Weekend Update 12/20/15

[up1950s]

[peteski]

That was the only way they could fit the motor and flywheel in the loco. 

[milw156]

That was the only way they could fit the motor and flywheel in the loco. 

Let alone the sound decoder and speaker

[Chris333]

Richie. The image reminds me of back when I first found this image on Shorpy:
http://www.shorpy.com/node/13927?size=_original#caption
I had to build one, but... then I searched for more info. When I found this photo of the same loco I threw up a little in my mouth:
http://donsdepot.donrossgroup.net/dr1100/sk25.jpg
The boiler stuck out the rear of the cab. Later a canopy was built over the tender deck:
http://ngdiscussion.net/phorum/file.php?1,file=31354,in_body_attachment=1
The locomotive was later used by the Milwaukee Road narrow gauge! They built a bigger steel cab for it.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/photolibrarian/7469573240

A lot of locomotives were built like that leaving the engineer with about 15" wide area to sit.

[central.vermont]

I believe this loco to be EBT #15. (East Broad Top)

Jon


https://www.facebook.com/ebtrr/photos/pb.9628651662.-2207520000.1450487762./10152158589406663/?type=3&theater

[jmlaboda - RIP]

"Suicide" cabs abounded early in the 1900s with the fireman having to stand in front of the coal bin to shovel.  It was one of the disadvantages of N&W's M "Mollies" 4-8-0s of 1906 and what lead to requirements in 1907 for better cab protection.  With the M1s the cab extended back further, providing the firemen with some sort of shelter that they didn't have before, but there was no changes made to locomotives built with the "suicide" cabs with many operating to near the end of steam in the 50s.  Heaven help the fireman who has to fire such a beast... it was dangerous work way back when!!!  Not sure how Strasburg deals with it on their steamer today... may be that it has been converted to oil, thus eliminating the need for the fireman to shovel from the tender deck.

[Puddington]

Couple of cars finished this week... another slab side hopper kit, this one in PGE colours



 and a second Canadian Pacific Express Baggage car, ex silk car. I posed it beside a MTL reefer that will be weathered next so they can run together.



A lot of work on our new display layout; picture later this weekend after Sam takes them....

[Specter3]

My modeling this weekend. [ Guests cannot view attachments ]

[hegstad1]

I started working on a couple of Northern Pacific arch window coaches.  These are castings made by Greg Scott and Joe Valerio from altered Rivarossi coaches.

[davefoxx]

I body-mounted some couplers on these SCL and ex-ACL sleepers to build a prototypical consist of the last run of an SCL train, circa May 1, 1971.  I redecorated the SCL sleeper a few years ago, because no one yet offers any SCL passenger cars in N scale.  To roll my own, I removed the PRR lettering, fabricated a larger letterboard, and applied new SCL decals.  Sadly, though, this train means, "Goodbye SCL passenger service, hello Amtrak."



More on the Seaboard Central 2.0 thread in the Layout Engineering Forum.

DFF

[sirenwerks]

A little more a$$ and it becomes a camelback, right?

[Ed Kapuscinski]

"Suicide" cabs abounded early in the 1900s with the fireman having to stand in front of the coal bin to shovel.  It was one of the disadvantages of N&W's M "Mollies" 4-8-0s of 1906 and what lead to requirements in 1907 for better cab protection.  With the M1s the cab extended back further, providing the firemen with some sort of shelter that they didn't have before, but there was no changes made to locomotives built with the "suicide" cabs with many operating to near the end of steam in the 50s.  Heaven help the fireman who has to fire such a beast... it was dangerous work way back when!!!  Not sure how Strasburg deals with it on their steamer today... may be that it has been converted to oil, thus eliminating the need for the fireman to shovel from the tender deck.

Nope, 475 is still fired from the tender deck, and everyone who I've talked to says it's an "interesting" experience.
It really makes you appreciate the relative comfort of even 1st gen diesel cabs. It must've been like night and day.

You know, people talk about the "good old days", but I wouldn't trade OSHA requirements for the world.

[Ed Kapuscinski]

This week was Weathering Week ahead of the BANTRAK B&O Museum show. I did a ton of freight cars last week, and this week it was time for locomotives.

Nothing says Christmas like nasty a$$ Penn Central power!

So, starting off with crusty old ones, a PC RS1.


And some before and after shots of 3066, a GP40 (originally built for NYC).

Here it is after I added a cab signal box and sinclair antenna.


And after a trip through the reverse wash rack.






I want to go back and add some more detail weathering: oils spills, etc...

And, of course, those beauties need something appropriate to pull. Here's one from last week.

[wazzou]

@Ed Kapuscinski - still using Vodka?

[BobRunty]

About finished with a Bergen National Laser grain elevator. A couple of signs and a little more weathering should finish it up. Still trying to come up with a reliable way to make a couple of steel plate storage silos and then scenery to finish up the scene.

Bob