Weekend Update 3/29/20

[up1950s]

http://www.columbia.edu/~brennan/fun/16_finish.html

[eja]

Follow the link at the bottom of the first post .... go to the bottom of that page and then the Home page:

It's a series of articles and beautiful photos of funiculars in the UK.  Well worth the time.
 
 

[Dave V]

RGS K-27 #455 climbs the grade to Lizard Head Pass at Bridge 57B, Gallagher, Colorado.



Ophir, CO as seen from the Ridgway end of Bridge 45A.



455 stops at 10,250-foot Lizard Head Pass for an air brake check before descending toward Ophir.



Later, 455 is seen descending toward Ridgway over Bridge 45A at Ophir:



Ridgway roundhouse:



Leased D&RGW C-19 #345 rounds Windy Point with a short consist:



RGS C-17 #42 waits at Rico, Colorado for the main to clear before taking the daily First District passenger train to Ridgway.



In the early 40s a lot of oil from Farmington, NM still went north over the RGS:

[tehachapifan]

Wow, Dave! Just, wow!

[bnsfdash8]

2 more projects ready for the paint booth:

CP 9022

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NREX 5479 (ex CP B unit)

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[randgust]

I'd already cross-posted this over on the narrow gauge earlier, but this was a commissioned custom build of my 18-ton Climax kit with the Nn3 drive and chassis I just finished.   25:1 gearhead drive, cross-kitted with the Kato and Rokuhan Z drive components.

That's Mark Graulty's printed tie strip with code 40 rail on it.   "Does this locomotive make my rail look fat?"



Oh, and FANTASTIC photos Dave, so glad to see you up and posting after the bout with pneumonia.

[dem34]

Not much, just made this turnout presentable.

[North Bank Road]

Chicken sounds? How about a poultry car to match. This is a out of production brass kit from American N Brass from maybe the 80s? I love the see through effect with the screened siding. A one of a kind car for sure.

[altohorn25]

Working on a caboose for the GB&W FA1's that I'm also working on.  This isn't prototype (it should be wood-sided and the windows are wrong), but it will be a nice stand in.  Waiting for the rest of the decals to come in the mail before I add the window glass.

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[nkalanaga]

Nate:  Nice job on an ancient model - I think that one goes back to Con-Cor in the late 60s.

If you do another one, may I suggest shaving the rivets off?  On a well-maintained car, the individual boards don't show that well, so a smooth side will do.  Removing the rivets will take away any evidence that it's a steel car.  I did that on some kitbashed Atlas cabooses back in the late 70s, for the GN, and they look good on the end of a train.

[DKS]

Busy week for the WR&N VIII.

Scratchbuilt a little freight house:





Finished the passenger station:



Finished the fuel oil tank, water tower and sanding tower for the engine facility:







Also made progress with the brewery office:



Then I arranged everything on the layout:



More details in the Layout Engineering thread: https://www.therailwire.net/forum/index.php?topic=49183.msg656152#msg656152

[altohorn25]

Nate:  Nice job on an ancient model - I think that one goes back to Con-Cor in the late 60s.

If you do another one, may I suggest shaving the rivets off?  On a well-maintained car, the individual boards don't show that well, so a smooth side will do.  Removing the rivets will take away any evidence that it's a steel car.  I did that on some kitbashed Atlas cabooses back in the late 70s, for the GN, and they look good on the end of a train.

I will try that the next time I do one; thanks for the suggestion.

[wm3798]

Rumble rumble went the hard working coal car.  Then came the car that was old, the car that was new, the car that was yellow and the car that was blue.  And the Little Red caboose tagged along behind.  I've waited all my life to run the Merrimac Train!


I have reached the pinnacle of my Retro experience.

[Dave V]

Oh, and FANTASTIC photos Dave, so glad to see you up and posting after the bout with pneumonia.

Well...  Not exactly.

[chuck geiger]

Wow, Dave! Just, wow!

Wow and Wow spelled backwards.