Weekend Update 5/20/18

[brokemoto]

I actually acquired the Atlas caboose at Springfield, but did not get around to taking out my Old and Weary FTs until now.  You can see it next to a Kato caboose that I lettered shortly after the IM NYO&W FTs appeared.  There is no wood caboose out there that looks too much like any the the Old Woman ran, so we have the steel versions, instead.

Now, once MT issues its single window coach, perhaps it can do Old and Weary (and a baggage car, too?) so I can have some work for my B-mann USRA light 4-8-2 to do.  The Old and Weary baggage/mails were rather peculiar.  NYO&W did have some full RPOs that it bought used from NYC.  I will have to see if they looked anything like the MT (or even the Atlas).

Anyhow, thank you, Atlas, for the Old and Weary caboose.  It looks nicer than the one that I did. .......AAAAAnnnnnnd, it is not even the same number!

As far as I  know, the only Old and Wobbly freight cars out there in N scale are the Athearn nineteenth century box cars.  I am not sure if you can use the Microscale caboose sheet to fudge an NYO&W car, or not.  There is the MT Wadell Coal hopper.  Many of those ran on the Old and Weary.

[daniel_leavitt2000]

At the Springfield Show, I picked up a "Basket Case" MP 4-6-2 for all of $35. I have been working on it for a few days now, and basket case does not even begin to describe it:


1. Motor, track wires frayed and pulled. I removed them.
2. First and third drivers slipping on axle, out of quarter. Will need to do a thread-locker job.
3. Tender wheels loose on axle. How does this even happen?
4. Tender axle frozen to pickup tab. This will be replaced with bronze wire wipers anyway.
5. Motor loose on flyworm. Again, how does this even happen?
6. Traction tires missing from grooved driver set, replacements from Kato FEF or Bachmann J should work.
7. Insulation plate separating driver contacts from metal frame also broken in half. I may need to replace this with someone else, or just eliminate the driver pickup altogether.

Ugh....

[altohorn25]

Got the first coat of paint on the new modules for my Pennsy display layout yesterday morning.  Need to do the legs yet and put a second coat on the modules. [ Guests cannot view attachments ] [ Guests cannot view attachments ]

[Dave V]

Made progress on the Rio Grande Southern at last!



Test fitting structures...



I made Rico 26" wide and made the opposite side 22" wide, therefore giving Rico ample shelf width without sacrificing any aisle width.  Here it looks like I'll be able to fit Rico with no compression in width or length.



Dreaming...



A couple quick notes...  Everything is painted/primed white to 1) seal the wood, 2) make wiring under the layout easier on the eyes, and 3) brighten the room.  However, on top of the shelf will be laminated 4" of extruded foam (10" on the yet-to-be-build peninsula featuring Bridge 45A at the Ophir Loop) and the fascia will be a nice neutral brown-gray:

https://www.sherwin-williams.com/homeowners/color/find-and-explore-colors/paint-colors-by-family/SW7047-porpoise#/7047/?s=coordinatingColors&p=PS0

[chuck geiger]

The grass is not greener on the other side:

[up1950s]

I actually acquired the Atlas caboose at Springfield, but did not get around to taking out my Old and Weary FTs until now.  You can see it next to a Kato caboose that I lettered shortly after the IM NYO&W FTs appeared.  There is no wood caboose out there that looks too much like any the the Old Woman ran, so we have the steel versions, instead.

Now, once MT issues its single window coach, perhaps it can do Old and Weary (and a baggage car, too?) so I can have some work for my B-mann USRA light 4-8-2 to do.  The Old and Weary baggage/mails were rather peculiar.  NYO&W did have some full RPOs that it bought used from NYC.  I will have to see if they looked anything like the MT (or even the Atlas).

Anyhow, thank you, Atlas, for the Old and Weary caboose.  It looks nicer than the one that I did. .......AAAAAnnnnnnd, it is not even the same number!

As far as I  know, the only Old and Wobbly freight cars out there in N scale are the Athearn nineteenth century box cars.  I am not sure if you can use the Microscale caboose sheet to fudge an NYO&W car, or not.  There is the MT Wadell Coal hopper.  Many of those ran on the Old and Weary.

The O&W was also known as the Out & Walk .

[central.vermont]

Dave,
What is that I am looking at through the window?
Jon

[Lenny53]

Dave,
What is that I am looking at through the window?
Jon

Looks like a basement window well.

[Joetrain59]

And I hope that window well has very good drainage, or a shield over it!
 Joe D

[Joetrain59]

Philip, I made an Old & Weary wood caboose from the Con-Cor "Old Time Wood Caboose". Did it in 2002 or so. I believe I did some research, and it's not too far off. LIRR eventually bought some after the Old Woman went belly up.

[Dave V]

Dave,
What is that I am looking at through the window?
Jon

Looks like a basement window well.

It is.

And I hope that window well has very good drainage, or a shield over it!
 Joe D

It has good drainage.  Don't worry about that.

[brokemoto]

I made an Old & Weary wood caboose from the Con-Cor "Old Time Wood Caboose". Did it in 2002 or so. I believe I did some research, and it's not too far off. LIRR eventually bought some after the Old Woman went belly up.

Nice looking Out and Walk caboose.  Did you do that L&NE caboose, as well, or did LL actually sell its NE caboose in L&NE?  i know that it had FA-1s in L&NE, but I did not know that it did the caboose to match.

Atlas does not do F units, SWs or 44 tonners, so it never did power to match the caboose that it just issued.  IM did the FTs that you see in my photograph.  B-mann did not do Old and Weary in its 44 tonners and neither LL nor WKW has done its SWs in Old and Wobbly.  B-mann did do the USRA light 4-8-2 in NYO&W. The NYO&W's 1922-1923 ALCo 4-8-2s were essentially USRA light copies, although the coal boards were different.  IM is supposed to issue the freight F-3s, at some point.  I suppose that you could buy the steam generator details, do some erasing and re-numbering for the passenger F-3s.

I did see a L&HR RS-3 at a show once.  The guy who had it had bought it from someone's estate, so he did not know whence the decals came.

Do you know if there are any NYO&W freight cars out there other than the Athearn nineteenth century boxcars or the MT Waddell Coal?

[Ed Kapuscinski]

I finished getting at least dirt down in all of York. It's coming together ahead of the June 2nd "final run".

All the photos: http://conrail1285.com/york-walk-around-may-2018/

Here are a few teasers.







There are also more on the thread:
https://www.therailwire.net/forum/index.php?topic=30583.msg575627#msg575627

Oh, and in other exciting news... the old Mazda 3 has been replaced with this 310hp monster.










Yes, it's a Buick. Yes, it's a hatchback. And yes, the morning after I bought it I noticed a very obvious gray hair in my beard.

Still, it's fun as hell to drive and has room for the Shep Squad or four railfans and their supplies. It's not the Porsche Panamera I was hoping for, but I figure that'll be my treat for when I make VP...

[MK]

Ed, you're leaving that on the streets???!!!     I would not be able to sleep if I did that! 

[Point353]

As far as I  know, the only Old and Wobbly freight cars out there in N scale are the Athearn nineteenth century box cars.  I am not sure if you can use the Microscale caboose sheet to fudge an NYO&W car, or not.  There is the MT Wadell Coal hopper.  Many of those ran on the Old and Weary.

About 15 years ago, BLW had MTL make a special run 3-pack of O&W hoppers.
Bluford and Bowser have new O&W hopper models in the pipeline:
http://www.bluford-shops.com/bluford_93_023.htm
http://www.bowser-trains.com/history/nscalegla.html