Weekend Update 11/27/22

[up1950s]

https://www.missabe.com/oliversights

https://www.rail-suppliers.com/product/sighting-boards/

https://listverse.com/2022/01/13/10-crazy-encounters-of-ufos-speeding-trains-and-the-railroads/

https://www.cembreinc.com/product/details/41508

https://hickscarworks.blogspot.com/2014/07/beware-of-train.html

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[hegstad1]

After a several month hiatus, it was time to get back to work on the Garrison, MT coal dock.  I added the walkways on top the coal bin this week as well as the cross bracing on the hoist house section.  I also added more stairs and platforms.  Sooooo much more to do.

[robert3985]

Thought I'd turn one of my favorite photos of my old Wilhemina Pass modules into a period B&W photo just to see if I liked it.  This is my second attempt after looking at Emil Albrecht photos on www.utahrails.net

I tinted it just a bit, put a white border around it to make it look more like it's printed on paper, softened it up a bit and cut both the contrast and brightness, which yielded some details I couldn't see in my more contrasty color scan.

Anyway, it was fun, and thought y'all might be interested...

Photo (1) - B&W photo of F-Units holding at the signal under Devil's Looking Glass in Wilhemina Pass in the late Summer of 1956:


Cheerio!
Bob Gilmore

[MVW]

Photo (1) - B&W photo of F-Units holding at the signal under Devil's Looking Glass in Wilhemina Pass in the late Summer of 1956:


Cheerio!
Bob Gilmore

I think the only appropriate response is ... DAMN! 

Jim

[Cajonpassfan]

After a several month hiatus, it was time to get back to work on the Garrison, MT coal dock.  I added the walkways on top the coal bin this week as well as the cross bracing on the hoist house section.  I also added more stairs and platforms.  Sooooo much more to do.

Wow, that's nothing short of phenomenal, Andrew! Amazing. I love prototype based modeling, especially yours. It's so much more effort than just making do with kits everyone else has....
Keep 'em coming, please!
Otto

[fcnrwy23]

I think the only appropriate response is ... DAMN! 

Jim

Yes!  I Second that "DAMN"...
Incredible work!! 

Jerry G.

[bbussey]

Finished initial construction of the Shaw’s Cove swing bridge abutments. A total of 172 blocks in each abutment.

[Dave V]

I’ve finished (except for weathering) my Leadville Designs HOn3 RGS Type I boxcar kit.











RGS 8512 takes its maiden trip around the layout mixed in with a bunch of Grandt Line Type III cars. Here we’re at Bridge 45-A at Ophir bound for Ridgway.



Lastly, a parting shot of Rico as a northbound mixed freight meets a southbound Goose.

[Ed Kapuscinski]

Thought I'd turn one of my favorite photos of my old Wilhemina Pass modules into a period B&W photo just to see if I liked it.  This is my second attempt after looking at Emil Albrecht photos on www.utahrails.net

I tinted it just a bit, put a white border around it to make it look more like it's printed on paper, softened it up a bit and cut both the contrast and brightness, which yielded some details I couldn't see in my more contrasty color scan.

Anyway, it was fun, and though y'all might be interested...

Photo (1) - B&W photo of F-Units holding at the signal under Devil's Looking Glass in Wilhemina Pass in the late Summer of 1956:


Cheerio!
Bob Gilmore

Nailed it man.

You want that poster sized?

[Scottl]

Thought I'd turn one of my favorite photos of my old Wilhemina Pass modules into a period B&W photo just to see if I liked it.  This is my second attempt after looking at Emil Albrecht photos on www.utahrails.net

I tinted it just a bit, put a white border around it to make it look more like it's printed on paper, softened it up a bit and cut both the contrast and brightness, which yielded some details I couldn't see in my more contrasty color scan.

Anyway, it was fun, and though y'all might be interested...

Photo (1) - B&W photo of F-Units holding at the signal under Devil's Looking Glass in Wilhemina Pass in the late Summer of 1956:


Cheerio!
Bob Gilmore

Bob, that is remarkable.  One thing that really makes it work for me is how well you have captured the landscape elements and the look of the rock.  You get an A+ for your geomorphology.

[jpwisc]

I finally got my two 450 ton depressed center flats ready for paint. That took more work than it should have…
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[up1950s]

Finished initial construction of the Shaw’s Cove swing bridge abutments. A total of 172 blocks in each abutment.

Are those blocks home made Redwood ?

[PiperguyUMD]

JFRTM today, but there are several projects in this short clip.

1) I designed and printed a new True Scale coupler pocket for the FM baby trainmaster

2) Re-installed a warranty replaced decoder in the FM. Still need to figure out what function key will turn off the cab light

3) Converted the remaining 4-5 Atlas fish belly hoppers to TSC

4) finished decaling 4 WM 55 ton U channel hoppers. In fact, about half of the cars in this train are 3d printed.

5) finished up the bulk of the scenery on Dawson module

[bbussey]

Are those blocks home made Redwood ?

Dollhouse 1:16 scale clay bricks. I applied sealer today which will take a few days to fully cure. Still have to apply mortar wash and then airbushing to blend the colors and weathering.

[Dayliner]

The Lake Cowichan rebuild project continues on my E&N Railway, following the installation of an LED lighting strip on the lower level last week.  All track on the upper level has been lifted and the reusable components salvaged.  The wiring has all been disconnected and the power bus removed.  This week I have been reconditioning the salvaged turnouts for reinstallation, and this photo shows the test fit of the first three turnouts.  Wiring for this section will be mounted on a vertical board under the subgrade, and once that and the servos are installed, the subgrade at the front will be reinstalled (don't worry--that diverging route closest to the camera isn't headed over a cliff!).  Where turnouts have been removed, short lengths of 1/4" dowel are used to plug the holes where the turnout actuating wire passed through the subgrade, and one of these can be seen just to the left of the right-hand turnout.