Nothing new this week and here is a n scale video of mine.
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"HONGZ" stands for HO scale, N scale, G scale, and Z scale.
Post your non-O scale stuff here!
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A couple of shots from the old Oak Park society of Model Engineers at the Carrol Park field house in the mid-1970's.
A trio of repainted Athearn F7's rounding what was first dubbed "Mount Dunkin'." Floquil Bright Silver simulated the stainless steel and Pactra Flat Aluminum for the painted metal.
The first venture into brass for a 20-something in the last century. Fools rush in where angles fear to tread.
This Tenshodo Santa Fe Hudson was literally a basket case. (OK, a shoebox case...) Heavy tarnish, missing parts, but there was enough left to tell what it was and the running gear was intact. The price was right, around 35 bucks. It took a while to locate suitable or make "close enough" parts, but it came out pretty well, I think.
Rusty
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Just received these two items. The engine is an old Arnold Alco S2. The freight car is a Micro trains item which was made around 1990.
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Following the creation of Conrail, thirteen GG1s numbered 4872 through 4884 were conveyed to the New Jersey Department of Transportation for the operation of North Jersey Coast Line trains between South Amboy and New York Penn Station. With the exception of the 4880 and 4883 which retained their Dark Green Locomotive Enamel base color along with yellow solid striping and numbers dating from the late PRR era, NJDOT's GG1s wore a simple scheme consisting of their former Penn Central black paint with white numbers and the PC heralds painted over. The sole ownership identification was in the form of small lettering under the number at the forward end on either side of the car body. A further exception to NJDOT's basic scheme on the GG1s occurred when the 4877 was repainted in PRR Tuscan livery in 1981. NJ Transit finally retired the veterans in October 1983 when the consists of through trains to New York trains were re-equipped with HEP equipped Comet cars pulled by former Amtrak E60CHs.
Pictured here is International Hobby Corporation's HO model of the NJDOT 4876. Built by Mehano utilizing former Pemco tooling , the model is part of IHC's "Premier" series of GG1s which were equipped with twin can motors and hefty weight giving them substantial tractive effort. The model accurately captures the simplicity of the NJDOT scheme worn by eleven of the agency's thirteen GG1s. To illustrate this, I've also included one of my shots of the real 4876 as it rolls through Perth Amboy with an evening commuter train in July of 1983 just a few months prior to its retirement. Decades earlier, the 4876 had garnered a measure of notoriety in 1953 as it was the locomotive which crashed into Washington Union Station with the Federal Express on January 15th. The locomotive was subsequently removed in sections, taken to Altoona and completely rebuilt. The 4876 was preserved and is presently in the collection of the B&O Railroad Museum awaiting restoration.
Bob
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Jonny:
That's a very nice Arnold S-2. They've been very difficult to find but now that Atlas has released its new S-2, the Arnold models are beginning to pop up here and there. My local train store has an Arnold Erie Lackawanna S-2 which I've been debating about.
Perhaps you're already aware of this site but, since you're a Micro-Trains fan, Mr. George Irwin has developed a very thorough website covering Micro-Trains releases titled the "Unofficial Micro-Trains Release Report". Take a look when you have some time as I'm sure you'll find it very interesting. It's one of those sites you can keep referring back to.
http://www.irwinsjournal.com/umtrr/
He also has a page for early Atlas N scale models:
http://www.irwinsjournal.com/a1g/
I hope you find these of use.
Bob
Thanks so much Bob for the information on that Micro-Trains web site. I was not aware of that site. This just might prove to be expensive for me. (LOL).
Two weeks ago, I went up to New Norway, AB (Lutefisk anybody 
) to visit my buddy Warren. Warren has not had an prototypical operating session for two years.
Here is a photo from an earlier session. Northern Pacific F9s bring a manifest freight off of the Okanagon subdivision through Athabaska Crossing.
The reason he has not had an operating session for two years is the last session he held, he got ****ed off at the lack of staging for his layout, which caused Red Deer Yard to be forever plugged.
So, he ripped out his entire staging yard, and built two staging yards underneath his two main yards. A 2.5 % grade down to each of the yards was required to get sufficient depth to allow for easy laying of track. He was able to maintain continuous run capability too, which will allow for storage of an additional 3 to 4 trains during a session.
If you are in the process of designing a layout with staging / storage tracks, and you have your design complete, please review the following formula and redo your design:
R= Nx2
where N = the number of staging / storage tracks you designed in, and R = the number of staging tracks required.
Here are some photos:
Regards,
Jerry
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Originally Posted by CNJ 3676:
Jonny:
"My local train store has an Arnold Erie Lackawanna S-2 which I've been debating about."
Bob, this engine is very nice, but the performance will not equal todays engines. Also there seems to be a weakness in the design which I read about at the site below.
http://www.spookshow.net/s2.html
Thanks for the feedback, Jonny. I've decided to hold off on the Arnold model. Besides, Atlas just released its new N scale S-2and it has been reported to be superb in all respects. A picture of the Atlas EL unit from the Klein website is posted below. It certainly looks like a very nice model.
Bob
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