MODELING Weekend Photo Fun, December 20, 2019

r_i_straw Dec 20, 2019

  1. r_i_straw

    r_i_straw Mostly N Scale Staff Member

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    I have told this story before in other places but here it is again.
    In 1992, when I was building my first NTRAK modules, I was doing a lot of research to put together the story behind 1951 Sugar Land and the Imperial Sugar Company. Being "Transition" era I needed information on what steam locomotives ran on the old International-Great Northern (MoPac) line that serviced the sugar refinery. The HR director at the refinery put me in contact with a retired Mop conductor who had worked the line. We met for coffee and talked. During the interview, I was asking about the steam locomotives he worked on. "Were they 2-8-0s, 2-8-2s or maybe 4-6-0s?" He thought about it a while, and replied, "No, they were more like 241, 243, 245 and 246." I got the information but in a round about way. The MoPac assigned a group of Ten Wheelers, class TN-63, numbers 241 to 246, to the IGN.

    Now I had to find an N scale 4-6-0. In 1992, there was not much available. I found a Graham Farish mechanism to which I added a modified Atlas Rivarossi boiler shell and an Arnold tender that I added an oil bunker to. I later changed out the trucks to Kato Mikado tender trucks.
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  2. SP-Wolf

    SP-Wolf TrainBoard Supporter

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    A GS-2 with the overnights:

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    Thanks,
    Wolf
     
  3. dti406

    dti406 TrainBoard Member

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    Good morning from mostly sunny and cold Northeast Ohio!

    Managed to get a couple of projects done this week!

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    Tangent G43 Gondola Kit, that was built with the addition of a coil trough for hauling steel coils. Kit was built then painted with Scalecoat II PRR Freight Car Red, then lettered with Dan Kohlbergs IC decals for this car. I am showing both sides of the car as the sublettering is different on each side. Coils were supplied by Tangent for filling the car.

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    Branchline 1944 AAR 40' Boxcar Kit, using the 4/4 Dreadnaught Ends and Diagonal Panel Roof. Car was painted with Scalecoat II Boxcar Red and lettered with Mask Island Decals. Original car built in 1948 and this is a 1962 repaint in the then current ATSF Paint Scheme, car was in general service.

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    A pair of Atlas Alco RS-32 Diesels that were detailed with lift rings, blat horns and grabs as the NYC did these units, hauling a mixed freight on the Strongsville Model Railroad Club layout.

    Thanks for looking!

    Rick Jesionowski
     
  4. Josta

    Josta TrainBoard Supporter

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    A very busy Davidsville depot scene with the big Christmas travel rush


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  5. nscalestation

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    My newest DCCed loco models. After the WP/UP merger these former WP GP40-2's were sent in for overhaul and repainting. They have now returned to their old haunts pulling a westbound UP manifest through the Palisade Canyon near Harney, Nevada.

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    Have a great Christmas everyone.
     
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  6. SecretWeapon

    SecretWeapon Passed away January 23, 2024 In Memoriam

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  7. bremner

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    Few things scream Southern California than palm trees. I picked up 5 JTT palms that are 3.5 inches tall….I really don’t like palms, so to the rear they go.
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  8. BNSF FAN

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    Like 'em or not, I sure do think those palms are a really nice addition to that scene.
     
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  9. badlandnp

    badlandnp TrainBoard Member

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    Not mine, but at the Fargo show this fall, fun in N! PIC_0866.JPG PIC_0869.JPG
     
  10. bremner

    bremner Staff Member

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    Agreed, and that is why I have them
     
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  11. Carl Sowell

    Carl Sowell TrainBoard Supporter

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    Trying something new for "Weekend Fun". A short DIY video, my train, club layout. Hope you enjoy! ! !



    PS: Merry Christmas.
    Feliz Navidad y Prospero Ano Nuevo,

    Carl and the Southern New Mexico N Scalers
     
  12. jhn_plsn

    jhn_plsn TrainBoard Supporter

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    A small 45 degree freemoN module. More detail and scenery to come.
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  13. gmorider

    gmorider TrainBoard Member

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