My first "N Scale" train. Before it was even called "N" it was 000 in the British manor of naming scales.
Santa Fe is not one of the roads that belongs on my layout but I think they always look good in a desert scene so here they are. Have a great weekend everyone.
Good morning from partly cloudy and mild Northeast Ohio! I managed to get some stuff done this week. This is McKeen Evans/ACF Boxcar kit that I extensively modified based on a conversation I had on the Modern Freight Cars List regarding the lack of a model for a new decal that Mask Island Decals did. I did several modifications to the McKeen kit, including cutting out the poorly done underframe and replacing it with a Details West Hydrocushion Underframe as the protoptype had that type of underframe. Substituted a Brachline Diagonal Panel Roof for the poorly executed one on the McKeen kit, added the extra rodding to the plug doors as the prototype all had 4 rods on each door and added Moloco End of Car Coupler extensions as they are the best on the market. Car was painted with Scalecoat II Armour Yellow, Boxcar Red and Silver Paints and lettered with Mask Island Decals. The car was one of 20 in this class and was assigned to the Campbell Soup Plant as noted by the 1090 code above the car number. Next up a Walthers 65' Thrall Gondola kit, made the same modifications to the kit that the C&NW did to a varied bunch of Thrall, Pullman Standard and Magor gons, adding the high ends to 40 of these cars. Car was painted with Scalecoat II CNW Green and lettered with Herald King Decals. I sort of made up where all the lettering goes as there are no pictures of the Thrall car I could find, just the Pullman Standard car and it has a different rib pattern. Car was used in transporting crushed auto bodies for recycling. Since I did the new Campbell's Soup car, I have a picture of some DT&I GP38-2's with a couple of the predecessor 40' XLI boxcars that were also used in Campbell's Soup service along with servicing the Libby's plant in Leipsic, OH. Thanks for looking! Rick Jesionowski
Thank you Robert and John for your kind comments. More than a year ago I had posted a similar photo of 3 Dash 8 warbonnets that I had just put decoders in for a friend and was test running them. I liked that shot so much that I decided to remake it with my own locomotives with the older paint scheme and older era freight cars. The back drop in this area of the layout has a great effect on the scene. It has been one of the best investments made on this layout. I have 24 feet up and will soon be ordering another 18 feet.
You have all heard "if mom isn't happy, dad isn't either". Well my wife, Diane, has a collection of "Smokey Bear" rolling stock so I put together this to be used for her power. It is pretty darn close to the 1:1 as I could make it. It has fiber optics for ditch lights and headlights. Say well! PS: Brad that layout is awesome!
I'm scratch building an ice house loading platform for my N scale Boston Mountains Sub Division layout and finished the roof structure last night. Currently just installed the roof and getting ready to add some more support beams and cross braces. Will use a fine grit sandpaper attached to the roof to represent tar paper type of material. Used a photo from Walthers ad for a kit to design the platform. Here's Gabby, she helps me with building models. All of the mistakes were her failt. LOL Joe
Here is a short run by with an Reading MP-15DC leading a couple of propane tankers. A video; I was going to do another run by with the express reefers but I did not get around to finishing them. I will work on that run y this coming week.
Some of my most recent photos taken on the club layout. No layout at home at the moment so this is all I have until social restrictions are lifted.
My first N scale repaint, in Jan 95. Yes, a diseasel, but it was the customers choice! I no longer paint commercially, time is not available. The photo's are terrible tho!