Weekend Photo Fun 8/12/16 HONGZ

I wasn't sure if I should post this in this forum or the 3 rail forum.

Little G action.

This week I made some pictures of my Gilbert American Flyer NYC Hudson in H0 gauge; I think Gilbert dis a nice job when making this some 60 years ago:

Here is a video  showing it running:

Regards

Fred

Here is the second set of images I took while visiting the HO layout of the Schuylkill & Lehigh Model Railroad Club which is on public display aboard a former Ironton Railroad tool car on the grounds of the Wanamaker, Kempton & Southern Railroad at Kempton, PA.

Bob 

You guys are posting some great pictures, keep um coming........ 

Picked up 11, 3 bay LGB covered hopper cars, Going to repaint them for CSX  Grain Express now that my decals arrived  and ive converted to roller bearing trucks, Metal wheels and Kadee's.1/29th is the go to size for G  and has the most variety. These cars will be cool looking to go along with my 58 USA Trains 4 bay hopper cars. To bad other smaller Manufactures don't do more modern cars instead of just a repaint of of older cars 40ft cars. Looks like AML and USA are the only ones left in 1/29,  AML Hicubes should be very cool cars, cant wait.

sncf231e posted:

This week I made some pictures of my Gilbert American Flyer NYC Hudson in H0 gauge; I think Gilbert dis a nice job when making this some 60 years ago:

Here is a video  showing it running:

 

Regards

Fred

Thanks for posting this set Fred - I've had a couple of these Hudsons but not seen the whole set before. Were there any other sound equipped HO steamers back then?   Gilbert really hit a home run with these nice little steamers! 

Got a little more work done on the SD70ACe. I never connected the sanders on the other side of the engine. So I had to build the brackets that support the sides to run the lines thru. They are just laying there for the picture. Anything new is in white.

Excellent start on the HONGZ Photo Fun Weekend!

As for me, I've gone V scale on 'ya for a spell. (Where's my V scale forum OGR????  )

Anyway, here's a pic within an "activity" (operating session) I enjoyed this past week:

In the above, you're seeing "Artificial Intelligence" (AI) trains making a meet at Talihina, Indian Territory (later Oklahoma), circa 1889. My engine is the black diamond stack engine in the middle of the scene. For this picture I exited the cab and used an exterior camera to take the shot.

In addition to playing trains in V scale, I did some work on a segment on one of the a routes that I'm (ever so slowly) creating:

V scale is a lot of fun and a very CHEAP way to indulge in trains as I wait for my hobby funds to recoup from the heavy expenditures I have been making in HO scale!

All fer now!

Andre

Nice Andre!  Is this MSTS, or some version of Trainz??

Hi Ted!

It's MSTS. One can use "Open Rails" to operate their MSTS routes and doing so opens up entirely new ways to enjoy the simulator, such as Time Table operation, dynamic weather, etc.

Bear in mind the above scenery is only "basic" stuff that I'm throwing into scenes so I can have stuff to look at when I operate trains on this route. (i.e. Getting rid of the "Plywood Pacific" look.) All of the items you're looking at (trees, ground cover, structures, road texturing, etc) are my own custom items I've built over the years and use/reuse on different routes as needed. Eventually, some of the generic place holding structures will be replaced with theme/location specific structures built for that location. All in good time.

Here's a couple of pics of a town that I added some more stuff to while I was away from this forum:

You're looking at Winslow, Arkansas, the summit town at the top of Boston Mountain grade. Prototype grade reaches 2.69% in one place for about a mile.

V scale will never totally replace model railroading for me, but it is certainly a nice adjunct to it for a train junkie. Like I said: CHEAP. (In my case, seeing as I create most of my routes/scenery stuff, only investing my time 99% of the time!)

Andre

Very cool Andre! Somewhere I have a Train simulator I have not used in a long time that was made by Microsoft. The only problem is I don't think it will work with Apple computers unless there is a program conversion available.

laming posted:

Hi Ted!

It's MSTS. One can use "Open Rails" to operate their MSTS routes and doing so opens up entirely new ways to enjoy the simulator, such as Time Table operation, dynamic weather, etc.

Bear in mind the above scenery is only "basic" stuff that I'm throwing into scenes so I can have stuff to look at when I operate trains on this route. (i.e. Getting rid of the "Plywood Pacific" look.) All of the items you're looking at (trees, ground cover, structures, road texturing, etc) are my own custom items I've built over the years and use/reuse on different routes as needed. Eventually, some of the generic place holding structures will be replaced with theme/location specific structures built for that location. All in good time.

Here's a couple of pics of a town that I added some more stuff to while I was away from this forum:

 

You're looking at Winslow, Arkansas, the summit town at the top of Boston Mountain grade. Prototype grade reaches 2.69% in one place for about a mile.

V scale will never totally replace model railroading for me, but it is certainly a nice adjunct to it for a train junkie. Like I said: CHEAP. (In my case, seeing as I create most of my routes/scenery stuff, only investing my time 99% of the time!)

Andre

THANKS BUDDY!  

Saturday, I was looking at NP log car photos, somehow ended up looking at a NP log car done in MSTS.  For some reason, I stumbled into "Open Rails", and started reading.  At this point, it was idle curiousity. 

Then I see your posts on your latest MSTS activities.  As you are aware, I've been following your escapades in V-Rail since your GM&O route days.  Then I saw a review of one of your old routes in MSTS running under "Open Rails".   Now it wasn't idle curiosity.

Reinstalled MSTS.  Surprisingly, it worked.   Downloaded "Open Rails", v 1.1.   It ran the Marias Pass route.  Now I'm hooked like a bass on a grub. 

Went and reinstalled my 3DTrainStuff Cajon route.  Was a very nice route.  MSTS would no longer run.  Open Rails still worked. 

TWO FREAKIN' HOURS LATER, gave up on the MSTS (the ol' "Administrator Rights" issue), figured out where to load the 3DTS files, reloaded the computer, and dog caught a train into San Bernadino.  Now I'll be wasting even more time with "Open Rails", since it works well under Windows 7.  Wasted 40 minutes tonight.  Looks like the "Open Rails" physics are a whole lot better than MSTS. 

The weekend wasn't a total write off on the basement railroad.  Got my NP A-B-A pine tree F unit consist out and programmed, and FINALLY after eight years, took my Challenger 10 car 1948 NCL out of the box, and started test running and debugging it.  Also converted 59 MDC ore car underframes to close coupling and scale couplers (courtesy of 59 modified underframes from my friend Lou).   Pictures on that stuff next weekend. 

If this V-Rail thing starts causing me lost progress in the basement, Vinnie No-Neck from Chicago is gonna pay ya a visit, and you will sleep with da fishes!

Regards,

Jerry

Hi Jerry!

Short of time, so this will have to be kept short, but reading of your MSTS vs Win7 woes is a familiar refrain.  Did you install it according to these instructions?

http://msts.steam4me.net/tutor...talling_msts_w7.html

If not, suggest following the above tutorial and all will be well. MSTS is still a good program and is needed to do a few things that Open Rails cannot yet. (Modify/build routes, create activities, etc.)

Outta' time for now. Gotta' go play trains so I can earn my income.

Oh, and FWIW, here's the results of a bit of time spent in Route Editor over the weekend sprucing up Chester a bit...

Andre

gnnpnut posted:

Reinstalled MSTS.  Surprisingly, it worked.   Downloaded "Open Rails", v 1.1.   It ran the Marias Pass route.  Now I'm hooked like a bass on a grub.  

Went and reinstalled my 3DTrainStuff Cajon route.  Was a very nice route.  MSTS would no longer run.  Open Rails still worked.  

TWO FREAKIN' HOURS LATER, gave up on the MSTS (the ol' "Administrator Rights" issue) 

I gave up when I moved off my XP machine.  Is MSTS compatible with Windows 7 64-bit?  Also, is that "Tweak UAC" utility recommended in the tutorial safe to use, and still available?  Thanks!

Ted Sowirka posted:

I gave up when I moved off my XP machine.  Is MSTS compatible with Windows 7 64-bit?  Also, is that "Tweak UAC" utility recommended in the tutorial safe to use, and still available?  Thanks!

Hi Jonny:

I'm totally unfamiliar with Mac. I haven't a clue if there is some type of emulator so MSTS can be run on a Mac. For sure, Microsoft (the Windows people) would NOT be interested in helping a Mac user, so I doubt seriously there is a Microsoft product for doing so. However, there might be a third party created  emulator for running MSTS on a Mac. I'll try to remember to ask that question at my favorite MSTS forum "haunt".

Hi Ted:

Yes, MSTS will operate fine on a Win7 64 bit computer (that's what my newer machine is) as long as you DO NOT place MSTS within the "Programs" or "Programs(x86)" folders.

Follow the directions at Steam4me.

As for the "Tweak UAC" program: I am currently using my old XP machine (I develop for MSTS using it) and my Win7 machine is not set up at this point. I do not recall using Tweak UAC, but I may have. (It's been a couple years since I installed MSTS on my Win7 machine.)

Tip: IF you still have your XP machine with MSTS installed, once you install MSTS off the CD's into your Win7 machine, you can copy parts/all of your old installation to retain any favorites (routes, trains, etc) you had thereon, therefore avoiding re-downloading/re-installing. Also, you can use your old XP machine to work on routes and create activities and what have you.

Good luck!

Andre