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Rasputen

October 21st, 2006, 06:55 PM

I have a bunch of N-scale re-runs:

Here's a Kato F-7 unit I painted. The grab irons are made
from stainless steel tubing.

http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/data/500/PICT0488.JPG

Only recently have manufacturers like Atlas, Life-LIke, and
Intermountain offered N-scale C&O decorated locomotives,
so I have been slowly painting my own.

Here's a heavily modified Life-Like caboose - the Microscale decals
are too big so I printed my own.

http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/data/500/PICT0450.JPG

The end ladders and chain are from Micro-trains, while
the rest of the end rails were scratch built. I made the ladders
touch the roof by carefully holding the tip of a soldering iron
close to the curved part, until the ladder softened enough
and sagged down to the correct height.

http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/data/500/PICT0453.JPG

Rasputen

October 21st, 2006, 07:22 PM

Here's an N-scale Atlas 0-8-0 hauling a Dimi-Trains work train.

http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/data/500/C_O080.jpg

Here's an N-scale Kato 2-8-2 pulling some IM C&O box cars with Viking roofs.

http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/data/500/C_OMike.jpg

Rasputen

October 21st, 2006, 07:29 PM

An N-scale GP-7 with dual headlights and the early paint scheme.

http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/data/500/PICT0012.JPG

Some Atlas GP9s:

http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/data/500/PICT0281a.jpg

I painted so many of these that I don't even look at the pre-painted
ones that are available now.

http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/data/500/PICT0282a.jpg

Rasputen

October 21st, 2006, 07:33 PM

N-scale RSD-12s, repainted Atlas/Kato units. Hopefully Atlas will
introduce updated mechanisms for these.

http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/data/500/PICT0469.JPG

http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/data/500/PICT0468.JPG

Rasputen

October 21st, 2006, 07:42 PM

N-scale C&O RSD-7s, made from MRC RSD-15 shells on Atlas dash 8 chassis with Atlas C-630 trucks.

http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/data/500/PICT0465.JPG

The pilots and end rails are modified Atlas parts. The drop steps
were built from etched venetian blinds and some scrap plastic.
http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/data/500/PICT0470.JPG

I cut off the MRC fuel and air tank sides and epoxied them to the
Atlas chassis.

http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/data/500/PICT0467.JPG

Rasputen

October 21st, 2006, 07:46 PM

An N-scale C&O RSD-5, with added details. I've got two more of
these in the works that I have corrected the exhaust stack and
headlights on.
Once again, now that I will have three of them, Atlas has announced
them in N-scale, even with the same road number 5575.

http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/data/500/PICT0463.JPG

Rasputen

October 21st, 2006, 08:01 PM

Here's an N-scale Kato F-7 I painted in the low-wave scheme.

http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/data/500/CO7055_640.jpg

oldrk

October 22nd, 2006, 12:28 AM

Mighty fine work. Nice to see more C&O stuff.

oldrk

November 11th, 2006, 06:45 PM

http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/data/500/C_O_F7s.JPGhttp://www.trainboard.com/grapevine/http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/data/500/C_O_F7s.JPG

E-8

November 11th, 2006, 07:32 PM

http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/data/500/PICT0488.JPG

Cool photo!

Charlie

oldrk

November 26th, 2006, 03:14 AM

http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/data/500/DSCF0059_edited.JPG

Tim Loutzenhiser

November 26th, 2006, 08:26 PM

http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/data/510/P8040817a.jpg

http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/data/511/P6060523a.jpg

oldrk

November 28th, 2006, 02:54 AM

Where did you get those Boxcars?

Tim Loutzenhiser

November 29th, 2006, 12:58 AM

The C&O boxcars are from Con-Cor (N scale).

oldrk

November 30th, 2006, 03:44 AM

http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/data/500/2006_02120006.JPG

FP7 F7B F7A

oldrk

November 30th, 2006, 03:50 AM

http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/data/500/2006_02120021.JPG

oldrk

November 30th, 2006, 03:51 AM

http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/data/500/2006_02120044.JPG

Tim Loutzenhiser

December 1st, 2006, 01:08 AM

Oldrk, that's some good stuff! Is the FP7 from Model Power? I picked up an Atlas NE-6 caboose in Clinchfield - I'm going to try to remove the "C.R.R." and the "Radio Equiped" symbol and then put on the C&O decals. Hope it looks OK - I'll post a pic when I'm done.

oldrk

December 1st, 2006, 02:00 AM

Tim,Yes it is. Lets see that caboose!

oldrk

December 1st, 2006, 02:01 AM

Your turn!

oldrk

December 5th, 2006, 02:31 AM

http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/data/500/DSCF0131_edited.JPGhttp://www.trainboard.com/railimages/data/500/DSCF0130_edited.JPGhttp://www.trainboard.com/railimages/data/500/DSCF0123_edited.JPGhttp://www.trainboard.com/railimages/data/500/DSCF0115_edited.JPG

chessie

December 6th, 2006, 11:57 PM

Very nice shots... good work!

Harold

Tim Loutzenhiser

December 19th, 2006, 12:46 AM

Tim,Yes it is. Lets see that caboose!

Haven't had much time to work on this - had a pipe break in the ceiling between the walls of my bedroom and bathroom on the lower level. What a mess - it's all dried out now, but it's gonna take 5 or 6 days for the contractor to put up new drywall, repaint, etc.
Anyway, got the lettering off the Atlas Clinchfield NE-6 with Solvaset and a pencil eraser. The C&O for Progress I used is from Microscale 60-47, but it's too small. The C&O for Progress from Microscale 60-1045 is way too big - but I used the Chesapeake and Ohio from this sheet (even though it's too small). Haven't figured out what number to make it. Need to paint the grab irons yellow...

http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/data/500/PC183107a.jpg

oldrk

December 19th, 2006, 05:30 PM

Sorry to hear about your bad luck.Hopefully no damage to your train stuff. I may have to get one of those and try and get the emblem on it.

oldrk

December 21st, 2006, 05:23 AM

http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/data/500/DSCF0064_edited.JPG

chessie

December 23rd, 2006, 03:04 AM

http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/data/500/DSCF0064_edited.JPG

Lots of nice C&O power :)

Kitbash

January 3rd, 2007, 08:56 PM

Your basic radial hopper hanging out on an elevated siding.

http://www.railimages.com/albums/nicksantore/abb.sized.jpg

Tim Loutzenhiser

January 4th, 2007, 12:17 AM

I like the brick wall background! I'm working on the Walthers Northern Light and Power - not having a lot of luck with getting the motar right.
I could use about 30 of those hoppers!

oldrk

January 13th, 2007, 12:21 AM

nice stuff!

Rasputen

January 14th, 2007, 09:03 PM

Did someone mention hoppers??

http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/data/500/PICT0695.JPG

These are some Model Power and Con-Cor 4 bay hoppers I finally finished.

http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/data/500/PICT0696.JPG

I added some end extensions made from styrene.

http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/data/500/PICT0697.JPG

In order to get these to the NMRA minimum weight, the undersides
are packed with powdered tungsten.
http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/data/500/PICT0698.JPG

Tim Loutzenhiser

January 14th, 2007, 09:52 PM

Nice hoppers, Rasputen. I have to add more weight to my Roundhouse hoppers. I have been finding a few undecorated Atlas hoppers at train shows (even though they're too modern), and have the Microscale decals for them - just need to get it done. I wish I could find a few more pre-lettered hoppers that would fit in the early 1950's era...

oldrk

January 28th, 2007, 04:11 AM

http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/data/500/DSCF00831.JPG

oldrk

January 28th, 2007, 04:12 AM

Rasputin,Doe you have a railimages page?

oldrk

January 28th, 2007, 05:00 PM

Tim Loutzenhiser

January 29th, 2007, 12:46 AM

Not sure - I guess I don't know what the Bachmann's look like - would you happen to have a photo of one handy?

Rasputen

January 29th, 2007, 01:34 AM

My Railimages page is here : http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/showgallery.php/ppuser/4590/cat/500

but every image in there has been referenced in a forum somewhere.

Rasputen

January 29th, 2007, 03:34 AM

Here are two more N-scale RSD-5s I finally finished:
http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/data/500/PICT0689.JPG
The C&OHS had an excellent article on these, and I noticed in many of the photos that at the forward facing door of the cab is open. I bought some extra shells and cabs from the Atlas parts department and went to work. I cut out the openings from one cab and carved away everything else except the door from another. The glazing in the open door is a film of Future floor wax.

http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/data/500/PICT0705.JPG
Another thing I wanted to correct was the orientation of the sealed beam headlights. The C&O units have them one-on-top of the other, while the Atlas model has them side-by-side. I cut the ends off of the spare shells, and carefully sanded them down until all that was left was a headlight housing. It took a few extra attempts before I had four pieces to install on the two units pictured. To get the light pipes to function, I carefully trimmed off the two light tubes and cleaned the mating surfaces. I saved all of the pieces I trimmed off, and as part of the final assembly, I slid them back into the holes with a drop of Future floor wax on them. Hopefully I will never have to take them back out.

No. 5591 was painted at the same time. I cut the exhaust stack off of the spare shell so that I could rotate it 90 degrees. The C&O units had the exhaust stack oriented lengthwise, unlike the Atlas model. The exhaust support was made from brass wire.
http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/data/500/PICT06911.JPG

Visible inside the open door is part of the Atlas chassis. I added traction tires to the no.2 axle, but there is very little opportunity to add weight to these. The only places possible are some small spaces behind each set of steps, unless you completely fill the cab behind the windows. I sure wish Atlas would offer a grooved wheel set with pointed axles for these - I hate cutting my own grooves for traction tires.
http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/data/500/PICT0701.JPG

Tim Loutzenhiser

January 29th, 2007, 11:13 PM

Rasputen - WOW!!!
:teeth:

oldrk

January 30th, 2007, 03:44 PM

Rasputen - WOW!!!
:teeth:

DITTO!!!!!!!!!!

oldrk

January 31st, 2007, 02:16 AM

Not sure - I guess I don't know what the Bachmann's look like - would you happen to have a photo of one handy?
http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/data/500/DSCF0063.JPG

skipgear

January 31st, 2007, 05:17 PM

I have not worked on any custom on the C&O side of things yet. I have been concentrating on B&O equipment so far. Here is the most unique piece of C&O equipment I have, the rest is out of the box H-5's and Berkshires and a Mikado that currently say PRR but is going to be painted are relettered shortly.

http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/data/1236/Key_Imports_2-6-6-6_H-8_C_O_1659_Side_Shot.jpg

Tim Loutzenhiser

February 1st, 2007, 03:33 AM

http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/data/500/DSCF0063.JPG
I guess I had never seen the Bachmanns before - without the C&O For Progress logo it means that these hoppers date back before the 1950's. These would fit in with pre-1950's steam operations as well as 1950's operations. The C&O For Progress logo was added in the 1950's, so my three-bay Micro Trains and Roundhouse hoppers with this logo won't get too much weathering. Thanks for posting the pic!

oldrk

February 3rd, 2007, 01:52 AM

http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/data/500/DSCF0063.JPG
Looks like I need to swap out a truck.*L*

Rasputen

February 4th, 2007, 04:01 PM

http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/data/500/PICT0709.JPG

oldrk

February 5th, 2007, 05:13 PM

:thumbs_up: Who made those? http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/data/500/PICT0709.JPG

Rasputen

February 5th, 2007, 11:13 PM

That's a Micro-Trains hopper, I think the decals were from Northeast
Decals - unfortuneately I don't see them for sale anymore. They also
made a set for C&O passenger cars.

Tim Loutzenhiser

February 6th, 2007, 02:03 AM

I've got some Microscale decal sets (number 60-145). These are supposed to be good for hoppers from 1935 to 1956. I have some undecorated Atlas 90 ton hoppers, but they're a little more modern than my "main" layout theme of early 1950's. I guess they'll work out OK when I get out my GP30's, GP40's in Chessie System...

oldrk

February 7th, 2007, 04:42 PM

http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/uploads/4339/sd18.jpg

oldrk

February 7th, 2007, 04:48 PM

SD 18 and caboosehttp://www.trainboard.com/railimages/data/500/DSCF0085.JPG

oldrk

February 7th, 2007, 04:50 PM

http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/data/500/DSCF00751.JPG

oldrk

February 7th, 2007, 04:51 PM

http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/data/500/DSCF00711.JPG

chessie

February 9th, 2007, 02:51 AM

I do like SD18's! :)

Kitbash

February 11th, 2007, 05:35 PM

Here's a couple of shots I took of C&O's Double End door, Auto boxcar built in 1930 (Plate 37 of the C&O Historical Society Freight Car Equipment book)

http://www.railimages.com/albums/nicksantore/abl.sized.jpg
http://www.railimages.com/albums/nicksantore/abm.sized.jpg

oldrk

February 13th, 2007, 04:07 AM

:thumbs_up: Nice:teeth:

oldrk

February 13th, 2007, 04:10 AM

http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/data/500/DSCF01051.JPG

Tim Loutzenhiser

February 13th, 2007, 05:05 PM

Oh man - I'm lovin this stuff!

oldrk

February 13th, 2007, 07:59 PM

Oh man - I'm lovin this stuff!
Same here. Can never see enough C&O!!!!!!!

oldrk

February 13th, 2007, 09:18 PM

http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/data/500/allegheny_2-6-6-2---1.jpg

oldrk

February 14th, 2007, 01:26 AM

http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/data/500/4-8-4.jpg

oldrk

February 26th, 2007, 02:23 AM

http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/data/500/fp7.jpg

Tim Loutzenhiser

February 26th, 2007, 04:42 AM

I like it!!! I gotta get one of those MP FP7s.

Sizemore

February 26th, 2007, 01:33 PM

http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/data/500/allegheny_2-6-6-2---1.jpg

You have larger cahones than I my friend, to put that H8 so high off the ground. :worried:

oldrk

February 27th, 2007, 04:31 AM

You have larger cahones than I my friend, to put that H8 so high off the ground. :worried:
*LMAO* I had five spotters all around out of camera range. It went back in the display case immediately afterwards!

Flash Blackman

March 29th, 2008, 01:14 PM

This is a stock Micro Trains N scale automobile boxcar. Well, I did weather the trucks. The reason I like it so much is that I also had one of these made by Lionel around 1955. Still looks good, though! Brings back some good Christmas memories.
http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/data/564/XMCO272189_29_Mar_2008_05-43-52.JPG

oldrk

March 29th, 2008, 05:24 PM

Lookin good. Especially the weathered trucks. C&O rules!!

oldrk

March 29th, 2008, 05:27 PM

http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/data/1787/U30C_C630.jpg

Triplex

March 30th, 2008, 05:25 AM

A C&O C630... don't often see those. Nice!

Flash Blackman

March 31st, 2008, 12:34 PM

Weathered WM gondola awaits pickup at B. Lee Transfer and Storage on my layout. This is a stock Micro Trains N scale car other than the weathering and the load.
http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/data/564/IMG_0085.JPG

Kitbash

March 31st, 2008, 09:47 PM

Have to get yer basic Athearn "Blue Box" into this act:

http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/data/1631/upload50.jpg

oldrk

April 9th, 2008, 02:24 AM

Did you add the graffiti?

oldrk

April 9th, 2008, 04:09 AM

http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/data/1787/truck_S2.jpg

S2 and C&O pickup truck

Kitbash

April 14th, 2008, 01:32 AM

Oldrk: That switcher is awesome! Nice!

Yes, I added the graffiti. That car was an Athearn I stripped the paint, repainted it, and then put on Champ decals. The "graffiti" (if I recall correctly) is from "Clover House" dry transfers. I built that car about 18 years ago.

Here's a shot of some C&O Enchantment Blue and Federal Yellow!

http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/data/1631/Upload69.jpg

oldrk

April 14th, 2008, 02:15 AM

Is that a dynamometer car? looking good. lets see some more!

oldrk

April 14th, 2008, 02:19 AM

I just finished this one. An old Arnold n scale auto carrier with new paint and decals.

http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/data/1781/Arnold_TT.jpg

Flash Blackman

April 14th, 2008, 02:35 AM

http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/data/1781/Arnold_TT.jpgThat's very nice! Very sharp, crisp photo.

Stevearado

April 15th, 2008, 01:23 PM

I guess I had never seen the Bachmanns before - without the C&O For Progress logo it means that these hoppers date back before the 1950's. These would fit in with pre-1950's steam operations as well as 1950's operations. The C&O For Progress logo was added in the 1950's, so my three-bay Micro Trains and Roundhouse hoppers with this logo won't get too much weathering. Thanks for posting the pic!

That is one good thing about C&O's offset quad hoppers, they can fit a broad range of time periods. They were built in the 1920's, rebuilt in the 40's, and lasted into the Chessie era (the last being retired in 1974). There were also some that never received the For Progress logo. I plan to add a couple of the Athearn' HO version to my collection sometime soon.

oldrk

April 23rd, 2008, 02:44 AM

http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/data/1642/diesel_electric.jpg

oldrk

April 30th, 2008, 11:51 PM

New MT boxcar

http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/data/1781/C_O_MT_chessie_2008.jpg

Tim Loutzenhiser

May 1st, 2008, 01:42 AM

Oh - now that's nice!

Kitbash

May 1st, 2008, 09:24 PM

The "snoot" of an Allegheny:

http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/data/1631/Upload66.jpg

oldrk

May 2nd, 2008, 01:48 AM

The "snoot" of an Allegheny:

http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/data/1631/Upload66.jpg
Sweet!!!!!!!!:thumbs_up:

completely nuts

May 18th, 2008, 01:26 PM

C&O switching coal.

oldrk

May 18th, 2008, 02:12 PM

:tb-smile:You can never haul enough coal on the C&O!!

brakie

May 21st, 2008, 05:17 AM

The C&O only had 2 RS1s numbers 5114/5115.

http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m210/Brakie-2/IM000046.jpg

completely nuts

May 23rd, 2008, 12:54 PM

Looks like a very nice engine Larry, which brand is that?

Paul

oldrk

May 23rd, 2008, 02:15 PM

The C&O only had 2 RS1s numbers 5114/5115.

http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m210/Brakie-2/IM000046.jpg
I need to add one of those to my C&O n scale collection. Atlas made one but I havent got one yet. Waiting on one to pop up on ebay. Sweet!!

brakie

May 28th, 2008, 04:38 AM

Looks like a very nice engine Larry, which brand is that?

Paul

Its a Atlas..I got lucky and got mine for $40.00 since it was use.

oldrk

June 9th, 2008, 04:14 AM

LifeLike N scale E8 in late paint scheme

http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/data/1787/LifeLike_E8_custom.jpg

completely nuts

June 12th, 2008, 10:16 PM

Nice pic oldrk, here is my contribution.
Some of the rest of my C&O cars.

Paul

oldrk

June 12th, 2008, 11:41 PM

Wow! I never knew the C&O went all the way to Belgium! Great pix. OK guys, lets see some more.

oldrk

June 13th, 2008, 12:30 AM

Scale test car. Freelance paint

http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/data/1781/MT_scaletest_car.jpg

oldrk

June 19th, 2008, 11:22 PM

N scale LifeLike E8 in original E8 colors

http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/data/1787/LifeLike_E8_wave.jpg

Tim Loutzenhiser

June 20th, 2008, 02:20 AM

I like it! The wave scheme is a tuff one to paint in N Scale.

oldrk

June 20th, 2008, 06:56 PM

Thats a decal.

oldrk

June 25th, 2008, 10:18 PM

Kato N scale F7 rare zebra stripe paint.

http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/data/1787/Kato_F7_zebra.jpg

Tim Loutzenhiser

June 26th, 2008, 12:21 AM

My least favorite paint scheme - but you did a good job with it!

oldrk

June 26th, 2008, 01:11 AM

Thanks Tim. A high compliment coming from you.

:tb-smile:

puddlejumper

June 26th, 2008, 01:52 AM

Kato N scale F7 rare zebra stripe paint.

http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/data/1787/Kato_F7_zebra.jpg

Thats a new one for me, didn't even know C&O had a scheme like that! Looks nice!
Dave

oldrk

June 26th, 2008, 02:14 AM

Seems like they also had a GP9 like that. Then sanity came back to management.*L*

http://www.chessieshop.com/gallery/showphoto.pl?id=40832

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3943/is_200107/ai_n8959124

Tim Loutzenhiser

June 26th, 2008, 01:32 PM

I've seen pictures of GP-9s #6012 and #6172 in "zebra".

H81627Allegheny

August 21st, 2008, 07:23 PM

Well as a member for a little while (Sept 2005) but never actually participating until recently I am going through some old posts and catching up, so if you see a reply from a message way back then you will know why I am just now replying.

The main thing about this subject IS you guy's make me SICK! Sick that I do not have all these nice pieces of power and rolling stock you guy's have...lol! Man there IS some GREAT looking stuff here! I might try to post some pics of stuff I have but I have a LONG way to go to catch up to you guys, but give me time...give me time. I am modeling the year 1964, so most of the stuff I am obtaining relates to that time period, so I can use a myriad of rolling stock from the 40's, 50's and into the early 60's until 1964. Same goes for motive power as well, diesels from the 50's right down to 1964 which gives me a lot of choices. I am a Geep 7 & 9 guy since I was around them so much growing up as a kid as my entire family worked for the C&O in West Virginia. Nothing like seeing 4 or 6 Geeps together on a coal train or a time freight! I have so far, 6 Atlas Geep 9's and an MP Fp7 in as far as motive power goes. Rolling stock I have around 53 hoppers, 40' 3 bay rib side, 2 bay fishbellys, and 33' 2 bay arch end offset sides, so I am building a sizeable fleet of hoppers and more to come. I have around 5 wide vision cabs but am going to sell them off on eBay as they will not fit into the era I am going for, most being MT couplers...need some 40's & 50's era steel yellow cabs...do you hear us Atlas! I have a few other C&O cars. Of course I have a bunch of other roads rolling stock as well...so I AM getting there. But the bottomline IS you guys give me a LOT of inspiration and I just wanted you to know that.

Dave Gilliland

oldrk

August 22nd, 2008, 01:50 AM

Well, I guess I was where you are at not so long ago. Just think of the fun you will have getting there! I have a new project in the works. Maybe I will post some pix soon, maybe later tonight...

Lester Perry

August 25th, 2008, 11:48 AM

oldrk

August 26th, 2008, 01:09 PM

Now that is a sweet scene! Where did you get the trailors? Did you do the artwork and decals? I would love to have some really good artwork so I can do some in N scale. Welcome aboard and long live the C&O!!

oldrk

August 26th, 2008, 05:21 PM

The Chessie Steam Special in N scale. I got the Con Cor set a while back and was disapointed with the engine. They painted a Berkshire and it really didnt look close. The tenders looked really good so I figured if I could come up with a decent looking steamer I could have a decent set. So I had a Bachman 4-8-4 that I used for the mechanism and shell. I moved the sand domes and fabricated some parts. I borrowed some pictures from the internet and made the front emblem with them and also for the emblem on the cylinders. More to come later...

http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/data/1848/csp31.jpg

Tim Loutzenhiser

August 27th, 2008, 12:31 AM

Cool, rk! I have it in HO, but now want it in N, too!

oldrk

August 27th, 2008, 01:55 AM

Cant blame you for that Tim. I am going to refine and improve on this one. More pix to come

oldrk

September 3rd, 2008, 03:14 AM

Added MT trucks to the passenger cars. weathered them a bit. Hardwired the tender to the engine. Redid the front emblem on the engine and the back emblem on the observation car. A few other odds and ends.

http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/data/1848/3310.jpg
http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/data/1848/442.jpg

http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/data/1848/csp111.jpg

oldrk

September 3rd, 2008, 03:15 AM

http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/data/1848/csp_.jpg

H81627Allegheny

September 3rd, 2008, 04:03 PM

I am new on this forum. It looks interesting so I am going to look around for a while. here is a rather busy area on my layout. Iknow the pigs are out of place but they are no longer there.

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b254/lesterperry/100_1038.jpg (http://www.trainboard.com/grapevine/%5BIMG%5Dhttp://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b254/lesterperry/100_1038.jpg%5B/IMG%5D)

Les

Les a GREAT scene shot! Love the trailers and I remember seeing them as a young lad! You gotta tell us where you got those or if you did them yourself. Some of these on the old brown TTX 86' would look great! Show us some more scenes!

Dave