Good people of the Model Railroad world, lend me your ears, errr eyes (just don't throw your ears or eyes) . Show us your train pics along with your favorite locomotive pic, steam or diesel, whatever it may be.
This is a job I did for myself, A BNSF H2 SD70. Not quite prototypical, but at the time I wanted a H2 engine. You could not get one commercially. [ 20 April 2001: Message edited by: nug ]
Will, As soon as I get my pictures back from being developed I have to ship them to a friend (Watash) HEE HEE!! Hes going to scan then for me. So I'll post mine as soon as their online!!!!! [ 20 April 2001: Message edited by: 7600EM_1 ]
Ok John, can't wait to see em on the forum. Anyone else like to share their pics? BTW Nug, that's a nice pic of your SD70, nice paint scheme and detail, WTG!
This is me Come On ! maybe later , this Photopoint thing has got things all messed up [ 20 April 2001: Message edited by: DaveCN5623 ]
Hi All, Here is Shay#4 getting ready to haul the logs to the sawmill at Badger Creek. http://www.badger-creek.co.uk
Here is one of my logging engines fresh out of the box, brand new, not run yet. This is for insurance photo. The little engine is a Mantua and runs well and steady up or down grade (4%). OOPS! Forgot the photo, getting old! [ 20 April 2001: Message edited by: watash ] [ 18 June 2001: Message edited by: watash ]
Hey Watash, That old Mantua, The way it looks that is built just like the real Mallets were.... Is the back set of engines on that rigid like the real ones were???? Because it sure does look like it!!! The newer Mantua 2-6-6-2's are suppost to able to turn on 15 inch radius curves!!!!! I was like WOW!!! Thats a tight one! But then they are modeled after a logging Mallet so.... Made to negotiate tight radius curves HEE HEE Why not make the scale one do the same. I've been thinking of investing in one, just to have the 2-6-6-2, and if it stands up to my type pulling and running capabilities I may even buy another one to make a 2-6-6-0. And even then, that 2-6-6-0 may turn into "Old Maude" the first articulated loco in america by the B&O, a 0-6-6-0. Something different from what I already have.......
Will, Here are a few construction shots of my U23B and U30C, both made from Atlas products..... Although still under construction painting will commence shortly, as batching projects is easier to do for me. Both units can be seen in further detail at the following URLs: http://www.zing.com/album/?id=4292769253 http://www.zing.com/album/?id=4292773635 Have a good one, Justin May
Watash, Yes I do know how it got the name. Years ago when "Old Maude" came to the B&O it was named that from an old comic strip mule of that period because the engine was balky nevertheless strong as a "mule". So It got the nickname "Old Maude" the name of the mule in the comic strip. It proved that articulated loco's would be usefull on the mountain grades in the U.S. And thus all the Mallets (articulated) steam loco's that were made in the future of 40 years! Look at the dinky 0-6-6-0 "Old Maude" and the last and greatest articulated loco for the B&O the EM-1! To compare the two loco's the 0-6-6-0 had 91,650 lbs of tractive power to the HUGH EM-1's 115,000 lbs of tractive power. But nontheless was the EM-1 the best puller with tractive power! The EL-5's 2-8-8-0's had 118,000 lbs of tractive power!!! The EM-1's were great though, But the EL-5's had better tractive power!!!! But we are talking about the 0-6-6-0 "Old Maude" here so to imagine that power of 91,650 lbs in 1904 had to be impresive!!!!! Nontheless it was till the future years latter....... With the EL-5's and EM-1's!!!!! But the little story in the begining of this post is why that little 0-6-6-0 got its name and it stuck as the nick name from the employees of the B&O railroad.
Watash, Thinking of my railroad history knowledge. Thats like the Big Boy's I also know how they got their name as well! When UP got the first Big Boy the engineer, or one of the engines crew went, and wrote in the dirt on the boiler front "Big Boy" on the first 4-8-8-4, this was I believe in 1941, if my memory serves me right. And the name "Big Boy" stuck to that type of loco. It ended up on the Wyte system of classification of steam engines. I know it has to do with the writing "Big Boy" on the bioler front. Correct anything that I might have incorrect. I do know its real close to what i've said though......
John, you are right on the Big Boy. Dad and I visited the Cheyenne roundhouse September 30th, my birthday and got to see #4001, 4000, and later I got to ride in the cab of 4004 from the roundhouse, across the turntable and down to the big Coal Tipple. I was 10. We got to ride back in another one that had just been topped off. Dad took some movies of it and we toured the roundhouse. That was a favorite time of my life, and beliefe me, there is nothing like the feel of over a million pounds suddenly slide right out from under your feet when that engine takes off! It sorta spoiles you for smaller engines, that one was BIG!!
<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by nug: This is a job I did for myself, A BNSF H2 SD70. Not quite prototypical, but at the time I wanted a H2 engine. You could not get one commercially. [ 20 April 2001: Message edited by: nug ]<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Don't feel bad- I model the Frisco, and 90% of all the diesels I have are custom-painted, detailed & decaled.
<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Justin May: Will, Here are a few construction shots of my U23B and U30C, both made from Atlas products..... Although still under construction painting will commence shortly, as batching projects is easier to do for me. Both units can be seen in further detail at the following URLs: http://www.zing.com/album/?id=4292769253 http://www.zing.com/album/?id=4292773635 <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Justin, those are looking great! I can't wait to seem 'em painted. Keep us posted
Very nice pics guys, John, you'r 100% correct on the name of the Big Boy, but actually when they were building the Big Boy a worker working on one decided to chalk up the name "Big Boy" on the boiler (almost like you said). Since then the name has stuck with the Big Boys', all 25 of em were running until diesel came & that was the end of the steam era for these giants.
Yank, I certainly will keep y'all updated as I progress, shouldn't be long now as the U30C is closer than ever. I began another project, a Seaboard Coast Line GP35 which is a reworked RPP shell with Cannon ends, nose, etc... Hopefully I can make these look as good as the SOO unit you modeled Have a good one, Justin
Guys, Union Pacific used to assign names to some engine classes such as McArthur (2-8-2), Challenger (4-6-6-4), Union Pacific (4-12-2). They actually were going to assign a class name to the 4-8-8-4's until the employees did. Anyone have a guess?, (clue: sounds like Watash), and no, it's not a Texan, which was actually a Santa Fe steam engine class! 2slim
