Weekend Photo Fun 2-24-12-??

Evanston, WY November 2011

This weeks contribution

Love the black cars what are they?

Last week I had finished cabooses to post. All of those are now residing in their new homes. I have a new batch underway this week, Milwaukee, Union and EJ&E. Hopefully, in about 3 weeks they will be finished.

Malcolm

Judging by the sloped-back and portholes in the fender, I guess that the black cars are Buicks of the late 1940s. Maybe 1948?

Looks like those black cars could be old Buicks from around the early 50's?.

Ken

Scott,

Tell us about the 4-8-0. Is there any intention to run it?

The Power Plant and Coal Mine are coming together nicely.

Left side of roundhouse area.

Bill:

Your power plant and coal mine are really coming along very well. Nice job.

Couple of shots of one of our youth members engine.

Don

Boothe Memorial Railway Society

www.bmrailways.com

Pictures from Tampa Train show March 2011

That was one of the "Lost engines of Roanoke". No intention to run it. The only operable 4-8-0 is the Strasburg 475. I believe this one is missing major parts that will make a cosmetic restoration difficult (although I may be thinking of a different "Lost" engine..) I don't think the museum is planning on doing anything with it for quite sometime. 

An Early and foggy morning downtown......Alan

A couple of shots of the Lionel standard gauge Commodore Vanderbilt.

One more from the Tampa show.

Those of you who enjoy reading OGR’s Scene Along the Rails, might also find the following railroad trivia interesting.  The 109 year old swing bridge across the Petaluma River in Northern California is powered by a five horse power electric motor, belt drive, 10 foot diameter turntable, and one full swing cycle takes 2 ½ to 3 minutes to complete.  That’s slow for today’s fast commuter trains!  Besides being pokey, this old-timer needs $20 million dollars worth of repairs before commuter trains can run in late 2014.  After the rehab, the rapid transit chief engineer feels that the bridge will still need to be replaced in 2034.  The estimated cost of the new replacement is $30 million.  The alternative to this $50 million investment is interesting---Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit management has decided to buy the surplus BNSF bascule drawbridge which now connects the Texas mainland to Galveston Island.  The $4.2 million cost plus installation will total, roughly, $20 million.  This Texas bridge, which was built in 1985, will last about 80 years.  The kicker for toy train hobbyists is that the bascule bridge will be transported to the San Francisco Bay Area as railroad freight.

Looks like 1949 Buick Roadmaster Sedanette.

http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=1949+buick+roadmaster&view=detail&id=8A159AAB1229FA1067C72E63397E124C2DE1B06B&first=0&FORM=IDFRIR

Cool lookin' car.

Pete

Custom-painted Red Caboose DT&I GP9

They came with the route 66 flat car, it is a Lionel.

I believe they are 1948 Buicks

Rich

www.toytrainsontracks.com

A pic I picked up while 'Stumbling'.  I believe it is from the P&LE.  Can anyone confirm - this was a steamer with room for passengers on each side of the boiler?  It looks like seats are behind the windows.  I would think it would get a bit warm:>)  It would be a nice looking engine to kitbash together from odds and ends.

Another 2011 Christmas layout memory

Always the kids' favorite!

Walking the Yard…

It's called an Inspection Engine.  There are seats for dignitaries and their entourage for special inspections along the line, but sitting next to the boiler, I imagine the ride was far from comfortable even on a cool day.

Rusty

It is a four hour drive to the Virginia transpertation museum from DC, I do not know if my back and complaining wife could take the trip all in one day, any good motels near there?

Our club wanted to extend the new Fastrack layout another 6' so we hit on the idea of constructing a viaduct in lieu of buying another of the two tables needed. (Saved $50). It came out pretty nice using a piece of 4x8x9" insulating foam we had on hand.

First coating the rough foam with lightweight spackling, I scribed the blocks with a pizza cutter and painted them in with several different colors of acrylic.

The other side I did in 'concrete' for variety being as it is only seen from the other side of the layout which is 20+ miles away!

Our three vintage steamers meet on the bridge.

You can't go wrong with Hotel Roanoke. It's right beside the Transportation Museum. A second recommendation would be the Peaks of Otter Lodge. Both are beautiful and have great food. Either should make the wife very happy she came to Roanoke with you.

Gilly

Sam, that's one great looking bridge. Where did you find foam that thick?

C Sam. Great job and a neat solution.

A few pics of engines used to guide our cruise ship thru Panama Canal, and turntable to

reverse engines when complete.

Thanks.  It was left over from a roofing project of a club member about 10 years ago. Is it not still available?

Several pieces of 2" could be used or my original plans were to use 2" for each side with internal bracing...

Hey Rusty,

Thanks for the info on the engine.  Do you or anyone else know - when this engine went out on inspection, were other cars in the consist?  Passenger car? MOW?  I think it would be a neat train to model.

KC

Here's some corpulent (fat) scruffy-looking guy working on a warehouse/viewblock. The car dock will support three fort-foot cars or two fifty-foot cars. This will go behind an elevated section and block the view to the approach tracks to the staging yard behind the harbor/industrial area. It's a little more than four feet long, 20 inches high, and 10 inches deep. I'll be putting brick facing on it. This is another in a series I've been working on known as "Modeling on the Cheap." Believe it or not, so far the investment in this building is about $25 for materials, the most expensive being corner moulding.

Having added the red-oxide girder panels to the recently-completed elevated section, Jack "The Apprentice" Kemph is re-arranging some errant buildings and adding new street surfaces to the harbor/industrial area.

Csam

     Excellent bridge work. How long did it take? I can understand how you used the cutter for horizontal lines, but how did you do the vertical sides of the blocks? I love the idea of two different views.

Ray Marion

Today we catch the an NYC Alco S-2 switcher shuffling cars at the outskirts of Schenectady yard on the Bellevue and Schenectady RR. Enjoy!! Happy Railroading!!!!

Check us out
www.bellevueandschenectadyrr.com 

Thanks for the many replies,all I have to do is find one now.

James

LoV running up a 6% grade in Queens, circa 1939, Long Island, New York

Bobby Ogage, I like those cardstock buildings. Where did you find them?

The Hotel Roanoke formally owned by Norfolk and Western and now belongs to VA Tech.
The Peaks of Otter Lodge is a good choice in the summer month's but is  accessible only by the Blue Ridge Parkway which is closed a lot in the winter month's.
We also have the usual Marriott and Holiday Inns as well as others.
Bedford (Near Roanoke) is also home to the National D Day memorial a must see if your in the area and have time . Lots of Bed and Breakfast's here at Smith Mtn. Lake(540 miles of shore line) and is a stop on the Bass Pro tour.
Farther down the Parkway you have Chateau Morrisette  one of the nicer winery's in the area which also has a hotel and restaurant.
here's the link.
http://www.thedogs.com/index.php?pr=Home_Page

David