Based on what I see, I am very impressed! The only thing that looks out of place are the clean locomotives. I see nothing but really filthy UP locomotives in the yards at Roseville and Oakland. But that may just be a Northern California thing. I do not dirty up my locos either! It is a very sweet looking train! How many cars is it pulling?
Thank you, David. There are 46 cars, one of the longer trains on the Sub because of car length. And I just can't bring myself to weather. That may change - see Daryl Kruse's great weathering on his Geneva sub - but not yet.
Jim, That shot looks great! I have been following your work since you started and I am very impressed! Keep it coming!
Something just a bit different from me this week... Leggy (Mitch Legg from Australia) had Brian Kuhn paint up a couple of Kato SD70s for his GDRM railroad, and has asked me to run and photo them on the Sub before sending them on to the next stop. Here we see the units being serviced at the Oakville facility prior to heading up to Bakersfield: The units are coupled to their train and are pumping up the air prior to departure: And we're on the road! A bit north of Oakville: Rounding Wedding Cake Curve: More next week...
Jim, those look even better running on the layout. Loved the shot of them on the service rack. Thanks for hosting the engines for Mitch. Brian
Yeah, that shot is one of my favorites...I always try to bring something a little different when I shoot in the same places...Glad you like them, Brian! And I had a ball running and shooting! I won't spill the beans but the locos are now on their way to another railroad...reminiscent of the Atlas Forum Car which I was privileged to host on the old Sub.
That's a very handsome scheme on those ore units (in a beautiful setting too). Is that a freelance scheme or a Down Under prototype? -Gary
I believe they are a freelance scheme designed by the owner (of the models that is). Had to make some minor tweaks, but he followed Australian rules (i.e. no grab irons, numberboards, etc). You can't see it, but there is a name for each loco under the windows. The 4001 is Revolution and 4002 is Townsville. That also follows a prototype from Down Under that does the same thing with the names and also the offset road numbers, so you could probably say it's a hybrid paint scheme. Brian
Continuing the journey of Mitch Legg's GDRMCo SD70s (Painted by Brian Kuhn) on the Sub we see the locos crossing a farm road: And just North of Fill: Approaching CP Bealville: Approaching CP Bridge: The locos have reached their next destination where they will be hard at work a bit north (and south) of here. I plan to continue this tour next week...
Fantastic shot! The flowing curves and the nice integration of the back-drop really works well here. The lighting on the backdrop is a bit dim, but it looks like it could be a passing thunderstorm . (Yes they do happen occasionally in these hills.) -Gary
Interestingly, the backdrop in question is something like eight feet behind the hill line - it's actually behind Oakville yard! And Oakville yard is on the other side of a wide aisle from those hills. I shot this with a bit of zoom dialled in - I like the foreshortening effect. Seriously thinking about a different camera so I can stop down farther and get better depth of field. Helicon focus is great, but I feel limited with only an f11 available....
The tour of the Sub by Mitch Legg's GDRMCo SD70s continues. Here they are just north of CP Bridge: And passing an ethanol train at Caliente: At CP Canyon: Coming out of staging now southbound, approaching CP Canyon: Tour continues next week!
Just a lot of run going on there I think! Really nice photos Jim! I am really going to have to start working on my picture taking now.....
Mitch Legg's GDRMCo SD70s (custom paint by Brian Kuhn) continue their tour of The Oakville Sub...here seen just south of CP Canyon: And on to the Caliente crossovers: Just south of CP Bridge: And through the Bealville crossovers: More next week!
This week's installment of Mitch Legg's custom (by Brian Kuhn) GDRMCo SD70s tour of the Sub; southbound at the farm crossing meeting another ethanol train: Passing CP Cliff: And just a curve away from Oakville: Bypassing Oakville yard on the way to Mojave: We'll finish next week...
