worked on a bunch of freight cars: slapped together this CP combo boxcar,I believe its an old front range kit.  put together this Intermountain boxcar. the roof is warped so I set some stuff on top to try to straighten it out. I need to change the door to a superior door and add a full-length ladder to one end to match the prototype car. I guess now would be a good time to figure out how to scratchbuild doors, just haven't found a real good side-on photo of these cars.  Intermountain covered hopper kit i put together. I moved the roping tabs inboard and plugged the old holes with some sprue heated with a candle.  I picked up some moloco draft gear the other day. I put them on my 4 atlas 5077s (3 RBOX, 1 COP). Unfortunately they were out of Evans and PCF ones when I ordered.
Also tried making a load, but i'm not certain how to glue the stuff down properly. I tried spray glue and it's ok. I'm trying to keep the load removable.
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Post by ChessieFan1978 on Mar 15, 2020 17:02:14 GMT -8
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Post by ChessieFan1978 on Mar 15, 2020 17:03:52 GMT -8
I thought NW and Southern only bought hi hood locos, why did NW have low hood locos? I believe N&W’s first order of EMD SD40-2s in 1973 (#1625-1635) were the last units delivered with high short hoods. The five remaining SD40-2 orders all had conventional short hoods. The long hood end was still considered the front however. The last GEs on the N&W to have high hoods were the U30Bs (last ones built in 1971). Southern's U30Cs did have high hoods  Norfolk & Western SD40-2's by Matthew Fisher, on Flickr |
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Post by sd50f on Mar 15, 2020 19:05:46 GMT -8
Hello all. I bought these McKean/Front Range hoppers back when I was a teenager. Painted one up immediately as a CP/Soo Line hopper (saw them on the way to a train show in Toronto and bought the decals that day), not caring that the model is an ACF hopper and the prototype is made by NSC. The other I painted up as a CN hopper. Both had the horribly thick solid cast roofwalk with barely any indication of a grate cast into the plastic. I thought they'd stay that way forever, but then I saw my online dealer had some see through roofwalks for Atlas 4600 hoppers for sale. I figured, for the low price, maybe I could upgrade these cars. So, I ordered them and installed the first roofwalk on the CN model. It might not be the right kind of roofwalk, but it's better than what was there before and that's good enough for me. I will probably replace the ladder rungs and stirrup steps at some point.  Removing the old roofwalk was a pain. I tried using a razor saw on the one side and it took quite a while. Used nippers to remove the other side...done in seconds. Used a chisel blade to remove the supports and then drilled out holes to fit the Atlas roofwalk to the car. I think I'll have to paint the roofwalks to match the prototype cars. CP car will probably get done this week...and I have a third, undecorated, car to be done. Fun stuff. Very nice work on display from everyone this weekend. Enjoy the week and keep building amazing models! Timothy Dineen |
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Post by Colin 't Hart on Mar 16, 2020 0:45:38 GMT -8
I picked this Rib Side Cars kit up a couple weeks ago from my LHS, it was part of an estate sale, not being familiar with this mfg. I found it to be a very enjoyable model to build and add a few parts to. A little Tangent fun as well, note that PS 4740's don't weather in the same fashion as 4750s, no wavy panels. Really nice Milwaukee Road box car. Accurail has acquired that tooling and has started re-releasing the kits. They tooled a new roof. Thanks for the info about the PS4740's not having wavy panels: were they not welded? |
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Post by simulatortrain on Mar 16, 2020 3:45:35 GMT -8
A little Tangent fun as well, note that PS 4740's don't weather in the same fashion as 4750s, no wavy panels. Could you expand on this comment? After reading it, I looked up a few dozen 4740 pictures and all seemed to have wavy panels. Maybe not as bad as 4750s in many cases, but I had a hard time finding cars that appeared not to have them. |
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Post by TBird1958 on Mar 16, 2020 8:17:03 GMT -8
A little Tangent fun as well, note that PS 4740's don't weather in the same fashion as 4750s, no wavy panels. Could you expand on this comment? After reading it, I looked up a few dozen 4740 pictures and all seemed to have wavy panels. Maybe not as bad as 4750s in many cases, but I had a hard time finding cars that appeared not to have them.
Adam, you're actually correct on this, 4740's do have welded panels and the do indeed have a wave to them, so I shouldn't have said that!
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Post by simulatortrain on Mar 16, 2020 10:18:30 GMT -8
Could you expand on this comment? After reading it, I looked up a few dozen 4740 pictures and all seemed to have wavy panels. Maybe not as bad as 4750s in many cases, but I had a hard time finding cars that appeared not to have them.
Adam, you're actually correct on this, 4740's do have welded panels and the do indeed have a wave to them, so I shouldn't have said that!
At any rate, your car looks great! I just wanted to make sure this wasn't something I had overlooked when I go to weather my 4740s. |
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Post by Funnelfan on Mar 18, 2020 11:38:31 GMT -8
Figures, Atlas just announced the 5077 in this scheme in their spring catalog! Good afternoon from partly cloudy and cold Northeast Ohio! Atlas FMC 5077CF Boxcar kit, painted with Scalecoat II Silver and Black, and Floquil SP Daylight Red paints, they lettered with Herald King Decals for the Hartford and Slocum Railroad. One of the early IPD Boxcars, which were free runners and brought in small railroads substantial revenue until the Staggers Railroad Act killed the Incentive Per Diem rate structure. |
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Post by steveincleve on Mar 18, 2020 12:08:28 GMT -8
I'm from NE Ohio as well--on the east side of Cleveland. I was not aware of a club in Strongsville. Can't find it on the web either. Is there a website I can visit?
Steve Kay
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Post by dti406 on Mar 19, 2020 7:03:10 GMT -8
I'm from NE Ohio as well--on the east side of Cleveland. I was not aware of a club in Strongsville. Can't find it on the web either. Is there a website I can visit? Steve Kay No website, although we are mentioned on the Stongsville Historical Society website as we rent our space from them in one of their restored buildings. We were open for the 2014 NMRA Convention in Cleveland on the layout tours and on various Div 4 layout tours, usually every other year. Rick Jesionowski |
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N&W GE Power by Matthew Fisher, on Flickr
N&W GE's by Matthew Fisher, on Flickr
GE C36-7 NW by Matthew Fisher, on Flickr
C36-7 #8525 by Matthew Fisher, on Flickr
