Here is a pic Atlas Masterline N Scale CSX GP40-2 Engine. Post away guys!!!!
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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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It is a warm mid August afternoon in 1958, and two Spokane Southern GP7s idle away in the Osoyoos BC yard. The units arrived from the Spokane Southern, which pulls its consist across the border after receiving customs clearance from Canada customs. The Spokane Southern crew is waiting for it's southbound consist to be assembled, so they tied down their consist, and walked over to the beanery by the station.
Photo shot on Warren Bjornson's Alberta Pacific HO railroad. The town of Osoyoos and yard is built on a shelf that is only 12" wide. Geeps are 1986 vintage Atlas, with a NCE decoder installed in each locomotive.
Regards,
Jerry
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Another photo of my N scale layout showing some of the town.
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(Disclaimer: Gotta' use yer imagination on my pics for now... 'cause there ain't a lick of scenery or much of anythin' else!)
The snap of autumn is in the air as Hoghead "Hotshot" Chadwick (left) and Conductor "Big Dog" Granderson (right) pose for a quick picture for posterity's sake. Soon they'll climb aboard the bucket of bolts known as #300 and amble toward Riverfront Yard to get on the south bound freight #31. It won't be long and they'll be smokin' south out of KC and rattlin' along through the open Missouri countryside on their way to the sub division point of Springfield, Missouri. Idling alongside is the power just in off the North Local, FA1m #203, and one of the West Bottoms switchers, NW2 #136.
Andre
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In last weekend's thread, I posted a picture of Bluford Shops' PRSL transfer caboose in N scale. This week we have two more Bluford N scale models. They are the Pullman-Standard 86 foot double door auto parts box car in Penn Central and Conrail interim paint schemes. Note how the PC and CR lettering was simply placed on top of the Pennsylvania Railroad colors so as to keep the cars in service without having to take the time to completely repaint them. Such was life in the challenging world of northeastern railroading in the 60s and 70s.
Bob
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(Disclaimer: You know the drill! Use your imagination!)
Circa, early 1960s...
"Dad had to make a trip down to Southerland Lumber Company in Kansas City's West Bottoms area*... so, what does that mean? Why, it means I did some begging and pleading to take me over by the tracks to see any trains that were there! Dad's easy, so over by the tracks we swung. Eureka! A trio of KC&G engines waiting for something or other. (Railroads wait a lot, don't they?) What's this? Wow! For the KC&G, that front engine is almost new looking! Must be one of the very few that they recently ran through the shop! It's always keen when Dad gives in and takes me over by any railroad tracks!"
* Based on true experiences: When Mom and Dad were building their first home, Dad would go over the Southerland Lumber Company in the West Bottoms of KC to get supplies and when I accompanied, I always begged to go over and watch the trains! This I got to do on several occasions!
The skinny on the models: KC&G #323 is a Stewart/Kato unit that was painted and weathered to reflect one of the rare shopped units during that era of the KC&G. The second unit, GP7 #409, is wearing the "simplified" blue and gray scheme and isn't really in too bad of shape for a KC&G engine! Trailing the EMD duo is the Frateschi/Kato FA1m that I heavily kitbashed to reflect a repowered FA1. All of these units were built/painted back in the mid-late 1990s.
