I want to make a few White Pass containers. White Pass was a pioneer in containerized shipping. The first container ship ever built was the Clifford J. Rogers, built for the White Pass and Yukon Route.
Rode the White Pass last year, it was a blast. the passenger cars really rock and roll.
Get your photos and videos of the White Pass locomotives now.
There is news that they will get new NRE locomotives in 2020.
Andrew
Great progress always enjoy seeing your progress. Any chance of getting the 3D file so I could get a couple of the shovel nose engine shells printed? or considered having a few done for interested OGR forum folks?
kj356 posted:Great progress always enjoy seeing your progress. Any chance of getting the 3D file so I could get a couple of the shovel nose engine shells printed? or considered having a few done for interested OGR forum folks?
Send me an email and I'm sure we can work something out. woolf_2000@yahoo.com
Could you start out with one of the MTH RK rotary plows? I have one of the first D&RG rotaries they made. Started adding a cupola because I wanted to turn it into an ARR rotary. Had just started the project, using an Atlas extended vision caboose cupola, when a MTH Premier ARR Rotary hit ebay for a nice price. You would have a frame with rotating blades you could fashion your own body if modifying the wood sheethed body wouldn't fit your needs.
By the way can't wait to see what you come up with.
There are currently several MTH RK rotaries on ebay for less than $40
Very nice print indeed. The process seems to have come on since I had any O scale shells done, which is now 3 or 4 years ago. Is it reasonably sturdy or will you have to handle it like glass? 😁
I would like to make several of the distinct GRAND TRUNK WESTERN offset-cupola cabooses using 3D printing. I would have to find enough of the right images to get the proper dimensions.
Andrew
Hancock52 posted:Very nice print indeed. The process seems to have come on since I had any O scale shells done, which is now 3 or 4 years ago. Is it reasonably sturdy or will you have to handle it like glass? 😁
I use a company called shapeways. I had them print these engine shells 5 years ago.
They are very strong, given adequate width of walls. These engines have been through alot and have held up very well.
The company uses a nylon powder, added layer upon layer, in a heated environment, and uses lasers to heat up the powder to its melting point. Because of this it requires no bracing. Very easy to model in.
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Tom the caboose looks very god. It's hard to believe it's been 5 years since you started on the diesels.
coach joe posted:Tom the caboose looks very god. It's hard to believe it's been 5 years since you started on the diesels.
I know. And the dummy unit isn't even close to done yet. Hopefully i will have the discretionary funds in the next year or two to get that done. It still needs 200-300 dollars worth of parts to get it where I want. It still needs a frame, wheel sets, and a sound system.
That caboose is really going to look great! You do a nice job painting, and the printed shell is superb!
I assume you're going to eventually model the large diesels they have on the way?
I'm worried how the line will do this season due to certainly decreased ridership from the cruise ships coming into Skagway...
That is a worry. Undoubtedly ridership will be down from previous years. Hopefully it's just a minor hiccup.
If ridership is down, you will be ready when it picks up again!!
GE 107 and one other just went by the house at the stern of a barge load of scrap iron. Hopefully, they're not destined to be scrap too.
p51 posted:I assume you're going to eventually model the large diesels they have on the way?
I'm worried how the line will do this season due to certainly decreased ridership from the cruise ships coming into Skagway...
Don't know if you heard but Carnival Cruise purchased the White Pass almost 2 years, so assuming they stay in business everything should be good. Carnival Corp. Invests In Alaska With White Pass & Yukon Rail Buy
@oscar golf posted:GE 107 and one other just went by the house at the stern of a barge load of scrap iron. Hopefully, they're not destined to be scrap too.
Good news! They’re headed for the Durango & Silverton in Colorado.
Tom, I’m in Juneau and I’d love to check out your shovelnoses...I have permission from the wife to start collecting some O gauge stuff and those look like a really nice setup! A friend/next door neighbor has a 3D printer and he’s always looking for stuff/excuses to print.
Starting in the 1960s the White Pass railroad started shipping led and zinc concentrates out of the Yukon by way of Skagway. This was achieved using a fleet of trucks and an intermodal yard in Whitehorse known as Utah Yard. This was all made possible with the use of specially designed ore containers, that could move the concentrate to an ore loading facillity in Skagway. Today these containers are known as Anvil Ore Containers after the Anvil Mine they were used for in Faro, Yukon Territory, Canada. They have been produced by LGB but never made in O-scale that I'm aware of. This prohect has been in the back of my brain for a long time. Finally starting to take shape.
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@Tom M posted:New caboose. This is a postwar lionel caboose with a larger cupola fitted on it. I've been contemplating this one for a few years.
Nice caboose, Tom, and I see you've done a custom build-on for a better-looking cupola. Also, nice add with railings, grab-ons, etc. Where did you find WP&Y decals?
Tom I like what you did with the caboose. Waiting to see the Anvil project take shape.
@Virginian65 posted:Nice caboose, Tom, and I see you've done a custom build-on for a better-looking cupola. Also, nice add with railings, grab-ons, etc. Where did you find WP&Y decals?
The decal line is called CDS lettering. I obtained them from ozarkminiatures.com
Nothing is listed on there right now. However you might be able to email them and see what they have.
We hope to ride the White Pass again in the next year or two. Looking several hundred feet down on a following train was quite the sight. We were in snow about half way up to the summit and loved it.
Tom, you have done a fabulous job on that caboose!!
Ron, that is great you got to go there. I hope you can again too!
Tom the caboose looks great. Such a unique design. Fantasy or based in fact?
@coach joe posted:Tom the caboose looks great. Such a unique design. Fantasy or based in fact?
It is a fantasy caboose. However, it incorporates design elements and architecture from White Pass cabooses. My fantasy 2nd 902.
@Mark Boyce posted:Tom, you have done a fabulous job on that caboose!!
Ron, that is great you got to go there. I hope you can again too!
Thank you, Mark!
