Merry Christmas! I mean... Its WPF time! 2-3-4 Nov. 2007
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Smoke
Southern Railway lives on
I finished detailing my CSX SD80MAC and have started painting it. It is going to be CSX 0804. Pics to come later this weekend.
-Smoke
P.S. It actually is 0804!!
http://rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=18135
-Smoke
P.S. It actually is 0804!!
http://rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=18135
Finally, I got something ready in time for posting on wpf. These photos are of the "REAL" muscle power of railroads. arh! arh! arh! (Next time, the diseasels)
Hope you enjoy. I am very proud of this stable.
From left to right:
Lionel Challenger, QSI decoder
BLI Class A, QSI decoder
PCM Y6b, Loksound decoder
PCM Y6b, Loksound decoder
Spectrum Mountain, Tsunami
Spectrum Consolidation, Tsunami
Spectrum Shay, Tsunami
Missing from Photo is BLI 2-8-2 that is having a transplant.
Hope you enjoy. I am very proud of this stable.
From left to right:
Lionel Challenger, QSI decoder
BLI Class A, QSI decoder
PCM Y6b, Loksound decoder
PCM Y6b, Loksound decoder
Spectrum Mountain, Tsunami
Spectrum Consolidation, Tsunami
Spectrum Shay, Tsunami
Missing from Photo is BLI 2-8-2 that is having a transplant.
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jbaakko
Diesel Detail Freak
Probably because its a common mis-conception that all units had contrasting color hand rail ends? Or is it just that Santa Fe HAD to be different.
Did you know they only owned ONE GP40, until the 10 GP40X's?
http://atsf.railfan.net/gp40/
Wost part of the GP40:
On the Santa Fe subject, Did you know one Caboose & one unit (think it was a 45-2, or 40-2) made it into FULL SPSF garb. I've only seen ONE known picture of the full SPSF unit, and it sold for upwards of $500 on eBay. Both were Santa Fe vintage.
Caboose, after a little patching.
http://atsf.railfan.net/sfkodcrm/i999088.htm
Now that is cool, is it going to be sold, or kept?
johntealon30
Member
Ive been working on the raised corner and building retaining walls for the cutting this week
John
RJR
John
RJR
Secondhandmodeler
All new now!
I've been working on my town side of the layout. Here is my attempt at sidewalks. They're not finished yet. On the hill side, the forestation continues. Ever notice how you can add a dozen trees and not notice?
johntealon30
Member
quite a forrest youve got going there, I know waht you mean though add 5 more and wonder where they have gone !!!!
John
RJR
John
RJR
Secondhandmodeler
All new now!
I still have the whole back side to do. I neglect that side because I have to go under the layout to get pictures. My room is really small!
jeffrey-wimberly
Dr Frankendiesel
Last week I was doing some decal work on some of my locos. Here's one of them.
Steve B
Firefighter
Went to the Farnworth model railway show today, and saw a steam double header on way home
1. CP n scale modular set up, this was around 35ft long
2. modern british engine servicing yard, all loco's had DCC sound
4. a small place in switzerland, this was in a very dark corner and none of the pics would turn out right
5. g scale, very interesting scenary
and an n scale scene by a lady who makes all the models in it, right down to n scale rats
this was a 1950's layout yard, could not get near the front so i settled for a rear shot
1. CP n scale modular set up, this was around 35ft long
2. modern british engine servicing yard, all loco's had DCC sound
4. a small place in switzerland, this was in a very dark corner and none of the pics would turn out right
5. g scale, very interesting scenary
and an n scale scene by a lady who makes all the models in it, right down to n scale rats
this was a 1950's layout yard, could not get near the front so i settled for a rear shot
Josh, you lost me on this one. Santa Fe, along with a slew of other railroads, do have contrastng safety colors on handrails. Actually, I think the railroads that don't have contrasting safety colors are in the minority. The question was why don't model manufacturers who claim to be making accurate copies of a prototype paint the handrails correctly? I just went through this with my P2K UP GP-7. The UP also uses white safety paint on their handrails yet I had to wiggle them around and try not slop paint on the rest of the model to get them painted correctly. It doesn't seem like it should be that difficult to get these details right, especially on a $235 locomotive.
jbaakko
Diesel Detail Freak
Jim, take a look at most Santa Fe units, the rails are all Yellow. I.E. No white handrail ends.
http://www.locophotos.com/Search.ph...SearchCity=&SearchState=&Order=&Search=Search
http://www.locophotos.com/Search.ph...SearchCity=&SearchState=&Order=&Search=Search
Josh,
You missed my point. I never claimed that the Santa Fe uses white as their contrasting safety color. As you say, it was mostly yellow, but they did paint the handrails a contrasting safety color. I said it was white on the UP. My point was why can't manufacturers get these right on their models, especially expensive models? It galls me to have to paint handrails and grab irons the correct contrasting safey color and not mess up the exisiting paint job, especially since it seems that manufacturers use colors that are all but impossible to match if you slip up.
Steve, those were some great pictures. I wonder what that guy in that water is doing, exactly? I'm interested in that next picture that has the car (or locomotive, can't tell) labeled "Police". Is that from a prototype and, if so, what is it used for. The SP used some old cabooses labeled "Railroad Police" as rider cars on high security trains but I've never seen this in the UK before. It sure must be interesting making up a train in that yard. I wonder how many operator postitions they have?
[Edit] Just watched that G scale video. You can do a lot more realistic things in G scale I guess.
I'm interested in that next picture that has the car (or locomotive, can't tell) labeled "Police". Is that from a prototype and, if so, what is it used for. The SP used some old cabooses labeled "Railroad Police" as rider cars on high security trains but I've never seen this in the UK before. It sure must be interesting making up a train in that yard. I wonder how many operator postitions they have?[Edit] Just watched that G scale video. You can do a lot more realistic things in G scale I guess.
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Rex, it's apparent that you have too many steam locomotives. I only have one lonely 4-8-4 and it needs a buddy. Don't you think that Southern Crescent green model would be the perfect one for a long term loan to keep UP 4-8-4 happy? Seriously, those are some nice locomotives. I can't wait to see the diesel lineup.
Corey, that slab/sidewalk didn't come out bad at all. I agree that the expansion joints are a little deep though - I think your HO scale pedestrians would be filing a bunch if law suits. If you can sand it so the expansion joints are not as deep, it would look better. You can even sand it flat and use a fine tip black marker for the expansion joints ans they will look fine. Yes, indeed, I know what you mean by trees. I've planted hundreds of them so far and I can't even tell if I ass five more. I think that means I have enough trees.
Corey, that slab/sidewalk didn't come out bad at all. I agree that the expansion joints are a little deep though - I think your HO scale pedestrians would be filing a bunch if law suits.
If you can sand it so the expansion joints are not as deep, it would look better. You can even sand it flat and use a fine tip black marker for the expansion joints ans they will look fine. Yes, indeed, I know what you mean by trees. I've planted hundreds of them so far and I can't even tell if I ass five more. I think that means I have enough trees.