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    Lots of transition era drawings and photos....free!!!

    Willis, I clicked your link and all you have to do when you get there is click the 'read this book' button. Once there look on the right side and you'll see 'PDF' button. Left click it and that'll allow you to download (save) it to your computer. Crandell, Is there a scroll bar on the...
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    Show us your caboose!

    Jim, Thanks, actually I don't know how many hours. But it took 2 months. It would have taken longer but I had made the same caboose in 'O' scale a couple years earlier so I had a lot of construction details worked out when I started this one. Brian B. Modeling the DT&I 1980ish in 1/29
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    Show us your caboose!

    Here's mine.....completely scratchbuilt in 1/29 scale. These are the cabooses Henry Ford had built for the DT&I when he owned the Railroad.
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    Lots of transition era drawings and photos....free!!!

    For you transition era scratchbuilders and/or if you just like car and loco drawings and specs then here's something for you to look at. Google books scanned in a 1951 book (300 pages I believe). It's called 'Popular picture and plan book of railroad cars and locomotives' From the people...
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    Railgon Scratchbuild

    Jim, You'll definately need a backhoe and bobcat for that pool! My construction is 2" pvc pipes driven deep into the soil with 2 layers of 3/4" plywood on top. Add in lots of paint and that will be the cost. I didn't keep track of my cost, so I can't give an exact number. The plywood is...
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    Railgon Scratchbuild

    Thanks guys, Ted, Yes the wheel treads are too wide and the flanges are too deep.....you must model proto since every scale has differing levels of incorrect treads and flanges, and only the proto people have the lattitude to critizize others indescepancies. ;) Jim, The cars costs...
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    Railgon Scratchbuild

    Jim, Thanks,...first about the railroad....it's just a big irregular shaped oval with a crossover. The main is 320 feet of track with 10' min. radius. Since I've built this I've realized I don't like the great outdoors for my trains...it's a pain to carry everything in and out every time I...
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    Railgon Scratchbuild

    Charles, No need to imagine.....I took these pics a year and a half ago......this train was 55 feet long.....the Geep handled her nicely. :D Enjoy, Brian Briggs
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    Railgon Scratchbuild

    Ken, Yes I do have a 1/29 engine to pull it with.....R/C-DCC with onboard battery power and Soundtraxx sound decoder I'm currently working on a GP38-2 that will get the DT&I Bicentennial paint job :cool: Take care, Brian Briggs
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    Railgon Scratchbuild

    OK, I took some pix after I had most of it assembled. Made of styrene and brass. The rivets and grabiron eyelets (NBW) are Tichy Train Group. I made some scale drawings from the RMC Railgon artical (1980ish) that I worked to. I found some great detail pix online that I used to really help with...
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    Railgon Scratchbuild

    I've been working on a Thrall built Railgon from the first batch built (7/80). Unlike you HO scale guys, many items added had to be scratch built as I am modeling in 1/29th scale. This is one of the first projects that I've attempted to get the underbody detail accurate as well. For...
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    Comidic layout pics

    Here's one I found on a Garden railway forum....I love the guy with the notebook. :eek: :D
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    Scratchbuilt Caboose - Showin off BIG style

    Thanks Again Guys, especially Jim for noticing what it does take to achieve the extra measure of anal-retentive modeling. Brian
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    Scratchbuilt Caboose - Showin off BIG style

    Thanks again Guys, Jimmy: roughly 12" long, 6" above rails, 4.5" wide Brian
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    Scratchbuilt Caboose - Showin off BIG style

    Rico, I use mostly Evergreen styrene, some Plastruct if I can't get it in Evergreen. Brian
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    Scratchbuilt Caboose - Showin off BIG style

    Scratchbuilt Caboose - Showin off BIG - midweek PhotoFun Hey All, Thought I'd do a bit of SHOWIN OFF here. :D I started this project during the Christmas holiday. I say it's totally finished with the exception of replacing the trucks with caboose trucks once USA Trains releases them...
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    Caboose Ride at S.R.I.

    Margaret and I went up to Owosso, MI this past Sunday and took a caboose ride behind Flagg Coal No 75. Since I model the DT&I it was a bonus to ride in one of the Ann Arbor cabooses (DT&I took 6 of these for themselves while they owned the AA). We were in the caboose right behind the 75, it was...
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    Weekend photofun 25 26 27 July 2008

    Here's 55 feet of freight on my layout (backyard). Pulled by a single GP7 (USA Trains 'G' scale). This is one heavy train. Took the picture last night. Brian B.
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    Photo Fun 20, 21 22

    Jim, The engine itself was just $175.00 (an overstock N&W model). I had the Soundtraxx DSX decoder from a previous scale - $60.00. The Airwire decoder/reciever was $144.00. I made my own battery pack - approx $75.00. So that's about $404.00 - plus scratchbuilding the details, painting...
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    Photo Fun 20, 21 22

    Steve, Thanks, Yes, it's 'G' scale. Airwire900 R/C control with onboard battery power with a soundtraxx sound decoder. Brian B. DT&I 1980ish




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