Still in the process of upgrading my Missouri Kansas Texas heavyweight train. I am replacing all the old Atlas/Rivarossi cars, that are based on ATSF prototype, with Microtrains cars. I am modifying the bolsters and trucks so that they have a center pivot instead of the offset between two wheelsets. Also moving the body mount couplers in so that there is not the vast chasm between cars. Here is the diner I just finished. Not sure what the prototype is but it sure ain't Santa Fe.
Work I got done this week! Well, I finished my Lot 794 Boxcar this week, with a surprise painting and decal job. The Youngstown and Southern was 100% owned by the Montour Railroad, which was 50% owned each by the PRR and P&LE. This car was painted in 1977 which is after Conrail and the P&LE was independent of Conrail, so they now owned both railroads and the P&LE leased 135 of the Lot 794 boxcars to the Y&S. As this was early in the IPD period I believe the Y&S was trying to get some revenue from the IPD movement. Car was kitbashed from Accurail, Branchline, and Moloco Parts and pieces, painted with Floquil Century (Jade) Green and lettered with Mark Vaughn's Decals. Walthers PS 2893 Covered Hopper kit, painted with Scalecoat II MOW Gray Paint and lettered with Prime Mover Decals. Car was built for the Erie to haul various products usually soda ash and many lasted into Conrail still in Erie paint and were never painted for the EL. Kato GP35 and 2 Atlas RS-32's hauling a general freight on the Strongsville Club layout. Thanks for looking! Rick Jesionowski
Every model railroad needs a business car and here's mine, just an old N Scale Rivarossi observation car painted in LV Cornell Red and (although you can't see it) lettered for my Delaware, Susquehanna & Northern. The brass hats are on hand to oversee progress (or lack thereof) on the all new DS&N v3.0.
Cool pics! The Katy train is really coming along well. dti, the railroad was 100% owned by the railroad and then the railroad was fifty percent owned by the 100% and then...(I'm spinning. My head hurts.)
Wow, those E's are beautiful @SecretWeapon , as is the entire train. Noting signals of green and white, 'tis safe this Road of Anthracite.
The like the N&W, the Kanawha Youngstown & Northern was late to dieselize. Here we we have a KY&N 2-10-2 switching hoppers in the coal yard in Charleston, WV at this late date on May 1, 1959. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Well I realize I'm late. But I have stripped these EMD GP15Ts. The back story: In 1981the Rio Grande wanted some switchers with a little more horsepower. They turned to EMD and ordered five GP15-Ts. These arrived on property with numbers 155-159. Three were kept in Denver, and two (157 and 159), were sent to Salt Lake's Roper yard. After a couple of years, Roper transferred the pair to Provo. They worked the Tintic branch as well as the runs to Geneva Steel and a couple of locals. Denver sent their three to Grand Junction. I'll work on these when I get a chance...
I worked on some foreground scenery on the N scale HRRC. It left me feeling a little "drained" as seen in the second photo.