Been a while since we've had a Santa Fe picture - and I'm digging my new camera. . . here's an eastbound 991 train crossing Tehachapi Creek on its way east toward Chicago...
Thanks Mike ! Steve - I'd love to have a GP60B, but unfortunately I don't have one...or a GP60M, either...
Great shots, as usual, all. Dave N, good to see you here. Here's a recent one from me: Three Santa Fe SD24's working the Peavine Line heading south to Phoenix in the 1960s By the way, I just updated (finally) my little website on my 4' x 4' Santa Fe Peavine Layout, with new shots showing the layout now that all the Kato Unitrack is ballasted: http://home.comcast.net/~j.sing/Peavine_Layout_Overview.html [ January 05, 2006, 09:56 PM: Message edited by: atsf_arizona ]
John - Looking Great !! Your weathering looks spot on for the Santa Fe - not too dirty, but worn - outstanding job!! Is it chalks or paint?
Hi, Dave, Thx for the compliment. What I did was: 1) Grimy black Pollyscale acrylic on the trucks, followed by light earth wash on the trucks 2) For the shells, it's all Bragdon Enterprise weathering powders. I love that stuff, it makes it simple and accessible for me. I'm learning to go easy on these weathering powders, start with the light colored powders, and gently build up until the effect is right. http://www.bragdonent.com/weather.htm Joel Bragdon lives out here in California, up in the Sierra Nevada foothills. The powders look real because.... they are real. The 'rust' is real rust, the dust is real 'dust', ground up powderized, mixed with pressure-sensitive adhesive. Which means that when I use a cut-off short-bristle paintbrush to dry-paint the weathering powders on, the adhesive is activated, and I'm done. Joel was a ceramic chemist before he retired - saw him at the local NMRA Regional Convention, tried it, never looked back. As you can tell, I am happy with the product.
For all of you 90's fans, JnJ is almost ready to start selling their "Kato Quality" GP60M shells this month, hopefully. The B units will come out in the summer. The shells now go on the Life Like GP60 mechs and utilizes the handrails too! Save some for me if you plan on ordering a bunch like me!
WOW - no, I hadn't heard that!! That's great news! Especially considering how well the LL mech is - Oh yeah baby !!
The Texas Chief on its way from Chicago to Galveston. The ATSF bought A-B sets of Alcos to pull this train. These are stock Kato engines. Baggage/RPO is kit bashed, Baggage/Express is stock Kato, partitioned "Jim Crow" Coach is kit bashed and standard coach is stock Kato.
The two photo's below were compiled by using 12 images for each photo using the Helicon Focus software. ATSF #1175 high in the Monterrey Mountains on the JJJ&E. Stay cool and run steam.... [ January 25, 2006, 07:44 PM: Message edited by: Powersteamguy1790 ]
Thanks Mike... It takes more time this way but the photo's really have that DOF that's needed when you're in close. I still have alot of experimenting to do with the HF software and my Nikon D-50. Stay cool and run steam....
Well I may be taking a risk here... I hear you Santa Fe guys will hang someone for less... All I have to contribute is one tired worn out ex Santa Fe unit.... Caught at the Fort Macleod fuel rack between assignments while a part of pusher set 2. grant
