An Alco S4 switches the grain elevator lead at Taylor Yard
Gotta be my favorite caboose.
South side, lots of F's
A pair of GP7's are pausing with a local while the crew is out to lunch. The other units are awaiting service.
North end of the Sousa City Engine Facility.
My atlas SD26 running loops on the display layout at my local hobby shop.
another addition to the San Francisco Chief.
backing around wye into Houston Union Station,
Another custom painted SD70ACe. Custom painted with Polly Scale paints and Microscale decals.
Did some 'helter skelter' detailing to the Dash 9s and also painted some of the handrails. For the white hand rails I used antique white. All...
Installed and painted the drop grabs and I also added the MU cable. Also pictured are couple GP60Ms which is the next project on my list.
Did some fuel tank upgrade on the third unit. The bracket that I have positioned in between the tanks don't seem to be on any of the photos that...
Primer coat has been added to the model to match that of BNSF #726, the prototype. It had sustained some fire damage early last year. It ran for a...
The three units in the middle have had the sand filler hatches removed from the 'old style' position. The unit in center has the sand filler hatch...
A closer look at the engineer side of both completed units. Last but certainly not least, the sister unit, peeking at left, is next inline for the...
BNSF clutter on my work bench. All locomotives are awaiting an upgrade of some sort. The GP60Ms are next in line after I'm done with all (6) C44-9Ws.
I've completed changing the doors on the second of three locomotives. At left, the third unit faces camera. The conversion on this unit will be...
After carefully cutting the door away from the donor unit, I then filed and sanded it with utmost care so that it fits snugly in place.
With the space for the replacement hatch cleanly cut out I now turn my attention yet again to the donor unit. (The target hatch is indicated in...
