Great shots!  Thanks for sharing!

I too have been eyeing that piece from Bill Davis. That piece really looks awesome and thanks for sharing.

Thanks Santiago!  I ordered one!  I can't wait for the second component with the brushes to ship.  I think I will buy the version with two pairs of brushes.  Like I posted in the other thread, I am going to wait for you to post pics of how you set yours up before I install mine.  Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery after all!

I googled wash racks and did not come up with much.  Here are a couple decent images I found...

New brush sections have been available for a couple of weeks from ASM in case anyone is interested!!!!

That looks awesome! Of course, you could always do what the Southern did and just paint the roofs black instead of washing them. 

SANTIAGOP23 posted:

 

 

That would be an informative thread. I've seen images where they are using brushes ("Brooms" my nephew says) to scrub the sides.

Will Ebbert posted:

That looks awesome! Of course, you could always do what the Southern did and just paint the roofs black instead of washing them. 

And hide all that gleaming stainless steel??   Just glad the Sante Fe never did that.

Looking forward to seeing all the pieces and then it installed as we don't have the room/place for it.

Just opened the new brush sections... love them!

Really really nice! 

Don't forget the water inlet! 

jpv in France

SANTIAGOP23 posted:

Just opened the new brush sections... love them!

Very nice Santiago!!

Now to get a water line run to the layout so I can wash some diesels.

Curious what is the height from the rail to the water nozzle in the gantry is. Could a Superliner and/or a SF El Capitan Bi-Level car run through it?

I’ll make sure to measure it for ya!

Well these are pretty far from studio shots, but this is my use of the American Scale model wash pieces...

prrhorseshoecurve posted:

Curious what is the height from the rail to the water nozzle in the gantry is. Could a Superliner and/or a SF El Capitan Bi-Level car run through it?

Ok I I think cars can't be any taller than 4.5 inches before the hit the sprayers 

So great!

Went to ASM and didn't see the wash racks in O-scale ... not looking in the correct spot?

Kerrigan posted:

Went to ASM and didn't see the wash racks in O-scale ... not looking in the correct spot?

They are there, look under O, then sort by newest to oldest, they are within the fist 15 to 20 items.

Brush set is $575, sprayer is $279

Something new to O scale and for those who love unweathered trains almost a must have.

Progress on my washing facility...

Santiago,

Great work with the washing area. The detail is off the charts. Keep the layout progress coming. My curiosity is getting the best of me.

Dave

Every time I run across these wash rack items in my watched folder, it rekindles my interest in having such an area on the layout. Got me thinking that to show the wash rack is really doing its job, I should have one diesel or one zephyr car that is half weathered. That way it can be dirty going in and clean coming out. I don't think I've ever seen a half-weathered model train car!

I love your pictures, great subject matter and beautiful photos.

Thank you!!!

very very very nice the set you have beautiful but I don't have the space to do it only one structure and I like it very mutch. Are you go to weather it? very nice layout also.

weathering is on my mind, I’m sure I’ll do it in time. Just not a priority.

Santiago: does everything pictured in your wash facility come in the 2 wash rack sets from American Scale Models? Or did you add some details?

Santiago and T4TT: do you think that one set each of brushes and high pressure nozzles is enough to model what you've seen prototypically? Or would you do more if you had the funds and real estate?

Thanks guys.

 I love the Key E5 CB&Q in the wash rack

@ED3945 posted:

 I love the Key E5 CB&Q in the wash rack

I'm flattered! The E5 is a 3rd Rail from last year. I did the research for Scott, these were Phase II E5s.

@lionel1946 posted:

Santiago: does everything pictured in your wash facility come in the 2 wash rack sets from American Scale Models? Or did you add some details?

Santiago and T4TT: do you think that one set each of brushes and high pressure nozzles is enough to model what you've seen prototypically? Or would you do more if you had the funds and real estate?

Thanks guys.

Jay, what you see in my picture is:

1x wash rack

1X diesel brush set

1x additional brush

There is no rule for modeling the washing station, I've seen one brush... no was rack.... three brushes..... two brushes.... three brushes at different distances.... it all depends 

@SANTIAGOP23 posted:

I'm flattered! The E5 is a 3rd Rail from last year. I did the research for Scott, these were Phase II E5s.

Wow beautiful Santiago sunset did a very great job, do you have more pictures of this fine model. Have you also the key version? The E5 is one of my favorites. There was offered two years ago one set (Key models) to me but I didn’t buy it, I’ve always been sorry since that time.

You can see some in this thread.... https://ogrforum.com/...l-cbandq-e5-phase-ii

Sadly I don't own a Key E5... they are spectacular!

Santiago - You note this as a "diesel wash rack". Quite true. But, in my younger days, I used to ride into downtown Chicago with my mother on the Burlington......always sat on the north side of the "double decker car" as that would provide a glimpse of the Baltimore & Ohio wash rack adjacent to the Robey Street roundhouse. AND a glimpse of a B&O Chicago Terminal 0-8-0 shoving B&O streamlined passenger cars through the wash rack!  Steam lasted there until Spring 1958 (some say later - can't confirm). So steam would not be out of place switching your wash rack. Suspect one of Burlington's  "unusual" 0-6-0's (rebuilt from 2-6-2's) pushed Zephyr cars through the Denver car wash, too.

@dkdkrd I'm not familiar with the mechanical workings of the washing station, but I would say that the depression is a drain. 

Thanks for the in depth info, Mark. As per usual I'm jealous of your awesome recollections. I've had the chance to acquire on of the latest 3rd Rail O1a engines, but I've restrained myself. I do intend to use one upcoming GP7 black bird to work the wash rack regularly!

Santiago:   I know you aren't an enthusiast of the O1a, but Denver had a number of them assigned through 1955 and presume switching was one of or the primary tasks they performed. Those O1a's were retired after 1955. That certainly overlaps the Zephyr era, and certainly the Aristocrat's period of operation.

Then in Sept 1958, due to two catastrophic wrecks on the Colorado & Southern which destroyed about 5 diesel locomotives, the C&S asked Burlington's Chicago headquarters for help - they sent out 5 O1a's, which worked from Oct 1958 to about Feb 1959. O1a's were long lived and versatile locomotives for the Burlington. Those O1a's did not work Burlington trains but were visible switching the C&S yard adjacent to Denver Union Station. One of those O1a's has been preserved in Mendota, IL (#4978, with Elesco feed water heater. That specific locomotive was done by Sunset 3rd Rail).

@mark s posted:

Santiago:    ...snip... One of those O1a's has been preserved in Mendota, IL (#4978, with Elesco feed water heater. That specific locomotive was done by Sunset 3rd Rail).

 

This one?

I took these on a 2015 visit to Mendota when attending an event at Sandwich, IL. That little museum is quite an interesting place. When I was there, they offered rides on a track car and trailer; not to bad for (at that time) around $1.50.

Yes, that's the one !