Texas & New Orleans GS-1 number 710, formerly Southern Pacific 4404, caries the green flags for the first section of train #6, the Argonaut between El Paso and Houston. A Pacific class 4-6-2 will take the train from there on into New Orleans.
Did not get any cars done this week, but I finally got around to finishing a second Proto GP7 that I started last year. One of the GP7's the Detroit & Toledo Shoreline Railroad ordered in the late 40's and served until absorbed by the GTW in the 1980's. The D&TSL was jointly owned by the GT and NKP accounting for the D&TSL paint scheme closely following the NKP paint scheme. Engine started out as an undecorated Proto 2000 kit, replaced the plastic grabs and lift rings with metal ones, added the beacon, bell and firecracker antenna, then painted with Scalecoat II Black and Reefer Yellow, decaled with Herald King Decals. An oddity shared with the DT&I is the use of the winterization window on the engineer's side and just the sunshade on the fireman's side. Thanks for looking! Rick Jesionowski
@SP-Wolf - that's about the most real depiction of SoCal in that era i have seen. Amazing. @JimJ - love the bridge detail and the water.
Five blank slates! Just finished glue-up and am ready to begin trackwork on the yard extension. Here's the current yard, pre-extension.
I got a present in the mail that I was hoping have a photo of to post but my new cell and my desktop aren't speaking to each other. It's a Micro-Trains Western Pacific red bay window caboose with the large herald.
Looks very nice, and I think one loco equals a number of cars. One of the things that always catches my eye about that time period is the prominence given to some version of "Radio Equipped."
I opened it to take the photo. I run my cars! lol I actually had a guy at a train show get in my face because I bought a M-T SP&S caboose and was going to actually USE IT!
