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I like numbers, for example many recent projects have numbers that add up to 21 or 13. Just for fun. Another one that's been on the todo list awhile has been BN 5050, a C30-7. 5050 as in "you'll probably make it". Except when you don't. I'm going to Ohio from Oregon to see the eclipse next...

https://goo.gl/maps/yUMFHRg8cuJj516Z9 Do you sometimes feel like you don't fit in? Like you're a little different than everyone else? Do you happen to be a model railroader? If so, that probably explains most of it.

For my 1000th post, here is the classic shot along the 101, just north of Garibaldi and south of Rockaway Beach, OR. Sunday December 5, 2021 The Candy Cane Express. I have to say though, the candy canes were the little ones and it was not an express, 10 mph tops. The cookies and hot chocolate...

I found this photo online and it is obviously a behind the scenes shot from a movie. Which one? I happen to know but just thought it would be fun to see if anyone else did. The scenes were shot from the side the model maker is standing on and from back near the coaches on the station side.

I had recently changed the guards/sheilds/things-that-keep-coal-out-of-the-clamps and made a video with my phone to see how they were working. It turned out kind of neat so linked a couple clips together and added some epic music and got this: The new parts are just styrene quarter rounds and...

In another thread it was pointed out a C channel would be easier to mold and cast than an I beam. It is true that a C channel could be cast in an open face mold but a lot of things are not flat on one side. One of the best parts of model railroading is all the skills and knowledge about...

I don't know about you all but I've been very much enjoying the time off from the usual crazy. I actually just sat and thought about one thing for something like five minutes straight. Anyway, I've been spending some time working on the trains. I finished the first cars I ever bought, some...

I've finished things before but this is the very first model railroad thing I got. I was about 11 and had just moved to a town with a hobby shop. I'd also just read about construction of the transcontinental railroad and mentioned to the shop keeper I liked the story and era. He said he might...

Back when my oldest daughter was a baby, a friend gave me a Walthers model of a rotary dumper to empty coal trains. I could never get it to work right, it was more poseable than operational. Anyway, I messed with a few years and now my daughter is a junior and looking at colleges and I got it...

Has anyone tried or seen live loads in a club or modular show setting? How did it go? I wasn't thinking livestock as much as coal or gravel. I'm curious about your experiences.

I like models and behind the scenes and found this an interesting application of model trains: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQ0E1J_4Ocg

It was a fun day watching trains topped with a great sunset. Then another train came. The pixels are free, so what to do but keep shooting!

Like the song says, It's 5 o'clock somewhere! Of course when you don't have a job, it doesn't really matter. Since I am sorta between gigs now, I went up to Lacey, WA, to see the Olympic Model Railroad Society's layout at the Thurston County Fairgrounds. Funnelfan invited me up from PDX and...

They seem to run all week now so how taking Trucula's suggestion and just start on Wednesday and go from there 'til Tuesday. I'll start with one I took last night in my driveway. It is two exposures, one of the train and one of the moon put together in Photoshop. That is where the moon...

Like is says. What are you working on or planning? I borrowed Rob Leachman's amazing book 'Northwest Passage' and have been planning mid '90s 4 axle BN projects. My short list is (all BN): GP28M 1510 GP39-2 2722 GP40M 3507 GP50 3118 GP50 3103 B30-7A(1)B 4106 B30-7A(1)B 4067...

I was going to post this in the roster thread but was sort of off topic so a new thread was in order. Here are a couple locos with chopped noses. 4555 is an Athearn GP7 which in addition to the lowered nose had its dynamic brake blister removed. The cab front is a piece of .030 styrene with...

A hundred or so photos of the amazing models shown in Bellingham, WA last weekend. Brian's: http://www.pbase.com/railbat/pnwrpm_2007 Dave's: http://www.pbase.com/dh30973/pnw07 Keith's: http://www.pbase.com/locotrol/nrpm2007 On Brian's link mine are on page 6.

I spent much of the day putting DCC and a headlite into an older brass NP A5 4-8-4. The casting is not flush with the smoke box so I couldn't put a bulb in the smokebox and have it look right. N-gineering makes 2x3mm LEDs for projects such as these. I drilled #77 holes in the bottom of the...

The prototypes for these three models have something in common, well ok, lots of things starting with flanged wheels but I am thinking of something less obvious. Any guesses? Models are MRL 651, RailPower shell and Athearn drive, BN2768, P2K with a little Cannon added, and Camas Prairie 3...

I am not sure of how this custom works but I assume whoever has a photo to share starts it. Here is one I made today. For more see: http://members.trainorders.com/pmack/freemo/freemo.htm Paul Mack