A couple more pics: [img] I think the end lettering is a little big, but still one of the better renderings of N&W lettering: [img]
Very Nice. H2a Prototypical for N&W and PRR (leased from N&W). Good stand in for Wabash, which were N&W H2 hoppers bought by Wabash. [img]
Here is the car with the running board removed: [img] Next I removed the "frame" and filed the bolsters down level with the "sill": [img] At...
Well, I'm not gonna finish this project before a certain forum closes, so I am moving it here. :) Couldn't resist one of the Atlas trainman DD...
In later years (40s to 1960?) the Z class was used, then older Y class 2-8-8-2s. The last run in May 1960 was a Y6b out of Williamson ... on a...
A number of MTL conversions leave huge gaps between locomotives - this is especially horrendous on the Kato SD40-2 - a horrendous gap! I hope...
I ordered one of the B&O wagon top boxcar kits a year ago at the LHS and have no reason to think they are anything other than still in business....
The last N&W hi-nosers were SD40-2 (1625-1635) delivered in September 1973.
The NEC was sold to Amtrak back in the 1970s. MARC does not own any of it. MARC trains do run on the NEC (the MARC trains on the NEC are operated...
N&W ordered units with dual controls (two control stands) so the the unit could be run in either direction. One of the rationales for the high...
The body mount coupler is huge progress for MTL. Hopefully we'll get a 100 ton truck from them one of these days! :) Mark
That would be a Y3, not a Y6b ;)
Thanks Frank! Do you happen to know which if any of those schemes would be good for the EL era? Mark
I explored Hanks truck site a bit, but I can't seem to find much in the way of older pics of these UPS drop trailers, so I'm gonna assume the...
It might be a worthwhile project for some "company" to market conversion pieces for some of the common N scale hoppers such as the Atlas "90 ton"...
Got an email this morning from Trainworx with this link: http://www.train-worx.com/11-3PS85.pdf First release are the first re-paints into...
Why would the new ones run any differently? The only change is DCC ready as far as I can tell.
Good stuff - making me hungry!
The F units are forever classic and certainly the Santa Fe warbonnet is among the best schemes ever to be applied to any locomotive. Mark
Seriously though, there are tons of things you could nit-pick on the models. Some C30-7s were built with 4 steps on the ends (stepwells), others...
