Weekend Photo Fun 5-8-15-??

Thank you, Scott.....I look forward to this as always. I'm thankful and glad that you are well.

 

Here's my picture this week. I was taking advantage of the nice weather and did some outside running.....this is entitled: a summer morning on the Pennsy....

 

 

 

Peter

Action on the Seattle & Yakima RR

 

 

       Bill T

Stopping at Irene's for some beans....

 

 

Some Pan Am (Guilford) action within walking distant of my house.

 

 

 

 

 

Went to a Lego convention in Manchester NH last weekend.   Some nice Lego trains on display.   

 

 

 

Glad to hear you're on the mend, Scott...and thanks for starting this thread!  Happy weekend to everyone here on the Forum!  Here's the latest car out of the weathering shop--a Weaver New Haven 40' Plug-Door Boxcar...

 

Some new purchases from Menard's.

JoeyA: I really like your weathering! How did you get the wood in the car to look like that? And how did you do the chalk marks? Awesome job!

In celebration of the Last Shot Fired (east of the Mississippi) in the Civil War this weekend here in Waynesville     

http://www.lastshotfired.com/ 

Happy Friday!

MPC Chessie U36C pulling some postwar rolling stock -

Lucia wanted to run some of her aquarium cars this week -

Since Lorenzo likes trucks & construction equipment, I thought this would be a cool car to get for him -

Lucia enjoying some train time -

NS P99 & 337 passing through downtown Charlotte last Saturday -

NS 337 on the R Line in Fort Mill, SC last Saturday & Sunday -

Thank you very much, Hudson!  The chalk marks were ridiculously easy.  I simply used a white colored artist's pencil (sharpened to a fairly-fine point) during the weathering process.  The writing gets muted somewhat when the final, flat finish is applied.

 

The floor required a few more steps.  First, the fact that this was a Weaver car helps because their floors have "wooden floor boards" molded into the plastic.  (Side note: Atlas O boxcars, even those in the Trainman line, are also made this way.)

 

I start by spraying the entire floor with RUST-OLEUM Camouflage "Khaki" from a rattle can (see photo below).  Once dry, I then apply brown and grimy black acrylic washes.  The nice thing about the washes is that the color pigments tend to settle down into all the joints, grooves and "grain" in the floor boards.  This really brings out the highlights.

 

Once that step dries, I then use a combination of acrylic dry-brushing techniques, colored pencils and/or powders to highlight individual boards, and/or to simulate spills, stains, etc. depending upon what types of loads I envisioned a particular car would have carried.

 

This may sound like a lot of work, but it really doesn't take long at all.  I can usually do 3-4 floors in an evening session!

 

A Milwaukee Road passenger train leaving the station with an F7 Baltic (Out of sight) on the nose.

What can I say? I have eclectic taste. My layout mostly represents the northeast, but I find The Milwaukee Road one of the most interesting railroads in the country.

 

LOVE that Lego TurboTrain!!! Might be the only way I get a Turbo!!

My son and I are building a Lego City.....

There is a train around the outside.....take some pics soon

 

The Observation Car is without a doubt my favorite passenger car. What's not to like? Sleek and beautiful, both the interior and exterior. Not to mention the view as the train proceeds down the track. The photo shows an excellent example of an Observation Car with a beautiful K-Line B&O.

 

 

Night Work

 

 

Decapods!  Put a lot of work into these a few years ago.  This is the first time I've taken photos.  These will eventually go on my website.

 

 www.toytrainsontracks.com

 

 

Happy Weekend Everyone....

 

NKP #765 gets clearance off the main-line:

 

 

Enjoy in 1080p HD! 

A 2014 Christmas layout memory

 

One more look at Waltburg:

 

 

Looks like my sister is having a backyard BBQ for their kids and grandkids:

 

- walt

A finished project this week.......became a favorite!!!

Started with a $150 Williams brass Dreyfuss...... 

 

 

Some repainting, a few detail parts and skirts added to tender......

 

 

Much improved! Less than $20 worth of upgrades make a huge difference. 

I made the decals myself. Tender skirts are sheet plastic and 'snap' in so they can me removed if I ever want or if damaged. 

Continuing my pictures of my last trip to the Hi-Rail Train Club in Griffith, IN is this picture of a busy passenger station.  If you haven't visited this layout, you don't know what you are missing.  Well worth your time.

 

 

Art

Better call the dispatcher. No fuel oil needed here.

 

 

Here are a couple of Observation Cars.

 

 

Nice job Scott, Take it nice and easy. Good Luck.

Here is some pic's of my new mth car i got yesterday!

These early F3's are pushed into freight service as high volumes continue into the summer. Hundreds of thousands of miles haven't slowed them down for this hot manifest train, but a body make over lies ahead.

 

 

Of course I am well aware that most of your prefer the "new" look as formerly assigned to the Super Chief.  They didn't stay that way forever though

 

Nice, new avatar LOS!  It will take some time to adjust from the green John Deere tractor avatar to the new profile view.

 

 

Great pics, everyone....this is one of my favorite pics from the old layout:

 

 

 

Peter

You seem to get better every week Joe....

 

 

Nicely weathered. I sure hope the upcoming body make over doesn't turn them into Geeps.

Like Scott after the stiches taken out on Wednesday weight restricted so an oldie, spring wedding.James

 

A few compositions made while setting up trains at the D.A.R.E. Model Railroad Club.

How about a wedding in the Appalachians.

 

Scott Smith

 

Looks like the Hatfields and McCoys! Very cool Scott.

Dan

Scott,

I'm glad you are on the mend.  Take it easy like instructed!  Thanks for starting this off with some nice custom work.

No trains went by the other day 5-6-15\

Rich,

 

Great shots. Nicely done

Decapods? Got a Decapod right here:

 

Gulf, Mobile & Ohio (Gulf, Mobile & Northern before the merger with the Mobile & Ohio) Baldwin Heavy Decapod (blt. 1923), 250 Class (Nos. 250 - 265). Only 2 of them were equipped with a Coffin feedwater heater:

 

 

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Anyway: Wms brass USRA Mikado, K-line drivers added (5th axle), various scratch built things (domes; Coffin FWH is part of a 35-cent PVC fitting from Ace Hardware); entire loco shortened.

 

Has ERR Cruise Commander and early ERR Sound Commander.

 

Not dead accurate, but when it comes around the corner... 

 

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Not a great photo; my tripod kept sinking into the yard (had a lot of rain last month);

I'm going to get better ones: